According to The Hollywood Reporter, Rey’s current status in the franchise as a whole is said to be integral to what Lucasfilm is currently planning. A source close to the production had said, “She is the most valuable cinematic asset, in some ways maybe the only one, Star Wars has right now.” It’s also been confirmed that Rey Skywalker is expected to appear in multiple movies—not just the film being directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.

We know that Simon Kinberg has also recently signed on with Lucasfilm to develop a new trilogy for Star Wars, but it’s unclear if his movies are going to be the continuation of the main Skywalker Saga or something else entirely. With Lucasfilm announcing the involvement of creatives then seemingly firing them—like what happened with Damon Lindelof, Stephen Knight, Taika Waititi, and Patty Jenkins—fans are undoubtedly sceptical about Kinberg and whether he would be allowed to actually finish what he started out to make.

Personally, I’m still waiting on that Rian Johnson trilogy because The Last Jedi to me was honestly the last real swing that Star Wars had in terms of story. The rest just feels like nostalgia bait, and it’s been going on for years.

For now, fans are hoping that production will finally start with the Rey Skywalker movie next year. No release date has been announced though.

In a new teaser dropped for 2025 content, Disney gives a look at highly anticipated series like The Bear Season 4, Andor Season 2, Ironheart, and Daredevil: Born Again. Check this out:

Other series that got a look include Paradise, Goosebumps: The Vanishing, Alien: Earth, Chad Powers, Good American Family, Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and the final season of Handmaid’s Tale.

Admittedly, Disney+ hasn’t been doing so hot this year. Though there were people who loved The Acolyte as it was coming out, the show apparently didn’t generate enough interest for the studio to greenlight a second season. Agatha All Along was a critical hit among the gay audiences, but reports are also coming out that the series didn’t gather enough viewers during its run as well.

If anything, Disney still has the licenses for the biggest IP like Marvel and Star Wars, and properties coming out next year are sure to be major draws. I just hope they manage to keep the quality up when it comes to writing; I cannot stand another season of Ahsoka just waiting for familiar characters to show-up and expecting the audience to clap.

At least we still have Andor. Fingers crossed Imperial cadet Han Solo shows up.

Disney+ is now available in select countries.

Interestingly enough, it looks like Lucasfilm is ready to announce the next writer onboard the franchise—and it sounds like a huge project as well. Deadline reports that Simon Kinberg, who had worked on the Fox X-Men films since The Last Stand, has closed a deal with Lucasfilm to write a whole trilogy of Star Wars films.

It’s unclear if this is going to be the mainline follow-up to the Skywalker saga, but it does seem like Lucasfilm is trying to remedy what happened with the Sequel Trilogy in that a different writer was responsible for each entry (at least, when it started). With Kinberg onboard for three movies out the gate, we should expect some kind of consistency to the value of the three films.

Though Kinberg is best known for his work on X-Men, he also has the status of co-creating the animated Star Wars Rebels with Dave Filoni; he was also a consultant on The Force Awakens back in 2015.

I’ll admit, neither of those SW properties is my favourite, but they are for a lot of fans, and maybe Kinberg has the right idea for where to take this trilogy. Let’s just hope that Lucasfilm doesn’t secretly sideline him down the line like what happened with creatives like Patty Jenkins, Taika Waititi, Damon Lindelof, David Benioff, Dan Weiss, and probably many more.

We don’t know when Kinberg’s Star Wars is set to move forward, but hopefully we get more details soon.

According to insider Daniel Richtman (via World of Reel), James Mangold’s (Logan, A Complete Unknown) Star Wars movie, tentatively titled Dawn of the Jedi, could be starting production early next year. We don’t have any details past that, but with Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic coming out, he could be free next year to finally get started on his Star Wars movie. Previously, he was also attached to a Boba Fett solo movie, but things didn’t really push through.

We don’t know much about Dawn of the Jedi yet, but it’s said that it will explore the origins of the Jedi and that it will take place 25,000 years into the past. For context, The Acolyte only takes place 100 years before the events of The Phantom Menace, so there’s definitely a lot of undiscovered ground when it comes to that story.

With this news just coming from Richtman, and directors seemingly getting dropped left and right, it’s understandable that fans would want to wait till cameras actually start rolling before they suddenly get excited. I mean, even the Rey movie with director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is finding a hard time to get off the ground.

At this point, the only project I’m sure is going to happen is the Mandalorian movie—but that clearly is only pandering to one specific side of the fandom.

