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The Acolyte has been the subject of a lot of controversy this week. Its latest episode introduced some new lore that potentially contradicts some long-held beliefs among Star Wars fans about the ability to create life with the Force (it likely doesn’t contradict anything and will probably be explained in future episodes, but don’t let that stop some people from getting ahead of themselves). Such has been the uproar that some of the haters have taken to Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB to review bomb The Acolyte — an unfortunate development in modern fandom that doesn’t paint a true picture of what the majority of fans actually feel — with the series currently sitting at a 16% audience score. It still has an 84% rating with critics. However, some overzealous viewers have failed to check what pro...

Following the release of yesterday’s two-episode premiere of The Acolyte, cast and crew sat down with Entertainment Weekly to talk about their characters and some of the surprising or perhaps not so surprising dialogue elements in the first two episodes. If it wasn’t already clear to fans that showrunner Leslye Headland is a major Star Wars fan herself, it’s abundantly clear after watching the first couple episodes, which include all sorts of homages to the films from an “opening crawl-like” initial set up to wipe transitions and a thematic score at times very similar to John Williams’ music, just to name a few. Regarding the dialogue, she also included none other than the famous “I have a bad feeling about this” line, and apparently, had to fight quite a bite to keep it in the show. Sh...

Welcome to a new edition of “This Week, In a Galaxy Far, Far Away“, where I’m here siding with all Star Wars authors and members of the publishing team who didn’t get the invite to the Acolyte premiere on Thursday night! It’s been an intense weekend over at Star Wars News Net, as we try to parse through everything George Lucas said in Cannes, as well as gather the latest to stem from the Leslye Headland show, which is now just 9 days away from launching on Disney Plus. This week was also a big one for Ray Stevenson. On Tuesday, we marked the one-year anniversary of his passing. On Saturday, May 25, he would have turned 60 years old. On a happier note, Saturday also marked the 47th anniversary of Star Wars, 41st of Return of the Jedi, and six years since Solo: A Star Wars Story came out....