Our first look at The Acolyte is here!
Its set 100 years beforeThe Phantom Menace, at the end of the High Republic era.
Its about how the Sith master plan to destroy the Jedi actually goes much further back than Palpatine.
That was kind of my dreamStar Warsidea.
But it felt like the time period to do that in would be something pre-Phantom Menace.
Lee Jung-jae as Jedi Master Sol
Squid Games brilliant Lee Jung-jae plays Jedi Master Sol.
Not everything we see here is as it seems.
Remember that, as we continue speculating our way through this trailer.
She plays Jedi Master Indara, who we dont actually know very much about yet.
Major Trinity vibes here and we love it.
She also shows up in a few issues of MarvelsHigh Republiccomics!
Shes massively respected, and considered to be one of the most powerful Jedi at this particular time period.
We only see Aniseya briefly in the trailer, surrounded by her robed sisters.
Well have to wait and see what connection they have to the Jedi…or the Sith.
Joonas Suotamo as Kelnacca, a Wookiee Jedi Master
Yes, thats a Wookiee Jedi!
A Jedi Master, to be exact.
Keens character is half-human and half-Theelin, an alien race first introduced inReturn of the Jedi.
Meanwhile, Manny Jacinto (Top Gun: Maverick) plays a former smuggler named Qimir.
A Mystery Boy and Ahch-To?
Okay, were in heavy speculation territory now.
Toward the end of the trailer, we see Mae approaching a little boy standing on an island.
So, we have to ask: is this meant to be little Sheev Palpatine?
There have long been rumors thatThe Acolytewill tell the origin story of the boy who would become Darth Sidious.
How did Palp become a Sith in the first place?
Was it the titular Acolyte who discovered him?
Who is holding that red lightsaber at the end of the trailer?
We dont know, but theyre clearly very powerful.
Is this the Sith Lord pulling the strings in the first season of the show?
We cant wait to find out!