No release date has been announced for Mangold’s Star Wars movie. In the meantime, you can catch Mangold’s A Complete Unknown when it hits theaters this Christmas.

We don’t have much details about the movie yet, but in a recent interview with Collider (via @sw_holocron), Ridley gives fans some hope about the status of the next film. She says, “Things are evolving. I continue to be very excited. There will be an update soon.”

Besides Ridley returning, it does look like Lucasfilm is set with Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy attached as director of the movie. We don’t know what she’s going to bring to the table yet, but multiple creatives have already come and gone from the movie including Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins as well as Watchmen series showrunner Damon Lindelof.

For now, fans can only guess what kind of movie we should expect from Obaid-Chinoy, but it has been suspected that the title was going to be Star Wars: New Jedi Order. So far, Ridley is the only cast member to be confirmed, but a lot of fans are hoping that they do bring back other characters from the ST like Finn (John Boyega), Rose (Kelly Marie Tran), or Poe (Oscar Isaac).

Maybe Mark Hamill can even show up as a Force ghost. I’d be amazed if they found out a way to bring back Adam Driver as Ben Solo.

For now, it looks like things are being kept heavily under wraps for the next Star Wars movie, but fingers are crossed that they start shooting next year.

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The ‘STAR WARS: THE SECRETS OF THE CLONE TROOPERS’ book features the first official look at Sister, the first trans woman Clone Trooper.

Her description in the book reads: “When one of our kind expressed her gender identity differently than her fellow troopers, she feared she’d… pic.twitter.com/1lxuq4ILjq

— Cosmic Marvel (@cosmic_marvel) October 9, 2024

Her story is actually pretty familiar with the trans experience. Sister was originally worried that she had to hide who she truly was from the other clones, but the clones of the 7^th Sky Corps were fine with it, and even gave her the name ‘Sister’ so she would always feel part of the team.

If you also look at the colors on her armor, you’ll notice that they’re the colors of the trans LGBTQ+ flag.

If anything, some fans always thought that the OG trans clone was actually Omega from The Bad Batch, but the inclusion of Sister feels like an interesting bit of world-building when it comes to the lore of the clones, and surely some fans would love it if she showed up somewhere officially since the concept of the character alone is pretty neat.

Maybe she’ll run into Omega down the line, but we don’t know where Lucasfilm wants to go with her story yet.

For now, we don’t know when the clones will show up again, but it’s possible they could have a presence in the second season of Andor. Besides that, some think that Captain Rex (Temuera Morrison) is set to make an appearance in the second season of Ahsoka.

All fans can really do now is just wait.

It was announced that a ‘New Jedi Order’ movie was coming with Daisy Ridley onboard, but rumors have begun to swirl that the film has been put on hold by Lucasfilm, which have led some to think that there was a problem with the story.

Flash forward to Daisy Ridley talking to Premiere (via @sw_holocron), ensuring fans that she still believes in the story that she was pitched when they started development on the movie. She says, “If I didn’t think the story was worth telling, I wouldn’t have come back… If I hadn’t been convinced by the concept, the film wouldn’t have seen the light of day…”

No details have been revealed about the story yet, but fans do know that it’s going to come from writer Steven Knight, who is best known for his work on series Peaky Blinders. The director attached is also Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy who had recently collaborated with Marvel Studios for the series Ms. Marvel.

We don’t know what Rey could be up to right now, but it does look like she’s going to be following Luke’s steps and try to start her own Jedi order (again). I’m just hoping she does something different around this time because the ‘starting a new Jedi Order’ schtick is already Luke’s arc in The Mandalorian.

This is what Ridley had to say about what Rey could be doing right now: “…Two people told me in the same week that they would love to know what Rey was doing now. I had no idea that there was interest! People really like Rey. I think this new film will be exciting and will advance the franchise in an interesting way.”

No official canon updates have been made for Rey, but oddly enough, the LEGO Star Wars Holiday Specials do make room for her and is considered by some as ‘loose canon’.

Hopefully we get official updates soon.

Star Wars: New Jedi Order (tentative title) is expected to hit theaters sometime in 2026.

HBO apparently thought that was a fun premise for a series, and this year we’re getting a show called The Franchise which is all about the chaos of making a multi-million budget superhero movie. Check this out:

Here’s the description for the series:

A team trapped inside the dysfunctional hell of creating franchise superhero movies, at the end of the day the question they face is: is this Hollywood’s new dawn or cinema’s last stand? Is this a dream factory or a chemical plant?

