Disney’s latest Star Wars present, The Acolyte, is only a month away on Disney Plus, and the most recent trailer for it hints that the present will pull on a thread that Rian Johnson’s Star Wars Episode VIII: The Final Jedi tugged on again in 2017: Is the Jedi order really all that good?
Set nicely earlier than the occasions of the Star Wars prequel trilogy, The Acolyte sees Excessive Republic-era Jedi grasp Sol (Lee Jung-jae) investigating a string of murders (which embody at the very least one Jedi). At the moment’s trailer reveals that the mysterious black-clad Mae (Amandla Stenberg), is a former pupil of his, and it looks like she’s most likely a suspect within the murders. It additionally reinforces the concept this might be a very grim sequence.
It additionally introduces a zipper-faced villain whose crimson lightsaber sparks to life in a foggy jungle, apparently simply earlier than a battle with Sol. It’s a thriller who’s sporting the scarred-up helmet, which bears greater than a bit resemblance to Kylo Ren’s in the latest Star Wars trilogy. Possibly it’s the sequence’ large dangerous, or possibly it’s only a spooky dream Sol is having. Or Maybe Disney is making ready to inform us the “Tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Smart” Sith legend that Emperor Palpatine regaled Anakin Skywalker with in Star Wars Episode III.
One factor’s for certain: Whoever this villain is, they sustain the lengthy custom of the Sith (assuming that’s what they’re) making the Jedi appear like whole dorks. The Acolyte’s stars embody Carrie-Anne Moss, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Joonas Suotamo, and it’ll premiere June 4th with two episodes on Disney Plus.
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