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A prequel to a prequel is a tough sell. Especially for a property like Star Wars, where the lore can be as constricting as the fans are passionate.
But The Acolyte, Leslye Headland’s pleasantly grimy Star Wars series for Disney+, proves that a shift to the distant past has its perks.
The series takes place a century or so before Episode I – The Phantom Menace. That’s such a very long time ago (and so extremely far away) that the project ekes out some narrative independence simply by virtue of its remoteness.
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