As most Star Warse movies and shows do, The Acolyte begins with a text card explaining the basic premise of the series. But there’s something cool about this particular version of this trope. The text is colored blue, a callback to the very first “A long time ago, in a galaxy far away” in the original Star Wars. But … Read more
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 the prequels, in a time period never explored in live-action before. Instead of linking back to the … Read more
With the season premiere of Disney’s new Star Wars series The Acolyte taking place, there already are plenty of rumors about the show’s future. So far, much of the speculation surrounds the cancellation and renewal of the show by Disney. Let’s find out whether Star Wars: The Acolyte is canceled or renewed for another season. … Read more
The first two episodes, directed by Headland, sputter a bit just to get this branch of the “Star Wars” universe, and our characters, all set up. The dialogue is still a little clunky in that heightened, thee-and-thou way (“Attack me with all your strength,” Mae boasts to any of her potential targets), and even these … Read more
A new TV series is arriving on Disney+, and this one is set a really long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. The Acolyte is the latest show set in the Star Wars universe and has something quite new to offer. While every live-action Star Wars movie and show has been set in … Read more
Star Wars’ new Disney+ series The Acolyte takes fans into an era of the galaxy far, far away that has never been explored in a live-action TV series before. Known as “The High Republic,” The Acolyte is set roughly 100 years before the main Star Wars movie franchise, at a time when the Jedi remain the main Force wielders in the … Read more
A new four-hour video deconstructs everything that made Disney’s Star Wars hotel a flop, from the cost to the half-brained story. In March 2022, Star Wars fans could have the experience of a lifetime by spending two days in a hotel, fully immersing themselves in an experience that had a set itinerary intended to put … Read more
Palpatine successfully uses the arsonist-firefighter strategy more times as the saga unfolds. In “Attack of the Clones,” all the stuff involving the separatist movement (led by former Jedi Count Dooku) is an elaborate long con. It’s intended to confront the Galactic Senate with a threat so immense that they’ll vote to give Chancellor “emergency powers” to … Read more
Set against awesome backdrops, the characters in “The Phantom Menace” inhabit a plot that is little more complex than the stories I grew up on in science-fiction magazines. The whole series sometimes feel like a cover from Thrilling Wonder Stories, come to life. The dialogue is pretty flat and straightforward, although seasoned with a little … Read more
You guys spent 25 years making fun of Jar Jar Binks and now he has had it. In the new LEGO Star Wars animated special, LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild the Galaxy, Jar Jar becomes [dramatic John Williams music] Darth Jar Jar. And yes, the original actor who brought Jar Jar to life in Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Ahmed Best, … Read more