SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Summary Star Wars: The Acolyte has officially begun with a two-episode premiere on Disney+, and this show is exactly the prequel to the Star Wars prequel trilogy I was hoping for. The Acolyte takes place about 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, making it both the earliest point in the Star Wars timeline to be shown thus far in Star Wars' movies and TV shows and a clear prequel to The Phantom Menace.
The Phantom Menace's Jedi Order Was Already Waning Even In The First Prequel Movie, The Jedi Were Declining Close Although the true fall of the Jedi didn't happen until Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith, the Order was already declining in The Phantom Menace. In fact, Qui-Gon Jinn was perhaps the best proof of that, as he was extremely dissatisfied with the way the Order was handling things.
Everything about The Acolyte's Jedi Order felt loftier to me. The manner of speaking of many Jedi Masters, though especially Master Rwoh, Master Sol, and Master Indara, gave off an immediate sense of wisdom and authority but also an odd, almost austere distance. While Mace Windu may have been more emotionally reserved, the Jedi of The Acolyte are a far cry from Master Yoda's jokes and Obi-Wan Kenobi's cheeky attitude .