Is This the New Direction ‘Star Wars’ Needs?

Star Wars is charting a brand new course with the Disney+ collection The Acolyte, which is ready 100 years earlier than the occasions of the Star Wars prequels, and incorporates a group of Jedi we’ve by no means met onscreen earlier than investigating a collection of murders throughout a interval the place they stand completely unopposed by the Sith. The Acolyte is one thing completely different for Star Wars; half thriller collection, half detective procedural, There’s no Empire. There’s no Darth Anyone. By way of the primary two episodes there are not any house battles.

However is it completely different sufficient? In our newest video Ryan Arey, Matt Singer, and Dodson Seitz get collectively to debate the two-episode Acolyte premiere. Was it good? Might or not it’s higher? What’s lacking thus far? And most significantly: Is that this shifting Star Wars in the suitable path after the previous couple of years of middling Disney+ collection? Watch their full dialogue — which additionally features a side-by-side comparability between The Acolyte and Ahsoka — beneath:

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Should you favored that video on discussing the primary two episodes of Star Wars: The Acolyte and whether or not the longer term appears to be like brilliant for this franchise, take a look at extra of our movies beneath, one on all of the Easter eggs within the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Acolyte, one on the backstory of the Excessive Republic it’s good to know earlier than Star Wars: The Acolyte, and one on George Lucas and the hidden autobiographical content material of the Star Wars prequels. Plus, there’s tons extra over at ScreenCrush’s YouTube channel. Make sure you subscribe to catch all our future episodes. New episodes of the newest Star Wars Disney+ collection, Star Wars: The Acolyte premiere weekly on Disney+.

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