‘The Acolyte’: Manny Jacinto Is ‘Ready’ to Return Amid Ben Solo ‘Star Wars’ Movie Talks

If Emperor Palpatine rising from the dead can be so simply “explained” by Poe Dameron declaring, “Somehow, Palpatine returned,” then no one’s really dead in Star Wars. That’s the recent sentiment from Rey and Kylo Ren fans ever since Adam Driver revealed there was a Hunt for Ben Solo movie in the works with Steven Soderbergh that was suddenly scrapped by Disney. The Acolyte is another Star Wars title with a lot of women fans, thanks to the charged performances from Manny Jacinto (Qimir) and Amandla Stenberg (Osha), and it, too, was canceled last year despite its popularity (the news dropped on Jacinto’s birthday, no less).

As fans rally to push Disney to revive Ben Solo — and after The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland revealed some major details about Qimir’s connection to Kylo Ren in The Art of the Star Wars: The Acolyte book — Jacinto tells TV Insider he’s “always ready” to come back to Qimir, should the force reawaken this desire, adding, “That was a role of a lifetime.”