‘The Acolyte’ Episode Four Officially Introduces Pronouns To Live-Action Star Wars
In confirming the second main, non-‘Lesbian Space Witches’-related tease provided by Film Threat founder Chris Gore about the new direction in which the series would take the overall franchise, The Acolyte officially features the first instance of ‘proper pronoun usage’ in a live-action Star Wars production.
Much to the dismay of fans, said moment of pronoun awareness came roughly half-way through The Acolyte‘s fourth episode, Day, courtesy of series protagonist Osha (Amandla Stenberg).
Agreeing to help him and his crew in their mission of stopping her sister Mae (Stenberg) from executing the remaining Jedi who she believes were responsible for the death of the witch coven they grew up in, Osha soon finds herself on board Master Sol’s (Lee Jung-jae) ship receiving a briefing alongside her new teammates from Jedi knight Yord Fandar (Charlie Barnett).
Reluctant to fully commit herself to the mission, Osha sits herself out of sight in the back of the briefing room, whereupon she makes the acquaintance of Bazil, a Tynnan tracker who proceeds to take notable issue with the presence of the former Jedi’s robotic companion, Pip, aboard the ship.
Following a brief exchange of snarls from Bazil and a jet of water from Pip, Osha quickly removes her and her droid from the situation before running to the side of the only person on the ship she knows besides Master Sol, Jedi padawan Jecki Lon (Dafne Keen).
Unsure of what to make of the encounter, Osha proceeds to ask Jecki, “Who is that?”, to which the Jedi positively replies, “That’s Bazil.”
Still curious about her new acquaintance, Osha then begins to ask, “Is he-” before correcting herself “-or they, with us?”
While this is the first instance the topic of pronouns has been directly addressed in a live-action Disney Star Wars production, it is not the first time it has been brought up during the franchise’s time under the entertainment conglomerate’s ownership.
In every piece of High Republic Era-related media, Disney has made a conscious effort to highlight the pronouns of every character featured throughout the publishing initiative, whether by featuring them in every profile featured in the Star Wars: The High Republic Character Encyclopedia or in a dialogue exchange between Avar Kriss and Vernestra Rwoh in the official The High Republic series from Marvel Comics.
As noted above, The Acolyte‘s pronoun awareness was previously teased by Film Threat founder Chris Gore following his own preview screening of the series’ first four episodes.
“These first two episodes are pretty basic,” he recalled to Geeks+Gamers’ Jeremy Griggs during a June 4th livestream. “They get you into the story and the world. Episode three, I’m warning you now, it is going to completely lose everyone.”
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“They completely redefine what the Force is,” detailed Gore. “You’re going to see two mothers conceive twins. A bunch of witches that are – it is, basically, the Jedi turn into cops and Child Protective Services. It’s like the CPS of the galaxy.”
Once again reiterating, “Okay, episode one and two, whatever, it’s fine,” the critic then revealed, “[But] Three and four, get ready for pronouns in Star Wars.”
“It’s happening,” he added. “I’m literally considering having a funeral for Star Wars. Literally, get everyone to dress up, wear dark glasses, give eulogies, play organ church music in the background because after episode three of The Acolyte, it will cause a lot of discussion.”
The next episode of The Acolyte is currently set to continue its Jedi hunt on June 26th.
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