‘The Acolyte’ Adds Another Gay Romance: Dafne Keen Confirms Her Character’s Feelings for Osha

‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ premiered several weeks ago, and it’s been quite chaotic. The show and its story seem secondary as fans criticize the messages it promotes.

So far, the show has introduced several gay characters and one possibly non-binary character. While it’s plausible that anything is possible in a galaxy far, far away, and discussing characters’ sexual orientations in a show not focused on that might seem irrelevant, fans are still protesting.

Episode 3 was very controversial because it introduced a group of witches who can reproduce using the Force without men. The two “mothers” of Osha and Mae also seem to be romantically involved. In episode 4, there’s an awkward interaction between Dafne Keen’s Jecki Lon and Amandla Stenberg’s Osha. The scene is intentionally written that way, showing Jecki Lon’s teenage shyness, hinting that there’s more to her words than just admiration for Master Sol’s former Padawan.

In a recent interview with Decider, Dafne Keen confirmed that Jecki has a crush on Osha.

am so happy you asked that because this is my favorite question ever. I think, for Jeckie, it’s very confusing because as a Jedi you’re not allowed to have feelings for other people. […]And I think… I think she… Hehehe, I think she does, I don’t know if I’m allowed to say that, but I think she does.

Dafne also noted that these feelings are not something a Jedi should have, and her character likely feels ashamed because of it.

Jeckie’s such a young character. She’s an 18-year-old, but she’s not a normal 18-year-old. Like she hasn’t gone to school and she hasn’t had interactions with other like people. So it’s her first real experience, I think, of those kinds of feelings and almost the guilt and confusion that comes with it. She’s such a controlled, like self-judging, like perfect student, that I think it’s also almost self-hatred that comes from having those feelings and the kind of constriction, but also the inevitable magnetism that she has towards Osha because of that.

If the show explores this relationship further, it will likely upset fans, despite many Jedi having had “attachments” in both friendly and romantic ways.

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