‘The Acolyte’ Is Not the ‘Star Wars’ Show You’re Looking For
The show’s title card simply reads The Acolyte. No mention of Star Wars. And in the lead-up to The Acolyte, Disney and Lucasfilm have emphasized how different this Star Wars show is from all the previous ones on Disney+. It is set 100 years before theprequels, in a time period never explored in live-action before. Instead of linking back to the films through preexisting characters and locations from earlier films or shows, The Acolyte introduces an entirely new cast, exploring a galaxy with no Empire, where the Jedi are in power and the Sith are virtually nonexistent. Where all of the previous...