The Acolyte was supposed to shake up Star Wars. The series had a female showrunner in Leslye Headland and a Black lead in Amandla Stenberg, and a bold new setting: the last days of the High Republic, one hundred years before Anakin Skywalker was born. The series also questioned our understanding of the Force, the Jedi, and the very foundations of Star Wars itself. It was a bold new vision for the franchise.
