Expansion of Acolyte

There have always been some mind-bending elements to Star Wars, but over the years, they have become underappreciated. The Acolyte expands upon those aspects.

Galaxy-spanning events

There was never any suggestion that the events of the galaxy far, far away were some future versions of ours. Rather, they are placed as 'a long time ago' in the story's first lines.

As the Acolyte ventures

The Acolyte will venture further into the Star Wars franchise chronology, taking place about 100 years before all of the screen stories fans have already seen.

High Republic at its tail end

It was the end of the High Republic when the galaxy was flush with wealth and innovation, white-clad Jedi inspired awe, and the dark side of the Force no longer existed.

An era of golden prosperity

Leslye Headland, showrunner for Vanity Fair's Star Wars: The Rebellion Will Be Televised cover story, describes it as a golden age or maybe just one gilded by gold.

Europeans own a gazillion books

According to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy, Leslye is a huge Star Wars fan and has read a gazillion books inside Europe.

Books published recently

A recent series of books and comics set during this prosperous era chronicles the High Republic era, which has never been depicted in television or movies.

An announcement has yet to be made available

No official announcement has been made about the casting of Amandla Stenberg, who starred in The Darkest Minds and The Hate U Give

There are still needs in Headland

Right now, Headland still needs to explain the title's significance fully. But she strongly implies that it points toward a dark side devotee.

Dark sides are hard to see

During the prequels, Headland says, 'Mace Windu said that it was hard to see the dark side. Yoda said, 'Hard to see, the dark side

Forces have been activated again

Despite being long dormant, or at least hidden from them, this part of the Force has been reactivated. I was immediately curious about who was practising this

Streamlined the time

Considering all those things, he decided to make the time sleeker, better-looking and almost more advanced when dealing with the prequels.

Technologies to be addressed

As he went about making the prequels, he made them look sleeker, better-looking, and more advanced as he was addressing technology and all of those types of things

The situation improves

The weird thing about Star Wars is that things get better the further back you go. 'A long time ago' becomes more futuristic the further back you go.

Entertainment

In The Acolyte Star Wars is taking a trip into the future