The Acolyte Archives

It's coming up on two months since the news came down that Leslye Headland's Amandla Stenberg & Lee Jung-jae-starring The Acolyte would not be returning for a second season – a move that's still being felt among a whole lot of "Star Wars" fans who feel Lucasfilm and Disney gave into the toxic trolling gatekeepers who[...]

Amandla Stenberg was all too aware of the backlash of the Disney+ series The Acolyte and wasn't surprised as the star learned of its cancelation from the platform Her co-star Manny Jacinto, who played Qmir/The Stranger, has chimed in about his thoughts during a Q&A panel at Dragoncon in Atlanta over the weekend from August[...]

A little more than a week ago, the word came down that Leslye Headland's Amandla Stenberg & Lee Jung-jae-starring The Acolyte would not be returning for a second season Since that time, a lot of folks on social media have had a chance to share their thoughts But earlier today, we got a chance to hear[...]

Perhaps it might be a moot point considering Lee Jun-jae's character's fate at the season one finale of The Acolyte, but that doesn't change the fact the Jedi Master Sol actor was taken aback by Disney+'s decision to cancel the Leslye Headland's Star Wars series after one season Taking a bolder and darker approach to[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today?Netflix's Cobra Kai, HBO & BBC's First Day on Earth, TAG/AMPTP, Crunchyroll/Spotify, Disney+'s X-Men '97, Disney+'s The Acolyte, USA Network's WWE Raw, BBC & Disney+'s Doctor Who, Dropout's Gastronauts, Lucasfilm's The Mandalorian & Grogu, Legendary's Pacific Rim, Paramount+'s Frasier, Netflix's Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft, Peacock's Crystal Lake, Prime Video's Poltergeist, Disney+'s[...]

It would appear that Leslye Headland's Amandla Stenberg & Lee Jung-jae-starring The Acolyte will not be returning for a second season, with Deadline Hollywood reporting the news exclusively Though getting off to a strong two-episode debut (11.1 million global views over the course of its first five days), the streaming series would drop out of[...]

The Acolyte has come and gone, leaving behind an excellent story and Star Wars fan's first glimpse into the live-action The High Republic era The story was nicely crafted as The Stranger searches for a new Padawan to train in the ways of the Dark Side This story was filled with dark secrets, incredible fight sequences,[...]

Star Wars: The Acolyte had an explosive finale, leading to some answers for our "twins" as well as new questions While most of the cast did not make it through the entire season, one of those Jedi Masters did with Vernestra Rowh Vernestra has played quite a part throughout the Star Wars: The High Republic[...]

The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland has a lot to hang her hat on for putting together the ambitious dark Star Wars series that saw the rise of a Sith and his new apprentice by the finale, as the title suggests, and the fall of four Jedi. Qimir, also known as The Stranger (Manny Jacinto), was able to take[...]

Anyone wondering if they would be free from any Skywalker Saga characters in The Acolyte, given its time setting, was sorely mistaken when they saw the season finale and who Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson) reported to in the final shot. While the Disney+ Star Wars series takes place 100 years before the events of 1999's The[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? NBC's Saturday Night Live, Marvel Studios' Nova, Adult Swim's Smiling Friends, Prime Video's The Boys, Netflix's Cobra Kai, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, Netflix's Heartstopper, Dave Bautista/DCU, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, TNT's AEW Rampage, Paramount+'s Mayor of Kingstown, Disney+'s The Acolyte, BBC's Doctor Who, Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia, and more! Images/Screencaps: Netflix, Prime[...]

During the final two episodes of season one of The Acolyte, Osha (Amandla Stenberg) had a crash course in exploring the Dark Side with Qimir/The Stranger (Manny Jacinto) As Jedi Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) finally revealed the truth in their final confrontation about what happened to her mother, Osha unleashed her newly uncovered Dark Side[...]

The circle is complete with The Acolyte season finale under wraps and no word on a possible season two. The finale, also titled "The Acolyte," saw Sol (Lee Jung-jae), the final of the four Jedi that visited Mae & Osha (Amandla Stenberg) 16 years ago in Brendok, fall at the hands of his former apprentice after[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? The Powerpuff Girls, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Netflix's Cobra Kai, Paramount+'s Halo, SYFY's The Ark, Netflix, Prime Video's God of War, Disney+'s The Acolyte, IATSE/AMPTP, TNT's Charmed, Paramount+'s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, CW's Superman & Lois, Prime Video's Fallout, HBO's Dune: Prophecy, Paramount+ with Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin, Prime Video's The[...]

One thing you can say about The Acolyte is its consistent dark overtones From the first episode on, it went beyond a simple murder mystery as we discover the tale of Osha and Mae (both played by Amandla Stenberg), twins separated from their home planet of Brendok, one thinking the other was dead Osha is[...]

The Acolyte is coming to a close as the final episode of the new Disney+ Star Wars series airs tonight This new series takes fans back into the era of the High Republic, during a time when the Jedi thrived in the galaxy Their duty was exploration and bringing peace to the galaxy, in any[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Netflix & Barbaric, Starz's Outlander, TBS's AEW Dynamite, Starz's Spartacus: House of Ashur, Paramount+ with Showtime's Dexter: Original Sin, CW's Walker, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, CBS's Ghosts, AnimEigo's Riding Bean, CW's Superman & Lois, Prime Video's Criminal, Max's Creature Commandos, Disney's D23, HBO's The Penguin, Netflix's The Umbrella Academy, DC Studios' Superman, Adult Swim's Rick and Morty: The Anime,[...]

