‘Star Wars’ is, along with Marvel, the brand that has released the most productions during the last five years. ‘The Mandalorian’, ‘The Book of Boba Fett’, ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’, ‘Andor’ and ‘Ahsoka’ are some examples. The last one to arrive has been ‘The Acolyte’, focused on a period before the original trilogy, in which the Jedi were in power. After its premiere on Disney+ on June 5, the production is not being liked by the public. However, Its creator, Leslye Headland, does not rule out a second season.
He spoke about this in an interview with Entertainment Weekly, where he discussed the creative process he put his new creation through.I took the Vince Gilligan approach in ‘Breaking Bad’, cramming everything into the first season and leaving four or five major mysteries open to tackle next“he says, noting that initial seasons should always be”offer the public a satisfactory resolution, but with the mystery necessary to see a second season“.
‘The Acolyte’ stars Amandla Stenberg (‘Colombian’), Lee Jung-jae (The Squid Game’) and Daphne Keen (‘Logan’) and includes among its directors Kogonada, known for his visual essays on filmmakers including Stanley Kubrick, Robert Bresson, Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino, and the features ‘Columbus’ and ‘Saying Goodbye to Yang’, sci-fi with Colin Farrell produced by A24.
Upon a time not far away…
The machinery controlled by Dave Filoni will not stop soon. After having also released this year ‘Chronicles of the Empire’ and the third season of ‘The Bad Batch’, ‘Skeleton Crew’ is scheduled to arrive on Disney+ at the end of 2024Created by Christopher Ford and Jon Watts, both collaborators on ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’, directed by Oscar winners Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (‘Everything at Once, Everywhere’) and David Lowery (‘A Ghost Story’), It focuses on a group of lost children trying to return home during the New Republic.Its cast includes Jude Law (‘Gattaca’) and Kerry Condon (‘The Banshees of Inisherin’).
Other longer-term television projects are ‘Landau’where Donald Glover would return to play the character he already played in ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’, and ‘A Droid Story’which R2-D2 and C-3PO would lead.
