Star Wars: The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland confirms that cameo within the finale is precisely who you suppose it’s
SPOILERS for the season finale of The Acolyte. After eight episodes, The Acolyte has come to an finish with loads of surprises, but it surely additionally left numerous dangling threads that can hopefully be picked up in a second season, together with a sure cameo from a personality who has by no means been seen in a Star Wars film or TV present till now.
A mere 12 minutes into the finale, The Stranger (Manny Jacinto) and Osha (Amandla Stenberg) depart searching for Mae, however they’re watched by a mysterious determine lurking within the shadows. Whereas talking with IndieWire, The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland confirmed that the cameo was none apart from Darth Plagueis, the long run grasp of Sheev Palpatine. The character was first talked about in Revenge of the Sith when Palpatine tells Anakin Skywalker about “the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Sensible,” a Sith who was so highly effective he had the facility to create life.
Headland at all times needed to incorporate the character in The Acolyte. “Plagueis was at all times within the finale, in each model,” she stated, however added that Plagueis was initially set to look within the last moments as a substitute of the episode’s different cameo. “There was a model the place he was the button of the finale [instead of Yoda],” Headland stated. “[But] You wish to really feel Osha’s triumph. You wish to really feel her becoming a member of forces with The Stranger. Plagueis stepped on [that moment].”
Plagueis is thought to be obsessive about attaining immortality, so you’ll be able to perceive why he could be serious about Osha and Mae as step one to his plans. Given what we all know of the long run, his presence additionally possible spells doom for Osha and the Stranger. “Although [Osha and The Stranger] are standing there, kind of looking on the sundown, prepared to overcome the world, the tragedy is we all know they don’t,” Headland defined. “We all know there can solely be two. We all know Plagueis is there. We all know that these two are doomed indirectly. So to me it’s a bittersweet tragedy, this foreboding ending. However that’s as a result of I do know in regards to the Sith lineage and all these different issues, whereas I feel a special subset of the viewers will be like, ‘They’re married!’“
Regardless of a relatively divided response, The Acolyte has confirmed to be successful for Disney+ because it was the streaming service’s biggest series premiere of the year. You possibly can take a look at a evaluate from our personal Alex Maidy right here.