Though the teaser only gives us a look at the chaos happening on set, it’s possible that the show would also look into the pre-production/post-production phases which can also be considered pretty chaotic from wrangling actors to last-minute changes requested by the studio.

The series has also done a bit of meta-casting with actors that have starred in big franchise movies like Daniel Bruhl (Captain America: Civil War) and Richard E. Grant (Loki, Star Wars). The Boys fans will also recognize Stormfront actress Aya Cash.

Though I am all up for a meta-series, it’s not clear how a show about making superhero franchises is going to fly with audiences. I honestly loved Reboot which was about the making of a sitcom, but admittedly, the show didn’t manage to connect well enough with audiences and was mostly enjoyed by fans of the television process.

Hopefully The Franchise manages to get out of that trap. With some solid filmmakers credited as creators, I can’t wait to see how this series is going to tackle the behind-the-scenes narrative.

The Franchise is set to hit Max on Oct. 6.

With Marvel allegedly slowing down on the TV front, it looks like Lucasfilm is also going to be following suit. According to insider Daniel Richtman (via The Direct), “I’m hearing that several series are in development, but it seems they plan to release only one live-action series per year starting in 2025.”

This does line up with some earlier rumors that Lucasfilm is looking to put focus back on the theatrically released Star Wars material, like the Mandalorian and Grogu movie as well as the next big mainline entry starring Daisy Ridley as Rey.

For context, the year 2022 saw the premiere of a total of three shows being The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor; and 2023 saw the third season of The Mandalorian as well as the first season of Ahsoka.

This year, fans got The Acolyte back in June, and this December will see the premiere of another new show called Skeleton Crew directed by Jon Watts (Spider-Man: No Way Home) and starring Jude Law.

Admittedly, just like Marvel, Star Wars is considered to be at a cultural low point as of now, with new series only focusing on the established Original Trilogy era. Hopefully moving forward Bob Iger and Kathleen Kennedy have a plan to make the franchise feel fresher than what it’s been doing with the past few years.

Hopefully Rian Johnson could give the Knives Out series a short rest this time?

For now, Skeleton Crew is expected to come out on Disney+ on Dec. 3.

Talking to Deadline, Weaver confirms that she’s actually going to be in the upcoming Mandalorian movie which will be released theatrically. She says, “I’m playing a role in The Mandalorian & Grogu [which will be directed by Jon Favreau]. I got to meet Grogu for the first time the other day. I’m filming that before I go to London for The Tempest at the end of the year.

Weaver doesn’t go into any details on who she could be playing, but she’s pretty much played several types of characters in a sci-fi franchise. Besides playing the final girl Ripley in Alien, she’s also played a scientist in Avatar and a misty-eyed teenage girl in Avatar: The Way of Water. She’s even played a parody of the oversexualized sci-fi heroines in the infamous Star Trek parody Galaxy Quest opposite Tim Allen.

What’s interesting about Weaver getting cast in The Mandalorian is that there’s a character on the show, Peli Motto (Amy Sedaris), who is said to be inspired by Weaver’s look in the original Alien movie. We don’t know if the two will ever interact with each other, but it would be great if Weaver could play a role that would harken back to something close to her Alien roots.

Then again, I think Weaver would make a fantastic Imperial antagonist should they decide to put her in the series; either that or some Mandalorian elder complete with some armor. Whatever it is, I’m sure Weaver can pull it off.

The Mandalorian and Grogu is expected to hit theaters on May 22, 2026.

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Get a new look at Indy’s global adventure and the tools at his disposal as he faces off against sinister forces. From the whip and colt to his trusty journal and camera, you’ll need everything he’s got to unravel the mystery of the Great Circle.

The Great Circle releases this December 9 for PC and Xbox Series X|S, and it will release much later for the PlayStation 5 in the spring of 2025.

With the archaeology adventure games already adapting a 3D-platformer format, Great Circle actually does something different in that it’s primarily an FPS game. No doubt, Indy will still be running around solving puzzles and jumping across platforms, but for a lot of the game, the player is put in Indy’s POV.

For fans who want to see Harrison Ford’s mug though, the movie will still have cut scenes where you can see Indy’s digitally remastered face.

Admittedly, the Indiana Jones fanbase is aging, but I always appreciate when Lucasfilm tries something new with the character. Dial of Destiny was actually pretty neat, and hopefully The Great Circle will be a fun entry point into the iconic franchise.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle comes out for Xbox Series X|S and PC on Dec. 9. It will also launch for the PS5 sometime next year.

