The Acolyte Is Once More Breaking New Yet Familiar Ground For Star Wars
Though many would try to compare the idea of the Force, with both a light and a dark side, to yin and yang, this is not fully correct - since George Lucas personally observed the evil side as unnatural. This makes Sternberg's embracing yin and yang for Osha and Mae the first Star Wars usage that is really evident. Better still is the fact that it uses the twin idea as observed with Luke and Leia, but it accomplishes it in a novel and interesting manner. It is both novel yet incredibly familiar and nostalgic.
Neither is this the first fresh thing The Acolyte is doing for Star Wars nor the last. Being the first live-action project to occur outside the Skywalker story in the High Republic era - 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace even takes place, the chronology of The Acolyte alone has already done so in a radical manner. Then, Osha and Mae, standing for the yin and yang idea, simply another way The Acolyte is giving Star Wars a modern yet familiar twist.
After 47 Years, Yin & Yang Is At Last At The Heart Of Star Wars' Newest Story
Playing both Osha and Mae Aniseya in Star Wars: The Acolyte, Amandla Stenberg has shown how yin and yang at last form the core of a Star Wars tale. The two-episode debut of The Acolyte indicated that Stenberg is portraying two twins who were split up as children owing to an unexplained disaster destroying their house on Brendok. Mae is an assassin seeking the approval of a Sith, therefore highlighting the vastly different worldviews between Osha, a former Jedi Padawan now living on her own, and Stenberg.
Featuring a huge array of fascinating Easter eggs and references in the first two episodes, the Acolyte has now debuted on Disney+. Saying "I like to think of them as yin and yang," Stenberg tells how she maintained the two twins apart in her head as she brought them to life. Speaking to StarWars.com Their separation stems from Osha's and Mae's "different life experiences," which has since caused each twin sister to fit into their own category. Stenberg considered this when they portrayed the twins, even though they descended even farther into the yin and yang idea to really decide how best to define them.
Amandla Stenberg Discusses Making Yin and Yang a Crucially Important Component of Star Wars
Stenberg talks on using the senses—especially smell and sound—to make this separation even more evident, and on finding fragrances and tunes for every character that would enable her to more readily differentiate them. While Mae concentrated on being "feminine, dark and mysterious," Osha, then, totally embraced "masculine and bright" vitality. It is abundantly evident thus that Stenberg's own usage of yin and yang imagery has positioned this idea at the very center of Star Wars.
The two-episode debut of The Acolyte indicated that Stenberg is portraying two twins who were split apart as toddlers owing to an enigmatic tragedy demolishing their house on Brendok. Something Stenberg has now discussed: Mae is an assassin attempting to win the approval of a Sith, whereas Osha is a former Jedi Padawan now living on her own as a meknek and has quite different worldviews.
An Essential Addition to the Star Wars Universe: The Acolyte
Set in the Star Wars world during the conclusion of the High Republic Era, the television series The Acolyte follows the Jedi and the Galactic Empire as they were most powerful. Investigating many crimes - all leading to darkness bursting from beneath the surface and ready to bring about the demise of the High Republic - this sci-fi thriller sees a former Padawan reconcile with her old Jedi Master.
Set in the Star Wars world during the latter phases of the High Republic Era, the TV series The Acolyte follows the Galactic Empire and the Jedi while they were most strong. Examining several murders, this sci-fi thriller has a former Padawan meet her former Jedi Master once they find events all leading to darkness emerging from beneath the surface and poised to bring about the death of the High Republic.
