Just a few days after its launch, this series is already a hit! With 4.8 million views, it ranks number 1 of the year. However, she still has to convince us…
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After The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor And Ahsokathe television galaxy Star Wars continues its expansion on Disney+ with The Acolyte, the first two episodes of which are already available on the platform. This new chapter in the saga initiated by George Lucas in 1977 with the cult Star Wars Is it worth its weight in lightsabers? Télé-Loisirs gives you the answer…
The Acolyte : What does the new series say? Star Wars ?
The Acolyte takes place 100 years before the rise of the Empire. It was in this golden age of the Republic, also marking the apogee of the Jedi Order, that the venerable Master Sol (Lee Jung-jaethe star of Squid Game) is tasked with investigating murders targeting Jedi Knights. The culprit could be Osha (Amanda Stenberg), his ex-Padawan, and having a connection with a terrible event dating back many years. What Sol doesn’t know is that, in the far corners of the galaxy, a dark threat has already emerged…
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The Acolyte : Should you watch the new series Star Wars with Carrie-Ann Moss (Matrix) and Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game) ? Our opinion
Created by Leslie Headlandwho had previously worked on the vertiginous Russian doll with Natasha Lyonnethis series seduces with the inventiveness of its staging (from this point of view Headland, Kogonada And Alex Garcia Lopezthe first three directors, do a very good job), the astonishing variety of settings and the bestiary of creatures as well as the diversity of its cast (Dafne Keen, Amanda Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae are also remarkable). Some may point out the lack of originality of the scenario, the twists and turns that have already been seen and already re-watched, a 3rd episode in the form of a somewhat soft knee flashback or the weakness of a few characters. But the proposition offered by the first four episodes (the only ones shown to the press at the time of publication of this article) is interesting and undeniably has a certain potential.