As we reach "Choice," the penultimate episode of season one of The Acolyte, we get our biggest piece of the puzzle fall into place in the mystery between the origins of twins Osha & Mae (Amandla Stenberg) as we revisit the fateful time 16 years ago back on the planet Brendok The Leslye Headland series[...]

Japan's Suicide Squad ISEKAI, UK General Election, Prime Video's Sausage Party: Footopia, Michael Connelly/"Ballard" Series, Netflix's Vikings: Valhalla, ESPN's Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest, Arrow/The CW, TBS's AEW Dynamite, ABC's The Rookie, President Joe Biden/ABC News, Prime Video's The Boys, Disney+'s The Acolyte, and more! Images/Screencaps: Prime Video, WBTV, Max, Warner Bros[...]

At the end of last week's episode of Lucasfilm and Disney+'s The Acolyte, we found Mae (Amandla Stenberg) desperate to escape from her former master Qimir (Manny Jacinto) – also known as The Stranger, sensing doubt within her Cutting her hair and swapping clothes with her twin Osha (Stenberg), she flees with Jedi Master Sol[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Prime Video's Batman: Caped Crusader, MTV News, Apple TV+'s The Dispatcher, Disney+'s The Acolyte, Skydance/Paramount Global, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, Cowboy Bebop/Crunchyroll/Logic, AMC's The Walking Dead, President Joe Biden/ABC News, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, Netflix's Sirens, Prime Video's Young Sherlock, Netflix's Terminator Zero, Prime Video's Reacher, Prime Video's Blade Runner 2099, Venus Prime/Jonathan Frakes, Netflix's The[...]

Given the unexpected turn of events of the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte surrounding Manny Jacinto's Qimir as The Stranger, the latest Sith Lord is taking social media by storm as he went from being an unassuming apothecary shopkeep to a suave lightsaber-wielding badass One fan wrote, "The himbo from the Good Place becoming[...]

We knew The Acolyte was darker than your usual fare in Star Wars, but Leslie Headland blew the lid off with the latest episode, "Night." While we haven't seen anything as dark since 2016's Rogue One, where all the main characters died, the series made for refreshingly unpredictable fare as Qimir (Manny Jacinto) revealed himself[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Table Reads Podcast: "Fright Night," DC Studios' Superman, Paramount+/Max, Peacock's Poker Face, AMC's Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, FX's Grotesquerie, Netflix's Star Trek: Prodigy, USA Network's WWE Raw, Max's Kite Man: Hell Yeah!, Supreme Court/Donald Trump, Prime Video's The Boys, Netflix's Cobra Kai, Netflix's One Piece, Disney+'s The Acolyte,[...]

Leslye Headland is crossing into some unfamiliar territory with the Star Wars franchise, pulling off a Game of Thrones-worthy surprise in her latest The Acolyte episode "Night." First, the reveal of Manny Jacinto's Qimir, pulling the strings from afar as the Stranger, the "Sith Lord" and master to Mae (Amandla Stenberg), tasking her to kill[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Crunchyroll's Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Prime Video's The Boys, CNN Biden/Trump Debate, BBC/Transformers Earthspark, FX's What We Do in the Shadows, Crunchyroll's My Hero Academia, TNT's AEW Rampage, Netflix's Masters of the Universe, Netflix's KAOS, Netflix's That '90s Show, ABC's The Rookie, Dropout's Monét's Slumber Party, Disney+'s Agatha All Along, Netflix's Cobra Kai, Disney+'s The Acolyte,[...]

Up to this point, Star Wars has largely been formulaic unless it's exceedingly obvious it will be a dark story, but The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland has largely kept things close to the chest as with anything highly anticipated of the franchise While most of the narrative has been predictable, "Night" upends that with shocking[...]

Making the BCTV Daily Dispatch menu board today? Disney+'s The Acolyte, Rob McElhenney, Ryan Reynolds & Dolly Parton; IATSE/AMPTP, Dijak/WWE, HBO's Lanterns, Biden/Trump CNN Debate 2024, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog/The Daily Show, ABC's The Rookie, DC Studios' Superman, NBC's Night Court, Adult Swim's My Adventures with Superman, Paramount+'s Frasier, AEW/WWE, Max/Hulu's Suicide Squad ISEKAI, Apple TV+'s Disclaimer, Hulu's Hit-Monkey, Paramount+ with[...]

When we're first introduced to Manny Jacinto's Qimir in the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte, we discover he's working with Jedi assassin Mae (Amandla Stenberg) producing the poison that she requested to use against Jedi Master Torbin (Dean-Charles Chapman) After Mae couldn't penetrate his Force wall, she came back later to use the poison,[...]

The Power of the Sith has returned as the new Disney+ series Star Wars: The Acolyte brings The Stranger to life The Stranger is the newest dark side force wielded, and the latest episode, "Night," shows just how powerful this being is It is unclear what the history behind this character is, but his appearance[...]