{"id":268897,"date":"2025-11-03T13:47:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/268897\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T13:47:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T13:47:07","slug":"manny-jacinto-hoped-the-acolyte-could-revive-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/268897\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Jacinto Hoped ‘The Acolyte’ Could Revive Romance"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Acolyte<\/a>\u00a0only lasted a single season, but fans still carry a torch for the late\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0spinoff. One element the show seemed eager to continue, and something a specific sect of fans were looking forward to, was the relationship between ex-Jedi Osha<\/a> (Amandla Stenberg) and future Knight of Ren founder<\/a> Qimir (Manny Jacinto).<\/p>\n

To put it bluntly, people wanted to see those two smooch, and Jacinto\u2019s among those ranks. During a recent interview with TV Insider<\/a>, he talked about Qimir and Osha\u2019s relationship\u2014Oshamir, for short\u2014being a dynamic that interested him to begin with. In his eyes, the big thing missing from \u201ca lot\u201d of franchises today is \u201cthe romance, the love and relationships. It\u2019s a weird thing: we have the big fight scenes and the origin stories of these heroes and whatnot, but they don\u2019t really have a relationship with other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m incredibly proud of what we did in\u00a0The Acolyte and I\u00a0loved Qimir and Osha relationship, because we were taking it back to having a relationship in this big world,\u201d he continued. \u201c[Relationships] made the characters and the story more compelling as opposed to just having big fight sequences. We were taking it back to a relationship in this big world.\u201d<\/p>\n

The lack of romances in blockbuster movies<\/a> has long been a talking point, and Star Wars has been part of those conversations. Relationships and romance has always been a core part of the franchise, which Disney hasn\u2019t always been the best about accepting, much less portraying<\/a>. Most romances in the franchise don\u2019t end well<\/a>, but maybe summer 2026\u2019s YA romance book\u00a0Eyes Like Stars<\/a>\u00a0from Ashley Poston will buck the trend. And maybe if it\u2019s successful enough, it\u2019ll lead readers to Oshamir or whatever other ship is waiting.<\/p>\n

Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel<\/a>, Star Wars<\/a>, and Star Trek<\/a> releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV<\/a>, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Acolyte\u00a0only lasted a single season, but fans still carry a torch for the late\u00a0Star Wars\u00a0spinoff. One element…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268898,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[88,45344,206,5295,20180],"class_list":{"0":"post-268897","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-manny-jacinto","10":"tag-movies","11":"tag-star-wars","12":"tag-the-acolyte"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}