Huge issues had been deliberate for The Acolyte! Manny Jacinto reveals {that a} multi-season arc was deliberate for the Star Wars villain Darth Plagueis within the collection.
The Acolyte is such a heartbreaking story for Star Wars followers. To many, it was an ideal collection with standout performances by Manny Jacinto and Amandla Stenberg. Nevertheless, a mix of a vocal minority lashing out in opposition to the collection, a large price ticket, and less-than-stellar viewership numbers led to the present getting the axe.
This clearly wasn’t the plan initially envisioned for The Acolyte. It’s clear the present was meant to be the subsequent Disney Plus moneymaker for Star Wars. Not solely did Manny Jacinto’s Qimir have a number of runway as a villain, however the present closely recommended that Darth Plagueis was a controlling power behind the scenes. This was sufficient fertile floor for a number of seasons price of tales that may finally by no means come to life.
The Scrapped Plans For Darth Plagueis In The Acolyte
It appears future seasons of The Acolyte weren’t simply hypothetical both. When talking about his position within the Star Wars collection, Manny Jacinto revealed that there have been plans in place for Qimir and Darth Plagueis and Qimir. Whereas he declined to share actual particulars because of hopes the present will get picked up once more in some kind, it does appear no less than three seasons of content material had been no less than in thoughts.
“Oh man, that’s a troublesome query,” Jacinto spoke throughout FanExpo San Francisco when requested a couple of connection between Qimir and Darth Plageuis. “They’re not [connected], they’re positively not. Oh man, how do I reply that? What time is it? [laughs] There are positively a number of completely different theories, like who he’s, as a result of we by no means truly know his true id.”
“Is Qimir’s title truly Qimir? We positively wished to discover it. There was positively going to be extra of Plagueis within the second, or if not, the third seasons of the present, however I simply can’t say, as a result of, you realize, we may come again. I don’t wish to spoil something, or give anyone any false hope, however I’d simply say there was much more to discover, for positive.”
It’s a disgrace that The Acolyte was reduce down when Star Wars followers have been begging for a literal half-decade to see Darth Plagueis take middle stage. The collection serves as a reminder that, within the trendy age of streaming, reveals can’t solely do good. They must excel above and past, and even then might not be renewed for a season 2. It’s a lesson all followers ought to heed, even when they’re not connected to an enormous fandom like Star Wars.
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