The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto teases a multi-season plan for Darth Plagueis had the sequence not been cancelled.
Though The Acolyte did wrap up sure plotlines throughout its first season, there was sufficient left unexplained that its cancellation was very irritating for followers. A type of tidbits included the reveal of Darth Plagueis, the long run grasp of Sheev Palpatine. Had the present returned for an additional season (or much more), The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto teased that we positively would have seen extra of Darth Plagueis.
Whereas talking at a panel at FanExpo San Francisco (by way of Collider), Jacinto was requested about his character’s connection to Darth Plagueis.
“Oh man, that’s a tough question. They’re not [connected], they’re definitely not. Oh man, how do I answer that? What time is it? [laughs] There are definitely a lot of different theories, like who he is, because we never actually know his true identity. Is Qimir’s name actually Qimir? We definitely wanted to explore it,” Jacinto defined. “There was positively going to be extra of Plagueis within the second, or if not, the third seasons of the present, however I simply can’t say, as a result of, you recognize, we might come again. I don’t wish to spoil something, or give anyone any false hope, however I’d simply say there was much more to discover, for certain.“
Whereas The Acolyte wasn’t my favorite Star Wars sequence, I used to be upset by its cancellation. Regardless of its faults, it did give followers one thing completely different and explored a brand-new period within the franchise. Lee Jung-jae, who starred as Jedi Grasp Sol, was additionally upset by the untimely finish of the sequence, though he stays hopeful it might return.
Darth Plagueis is understood to be obsessive about reaching immortality, so you possibly can perceive why he could be fascinated by Osha and Mae (Amandla Stenberg) as step one to his plans. Given what we all know of the long run, showrunner Leslye Headland beforehand defined that his presence additionally doubtless spells doom for Osha and the Stranger. “Even though [Osha and The Stranger] are standing there, sort of looking out at the sunset, ready to conquer the world, the tragedy is we know they don’t,” Headland defined. “We all know there can solely be two. We all know Plagueis is there. We all know that these two are doomed indirectly. So to me it’s a bittersweet tragedy, this foreboding ending. However that’s as a result of I do know in regards to the Sith lineage and all these different issues, whereas I feel a unique subset of the viewers might be like, ‘They’re married!’“
The Acolyte takes place 100 years earlier than the occasions of The Phantom Menace and follows a Jedi Grasp who investigates a surprising crime spree which pits him towards a harmful warrior from his previous. The sequence stars Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Eager, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Carrie-Anne Moss. You may try a overview from our personal Alex Maidy proper right here.
