The Sith were never extinct. The Jedi believed they completely eliminated the Sith, but instead, the Sith began the rule of two and were operating in secret unbeknownst to the Jedi for hundreds of years.
Apparently the stranger's/master's/Qimir's helmet and brace/band around his left arm is made of a very rare material that is called cortosis. It can deflect blaster fire, stun rings, and lightsaber strikes, and can temporarily negate/short out lightsabers if it touches/hits the emitter of the lightsaber blade. However, it is fibrous and much more brittle compared to Beskar armor, because with repeated strikes, a lightsaber can still cut through it 🤔.
Just a bit of Sith lore I like to spread around... Also this is as it was in Legends (pre-Disney) continuity. Also, the Sith were around for tens of thousands of years before 1000 BBY, just in various other forms. History of the Order of the Sith Lords: 1026 BBY: Dessel is born on Apatros. 1003 BBY: Dessel escape Apatros and joins the Sith Brotherhood of Darkness, and soon becomes christened Darth Bane on Korriban. 1000 BBY: Darth Bane loses faith in the Sith Brotherhood of Darkness and destroys it with help from a holocron containing Darth Revan's teachings. Darth Bane creates his Order of the Sith Lords and implements the Rule of Two, taking on a young girl named Rain as his apprentice, Darth Zannah. 980 BBY: Darth Zannah kills Darth Bane and becomes the new Sith Master. Darth Bane's other apprentice, Darth Cognus, pledges herself to Darth Zannah. In the following years, Darth Cognus would become the Sith Master and take on a three-eyed Sith Apprentice she dubbed Darth Millennial. However, he would be disavowed after going against the Order of the Sith Lords' teachings and be replaced by an unknown Sith Apprentice. The Order of the Sith Lords would continue as intended for centuries, but little is known of what happened between the times of Darth Cognus and Darth Tenebrous. This mostly-unknown period is called "The Quiet Times." Sometime between 247 BBY and 167 BBY, a Bith named Rugess Nome would be born, later becoming the Sith Lord, Darth Tenebrous. As Rugess Nome, he would become a galaxy-famous engineer and starship designer. At some point before 124 BBY, Darth Tenebrous would murder his unnamed Twi'Lek Sith Master and become the new Sith Master. Sometime between 147 BBY and 120 BBY, the Muun, Hego Damask II is born on Mygeeto and given by his mother to Darth Tenebrous, and is raised as the Sith Lord, Darth Plagueis. 67 BBY: Darth Plagueis murders his master, Darth Tenebrous on Bal'demnic while mining Cortosis ore and becomes the new Sith Master. 65 BBY: Darth Plagueis discovers Sheev Palpatine on Naboo and takes him as his Sith Apprentice, Darth Sidious. 54 BBY: Darth Sidious is given an infant Maul by his Dathomirian Nightsister mother, Kycina, to be trained as a Sith Assassin, with approval from Darth Plagueis. 47 BBY: The eventual Jedi Master A'Sharad Hett (the son of female human Tusken Raider, K'Sheek and male human Jedi Knight turned Tusken Raider Sharad Hett) is born on Tatooine. Hett would serve as a General in the Clone Wars and become a close friend of Anakin Skywalker, and escape to his home, Tatooine after Order 66 and become a Tusken Raider. - Hett also knew about Anakin murdering a tribe of Tuskens, but understood it was Anakin's deed to deal with, and did not report it to the Jedi Council. 32 BBY: Darth Maul is seemingly killed in a duel by Obi-Wan Kenobi on Naboo. Darth Sidious murders his master, Darth Plagueis on Coruscant while celebrating Palpatine's becoming Supreme Chancellor, and becomes the new Sith Master. Jedi Master Dooku leaves the Jedi Order, reclaiming his title as Count of Serenno, and pledging himself to the Sith as Darth Tyranus. Note: Sidious never planned for Maul or Dooku to be permanent Sith Apprentices since he had already discovered Anakin. 19 BBY: Dooku is killed by Anakin Skywalker, who soon falls to the dark side and becomes the Sith Apprentice, Darth Vader. 4 ABY: Darth Vader kills Darth Sidious to save his son, Luke Skywalker, and dies in the process. Darth Bane's Order of the Sith Lords is destroyed. The rest of this is what happened in Legends: 11 ABY: The spirit of ancient Sith Lord, Exar Kun is revived on Yavin IV and corrupts Jedi Master Kyp Durron to the dark side, but is returned to the light by the New Jedi Order. Rumors of a surviving Sith, an Emperor's Hand named Lumiya begin circulating. 14 ABY: A dark side Sith Cult called the Disciples of Ragnos attempts to resurrect the ancient Sith Lord, Marka Ragnos (who died over 5,100 years ago), but fail. 30 ABY: A'Sharad Hett, who has since become the Sith Lord, Darth Krayt begins rebuilding the Sith Order on Korriban. 40 ABY: Lumiya appears to the Galaxy again and seduces Jacen Solo (firstborn of Han and Leia Solo, and older twin brother of Jaina Solo) to the dark side as Darth Caedus. Jaina Solo receives training from Boba Fett to kill Jedi to take down her twin brother, Jacen. 41 ABY: After a duel to the death with her, Darth Caedus sacrifices himself to save his twin sister, Jaina, after the death of Lumiya. 43 ABY: Luke Skywalker encounters a long lost Sith tribe. After briefly trying to kill each other, they ally to oppose the primordial Force God, Abeloth (the "Mother" of the Force Gods; oppsite the Father, above the Son and Daughter). 44 ABY: The Lost Sith Tribe ally with Abeloth, but are still defeated by Luke Skywalker's Jedi Order. 130 ABY: The One Sith/"New Sith Order" led by Darth Krayt emerges and nearly destroys the Jedi Order, causing many planets to leave the New Republic and join the New Empire. 137 ABY: Darth Krayt is murdered by his apprentice, Darth Wyyrlok, but is resurrected soon after. 138 ABY: Kade Skywalker kills Darth Krayt and the remaining Sith go into hiding. 139 ABY: Ania Solo kills the last of the Sith, leading to the final extinction of the Sith. The Great Peace begins.
Am I the only one who doesn’t thinking mae is switching sides ? She consistently doesn’t doesn’t like the Jedi ? She isn’t good or bad She wants people to pay for the death of her family She was willing to turn herself in so the last 2 can be punished by the council But not once did she say she is now team Jedi.
