The Acolyte Star Teases His Hopes & Ideas for Season 2

The Acolyte star Manny Jacinto has revealed his hopes for a second season, with the actor responding positively to fan suggestions and “shipping” his character Qimir with Amandla Stenberg’s Osha. Jacinto’s role in the Star Wars series proved to one of the biggest mysteries, with Qimir revealed to be a Sith master. Speaking with GQ, Jacinto said he has seen “fan art” depicting “something” going on between Osha and the Sith Stranger, and its certainly an element he would love to explore in a future series.

“In the fan art I’ve seen, there’s a good amount that implies… something between Osha and the Stranger. That’s something that people, I think, have been yearning for in this genre, or at least in this IP, and I love that people are honing in on it and encouraging it. So I think people can look forward to more of that, possibly. If people want it, we can explore that in a subsequent season.”

As well as teasing what The Acolyte season 2 could involve (if the show is renewed), the actor also heaped praise on creator and showrunner Leslye Headland for enabling him to do something he had never done before as an actor: just be himself.

“We were in Madeira doing episode six. Leslye came into my tent and she was pacing. She was like, ‘Manny, I just want you.’ I was like, ‘What do you mean?’ And she said, ‘I just want you to be you. You don’t need to do the smirk, or the twitches, or any of the actorly stuff. I just want you to be you in this moment.’

It hit me pretty hard,” he says, “because I wasn’t able to ever do that before. I was never given the permission to just be myself. And it was so freeing.”

What Might Happen in The Acolyte Season 2?

The Acolyte

2/5

Star Wars series that take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.

Main Genre

Sci-Fi

Cast

Amandla Stenberg , Lee Jung-jae , Joonas Suotamo , Charlie Barnett , Dafne Keen , Leah Brady , Manny Jacinto , Rebecca Henderson , Carrie-Anne Moss , Jodie Turner-Smith , Dean-Charles Chapman , Lauren Brady , Anthony J. Abraham , Thara Shöön , Danielle Xin Yao Waterman , Sienna Khiroya , Jeramiah Evans , Dan Milne , Thomas Coombes , Archie Singh Swali , Nick Court , Ed Kear , Jumayn Hunter , Scroobius Pip , Abigail Thorn , Margarita Levieva , Amy Tsang , Saskia Allen , Deborah Rosan , Tabitha Alege , Paul Bullion , Indra Ové , Derek Arnold , Lewis Young

Seasons

1

Studio

Disney+, Lucasfilm

Franchise

Star Wars

Number of Episodes

8

Streaming Service(s)

Disney+

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While a second season of The Acolyte has not yet been confirmed, the first series leaves plenty of clues and Easter eggs for what might happen next. And, despite the major review bombing campaign that has plighted the latest Star Wars series, fans of the show have recently taken to social media to call for Disney to #RenewTheAcolyte. Heaping praise on the diverse cast of characters, the use of Star Wars lore, and the world-building on display, there is clearly an appetite for more from The Acolyte. Many are taken with the performances and chemistry between Amandla Stenberg and Manny Jacinto, and would no doubt love to see more from the story as it continues to explore the High Republic era.

Created by Leslye Headland, The Acolyte features an ensemble cast that includes Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Manny Jacinto. You can check out the official synopsis for the series below.

“A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes but discovers the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.”