The Hollywood Reporter posted an exclusive interview with Acolyte stars Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, and Manny Jacinto today. In the wake of the show’s premiere, they discuss their characters and relationships and offer a possible explanation for Yord’s behavior. Check out an excerpt below: Th...
Read MoreWell, The Acolyte is finally here. Star Wars fans have been anticipating this series for all the wrong reasons, from its showrunner’s dubious past working with Harvey Weinstein to bad PR to downright confusing dialogue in the trailers. Despite Lucasfilm’s best(?) efforts, I don’t think anyon...
Read MoreYesterday, the official Star Wars YouTube channel released a half-minute-long clip from the upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte, titled “Awake.” Today, they released an even shorter trailer entitled “It’s Coming.” Additionally, Bespin Bulletin has revealed the runtimes for the serie...
Read MoreI’m not going to get into some facetious preamble that pretends anyone had faith in The Acolyte, the new Star Wars series coming to Disney+ next week. But sometimes, something is stupid enough to shock you even when it doesn’t quite surprise you. Some of the show’s stars are making the press ...
Read MoreFrustration must be seeping in because Hollywood is now flat-out telling fans how much they hate them. In a The New York Times article about the upcoming Star Wars TV show The Acolyte (via Variety due to the paywall), Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy discussed the hostility towards The Acolyt...
Read MoreMarvel is calling in whatever big guns it has left, from within and without. In October of 2022, Jeff Sneider reported that Marvel was putting together a writers’ room to work on a Disney+ show called Vision Quest, which would center on Vision. This would presumably have been the resurrected – o...
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