Star Wars: The Acolyte (Disney+) (1 Viewer)

[TravisR]

Keep in mind that this rumor comes a day after an announcement that the Acolyte had hired Star Wars’ first-ever transgender cast member. This is likely a reaction to that news from someone who has a problem with it.

I think this cancellation rumor is at least as real as the one about the civil war inside Lucasfilm (Favreau and Filoni [the two people at LFL that I've heard of and give all credit to] vs. Kennedy, Abrams and Johnson [the people at LFL that I blame all the problems in my life on]) or the near decade old "INSIDER INFERMATION: KAthleen kennedy is getting fired from Lucas's Films!!!!11!1" or last week's "George Lucas is buying back Star Wars and saving the franchise!" idiocy.

Honestly, these clowns have been making up so much stuff for so long that you'd think that they should have accidentally made something up that actually ends up happening by now.

 

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Some new official info:

• Fans of the fight sequences in The Phantom Menace will enjoy the physicality of the fights in The Acolyte.
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• The Acolyte sets itself apart from other Star Wars series in many ways, including not relying on blasters in its action sequences, focusing instead on body-to-body choreography.
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• The show takes place a hundred years before The Phantom Menace, exploring the High Republic era and the mistrust in the Jedi Order

'The Acolyte': Manny Jacinto Compares New Star Wars Series to 'The Phantom Menace'

Amandla Stenberg and Dafne Keen will also star in the upcoming Disney+ series.

collider.com

 

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Will debut this summer on D+.

'Star Wars: The Acolyte' Sets Summer 2024 Release Window [Exclusive]

The High Republic-set series comes from showrunner Leslye Headland.

collider.com

 

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To debut June 5, 2024

'The Acolyte' Has a Tentative Release Date [Exclusive]

The series has also reportedly found its composer.

collider.com

 

[Alex...]

Trailer drops tomorrow, also first poster.

 

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[Sam Favate]

The show looks promising. I hope they really pull off something different here.

Who is the title character? Is Dafne Keen?

 

[Joe Wong]

Looks good!

 

[Adam Lenhardt]

I like that it's set so far apart in the timeline from the Skywalker saga. While we know that the Jedi Order won't fall for another century, we don't know the fates of any of the characters. Maybe Amandla Stenberg's character will become a Sith Lord. Maybe she will be redeemed. Maybe she will die. Same with the Jedi she's hunting.

 

[Jeff Cooper]

I really want to like this, but I've got a bad feeling about it. Andor was so amazing and there wasn't a single light saber or force power in it. Obi-Wan and Ashoka went full on with the lightsabers and force and everyone was bored with it. Now they're promoting this as 'fans of the physicality of Phantom Menace will love it' and lightsabers abound in the trailers. Seems like they haven't really learned their lesson.

 

[Sam Favate]

I support and encourage diverse representation in film and television, but this is a troubling bit of news. Star Trek Discovery, also run by a queer woman, has let the gay angle really take over the show. I sincerely hope that isn’t the case with The Acolyte.

Leslye Headland: “In the same way that the original Star Wars film, A New Hope, is about a young man living in Modesto, Calif., who doesn't want to take over his dad's hardware store... there's just no way that me being a queer woman is not going to be reflected in my work. I could try not to do it, but why would I? It just feels like a natural extension of what I do."

Lesbian Leslye Headland Brings a Queer Lens to Star Wars Franchise

She'll be serving as writer, executive producer, and showrunner of The Acolyte, a new series coming to Disney+ soon.

www.advocate.com

 

[Walter Kittel]

I really want to like this, but I've got a bad feeling about it. Andor was so amazing and there wasn't a single light saber or force power in it. Obi-Wan and Ashoka went full on with the lightsabers and force and everyone was bored with it. Now they're promoting this as 'fans of the physicality of Phantom Menace will love it' and lightsabers abound in the trailers. Seems like they haven't really learned their lesson.

I obviously can't speak for others, but in my estimation...

