'The Acolyte' Won't Feature Blasters, Fights Will Focus on Direct Combat
The Big Picture The Acolyte is set to take viewers to a different corner of the Star Wars galaxy when it premieres on Disney+, but something about the upcoming series will feel very familiar, according to one of its cast members. During a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, Manny Jacinto stated that if fans liked the fights from The Phantom Menace, they'll like what they'll see in next year's prequel.
Another difference that will make The Acolyte stand out from the rest of the Star Wars television series will be the lack of blasters used in the action sequences of the show. During the same interview, Dafne Keen explained how not using pistols made the story feel different: "I don't know if I'm allowed to say this, but I will just say it. There's a lack of guns, which personally as someone who loves fighting and stunts and stuff, I love. Because it gives you that body-to-body choreography — that dance feeling. It actually looks like a real fight as opposed to just I point and I shoot, which is kind of an easy cop out in a way. We get a lot of that body-to-body.
The Acolyte will deal with a mystery that will define the future of the galaxy, as Amandla Stenberg is set to portray a young woman who parted ways with the Jedi Order. But when unexplainable murders start taking place around the galaxy far, far away, the protagonist of the series will be approached by her old teacher in order to discover the truth.
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