Star Wars has a bizarre new timeline controversy thanks to The Acolyte's prequels cameo

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The Star Wars timeline is confusing, there's no doubt about that, but just when fans think they've plotted♔ every event that has happened in a galaxy far, far away upon it, a new title comes along and shake things up. Cue The Acolyte...

Just recently, the Disney Plus show saw High Council Jedi Ki-Adi-Mundi, a character who appeared in Tౠhe Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, and Revenge of the Sith, make a cameo – and viewers are kind of baffled, seeing as the series takes place around a century before the events of the prequel movies kick off. 

on Twitter after episode 4 dropped, as : "Not only do you f*** up Ki-Adi-Mundi's character but ALSO THE F***ING CANON TIMELINE. ABSOLUTE IDIOTS."

"The Acolyteꦬ not only contradicts Star Wars canon but it forgets elements of its own story, its lazily wri🍰tten," .

Others, meanwhile, aren't fussed about the "mix-up" at all, and even took to social media to point out that Ki-Adi-Mundi's kind, Cereans, have long life spans. Even though it's never been confirmed just how long.

"First thing I tell friends who [are] new to Star Wars or have just seenꦇ [the original trilogyꦅ or prequel trilogy] is that the timeline is MESSY. Everything is relative," . "Birthdates or life-spans of alien races changing in Legends or canon is really not a big deal!"

"24 hours agꦦo, not a single persoಞn on this earth cared when Ki-Adi-Mundi was born," , as : "I don't know if this helps anyone, but if EVER there were a Jedi that would lie about his age, it's Ki-Adi-Mundi."

The Acolyte is streaming now on Disney Plus, with ep♒isodes dropping w♒eekly. You can read more on the show with our pieces on: 

Amy West

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