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No Star Wars movie or TV show ever really begins at the beginning. For the original 1977 film, George Lucas pretended he was making the middle chapter of a long-running serial, so he didn’t bother to explain concepts like “Jedi knights,” “Clone Wars,” or “the Kessel Run.” Lucas set a precedent for this franchise that many of the writers and directors after him have tried to follow: Just jump straight into the story and go, go, go.
The Acolyte succeeds at about half of that assignment. The Star Wars TV…