The Acolyte had been hit with all kinds of review-bombing and online mysoginy throughout its run, and while the show wasn’t perfect, there were still some that praised the series for its new take on the franchise, and stunning lightsaber action.

Fans have been campaigning for Disney+ to #RenewTheAcolyte ever since the finale dropped, but Deadline is now reporting that Disney has decided not to push forward with a second season—effectively cancelling the show.

At this point, it may not be surprising that Disney has decided not to push forward with the series. Though shows like The Mandalorian and Andor got greenlit for multiple seasons, other shows like Obi-Wan Kenobi and Book of Boba Fett didn’t get the greenlight for a second season either.

We don’t know exactly why the series wasn’t picked up, but some think that the hefty budget and middling reviews wasn’t enough to get the studio interested in a continuation—much to the dismay of every Acolyte fan online:

https://twitter.com/OmgMoreJames/status/1825677548665319622

I wasn't a big fan of this show but ? Not even let them tell the full story properly? This has corporate greed (and a great deal of bigotry) written all over it https://t.co/gWtjRW0xKX

— Hell (@hellikait) August 20, 2024

The worst people you know in this community are currently laughing and celebrating this btw

— 𝓔𝓶 (@emkenobi) August 19, 2024

It’s admittedly a low point for a good chunk of the Star Wars fandom, but some are hopeful that the buzz around the cancellation could get Lucasfilm to change their mind. At this point though, some are getting worried about what this means for the upcoming Rey Skywalker movie.

Will they cancel it in favour of an Ahsoka movie? Will everyone still care by that point? We’ll just have to wait and see.

Watch the first season of The Acolyte now streaming on Disney+.

The show is set to premiere this December, and while reveals have been minimal, THR has given fans a look at some alien characters from the show that were on display at the D23 Expo show floor. Check this out:

New look at #StarWars #SkeletonCrew on the show floor at #D23 pic.twitter.com/D4KOVWBYbo

— The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) August 9, 2024

The #SkeletonCrew characters and costumes are so awesome! #StarWars #D23 #D23Expo pic.twitter.com/lbUTVzYDog

— LaughingPlace.com (@laughing_place) August 9, 2024

It’s not clear who these characters are yet, but all of them are a species that fans have definitely seen in Star Wars before. Even the last season of The Mandalorian had featured pirates that were of the Nikto species. I’m not saying all Nikto look the same, but the one in Skeleton Crew could very much be one that we’ve already met on Mando.

As for the droid in the display, this could very well be Nick Frost’s droid character SM-33. The character has been described as “a rusty old, cranky droid that sort of reluctantly helps the kids along the way… The other thing about him is that he’s the first mate of a mysterious ship.” It’s also worth noting that the droid has a peg leg, and to further the pirate comparisons, his name spells out ‘S-M-E-E’ which is the name of Captain Hook’s first mate in the Peter Pan story.

With a release set for December, fans are hoping they get their first look at Skeleton Crew soon. I guess Lucasfilm just wants to give it some space from The Acolyte which just ended.

Skeleton Crew is set to premiere on Disney+ on Dec. 3.

Talking to Collider, series head Justin Simien has confirmed that the series has been cancelled despite going into deep development over the past few years. Simien explains, “It was pretty developed. Yeah, there was a Bible, there was concept art, there were scripts, but it just wasn’t meant to be.”

We don’t know specifically why Lucasfilm would decide to shelve the project, but Simien does say that he’s taking the cancellation pretty hard. He continues, “For me, the answer is that you have to really face it. It is true grief. I’ve never had a child, I’ve never lost a child, but it’s what I imagine that pain might be like. You pour so much of your heart and soul into something, but ultimately, you don’t have control over whether it lives or dies, and it is a true grieving process.”

So far, Star Wars has been kind of in the same boat as Marvel in that they’ve been trying to throw noodles at a wall and waiting to see what sticks. Though we get some great shows like Andor, there have also been some duds like The Book of Boba Fett and the Obi-Wan Kenobi spinoff (which I insist should have been a film).

Who knows, maybe Lucasfilm will decide to revisit the Lando series someday, but with Glover being as busy as he is, they may have to wait a few more years. I wouldn’t say no to a movie instead.

For now, the recent Star Wars series, The Acolyte has just completed its first season and is now available to stream on Disney+.

Talking to People, Skeleton Crew director Jon Watts has confirmed that the Shaun of the Dead alum will be voicing a droid named SM-33. Watts describes Frost’s character, “He’s like a rusty old, cranky droid that sort of reluctantly helps the kids along the way… The other thing about him is that he’s the first mate of a mysterious ship.”

