Over two years since it aired, the single-season “The Acolyte” still remains the most contentious and divisive of the live-action “Star Wars” shows of the Lucasfilm and Disney+ era. Now, new details have seemingly been revealed as to what would’ve come next.
As we know, showrunner Leslye Headland had already assembled a writers’ room for a potential second season while a ‘bible’ had been written mapping out the second and third. While full episodes weren’t written, basic outlines for the second season were likely created, awaiting the decision over the show’s fate.
When Disney+ axed the series, no further work was done, and that was that. Headland has previously teased what might have been should a second season have gone forward, with Manny Jacinto’s Qimir and his ties to the briefly hinted-at Sith Lord Darth Plagueis set to be explored.
Today, a report has gone up at Knight Edge Media (via SW Holocron) who claim to have learned plot points for the first half of what would’ve been the second season.
According to the report, we would’ve seen the following:
– A one-year time jump after the first season finale
– A cold open with Osha in a gladiator ring run by the Hutts where she kills one of them
– Mae now spends most of the time with Yoda’s Padawan, Cohli.
– Yoda is training Mae to track Osha using the Force
– Qimir works directly for Darth Plagueis and does his bidding, including multiple assassinations
– The season would include two flashback episodes explaining Qimir’s origin, one from his perspective and one from that of his original master Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson)
– Qimir now lives in a mansion, where he is served by a snarky droid. Darth Plagueis appears as a hologram to guests, but his more vampiric-like form hides deep in the house’s bowels.
– Plagueis is constantly trying to have Qimir bring him Osha but Qimir refuses.
– Plagueis and Qimir fight, with the latter nearly killed until Osha saves him
– She takes him to a ‘Force deprivation pool’ where they spiritually/emotionally connect and become ‘one with the Force’ (a restrained sex scene ala “Avatar”).
Two years on, talk of the show is barely existent these days, the culture war moving onto other things while “Star Wars” itself is in a strange place with “The Mandalorian and Grogu” film underperforming and criticism of the overall franchise quite high.
Lucasfilm meanwhile is seemingly moving away from more “Star Wars” TV in favour of getting the franchise back in cinemas, starting with “Star Wars: Starfighter” next year.
