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More Men Than Women Worked on The Acolyte and Were Paid More

AlexGherzo | Jun 25, 2024 | 1

The Force may be female, but Disney’s workforce sure isn’t, at least on its new female-led show. By now, you’ve been inundated with the messaging that Star Wars is all about girl power – and will be for the foreseeable future – and the fan base is a bunch of evil men who hate women and &h...

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Talks Rey Star Wars Movie

AlexGherzo | Jun 24, 2024 | 3

That Rey movie sounds better and better as time goes on. The film’s director, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, recently spoke to Variety about a documentary she made, and the developing Star Wars movie inevitably came up. When asked about why she wanted to direct the Rey film, Obaid-Chinoy said: “The st...

Leslye Headland Says The Acolyte Isn’t Gay After All

AlexGherzo | Jun 24, 2024 | 2

It’s become a bit trite to say that the making of a piece of entertainment, or some real-life story surrounding it, is more entertaining than the art itself, but The Acolyte almost demands it, especially after showrunner Leslye Headland’s latest howler. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter about...

Acolyte Writer Blames Dave Filoni for Bad Episode

virginiakublawi | Jun 22, 2024 | 1

As you may know, a lot of people (myself included) had issues with the latest episode of The Acolyte. In retrospect, perhaps “Day” is more controversial than the already-hated “Destiny.” Anyway, one of the show’s lovely writers, Claire Kiechel, responded to fan outrage by blaming Dave Filo...

Amandla Stenberg Makes a Music Video And… Yeah…

AlexGherzo | Jun 20, 2024 | 2

Amandla Stenberg, the star of the new Star Wars show The Acolyte, is striking back at people who don’t like the show – or people “flooding [her] with intolerant racism.” Yesterday, in honor of Juneteenth, Stenberg released a music video online, one she says she made in 72 hours, and it was...

REVIEW: The Acolyte – Season 1, Episode 4, “Day”

virginiakublawi | Jun 19, 2024 | 1

***SPOILERS*** In “Day,” Osha says goodbye to Jecki. Mae and Qimir arrive on Khofar. Vernestra finds out who Mae has targeted and discusses it with several Jedi. Vernestra tells Sol and the others not to tell the Council. Sol enlists Osha to join the Jedi as they travel to Khofar, Kelnacca’s h...