Here’s a look at the droid in the series:

With the series being titled Skeleton Crew, it does look like the kids are going to find themselves in an almost empty ship that’s being run by Jude Law’s character and the droid SM-33. Though fans have been used to seeing fully stocked ships in Star Wars before, skeleton crews full of droids have been showcased in series like The Mandalorian and The Acolyte.

Going back to Frost though, he’s the next in a line of prolific British talents that voice droids in Star Wars. Before him, there was Matt Berry as 8D8 in The Book of Boba Fett, then there was David Tennant as Huyang in Ahsoka. Richard Ayoade also voiced a mercenary droid in The Mandalorian, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge was L3-37 in Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Admittedly, droids have always been a source of comic relief and had always been one of the sillier elements of Star Wars. Hopefully there’s a lot of fun to be had with SM-33, but we’ll just have to wait and see.

Catch Skeleton Crew when it premieres on Disney+ on Dec. 3.

Just in, we have new official images for Skeleton Crew from director Jon Watts, and it’s revealed that the series will be premiering on Disney+ on December 3. Check this out:

Here's your first look at the upcoming Star Wars Original series, #SkeletonCrew, streaming December 3 on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/dhCJlnYerM

— Star Wars (@starwars) July 31, 2024

The official synopsis for the series reads:

“When four kids make a mysterious discovery on their seemingly safe home planet, they get lost in a strange and dangerous galaxy… Finding their way home, meeting unlikely allies and enemies will be a greater adventure than they ever imagined.”

It has been said that the show is aiming to harken to the kid-friendly adventure genre which was popularized by The Goonies and Stranger Things. Some fans have even noticed that the kids have ‘bikes’ that was very much a trope of the genre—but this time, it’s going to be set in the world of Star Wars.

Though the main cast of characters are kids, they do have a ‘grown-up’ with them in the form of Jude Law’s character Jod Na Nawood, who is rumored to be a Jedi on the run. Talking People, Law describes the show, “It is a fun place to be, the universe of Star Wars… And there are great references to old films and recent episodes and series. There’s a lot of originality and I hope that will bring the feeling of fun to those who watch it.”

Though Law is the biggest star, the spotlight will be on the young cast including Ravi Cabot-Conyers (Wim), Kriana Kratter (KB), Robert Timothy Smith (Neel), and Ryan Kiera Armstrong (Fern).

With The Acolyte being a murder-mystery, I’m excited for Star Wars to embrace the kid-friendly action genre—which is the closest it has when it comes to the tone. With Stranger Things setting the bar though, I’m hoping that Skeleton Crew manages to impress when it comes out. Hopefully we get a teaser soon.

Watch out for Skeleton Crew when it premieres on Disney+ on Dec. 3.

But the latest episode, Choice has revealed that Indara was actually the most level-headed one on her team and was trying her best to keep the peace with the coven, and now fans are coming out on Twitter to ‘apologize’ for suspecting that Indara was up to no good since the very beginning.

Here are some of the posts:

https://twitter.com/kayluckydog/status/1810881346014732650

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This is my formal apology to master indara I thought she was giving cop vibes but she was actually just trying to keep all the stupid men on her team from fucking shit up I’m sorry girl

— Lexi (@timelesslords) July 10, 2024

#TheAcolyte spoilers

the entire Brendok incident happening because Sol kept pushing and pushing (his own agenda) and wouldn't let it go vs. Indara being the one who was cautious, diplomatic, and prone to leave them alone is so complex and unexpected, I love it pic.twitter.com/Z83JKaCsy4

— rachel (@greyjedireylo) July 10, 2024

https://twitter.com/kixnstyx/status/1810860428643422626

indara i’m so sorry you deserve better than die because of decisions made by dumb men#theacolyte pic.twitter.com/earShHzAn0

— leo ☾ short n’ sweet era (@quaketano) July 10, 2024

If anything, it’s kind of understandable that Indara would be suspicious, after all, Moss has played both sides of the coin. She can be heroic as Trinity in The Matrix, but she can also play the cold villain in series like Jessica Jones and films like Memento.

For now, it does seem that Indara’s arc has been completed for the show. It’s possible that she could still have other stuff brewing behind the scenes, but as it looks, there are still a lot of other characters with their ongoing stories that need to wrap up with the final episode.

Hopefully we get to see more Indara in a flashback down the line, but as of now, it’s great that her character was pretty much redeemed. Too bad for Sol fans though because they now have to live with the revelation that he caused a possible genocide just because he had Papa Bear fever.

