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The Acolyte’s Dafne Keen Thinks Jecki Went Out a Jedi Knight
“She was doing really well, he cheated, and she took the death with no anger and with grace.”
And yet last week’s fifth episode, which saw the deaths of not one but two major characters — including the best Padawan of the High Republic era — still came as a surprise. It’s a shocking moment that Keen says speaks to the central tension of The Acolyte: Jecki had so much potential, and it all disappeared in the flash of a red lightsaber. I wasn’t bothered by that at all — Obi-Wan was a Padawan when he beat Darth Maul, and Jecki ultimately does lose and die.
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