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We’re still some time off from James Mangold’s “Dawn of the Jedi” film, which makes the upcoming Star Wars Disney+ series “The Acolyte” the earliest point on the franchise’s timeline to have reached the screen in live-action form.
Set towards the end of the High Republic era in the years before the prequel trilogy, the show will unfold mostly from the point of view of the Sith during the time when they’re at their weakest and the Jedi are at their zenith.
The villains may be the leads, but showrunner Leslye Headland tells the Dagobah Dispatch podcast that it feeds into the storytelling they’re doing which, like much of “Star Wars,” follows the under dogs trying to fight back against the establishment:
“We are looking at a time period where the Jedi are at the height of their power, we’re looking at a time period where there is peace throughout the galaxy, and it was very challenging and interesting to make a Star Wars with no war in it.
Though, the question became, ‘Well, what should the show be about if it’s not going to be about galactic conflict?’ And I think that what makes this show different and interesting is that it’s from the perspective of the bad guys or the villains of Star Wars.
These are people who are using the Force in their own way, dipping into the darker side of the Force, and are doing it without being sanctioned by the larger institution, which in this case is the Jedi. And I think that Star Wars is always about some version of the underdog vs. the institution.”
She also confirms the show isn’t being shy with the Jedi either, and in fact, will involve more Jedi than you’ve seen in other “Star Wars” content:
“I just thought it was very interesting to do a show about the bad guys, and to set that during that time period made the most sense. So I think that’s what sets it apart. It’s kind of almost flipped. We have more Jedi than you’ve seen in any other of the Star Wars content.
But at the same time, I think you see more morally ambiguous characters than you’ve seen in other Star Wars content. And I think I can say this pretty confidently: I don’t think you’re going to see action in other shows the way that you see it used and utilized in our show.”
At least eight new Jedi roles are confirmed to appear in the series, whose cast includes Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Carrie-Anne Moss, Dafne Keen, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Charlie Barnett, along with Joonas Suotamo as Wookiee Jedi Master Kelnacca and Rebecca Henderson as Vernestra Rwoh.
“Star Wars: The Acolyte” is expected to be released in early 2024.
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