One very good thing about a new Star Wars project means that you’re always going to get a modicum of Funny Little Guys. Your glup shittos, your merchandisable new droids, your Bell Guys, your Blurrgs, things of that nature. Star Wars worldbuilding is built on the backs of not its heroes and villains, but a galaxy of weirdoes that are on screen for about five seconds and that’s it.
Which brings me to The Acolyte, the latest Star Wars project, which of course, is just teeming with Funny Little Guys. There’s the little guy Mae pays off to learn where Indara is in the opening scenes of the premiere. The barkeep she then threatens, that leads to Indara’s death during their duel.
There’s the Neimodians Mae’s sister Osha works for, and their ginormous hats (and slightly less questionable accents!). There’s all the prisoners aboard the Republic transport Osha is ushered onto when the Jedi charge her for Indara’s death. And then there’s the droids—so many Funny Little Droids! We’ve got Pip, Osha’s multi-tool companion, who, on top of being able to weld, offer fire suppression, and do a bunch of other things, appears to be just as sentient a being as any humanoid-scaled droid we see.
In episode two, the Jedi outpost on Olega has a version of the door-droid we saw in Return of the Jedi on Jabba’s gate. And then there’s that aforementioned Republic transport, which has not only a droid security guard as seemingly the only official on board, but then the really.
