Tom Bacon is Head of Screen Rant's Star Wars coverage. Although he's now dedicated to Star Wars content, he's a lifelong fan of several other major franchises including Doctor Who and Marvel. You can find him on Twitter @TomABacon.
Summary The Acolyte has deliberately forgotten one of George Lucas' most important dark side rules, and that's the whole reason the show's fortunes have changed. A fortnight ago, the only real online discussion about The Acolyte focused on the review-bombing campaign. Everything changed, though, when Manny Jacinto was unmasked as The Acolyte's Sith Lord, cutting a brutal swathe through an entire group of Jedi.
The Dark Side Isn't As Glamorous As You Think George Lucas never wanted the Empire to be attractive Close A few months ago, I was somewhat shaken to discover a 2005 Rolling Stone interview with George Lucas in which he discussed Darth Vader. I'm used to thinking of the Dark Lord of the Sith as one of the most iconic villains in Hollywood history, but Lucas had a very different view. "Ultimately, he’s just a pathetic guy who’s had a very sad life," Lucas concluded at one point.
The prequels double down on this. In the first Star Wars movie, we heard that Darth Vader was "seduced by the dark side of the Force." Doesn't that sound thrilling and dramatic? It amounted to a few temper tantrums and the foolish decision to listen to a corrupt politician's lies. George Lucas understood that the dark side sounds flashy and spectacular, and he used the prequels to strip it of that spectacle, to reveal the mundane ordinary-ness of evil.
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