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After a bit of a drought, a Star Wars series worth your time has come to TV. The Acolyte, set in the era of the High Republic (i.e., a few hundred years before the prequel films), isn’t directly tied into the Easter egg–heavy sprawl of The Mandalorian and its related series. Instead, like Tony Gilroy’s great resistance epic Andor, it has a distinctive sensibility and feeling of authorial intent. Leslye Headland, best known for Russian Doll and her bruisingly hilarious films and plays, created the series, which provides a new read on the history of the Jedi through the story of former acolyte Osha (Amandla Stenberg) and her increasingly dark-side-tempted sister, Mae (also Stenberg), who is on her own quest to…
