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 […]
Go behind-the-scenes of The Acolyte with new Star Wars featurette
Another featurette has arrived online for Star Wars: The Acolyte ahead of its premiere this June, which takes us behind the scenes of the live-action series which sees Dave Filoni, writer/director Leslye Headland, producer Rayne Roberts, and stars Manny Jacinto, Amandla Stenberg, Dafne Keen, Carrie-Anne Moss and Lee Jung-jae discuss bringing the show to life; […]
