The Acolyte’s Dafne Keen Thinks Jecki Went Out a Jedi Knight

Spoilers ahead for episode five of The Acolyte.

The Acolyte is racking up quite the body count. The latest Star Wars series, created by Leslye Headland, began with the death of Carrie-Anne Moss’s Jedi master, and in subsequent episodes Jedi have been dropping like mere stormtroopers. And yet last week’s fifth episode, which saw the deaths of not one but two major characters — including the best Padawan of the High Republic era — still came as a surprise.

Dafne Keen...