The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto has revealed a “brutal” cut scene that would’ve shown an excellent darker aspect to his Sith character.
Jacinto performed Qimir, an unassuming, seemingly regular character who was revealed to really be the sinister Sith apprentice The Stranger midway by way of the Star Wars present in a shock twist.
“Star Wars has at all times been PG, however you need to discover some brutal features of those fights… There was one second, I feel, the place I simply take one Jedi and preserve slamming his head on to a rock, as a result of we needed to indicate how brutal this man could possibly be, with none regret,” Jacinto stated at Denver Fan Expo, as reported by Screen Rant.
We’re guessing this second would’ve come throughout the intense lightsaber battle that sees Qimir cut down a number of Jedi after they shut in on him throughout the fifth episode of the series.
The Acolyte launched in 2024, and it was in the end canceled for low viewership – regardless of being Disney Plus’s second most-watched present of the yr.
Alongside with Jacinto, the Star Wars present’s forged contains Amandla Stenberg as twin sisters Osha and Mae, Dafne Eager as Padawan Jecki, Charlie Barnett as Jedi Yord, Carrie-Anne Moss as Grasp Indara, Rebecca Henderson as Grasp Vernestra, and Lee Jung-jae as Grasp Sol. Russian Doll’s Leslye Headland created the series.
“Leslye would at all times say, ‘What would George do? What would George assume?’ And that was our guideline,” cinematographer Chris Teague stated not too long ago.
Subsequent up for Star Wars is The Mandalorian & Grogu, which releases subsequent Might and might be the first huge display screen journey for the beloved duo. Ahsoka season 2 can also be anticipated subsequent yr.
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