Is this what a Tarantino Star Wars movie would look like?
(Image credit: Disney)
By now there's arguably a formula for Star Wars posters. The DNA of Drew Struzan's hand-painted designs for the original trilogy has followed the franchise through its many reiterations, including the sequel trilogy and various TV shows on Disney Plus. But the design for new series The Acolyte marks a radical departure.
Seemingly straying into Tarantino territory, the new teaser poster for Reservoir Jedis The Acolyte features a lightsaber hilt along with a striking streak of blood in place of the blade. We've had our eyes on on the best film posters lately, and this one's certainly surprising.
(Image credit: Disney)
It certainly suggests we're looking at a more adult tone with the new series. The Acolyte at the end of the High Republic era in a world of "shadowy secrets and emerging dark side powers", approximately 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I (thanks, Wikipedia).
Star Wars posters usually follow a tried-and-tested formula (Image credit: Disney)
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One of the hardest posters I've ever seen. This has me hyped. https://t.co/TvGDoF8dXqMarch 18, 2024
The Star Wars saga's various TV instalments have offered up a varying degree of quality lately, but for every Book of Boba Fett (bad), there's been an Andor (good). Time will tell where The Acolyte falls, but judging by this poster, we might at least get something different in tone when the series lands on Disney Plus in June 2024.
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Daniel John is Senior News Editor at Creative Bloq. He reports on the worlds of art, design, branding and lifestyle tech (which often translates to tech made by Apple). He joined in 2020 after working in copywriting and digital marketing with brands including ITV, NBC, Channel 4 and more.
