Lee Jung-jae, who played Master Sol in Disney+’s The Acolyte, recently shared his thoughts on the show being canceled after just one season.
In an interview with EW, he mentioned that he was looking forward to a second season and felt both disappointed and surprised when he found out the show wouldn’t continue.
“My character had already died in the first season,” Lee explained, “so I wouldn’t have been in the second season even if it had happened. But I really admired Leslye Headland’s work. She’s a talented writer and director who did a great job with storytelling and creating interesting characters. I was really excited to see what she would have done with a second season.”
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Lee isn’t giving up on the possibility of more The Acolyte episodes. He said,
“Honestly, I’m hoping things might change in the future. You never know what could happen. Personally, I really wish we could see the stories Leslye had planned for the second season.”
On Monday, August 19, news broke that Lucasfilm decided not to continue with a second season. This decision came more than a month after the eight-episode first season, created and directed by Leslye Headland, finished its run on Disney+.
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The Star Wars spinoff, starring Amandla Stenberg, was a mystery-thriller that took viewers into a galaxy filled with dark secrets and rising dark-side powers during the last days of the High Republic era. The story followed a former Padawan who teams up with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but they soon discover that the forces they face are more dangerous than they ever imagined.
Along with Amandla Stenberg and Lee Jung-jae, the cast also featured Manny Jacinto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, and Carrie-Anne Moss.
Source: Deadline