Chris Connor reviews the penultimate episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte… The Acolyte has built steady momentum in recent weeks with the reveal of its villain and lingering mysteries, coupled with some impressive action. With just two episodes remaining the show takes a surprise route to return to events of 16 years earlier on Brendok, […]
The Acolyte’s Qimir is Star Wars’ Freshest Villain Yet
Ricky Church on Star Wars: The Acolyte’s mysterious new villain Qimir… There are plenty of reasons to love Star Wars as any fan of the galaxy far, far away knows: the epic space battles, the lightsabers, several of the characters whether they’re the main heroes, supporting ones or someone who appears for not even 10 seconds. We […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 6 Review – ‘Teach/Corrupt’
Chris Connor reviews the sixth episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte… The Acolyte’s fifth episode considerably upped the stakes and answered some questions, namely who the ‘Sith’ is. It was one of the most action-packed Disney+ Star Wars episodes to date with only Master Sol, Mae and Osha making it out of the brawl alive. […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 5 Review – ‘Night’
Chris Connor reviews the fifth episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte… The first half of The Acolyte has had plenty of promise, introducing us to a wealth of new characters and worlds with plenty of familiar tropes for Star Wars fans while also feeling fresh. The fifth episode, ‘Night’ significantly ups the ante with the […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 4 Review – ‘Day’
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte… The Acolyte’s premiere introduced us to a plethora of new world’s and characters from Master Sol to twins Osha and Mae, it is refreshing to finally see an earlier corner of the Star Wars universe in live-action. Episode 4 picks up the main narrative […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 3 Review – ‘Destiny’
Chris Connor reviews the third episode of Star Wars: The Acolyte… The Acolyte, which brought the High Republic era of the Star Wars universe to life in live-action, showed plenty of promise in its first two episodes, introducing us to an assortment of new worlds, new Jedi and an intriguing central mystery around the twins […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte Retro Collection, Vintage Collection and Black Series action figures revealed by Hasbro
As The Acolyte continues on Disney+, Hasbro has unveiled the first wave of tie-in action figures for the latest Star Wars series which features a Kennier-inspired Star Wars: The Acolyte Retro Collection Multipack along with 3.75″ and 6″ versions of Amandla Stenberg’s Osha Aniseya from The Vintage Collection and The Black Series lines; check them […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte delivers biggest Disney+ launch of 2024
Disney and Lucasfilm brought the High Republic-era of the galaxy far, far away to live-action for the very first time this week with premiere of the new series Star Wars: The Acolyte, and Disney+ is now touting it as the streamer’s biggest launch of 2024 so far. As reported by Variety, the show – created […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte – Episodes 1 & 2 Review
Chris Connor reviews the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Acolyte… While we have had four years of Disney+ series within the Star Wars universe, they have until now taken place within familiar timeframes bridging the gap largely between Episodes III & IV and VI & VII, of course introducing us to new characters […]
The Acolyte promos tease the return of Star Wars
Ahead of its premiere this Tuesday, another two action-packed TV spots have arrived online for the hotly-anticipated Star Wars series The Acolyte which you can check out below… In “The Acolyte,” an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Amandla Stenberg). As […]
