The Acolyte Will Incorporate More Star Wars Legends
With three episodes left in the first season of The Acolyte, show creator Leslye Headland admits she isn’t quite done incorporating pieces of old-school Star Wars mythology from the Expanded…
One of The Acolyte’s Stars Perfectly Explains Why It’s So Good
So, uh, that happened. And that happened. And THAT happened as well. The fifth episode of The Acolyte brought a whole new level of action and chaos to the Star…
The Acolyte Is Already a Hit for Disney+
Even though it’s Star Wars, The Acolyte was a gamble. A new show, set in a new time period, featuring all-new characters played by actors you recognize but maybe don’t…
Star Wars’ New Wookiee Jedi Is Getting His Own Marvel Comic
Audiences everywhere will soon meet the first live-action Wookiee Jedi in Star Wars history: Kelnacca. He’s one of the key characters on The Acolyte, the new Disney+ show that starts…
The Acolyte Requires Zero Star Wars Homework
One of the biggest problems with Star Wars of late is, oftentimes, it can feel like homework. You could watch Ahsoka without having seen Rebels, but it made a lot…
Leslye Headland Is Fine With You Knowing The Acolyte’s Big ‘Spoiler’
That big thing you may or may not have heard about The Acolyte? Well, it’s apparently not that big of a thing at all. Leslye Headland, the creator of the…
The Acolyte’s Cast Is So Ready to Share Their New Take on Star Wars
It goes without saying that Star Wars fans are extremely excited for The Acolyte, which arrives on Disney+ June 4 to reveal a Jedi-centric crime tale set a century before…
The First Acolyte Clip Reveals a Blistering, Surprising Jedi Battle
We’re used to seeing Star Wars characters fight with lightsabers. But the first clip from upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte shows us some highly skilled, absolutely relentless hand-to-hand combat. Even…
The Acolyte’s Lee Jung-jae Could Be the Coolest Jedi Ever
Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) in The Acolyte.Image: Lucasfilm The next live-action Star Wars series, The Acolyte, arrives in less than a month—and a new video released today shares fresh footage…
The Acolyte Will Use Its High Republic Book Character to Look at the Jedi’s Fall Through Long-Lived Eyes
Screenshot: Lucasfilm Our first big look at The Acolyte last month brought with it the news that just one character from the High Republic transmedia era would make the leap…