Andor was great because the writing and acting were as good as anything we've experienced in the Star Wars universe (certainly on D+)

I wasn't bored with Ahsoka which was essentially Star Wars: Rebels season five. I thoroughly enjoyed that series and am anticipating season two. (It wasn't perfect but there was enough to enjoy that I could overlook some of the flaws.)

I wanted to like Obi-Wan but (at the risk of piling on) the writing was terrible. The tropes of the Star Wars universe (light sabers and Force powers) were present, but it wasn't their presence that detracted from the series. It was the completely illogical and contradictory ways in which they were presented at times. (Plus other things I discussed in the Obi-Wan thread.)

If the trappings of the SW universe are used well and in a sensible manner they won't be boring. It is all about execution, at least in my opinion. I have some reasons to be optimistic about the new series:

- I for one was a fan of the Sith fighting style in TPM. It was very dynamic and was one of the best things about TPM.
- As others have mentioned, the idea of stepping away from the Skywalker saga may breathe some fresh air into the D+ SW content.
- I am pretty stoked for Trinity as a Jedi.

We'll see in a few months if that optimism is warranted.

- Walter.

 

[Sam Favate]

I hate to seem like I'm picking on Leslyle Headland, but here is an interview with her in which she clearly doesn't know what she is talking about. She is asked whether The Acolyte bears resemblance to The Mandalorian or Andor? And she says "I think it’s very different. We’ve utilized practical sets much more so than the other shows."

Andor did not use "The Volume" and built practical sets, so much so that they built an entire city set, which even had running water!

Andor's Sets Were So Lifelike They Had Running Water

Andor star Adria Arjona reveals that the sets of Disney+'s newest Star Wars series were so massive and realistic that they even had running water.

www.cbr.com

Andor Creator Explains Why It Looks Different From Other Star Wars Shows

Andor takes a more practical approach.

screenrant.com

According To Tony Gilroy, ‘Star Wars: Andor’ Did Not Use The Volume To Film — CultureSlate

It is no surprise to Star Wars fans that the franchise has been famous for its ability to improve on techniques and technologies used in the film industry. That was seen in both the original and prequel trilogy. While the originals used models for the various vehicles and beings,

www.cultureslate.com

Anyway, here is the interview with Headland:

Star Wars: The Acolyte Showrunner on How It'll Challenge What We Know About the Jedi and Sith - IGN

Leslye Headland, the creator of Star Wars prequel series The Acolyte, sits down with IGN to discuss her inspirations, how the show compares to others like The Mandalorian and Andor, and more.

www.ign.com

I do give Headland credit for saying she is inspired by The Clone Wars. I'll be watching the series as soon as it's released, and I want it to succeed. But this is the second interview with her that I've seen where she doesn't give me hope.

 

[DaveF]

I've had serious Franchise Fatigue the past couple years. And I know nothing about anything for this series or how it fits into Star Wars-dom. But the Trailer looks fantastic and I'm watching this show.

I think I'm drawn to it because for me it has nothing to do with Star Wars. I don't know these characters. I don't know and don't want to know how it fits into the too-big star wars "canon". It just looks like a good show aimed at adults that I can come into cold and enjoy on its own merits for some action/drama/scifi/fantasy fun.

 

[TravisR]

I hate to seem like I'm picking on Leslyle Headland, but here is an interview with her in which she clearly doesn't know what she is talking about. She is asked whether The Acolyte bears resemblance to The Mandalorian or Andor? And she says "I think it’s very different. We’ve utilized practical sets much more so than the other shows."

Andor did not use "The Volume" and built practical sets, so much so that they built an entire city set, which even had running water!

My guess would be that she's probably just giving the fairly standard modern director and actor lie/answer by talking about the practical sets (or, in other cases, how they used practical effects more than CG) to placate psycho fans. Just because a set was built or they used one makeup job on an actor, they act like they're living in 1987 and ignore that nearly every shot has something digital in it.

 

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