Dafne Keen is offering stunning insight into the lore that Jedi actors were taught when preparing for The Acolyte. The show is set near the end of the High Republic Era when the Jedi still thrived across the galaxy. Keen plays the Jedi Padawan Jecki, a Theelin being trained by the Jedi Order. As The Acolyte‘s large cast prepares for its June 4 release date, Keen has been speaking out about the various training methods involved in becoming a Jedi actor and an actual Jedi.

During an interview with Empire, Keen revealed that the cast attended a school-like program called “Jedi meetings“. In it, prospective Jedi were taught about the Jedi ranks, experienced actual one-on-one Force training, and practiced with lightsabers. They also took part in camera testing, makeup checks, and various other training to prepare them for Jedi acting. Keen admitted that she has a Star Wars notebook filled with secrets. Check out her full quote below:

We had these things called Jedi meetings, where all of us Jedi would go into this room with Star Wars specialists. They’d be like, ‘Ask away.’ It was like school – we were taught the ages from which you’re a Youngling, then you’re a Padawan, then you’re a Knight, then you’re a Master, all of the levels to it. We had Force training with this woman called Alex, which would be one-on-one – you’d go in this room, and she’d teach you how to wield the Force. We had all the stunt training with the ‘sabers. And I was fortunate enough to play an alien, which means I got that much more out of the Star Wars experience – I had an hour and a half every morning with Jeremy and Rob, the makeup artists, of becoming something completely different to me. And something so Star Wars. I remember the camera test and I was like, ‘It looks like Star Wars’… No, [Jedi School] was this really long meeting room, and the walls were plastered with Star Wars imagery. It was proper school. I had like a little clicky pen. I have a whole notebook of Star Wars studying that I have at home. I was moving flats, and my friend was like, ‘Younglings ages? What is this?’ I was like, ‘Oh, that’s my Star Wars notebook – you wouldn’t understand.’

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Source: Empire