Disney+ hasn’t formally renewed The Acolyte for Season 2 but, however showrunner Leslye Headland is already fascinated about what extra episodes may discover. Meanwhile, what would Manny Jacinto, who performs The Stranger (Qimir), wish to see explored in Season 2?
Warning! Spoilers for The Acolyte Season 1 comply with:
First, a fast roundup of the place Season 1 leaves issues. In the sequence finale, Qimir takes on Osha as his acolyte (with Darth Plagueis watching from the shadows, however that’s a complete different rabbit gap). It’s advised that Qimir will prepare Osha at the hours of darkness aspect of the Force, with a possible encounter with Plagueis (and possibly even a younger Palpatine) to come back. Meanwhile, the Jedi look decided to hunt the pair down, significantly Master Vernestra Rwoh, who we assume was as soon as Qimir’s grasp earlier than her Padawan turned to the darkish aspect.
Amid all this can be a particular sexual stress between Qimir and Osha and the potential for a romantic relationship the Jedi would frown upon. It’s this attraction that Jacinto would like to discover in a possible Season 2, and it’s one thing he mentioned would really feel contemporary for Star Wars.
Speaking to GQ, Jacinto touched on how Star Wars followers are method forward of the present itself and are already dreaming up eventualities for the pair.
“In the fan artwork I’ve seen, there is a good quantity that suggests… one thing between Osha and the Stranger,” Jacinto mentioned.
“That’s one thing that individuals, I feel, have been craving for on this style, or at the very least on this IP, and I really like that persons are honing in on it and inspiring it. So I feel individuals can stay up for extra of that, presumably. If individuals need it, we will discover that in a subsequent season.”
In a separate interview with IndieWire, Leslye Headland acknowledged that Osha and the Stranger are finally “doomed” regardless of the promise of future adventures. That’s due to the Sith Rule of Two and Plagueis’ inevitable rise to energy.
“Even although [Osha and The Stranger] are standing there, form of searching on the sundown, prepared to overcome the world, the tragedy is we all know they don’t,” Headland mentioned.
“We know there can solely be two. We know Plagueis is there. We know that these two are doomed in a roundabout way. So to me it’s a bittersweet tragedy, this foreboding ending. But that’s as a result of I do know concerning the Sith lineage and all these different issues, whereas I feel a special subset of the viewers could be like, ‘They’re married!’”
Perhaps, if The Acolyte does get a second season, we are going to ultimately see Qimir and Osha tie the knot. While we wait to search out out, try IGN’s Episode 8 overview, in addition to our Biggest Burning Questions and How the Finale Sets Up the Potential Season 2.
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