Osha’s Jedi take a look at on “The Acolyte” Episode 3 mirroring “The Phantom Menace” begs the query: Are Star Wars followers lastly finished hating midi-chlorians? There’s clearly nonetheless some trepidation over at Disney. Torbin (Dean-Charles Chapman) would not say what he is taking the blood pattern for, however anybody who’s seen what occurs within the Star Wars prequels will know. Is that this Lucasfilm testing the waters, invoking midi-chlorians with out utilizing their identify? Perhaps if the episode comes and goes with out backlash, they’re going to truly converse the phrase subsequent time. Truthfully, it appears due.
For years, prequel hate outlined the Star Wars fandom. That hasn’t been the case now for a very long time, although. The “followers” who solely have interaction with Star Wars to speak about how a lot they dislike most of it have moved on to hating the sequel trilogy and different components of the Disney canon. The remainder of the fandom — the extra well-adjusted majority — by no means cared that a lot about midi-chlorians to start with. Time and nostalgia have tempered even essentially the most adamant prequel hate, and nowadays, most followers bear in mind the movies fondly, warts and all.
Outrage will all the time be directed on the shiny new factor. Little by little, Disney is opening the door again into the prequel period, and Star Wars is best for it.