THE ACOLYTE Showrunner Explains Why Mae and Osha Will Never Be as Powerful as Anakin Skywalker
The most recent episode of The Acolyte revealed some new details about Mae and Osha, and it’s led to some fan theories about how they could be as powerful as Anakin Skywalker.
Showrunner Leslye Headland has addressed these theories and she explained they Mae and Osha will never be as powerful as The Chosen One.
This week's episode of The Acolyte, titled "Choice," took us back to the events of Mae and Osha's past to reveal what really happened on Brendock all those years ago when the Jedi showed up. It’s here that we learn some details about how the two characters came into existence.
It turns out the sisters aren't actually twins at all and were created by the coven through a Force vergence on the planet and are essentially two halves of the same being.
Details were left intentionally vague, but Headland says that we’ll find out more details in next week's season finale.
In an interview with Nerdist, Headland said: "Tune in next week. Tune in next week. We definitely aren’t going to leave you hanging.
“You do a show like this, you take a lot of risks, you don’t really save a lot of those types of questions for season two. There are a lot of things you do save for a season two, but that kind of question is not one of them."
As for the theories that Mae and Osha could be more powerful than any Jedi, including Anakin Skywalker, Headland shot down that idea.
She said: "It’s like when you’re doing an experiment and it’s the first round of it. They are maybe not the first, but one of the first experiments of this particular use of power. So the twins are weaker than Anakin, for sure.
“They are going to fall short of what will eventually become the Chosen One. They will never achieve what that is, because in my mind, Aniseya could only do so much. She’s not powerful enough to create one person.”
“The twins split, Aniseya’s power split, and therefore a lot of her philosophy is about the power of two. About the fact that they must stay together. They must stay together. The twins are stronger together if she keeps them together.
“And obviously there’s an analogy to this of the isolationist feeling, not just of the coven, but also of family. 'If I can keep you safe, if I can keep you safe then you won’t get hurt. You won’t get hurt.'"
Mae and Osha have yet to unlock their full potential, and we will most likely see that in the finale when they join forces.