‘The Acolyte’s Lee Jung-jae Says He “Was Quite Surprised” By The Series Cancellation

Denise Petski
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Lee Jung-jae, who portrayed Master Sol, in Disney+’s The Acolyte, is speaking out about the recent cancellation of the series after one season.

In an interview with EW, Lee says he had expected to see a Season 2 and was disappointed and “quite surprised personally” when he heard the news.

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“As you know, my character had died already in the first season,” Lee told the publication. “So I wouldn’t have appeared in the second season if there was one anyway. But personally speaking, I really loved Leslye’s [Headland] writing. I thought that she was a great writer and director who was very talented in the storytelling, as well as creating characters and creating meaningful structures within the story. So I was actually personally really looking forward to watching a season 2 with her at the helm.”

Lee, however, is not giving up on seeing more of The Acolyte. “Honestly, I am hoping that maybe there could be changes in the future,” Lee says. “Because you never know what’s going to happen. So on a personal level, I really hope we could get to see further stories of Leslye’s second season.”

Word on Monday, August 19, that Lucasfilm had opted not to proceed with a second season came more than a month after the eight-episode first season of the series from creator, director, executive producer and showrunner Headland wrapped its run on Disney+.

The Star Wars offshoot, starring Amandla Stenberg, was a mystery-thriller that took viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.

In addition to Stenberg and Lee, the cast included Manny Jacinto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman and Carrie-Anne Moss.

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