Alan Rapp

Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – Sands of Jakku

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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - Sands of Jakku

The first of the Star Wars: Forces of Destiny shorts takes place during The Force Awakens after Rey (Daisy Ridley) meets BB-8. Returning home, the pair run into a nightwachter worm who eats leftover technology and garbage and takes a keen interest in the droid. Rey’s quick thinking, and yet undiscovered Force-sensitivity and reflexes, saves the droid, but she also feeds the beast with some substitute garbage earning herself a friend which will play into the show’s second short.

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The Acolyte – Episode 8

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  • Title: The Acolyte – The Acolyte
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The Acolyte - Episode 8

The Acolyte concludes with a finale that plays into expectations. The final four episodes of the series have all pointed towards Osha (Amandla Stenberg) trading places with Mae and taking her twin’s path on the Dark Side (complete with the bleeding of a kyber crystal which has been discussed in various Star Wars properties without ever being shown until this point). As with the previous flashback episode, which only confirmed events viewers should have already have worked out on their own, “The Acolyte” finale provides a confrontation between Mae and her old master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) pushing her path towards Qimir (Manny Jacinto). The path of Mae turns out to be far less interesting, mind-wiped and basically trading places with her sister, meaning we’re left in largely the same situation we were when the series began.

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Young Woman and the Sea

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  • Title: Young Woman and the Sea
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Young Woman and the Sea

Based on the true story of the first woman to swim the English Channel, Daisy Ridley stars as Gertrude “Trudy” Ederle. After filling in a little of her early life (including surviving the Measles as a child to the utters surprise of everyone), the film moves forward with the young Trudy’s (Olive Abercrombie) fascination with swimming following her sister Meg (Lilly Aspell and Tilda Cobham-Hervey) into lessons and eventual competitions proving herself the best female swimmer England had to offer. This will lead to the Olympics and eventually the English Channel as new challenges to overcome.

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