Star Wars: The Acolyte’s Manny Jacinto Reflects on His Top Gun: Maverick Role Being Cut Down
Manny Jacinto first made waves playing the lovable doofus Jason Mendoza on The Good Place, and now TV watchers are falling for him all over again thanks to Star Wars: The Acolyte. In addition to dominating the small screen, Jacinto also appeared in Top Gun: Maverick, the second-most successful movie of 2022. Jacinto played Lt. […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte’s Manny Jacinto Weighs in on Review Bombing and Backlash
Before it had officially premiered anywhere, Star Wars: The Acolyte somehow managed to earn countless negative reviews on various sites, likely the work of trolls who wanted to try to arbitrarily impact a meaningless rating metric. Critics, on the other hand, had much more promising reactions to the show, and while star Manny Jacinto understands […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte Showrunner Breaks Down That Shocking Sith Cameo
For nearly 20 years, fans have been curious about Darth Plagueis, thanks to a pivotal exchange between Palpatine and Anakin Skywalker in Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith, and while the figure has been explored in the Legends corner of the franchise, Star Wars: The Acolyte finally brought him into live-action. The figure did little […]
Deadpool & Wolverine Director Shawn Levy Teases “Really Exciting” Idea for His Secret Star Wars Movie
Shawn Levy is going from one top-secret project to another. After keeping tight-lipped about his Marvel Studios movie — the cameo-filled Deadpool & Wolverine, which has restricted its mostly spoiler-free marketing to the film’s first half hour — the prolific filmmaker behind Stranger Things and Free Guy is now Force-deflecting shots at attempts to gather […]
The Acolyte Finale Gets Mixed Reactions From Star Wars Fans (Shocker!)
Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 8 brought the series (or at least the season?) to an end, and fans certainly have mixed thoughts about the finale. (SPOILERS) From the sudden and unexpected appearance by Sith Lord Darth Plagueis to some of the most stunning Star Wars action we’ve seen, The Acolyte is a mix of […]
Star Wars Celebrates Ahsoka’s Five Emmy Nominations
The nominees for the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and many of our favorite shows made the cut. One show that made out with five Emmy nominations was Star Wars: Ahsoka, the live-action Disney+ series that stars Rosario Dawson in the titular role and […]
New Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures Season 2 Trailer Released
Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures is returning for Season 2, and the new trailer is now available to watch, below! Young Jedi Adventures has opened up a lane of Star Wars storytelling for younger kids. It follows a group of Jedi Younglings during the High Republic Era (centuries before the Skywalker Saga begins) as they […]
Star Wars Outlaws Designers Tease Cameo Characters
Star Wars Outlaws is based off of new characters, but given that it’s a Star Wars adaptation, there’s no way we’ll go through the whole game without seeing some surprise characters. We already know that Jabba the Hutt will be in the game, for example, and we’ve seen some major appearances in other games like […]
The Acolyte Explained | Highlights from “The Acolyte”
In the season finale episode of The Acolyte, Osha and Mae reunite where it all began amid one final showdown between Master Sol and the Stranger. In Star Wars: The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past. With all episodes now streaming […]
How The Acolyte Challenges How We See Some Members of the Jedi
Creator Leslye Headland and the series cast, including Lee Jung-jae and Rebecca Henderson, take us inside the minds of the High Republic Jedi. The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland When Leslye Headland set out to tell the story of The Acolyte, she wasn’t intending to make the Jedi antagonists in the story of Osha and Mae […]
