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The Acolyte Episode 7 Prompts Debate About the Use of Modern Music in Star Wars

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Warning: Spoilers comply with for Episode 7 of The Acolyte.

The newest episode of The Acolyte ended with a pop tune, which prompted a debate amongst followers about fashionable music in Star Wars.

Episode 7 had surprises at each flip, together with proper on the very finish when a pop tune performed over the credit. The observe, titled “Power of Two” to mirror the present’s Osha/Mae twin storyline, comes from three-time Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Victoria Monét, who referred to as it an “honor” to be a part of Star Wars historical past.

“Having my tune be part of the traditional Star Wars franchise by way of The Acolyte is such an honor, and I’m thrilled for everybody to listen to it once they see the way it ties into the general storyline!” Monét advised StarWars.com forward of the episode. “D’Mile and I had a good time making the tune and hope the world loves it as a lot as we do.”

The use of a tune with lyrics is rare for Star Wars tasks, with most opting to make use of instrumental scores, even to accompany the tip credit, so the Power of Two naturally triggered a dialogue amongst followers. Some folks thought it “felt misplaced” and did not match “the Star Wars vibe,” despite the fact that they preferred the tune.

The identical debate arose on Reddit, the place some people agreed that “it would not really feel very Star Wars” to have fashionable music over traditional themes.

“It’s very odd and jarring,” one person wrote. “The closest we have seen is in-universe pop music taking part in at a seaside in Andor. No different collection has had something apart from its theme tune or broader Star Wars themes taking part in within the credit. Star Wars has at all times been a seperate fairy-tale esque sci-fi universe and its music has at all times mirrored that. It’s a really unusual selection to incorporate that tune on the finish.”

Others praised the choice to experiment and break with Star Wars conference, saying it “felt like a constructive shift ahead for the franchise.”

“The tune was dope. Very becoming for what is going on on right here,” one person argued. “Don’t prefer it, shut up this system proper as quickly because the credit roll. This was the primary time I let the credit score music play, it was fairly hauntingly lovely imo. And it ‘would not match Star Wars’ however it suits the story completely.”

This is not the primary time The Acolyte has divided followers. Some have been disillusioned with the present’s opening scene, despite the fact that showrunner Leslye Headland insisted: “you need to go laborious.” People additionally beforehand debated the looks of a Star Wars prequel trilogy character and questioned whether or not it fitted in with the present’s timeline.

With just one episode of The Acolyte remaining, there may be a whole lot of floor nonetheless to cowl and mysteries to be solved (however there may very well be much more to discover in a possible Season 2). IGN’s evaluation of Episode 7 famous that it offered “a whole lot of data,” however some revelations are offset by “very irritating and infrequently foolish specifics.”

Cover picture credit score: Disney by way of StarWars.com

Adele Ankers-Range is a contract leisure author for IGN. You can comply with her on X/Twitter here.