The Acolyte: New Photos Revealed for Dafne Keens Character, Actress Provides New Details On Her

The momentum on The Acolyte continues to build. Following the teaser trailer from two weeks ago, Entertainment Weekly is dropping two new official pictures of Dafne Keen's character, Jecki Lon, along with an interview with the Madrid-born actress.



Jecki is the Padawan to Lee Jung-jae's Master Sol, who is half-human and half-Theelin, and who will be seeing plenty of action in the show. 'She's very cool and I have some very cool fights I do with the lightsaber. I really love her. She's a great character and was really fun to play,' the actress told EW. She then added the following about her character's relationship with her master:

Dafne Keen as Jecki Lon in Star Wars: The Acolyte. Credit: Christian Black / Lucasfilm Ltd. (via Entertainment Weekly)



Showrunner Leslye Headland apparently was very insistent (might you say keen?) on casting her in the show, as she told the outlet in a past interview: 'We have to get Dafne, period. I just wanted to see X23 with a lightsaber in their hand. That has to happen.' Keen, on her end, couldn't speak more highly of Headland:

There was a lot of back-and-forth between actress and showrunner on the creation of the character, but Keen also said that a key element to that came through Jecki's relationships with other characters from The Acolyte:

(Center, L-R): Yord Fandar (Charlie Barnett) and Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon (Dafne Keen) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.



There was a 2.5-hour makeup process behind the character that had to be done every day, and which she broke down in detail in the interview (check it out in the link above). Despite how tedious that may sound, Keen wasn't bothered by it whatsoever:

She also expanded upon how being in character changed how she saw Jecki, which she also used to give us a little insight into the character:

Jecki Lon will be one of the many characters from The Acolyte we'll meet by the time the show comes out on Disney Plus, on June 4. It's possible more of these character profiles may drop in future weeks since the show is supposed to be an ensemble story (albeit led by Amandla Stenberg's Mae), so keep an eye out for more!



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