There is a slew of new fans for the series The Acolyte. They may be disappointed that the show was not renewed for a second season, but the characters will live on this February new variant comic covers being released by Marvel.
Via ComicBook, to honor Black History Month, the characters of Mother Aniseya and her daughters, Osha and Mae, will be featured on the covers and in the comic issues of Star Wars: The Legacy of Vader #1 and Star Wars: The High Republic - Fear of Jedi #1.
Star Wars celebrate Black History Month 2025 with variant covers featuring Mother Aniseya, leader of a Force-user coven from The Acolyte, and Osha & Mae, twin sisters whose conflicting views on the Jedi test their bond in The Acolyte. pic.twitter.com/kyOjJD9mcl
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Hopefully, these variant covers will show there is still plenty of interest in these characters from The Acolyte. While the comics won't be about these characters (unless somehow Kylo Ren talks to them in the past for Legacy of Vader), it is a way for Lucasfilm to generate more interest for a show that really didn't make much merchandise.
Despite the cancellation, this isn't the only upcoming series for The Acolyte. The characters of Yord and Jecki will be brought back to life in the YA novel The Acolyte: The Crystal Crown by Tessa Gratton, to be released this summer. If you don't want to wait that long, The Acolyte: Wayseeker by Justina Ireland will hit bookstores in May. Other projects in The High Republic era include books and comics featuring other characters from The Acolyte, like Vernestra Rwoh.
The character of Osha switched places with Mae at the end of the final episode and was slated to be trained by Qimir. Fans of the franchise and the series can only hope to see where the sister's story is taken. Many questions linger as to what will happen to them and the legacy characters who were in the series as Darth Plagueis and Ki-Adi-Mundi.
It was a huge disappointment when Disney+ and Lucasfilm chose not to move forward with a Season 2. Amandla Stenberg, the actor who played Osha and Mae, said, “Of course, I’m very sad about the show being canceled, and I’m sad about us not being able to give people invested in it more. But I still just feel a lot of levity and joy around the fact that I got to experience it and that people loved it and that people were so responsive.”
Fans can only hope that these comic book variants will continue interest in a series that had much potential and was a unique story in the landscape of the franchise. You can get the Aniseya cover by
Karen S. Darboe on February 5 for Legacy of Vader #1 and the Osha and Mae cover by Mateus Manhanini on The High Republic - Fear of the Jedi #1 on February 19.
Make sure to tell your local comic book store ahead of time you want these covers before orders are cutoff! Comic book stores order ahead of time, and that's lets them know you want them!