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Lee Jung-jae Is ‘Quite Surprised’ Disney Canceled ‘The Acolyte’ After Season 1: ‘I Am Hoping’ for ‘Changes in the Future’ So We Get Season 2


Lee Jung-jae played Master Sol in "The Acolyte," which will not be returning for Season 2 on Disney+.

Lee Jung-jae is “quite surprised” the Disney+ “Star Wars” series “The Acolyte” is ending after its first season despite showrunner Leslye Headland’s intention for the show to continue. “The Acolyte” depicted the rise of the Sith roughly 100 years before the events of “Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.” The story followed twins Osha and Mae, both played by Stenberg, who were separated as children and led to believe the other had been killed. Per Variety: “Some critics and fans loved how the show challenged the traditional perception of the Jedi as infallible and wholly virtuous…Other fans, however, felt those creative choices were antithetical to the good-vs-evil nature of “Star Wars” storytelling, and strongly objected to the show’s expansion of the mythology of the Force.”

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