A new adventure of the universe Star Wars has just arrived on Disney+, just as others like The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Andor either Ahsoka. Is about The Acolyte, the new series based on the universe created by George Lucas and which has a particularity with respect to the other original productions, and that is that it is set many years before the events of each of them. In fact, The Acolyte is more related in time to the so-called prequels, that is, to The Phantom MenaceThe clone Wars and Revenge of the Sithas well as the series Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Specific, The Acolyte is set up to a century before the events of The Phantom Menacein which we met the young man for the first time Anakin Skywalkerto the teacher Qui-Gonn Jinnto Padme Amidala or a young Obi-Wan Kenobi. This is important to keep in mind that most of the characters known from the saga are not even alive during the course of the series, except for some like Yoda, who could have a small cameo in the series or for the sake of it. otherwise be ignored altogether. The Acolyte presents a new gallery of characters, led by the masters Sun, Indara either Yord and new padawans like Jecki Lonthe Jedi played by the Spanish Dafne Keen.
The Acolyte It starts in a galaxy completely at peace and dominated by the Jedi, who remain a strong and reliable order in the universe. However, a series of murders of members of the order raise all the alarms: have the sith? What until then seemed to be more of a legend gradually becomes reality, and the knights of the lightsaber will have to investigate who is behind these mysterious murders and if it is true that the dark side is re-emerging.
With the premiere of each series of Star Wars It is logical that fans wonder at what point in the saga each one is set and what relationship it has with the rest of the fictions. In the case of The Acolyte It is all quite new, since it belongs to a stage not so well known to viewers, since little is known about everything that happens to the events of the prequels and the original saga. However, during the presentation of the series, small pills of information were given by the showrunner of the series, Leslie Hylandand one of them has been that the series is set in the period known as the High Republic.
The call High Republic era corresponds to the period that elapsed approximately between 300 BBY and 82 BBY, according to different websites specialized in Star Wars. The BBY concept refers to the Battle of Yavin, which takes place at the end of Episode IV: A New Hope in which Luke Skywalker manages to destroy the Death Star, marking the first major stone in the Alliance’s rebellion against the Galactic Empire. To give us an idea, The Phantom Menace would be set in 32 BBY, while The Acolyte It takes place approximately one hundred years earlier, in the decade of 130 BBY.
The High Republic means a time of splendor for the Galaxy, with the Galactic Republic in full swing and expanding throughout the planets thanks to the help of the Jedi, who remain an order living a golden age. However, the reappearance of dark forces calls into question the stability of the order and therefore also that of the Republic itself. The Acolyte It largely involves telling the origins of the return of the dark side to the force, which was never completely dead but was weakened with the change to the Rule of Two imposed by Darth Bane, and by which only two Sith could coexist at a time, a master and an apprentice. But that’s another story, and for now we just have to see how far it goes. The Acolyte the universe Star Wars and if it finally ends up connecting with some of the other productions in the saga. Past or future.
