Summary
Star Wars: The Acolyte will feature intense action and a martial arts focus.
The Acolyte explores a brand-new era in Star Wars, promising unique background and groundbreaking storytelling.
Teasing an unmasked Sith, The Acolyte brings new light to Star Wars lore.
An incredible new behind-the-scenes video for Star Wars: The Acolyte reveals the unique action-mystery nature of Star Wars’ upcoming TV show. The Acolyte is sure to be a thrilling addition to Star Wars movies and TV shows, unlike anything Star Wars audiences have seen before. Set 100 years before the prequel trilogy in the Star Wars timeline, the show will uncover secrets of the Sith and factors that contributed to the Jedi’s inevitable fall. The show will also have a distinctive tone, setting itself apart with its intense action sequences and focus on martial arts.
The behind-the-scenes video, posted by Star Wars on their official YouTube page, combines scenes from the upcoming show with brief clips of interviews with The Acolyte’s cast and crew. Notably, The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland explained, “I was very interested in pushing in the direction of martial arts films.”
Between the stunning fighting sequences and the underlying mystery of Mae, the assassin with ambiguous allegiances, The Acolyte is truly set to become one of Star Wars’ greatest and most innovative TV shows to date.
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The upcoming Star Wars show The Acolyte will take the franchise into the grand High Republic era, but what mysteries await in the Jedi’s golden age?
The Acolyte BTS Video Shows How Unique The Acolyte Will Be
The Acolyte truly will be like nothing Star Wars has ever seen before, in the best way. Because The Acolyte will explore a brand-new era of Star Wars not yet depicted on-screen, the opportunities really do seem endless. In fact, especially because the show will be the earliest point in the Star Wars timeline to be shown on-screen, The Acolyte has the opportunity to provide incredible background, re-framing the entire Skywalker Saga and the history of the Jedi.
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Although the exact plot and the extent of the Sith involvement remain unclear, The Acolyte has already teased that a Sith will be unmasked during the show’s first season. This is a fascinating update to Star Wars, as the Jedi were convinced that the Sith had been extinct for centuries in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. This opens up countless questions about the Sith and the Jedi, as it isn’t clear why the Jedi believed that (or if all of them really did).
It’s also thrilling to see that The Acolyte is bringing such uniqueness and creativity to Star Wars. Fights and battle sequences are a long-standing Star Wars tradition, but The Acolyte (while maintaining that tradition) is bringing something new to the table. While lightsabers are of course still prevalent, The Acolyte will seemingly showcase more hand-to-hand combat and perhaps even new uses of the Force. Especially given the era of the show, this makes considerable sense; after all, the show is 100 years in the past.
The mysteries of Star Wars’ newest Disney+ TV show are yet to be revealed, but each look behind the scenes is incredibly exciting. Undoubtedly, The Acolyte will bring about numerous thrilling updates to the Star Wars franchise. As this Star Wars: The Acolyte behind-the-scenes video makes clear, Star Wars’ newest show is set to be truly unique with its action and mystery elements.
Source: Star Wars
The Acolyte premieres on June 4 on Disney+.
The Acolyte
The Acolyte is a television series set in the Star Wars universe at the end of the High Republic Era, where both the Jedi and the Galactic Empire were at the height of their influence. This sci-fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunite with her former Jedi Master as they investigate several crimes – all leading to darkness erupting from beneath the surface and preparing to bring about the end of the High Republic.
Cast Dafne Keen , Lee Jung-jae , Amandla Stenberg , Jodie Turner-Smith , Joonas Suotamo , Carrie-Anne Moss , Margarita Levieva , Charlie Barnett , Dean-Charles Chapman
Seasons 1
Streaming Service(s) Disney+
Writers Leslye Headland , Charmaine De Grate , Kor Adana
Directors Leslye Headland , Alex Garcia Lopez
Showrunner Leslye Headland
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