Star Wars: The Acolyte is set to debut June 4th on Disney+, but some audiences who are Force sensitive got the chance to see the advance screening today! The showing is free and the El Capitan Theatre was full of Star Warriors! A number of audience members wore Jedi robes, one Jedi Knight had the High Republic white and gold robe!, and others brought along lightsabers! Rob Richards played several themes from Star Wars on the Wurlitzer organ. The High Republic is an era that took place a hundred to two hundred years before The Phantom Menace (1999).
The multimedia story began with Phase One with the Great Disaster that was in the novel, Light of the Jedi (2021) by Charles Soule. The freight transport, Legacy Run, was traveling through hyperspace when it encountered a Stormship piloted by the pirate Nihil. The ship breaks apart and pieces fly into realspace across the galaxy! Next phase, Quest of the Jedi, took place 150 years before Light of the Jedi. It concerns the planets Eiram and E’ronoh, at war with each other as the Jedi and Republic try to bring peace to them.
Phase III, Trials of the Jedi, after the Nihil attack the Starlight Beacon, a station run by the Jedi to help travelers move through the hyperspace routes. This was in The Fallen Star (2022) by Claudia Gray. The Acolyte is set towards the end of the High Republic. The first two episodes were screened both directed by series creator, Leslye Headland, she also wrote the first episode. Headland is known as the co-creator of the series, Russian Doll. Jason Micallef and Charmaine DeGrate wrote the second episode.
The screening began with an introduction by Amandla Stenberg who stars in the series. The show focuses on Stenberg as the assassin Mae. It is a complex part that is demanding for the actor. The other main character is Jedi Master Sol played by Lee Jung-jae. He is known for portraying Seong Gi-hun in Squid Game. He is a teacher, his Padawan is Jecki Lon played by Dafne Keen, and there is a flawed veneer to his veteran Jedi. Keen is well known for playing X-23 in Logan (2017). Keen plays an apprentice who is wise.
The Acolyte poster handed to all Star Warriors who attended the screening, photo by the author.
In contrast is the by-the-book Jedi Knight Yord Fandar played by Charlie Barnett. Alan Zveri in Russian Doll was played by Barnett. The other Jedi is Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson) who is the voice of the Jedi Council. She is also the connection to the earlier phases of the High Republic when she was much younger. The interesting part of the show is that it is a mystery like Obi-Wan investigating the assassin in Attack of the Clones. Except that it will take place over the entire series and characters are introduced episode to episode. The series is a mystery that is hidden in the past, a secret that may ruin the Jedi and give rise to the Dark Side! After the screening, The Acolyte posters were handed out to Star Warriors!
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