This article contains spoilers for The Acolyte Episodes 1 and 2.
Summary
- Jackie warns of the dangers of nostalgia in “The Acolyte,” challenging the Jedi to detach from the past.
- Master Sol recognizes the importance of reflection and uses nostalgia as a tool for learning and growth.
- Acknowledging the past without falling into the nostalgia trap, The Acolyte forges a new path for Star Wars.
New Disney+ Series Acolyte Reveals one of the biggest criticisms of Hyundai by fans Star Wars An interesting meta-story. An animated series from 2014 Star Wars Rebelsnew Star Wars Every year, stories are brought to the screen—whether animated or live-action. Many Disney Star Wars However, movies and TV shows have been heavily criticized for overusing nostalgia.
Nostalgia has always been a powerful tool Star Wars Storytelling, like many businesses based on iconic media. People are familiar with what they like, or what they liked when they were young, and are willing to pay to see more of that content. Many people criticized the sequel trilogy, Rogue One: A Star Wars Storyand The Mandalorian Because it exploits nostalgia too much. But the latest Star Wars series, Acolyteuses nostalgia in a very different way.
Jecki points out the dangers of nostalgia
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exist Acolyte In episode 1, Daphne Keen’s apprentice Jackie Long stumbles upon her master, Thor, looking at a hologram of his old apprentice, Osha. Jackie asks her master about this;This pastime inspires sentimentality and nostalgia.she observes. There’s a subtle warning or rebuke here, about the dangers of nostalgia and attachment — something the Jedi of the prequel trilogy were very concerned with. The criticism is valid, though, and fairly general, as it applies both to the character of Thor and to the Star Wars In our universe.
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Jackie’s concerns about attachment are not insulting, as they are genuinely well-intentioned from her character’s perspective. When it comes to accepting becoming a Jedi, one is asked to forget the events of the past and accept the will of the Force, whatever it may be. This is something many people call for Star Wars It can also be done as a franchise, to some extent, AcolyteAs the first series set outside of the Skywalker saga, it blazed a trail that played against nostalgia.
Master Thor’s advice points the way forward… but it’s hard to do.
It is difficult to accept the past if you don’t live in it
However, Master Sol responded to this subtle criticism in a more interesting way. He proposed the classic “If we don’t reflect on the past” Then Jecki used “We are doomed to repeat the same mistakes“. Memories are lessons, and important things we can learn from them,” Thor said. That statement takes on a double meaning when you realize it comes from a Master, reminiscing about his past apprentice, a Jedi who left the Order, while speaking to his current one.
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But this can also apply to Star Warsand Acolyte future Star Wars Stories, whether animated or live-action, should never forget the past. However, the most important qualification is that they should never live in the past. Just as Thor can choose to learn from nostalgic memories and use them as lessons, Star Wars It’s time to stop being nostalgic and do something new while learning from the past, just like the series itself. Acolyte While questioning this nostalgic issue, it also solves it.
Acolyte Episodes 1 and 2 are now available to watch online. New episodes are released on Disney+ on Tuesdays.
Acolyte 
The Acolyte is a TV series set in the Star Wars universe, set during the end of the Republic, when both the Jedi and the Galactic Empire are at the height of their influence. The sci-fi thriller follows a former Padawan who reunites with her former Jedi Master as they investigate several crimes – all leading to a Darkness that breaks out from beneath the Earth and prepares to put an end to the Republic.
Actors Dafne Keen, Lee Jung-jae, Amandla Stenberg, Judy Turner-Smith, Joonas Suotamo, Carrie-Anne Moss, Margarita Levieva, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman
Streaming service Disney+
Screenwriters: Leslye Headland, Charmaine De Grate, Kor Adana
Directors: Leslye Headland, Alex Garcia Lopez
Leslye Headland, producer