It’s been more than three years Star Wars: Rise of Skywalker was released. However, the world of star wars saga has continued to grow. This year we saw Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen return for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Andoro is currently in its first season. The Mandalorian Season 3 will start streaming soon, along with Rosario Dawson starrer Ahsoka. In addition, Jude Law’s Skeleton Crew and The Bad Batch Season 2 are also in different stages of production. And now, Star Wars: The Acolyte has also started filming in the UK.
According to ComicBook.com, Star Wars: The Acolyte production began at Shinefield Studios, with Leslye Headland leading the series as showrunner. Star Wars: The Acolyte will take place at least a hundred years before George Lucas’ Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. meaning, the acolyte will very well become the first live-action story of the entire saga in the timeline sequence. the acolyte takes precedence in the era of the High Republic, extensively explored in the multimedia project Star Wars: The High Republicconsisting of various novels, comic books and audio series.
Star Wars: The Acolyte Amandla Stenberg leads the show with Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae and Manny Jacinto. In an early interview, Headland had previously said she’d always wanted to expand Star Wars past Skywalker Saga by digging deep into the events that led to The Phantom Menace and the revolt against the Galactic Empire.
My question when watching The Phantom Menace was always like, ‘Well, how did it come to this?’ How did we get to a point where a Sith lord can infiltrate the Senate and none of the Jedi pick it up? For example, what went wrong? What are the scenarios that have led us to this moment?’ And why are the Jedi like that? If they’re in power, why are they behaving this way, and how come they don’t have the reaction you’d think they would to Anakin’s presence and what Qui-Gon Jinn says about how passionate he feels about him? train him and bring him into the herd.
the acolyteset a century earlier The Phantom Menace, would contain a different string of characters. It is possible that the show would add references to the star wars saga as we know it. Still, it would be a very different story, especially since it would be live-action the first time Star Wars project takes us to the era when the High Republic was in power.
Headland is aware of The Phantom Menaces Bad reception
Star Wars: The Acolyte draws inspiration from The Phantom Menace, a project that isn’t among the best loved in the franchise. It is one of the most poorly received films of the saga. However, Leslye Headland suggests she understands the divisive response to the film, but still believes its core would help altar boy build a strong background. She said,
I know there were different reactions to it. And sure enough, there were a lot of people who grew up with the original trilogy who were disappointed with it. But I was actually very intrigued by why George Lucas had started us on that particular point. I was wondering a bit, but what happened that led to this? That’s kind of where my Star Wars fan brain went, was like, ‘How did we get here?’
It would be unique to see new events taking place in the Star Wars Series and expand the series beyond the Skywalker Saga. There have been stories of the Republic and Empire fighting against each other. But with altar boythere will be a deeper understanding of how these two factions became enemies.
Star Wars: The Acolyte has no release date yet.