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Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT The new trailer for The Acolyte shows Dafne Keen's Jecki Lon, a Padawan, training - but not using a lightsaber. Excitement is building for The Acolyte, the next Star Wars Disney+ TV show set roughly a century before the Skywalker saga. Marketing has picked up over the last few weeks, with Lucasfilm releasing a flood of official images from The Acolyte, and even a new trailer for Star Wars Day.
Related Star Wars: The Acolyte - Cast, Story Details & Everything We Know The upcoming Star Wars show The Acolyte will take the franchise into the grand High Republic era, but what mysteries await in the Jedi’s golden age? What Is A Training Lightsaber & Why Isn't Jecki Using One? Training lightsabers were introduced in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones, when Yoda was seen running a group of Younglings through the basic sequences that would allow them to one day master a...
Jecki Lon Jecki is the Padawan apprentice to Master Sol. Although she is young, she projects calm and conducts herself with maturity. Given Jecki's flourishes are probably for show, it's difficult to say exactly what lightsaber form Jecki has practiced. She certainly has the kind of dexterity required for the more complex forms, meaning it wouldn't be a surprise to see her master Makashi or even Ataru. Dafne Keen is an energetic actress known for the physicality with which she plays roles such as X-23 in Logan, so she's be perfect for an Ataru swordsman.
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