The Acolyte Episode 3 Interview: Lee Jung-jae on Past vs. Present Jedi Master Sol
84There’s a wealth of wonderful acting opportunities in Hollywood, but as a lifelong Star Wars diehard, I’ve got to think that scoring the role of a Jedi Master is one of the absolute best of the bunch. Following up his Emmy-winning performance in Netflix’s international sensation, Squid Game, Lee Jung-jae scored that exact dream gig, and he put in the work to do the opportunity justice.
Lee plays Jedi Master Sol in the Leslye Headland-created Star Wars Disney+ series, The Acolyte. He’s a highly respected figure in the Jedi Order who’s a strong warrior, but also in-tune with his emotions more than most. As we learn in the first two episodes, Sol once trained Amandla Stenberg’s Osha, but then, for unknown reasons, she opted to leave the Order. The two are reunited years later when a Jedi Master is killed and Osha is blamed for the crime.
In celebration of The Acolyte’s June 4 debut on Disney+, I got the chance to have a brief chat with Lee, during which he walked me through the process of figuring out why Master Sol has become the person we meet in Episode 1 of the series, a discussion that includes the impact of the game-changing events of Episode 3, “Destiny.”
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