Disney just lately launched two motion sequences to tease the debut of its Disney+ streaming present The Acolyte . One exhibits Indara, the character performed by Carrie-Ann Moss, buying and selling blows with Amanda Steinberg’s character, Mae.

The opposite clip exhibits Sol, the character performed by Squid Recreation’s Lee Jung-Jae, as soon as once more up towards Mae.

However one thing feels off right here. At the very least Sol and Indara are clearly Jedi, so I’m kinda baffled that they’re maintaining their lightsabers off when probably up towards an murderer of Jedi. It’s very unusual that they’re solely resorting to their fists, martial arts, and the power. I get that they may simply be testing Mae, or attempting to extract intel out of her since that is Star Wars’ detective story, however there’s a funnier chance.

The rationale behind this new Jedi strategy to battle is likely to be one of the notorious Star Wars video games ever made. I’m speaking about Star Wars: Masters of Teräs Käsi.

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What’s that, you ask? Nicely, Teräs Käsi isn’t only a Star Wars gibberish phrase. It’s a Finnish phrase which means “Metal Hand”. If that sounds loads just like the “Iron Fist” match from Tekken, it’s as a result of somebody at LucasArts sooner or later apparently had the dream of constructing a combating sport that may rival Tekken. Their dream was a meme.

Although LucasArts was on a roll again then, Masters Of Teräs Käsi continues to be referred to as one of many worst combating video games of all time. Not solely are the controls dangerous and the mechanics just about non-existent, however the sport doesn’t even make sense on this planet of Star Wars.

The principle character is Arden Lyn, an unique character who wears a fist actually fabricated from metal, and likewise makes use of a martial artwork named Teräs Käsi to beat his opponents. That’s very handy and funky, too dangerous that Lyn’s opponents are individuals like Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader, two dudes who know that one of the best use for a mechanic fist is swinging a lightsaber.

It’s unconfirmed at this second whether or not this really is Teräs Käsi in motion, or only a completely different model of combating than we’re used to seeing within the Star Wars universe. It appears designed particularly to cope with Jedi, continuously making an attempt to each take away their essential weapon – the lightsaber – and use sneak assaults to realize the upper-hand.

The Teräs Käsi sport has been a joke amongst followers of Star Wars and combating video games on the whole for over 20 years now, however fist-fighting Jedi may lastly be changing into a factor. Why? Nicely, Disney very transparently mentioned that Indara is closely based mostly on Trinity, the character Carrie-Anne Moss performs in The Matrix quadrilogy. I assume having House Trinity displaying off her kung fu chops makes extra sense as an homage than having her be a Jedi with dual-wielding blasters.

However I’d actually prefer it to be due to that Han Solo film, probably the most weird movie they ever slapped the Star Wars title on, and naturally the one one brave sufficient to advertise Teräs Käsi into precise Star Wars lore.

The Acolyte comes out on Disney + on June 4 and, regardless of the dangerous feeling I’ve about this, the sequence has been garnering a number of constructive buzz from early viewers.