An Acolyte is different from an apprentice. Ventress for example was not a Sith, she was basically an Acolyte, and disposable.
Its interesting that they reveal a Sith Lord, whether its a master or Apprentice.
Supposedly this show takes place about 100 years before the events of the Phantom Menace, which if they keep parts of the Legends time line, Plageius as the Master and Palpatine is the apprentice. By the end of the PM, Palpatine kills his master and ascends. Now Palpatine had already broken the rule of two, as Palpatine had taken Maul as his apprentice against his master's orders.
But going back a hundred years, the mysterious Sith could be Darth Tenebrous who at the time might have been an apprentice to a unknown master.
I doubt that a Sith Master at the time would expose himself.
Also the scene with the Jedi Knights facing off against the Red Light sabered figure hints at the fate of those Jedi Knight, unless they're going to break what was set in the Phantom Menace, that the Jedi Council hadn't seen or heard of the Sith in a thousand years and they believed that they were extinct.
Quote:
- Qui-Gon Jinn: [describing his encounter with Darth Maul] He had all the lightsaber fighting capabilities and the moves of the Jedi, only faster and more agressive. My only conclusion... is that it was a Sith lord.
- Ki-Adi-Mundi: Impossible! The Sith are extinct! They have been for nearly a millenium.
- Mace Windu: I agree. The Sith would not have returned without us sensing it.
- Yoda: Hard to see, the dark side is. We must investigate further before drawing a conclusion to the identity of your adversary.
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