Catch new episodes of The Acolyte on Disney+ every Tuesday.

During an appearance at the MCM London Comic Con (via Yahoo! News), Boba Fett actor Temuera Morrison has shared that he wants to make an appearance in the next season of Mando and ‘steal’ his very own episode for Boba. He explains:

“I would actually like my character to visit The Mandalorian, the Mando fort or something, and come in there and kick some real serious a** as well… The way he did and came into my show and stole an episode of my show — so I’d like to do the same thing.”

For context, there has been a lot of criticism for The Book of Boba Fett for completely sidetracking the story of Boba to put focus on Din Djarin for two episodes. Not only was Boba absent for the episodes, but the show actively undid a lot of Mandalorian plot points—most severely the separation of Din and Grogu so the latter could train with Jedi master Luke Skywalker.

With Boba pretty much being the new head honcho of Tatooine, it’s likely he would be too busy to help reclaim stuff on Mandalore, but if they really wanted to, they could just have him tell his own story without caring if it had any effect on the story of Din and the other Mandos.

No release dates have been announced for new seasons, but you can catch The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian now streaming on Disney+.

So far, the lightsabers in The Acolyte have been pretty standard, but some new concet art from Adam Burn (via @JacobYLow) have revealed alternate saber designs that could have made it to the series.

Check these out:

More wild lightsaber concepts for The Acolyte by Adam Burn.

“Initially, we had a different production designer who wanted to really explore a different approach to the design of the sabers…we decided to look into old dueling pistols and a more deliberate baroque style…” pic.twitter.com/npys9uMXwr

— JAKE LOW (@JacobYLow) July 2, 2024

The refined sabers under the newer production designer are safer, but still incredibly cool. I hope we see some of these wilder concepts in canon someday. pic.twitter.com/YHkSD3nuuB

— JAKE LOW (@JacobYLow) July 2, 2024

Though lightsabers have a pretty standard aesthetic in Star Wars, these designs were said to be inspired by old duelling pistols to give them that more vintage feel.

When it comes to variants, not only do we get a closer look at Vernestra Rwoh’s lightwhip, but there is also a saber variant when it emits three thin blades instead of one thick one. I’m particularly fond of the ‘broadsword’ version that has a crossguard, but it emits a three blades to form one wide blade.

You also have to love the blade with the curved hilt that was meant for Master Indara. It’s a unique callback to Count Dooku from the prequels who also had a curved hilt; after all, Dooku in the lore is considered to be the most masterful duelist when it comes to blade-to-blade combat.

We don’t know if these blade variants will ever come to the screen, but the High Republic comics have revealed different lightsabers—including a more refined crossguard just like Kylo Ren’s lightsaber. With two episodes left, fans have their fingers crossed for some more weird weapons.

Catch new episodes of The Acolyte every Wednesday on Disney+.

Talking to Inverse, Headland confirms that Qimir’s exposed arms and lack of armor in the design is inspired by a longstanding tradition among Soulsborne players. She talks about the design process:

“As soon as I said he didn’t have armor, everyone lost their mind. ‘How can you not have armor?’ I was like, ‘Why would you wear armor if you’re not going to get hit?’ It’s like the Elden Ring costume. The Elden Bling. When you summon people, you always summon the people that aren’t wearing anything, and it’s like, ‘These people are fucking crazy.’”

Funnily enough, the most infamous person in the Elden Ring community who doesn’t wear armor is a player by the name of Let Me Solo Her (or LMSH). Around the time of Elden Ring’s release, LMSH gained notoriety for allowing players to summon him before a fight with Malenia, Blade of Miquella—known to be one of the hardest bosses in the game.

The idea is that players would let LMSH take on Malenia alone, and in return, they will get the reward for beating her without doing anything. The craziest part is that LMSH doesn’t wear any armor—just an old pot on his head.

Talking to IGN, LMSH shared his player philosophy: “It is a running tradition of Soulsborne games that the naked players are the most powerful beings in the game… Why wear armor if you don’t plan on getting hit at all? And the pot is a good luck charm from the character Iron Fist Alexander whom I admire.”

For now, the naked arms on Qimir have become a hotly discussed fan topic, and Manny Jacinto has officially been dubbed as the next to enter the ‘Hot Sith Club’. He’ll likely get a new look by the end of the show, but I am hoping that he keeps the ‘Darth Teeth’ helmet because it’s a very unique look for a Star Wars villain.

Catch new episodes of The Acolyte Wednesdays on Disney+.