Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS for The Acolyte episode “Night” are ahead! When one makes their way through the Star Wars movies in order and the accompanying TV shows, they’re going to see a lot of characters die in a galaxy far, far away. Still, by this franchise’s standards, the latest episode of The Acolyte , “Night,” to hit the 2024 TV schedule was particularly brutal. On top of a handful of background Jedi being killed by Qimir, who was revealed to be Mae’s self-proclaimed Sith master, this episode also saw the villain fatally stabbing Jecki Lon and snapping Yord Fender’s neck.
As Star Wars fans with a Disney+ subscription are still reeling from these shocking scenes, Charlie Barnett, who played the latter character, opened up about shooting what he considers a “nice death.” After sharing how he didn’t want to watch Dafne Keen shoot her final scene as Jecki on The Acolyte , saying he didn’t “want to see her die four times over” and called it “just visceral and fucked up and sad,” Barnett shared the following information about filming his death scene with Manny Jacinto, who plays Qimir, in his interview with EW : Let’s just put it out there: Manny, beyond being an extremely handsome gentleman, is one of the kindest people ever. And in rehearsing it, we’ve got to move slow.
So throughout all this time, I'm just being held by Manny, and he is just cradling my head and being like, “Oh, Charlie, does that hurt when I crack your neck that way?”.