The co-creator of the Emmy Award-winning Netflix series Russian Doll, Leslye Headland, is now developing her own Star Wars series for Disney+, The Acolyte. Variety reports that the series will center on women, set in an unexplored period in Star Wars history. In December 2020, it was further disclosed that the show would welcome viewers into a galaxy packed with mystery and the emerging dark side. In the real universe of Star Wars, an acolyte refers to individuals with force abilities who learn from a more experienced Sith Lord. More official details about the series are yet to come but we do have some unofficial leaks for the fans today.
The Acolyte Episode 1 Leaks and Plot Summary
Obviously, massive spoilers follow below as they contain major leaks about the plot of the pilot of The Acolyte. So read at your risk! The following leaks are a courtesy of FulcrumLeaks and were noticed and posted by a Reddit user on a Star Wars Leaks Subreddit.
Aura, our main character, lives in a small village on a planet called “Sanshiro”, with her little sister (Miri), and grandfather (Theo). Both she and her sister are Force sensitive. Aura is about 12 years old, Miri is 3. The planet is covered in wet marshland, scattered with jagged rocks that shoot out of the ground at an angle. Close to their village lives a tribe of aliens who are native to Sanshiro.
They’re sentient, but not fully sentient – still quite hunter/gatherer-type beings. The villagers are likely colonizers who arrived on the planet long before. Theo and Aura are sitting in their home, a dirty, run-down shack of sorts, and Theo is telling her a story. The story is about her “parents in the stars” (they aren’t present, likely dead). Aura then takes Miri out on a boat ride down a river close to their house, and they watch the stars in the sky (perhaps to see if they could see their parents).
At the end of the stream, Aura sees a tall figure in the distance, and as they get closer she realizes it is one of the aliens. It begins to attack the sisters, and they abandon their boat, quickly running back to the village. A few Jedi arrive on the planet to help them, and one of them makes a deal with the grandfather. This particular Jedi has a Padawan named Melody, the same age as Aura.
They befriend each other at some point. The contents of the deal are unknown to Aura, but we later find out that in exchange for long-lasting protection, Theo has agreed to give up Miri to the Order. Attack! The aliens wreak havoc on the village, but Theo and the Jedi fight them and win. Aura begs continuously for the Jedi to take her, too, but they refuse as she is too old. She watches Miri be taken away.
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