In the first episode of The Acolyte, the identity of an assassin is revealed. (Image source: Disney Plus)
The first two episodes of the Star Wars series The Acolyte have been available since June 4th and there is a surprise in the first episode. However, anyone who has been paying close attention to interviews with the series creators was already prepared for this twist. Because a rumor about the main actresses was confirmed a week ago.
If you haven’t seen the first episode of The Acolyte yet, we warn you at this point about spoilers. In this case, you should watch the trailer for the series:
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The Acolyte: The new trailer for the Star Wars series shows a villain like from a horror film
Not one role, but two
At the beginning of The Acolyte, we watch a battle between Jedi Master Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss) and a Force-gifted assassin (Amandla Stenberg). The day after the attack on Indara, former Padawan Osha, who looks uncannily like the assassin, is arrested.
In fact, the series is only trying to lead us astray, as becomes clear over the course of the episode. Because Osha has a twin sister named Mae, who was believed to be dead, and who is actually behind the assassination.
Amandla Stenberg can be seen in two different roles in The Acolyte, as a former Padawan and as an assassin, or eponymous Acolyte
with still unknown goals and motives.
Osha works as a ship mechanic and was trained as a Jedi for a time.
In a Interview mit Good Morning America Showrunner Leslye Headland explained more than a week ago what she had in mind when it came to the double casting:
[Ich] I have thought a lot about Yin and Yang and what the embodiment of this would be on a material and energetic level.
[…] I was really thinking about what I love most about Star Wars, all of those questions that fans will probably debate until the end of time. About how the Force works and what it means to be on the light side or the dark side.
So Osha and Mae are meant to represent power, its duality and perhaps also the idea of balance.
What this will mean for the further development of the characters and their relationships with each other will probably only be revealed in the next episodes, which will be released weekly on Disney Plus from now on. The second episode is already available, however, and was released together with episode one.
If you’re wondering how good the new Star Wars series is, you should take a look at our film review. For Star Wars fan Fabiano, The Acolyte shows a side of Star Wars that he has long missed. Many other fans don’t like the new series so much, and you can read what is being criticized in our press review.
