The Acolyte Just Brought Back The Most Random Jedi
Warning: This text comprises a small spoiler a few minor character look in Episode 4 of Star Wars: The Acolyte.
One of many extra interesting elements of Star Wars: The Acolyte has been its standalone nature, happening to this point earlier than the primary components of the franchise that it feels fairly separate. However the additional the collection has gone on, the nearer to the movies it is felt–and we peaked on that entrance when an precise film character made a cameo look this week–the largest Easter egg of the collection to this point. It wasn’t a serious or notably consequential half, nevertheless it’s definitely a stunning one.
The Jedi in query is the cone-headed Ki-Adi-Mundi, who was a member of the Jedi Council within the prequel films–a function he apparently held for a century or extra, since he was current for a Council assembly on The Acolyte this week. It is a very small cameo, and he is solely acquired a pair traces, nevertheless it’s positively him as a result of he is listed by title in the long run credit for the episode.
Ki-Adi-Mundi is an fascinating selection for a random cameo. He is recognizable however is way more of a personality in novels and comics than he ever was on-screen, so he realistically belongs extra to the world of Star Wars books. Which might in all probability make him extra palatable as a cameo than tossing in Yoda for 3 minutes would.
However he is nonetheless a kinda random selection for a cameo for a number of causes. Ki-Adi-Mundi is a Cerean, and there is no indication they need to reside this long–in the outdated, defunct Expanded Universe, Cereans had the same lifespan to people, however Ki-Adi-Mundi clearly is already sufficiently old to be on the Jedi Council and goes to reside for an additional 100+ years. However here is a enjoyable reality: Cereans have such huge heads as a result of they’ve two brains stacked on high of one another up there.
Making this random look barely extra awkward is that Ki-Adi-Mundi was solely a Jedi Knight, not a grasp, when he was on the Jedi Council throughout The Phantom Menace, however that is outdated lore that is simple to disregard. And since he is listed as Grasp Ki-Adi-Mundi within the credit, we’re not gonna sweat it.
However in the event you have been hoping for any individual extra substantial to indicate up–sorry, this seems to be it.
