lemme just callously get a couple deranged shippers' hopes up (it's me i'm the deranged shipper). tidbits that you could twist into possibly suggesting a romance between Dafne Keen and Amandla Stenberg's characters in The Acolyte:
this bit of a recent Dafne interview, speaking about her character. she's been outspoken about Jecki's dynamic with Sol and Yord, but this is someone who "brings the softness out of her" and whose interactions with her would be a spoiler:
Leslye Headland is very passionate about queer rep and especially lesbian rep
Amandla is an outspoken activist for queer youth, was the first choice to play the protagonist, and was very enthusiastic about the pitch (well they would be, as a star wars fan offered a lead role in a new show but y'know. maybe it's deeper?)
young Leslye felt especially underrepresented as a queer girl
she also wrote fanfic as a teen pre-internet and while none of that is in the show, there might be broad theme similarities, presumably young female dark-side-leaning protagonists. maybe some slash too tho who knows
the production had an intimacy coordinator! from what i understand this strongly suggests there is some kind of romance in the show at least, probably nothing very adult (disney star wars tv-14 rating) but maybe a kiss?
the cast is almost entirely jedi characters and while we have occasional romance storylines featuring at least one jedi, they're usually teens or young adults, or people in their 30s at most (hello elvar gang). non-jedi characters include Qimir and Aniseya and her witches, while the only important young jedi seem to be Yord and Jecki (actually i wouldn't mind a Yord/Qimir plot now that i think about it. or gay Force witches.)
the parallels... two highly skilled young women trained by Sol? or two warriors on opposing sides? i think they should kiss about it either way
the shot of Mae holding Jecki with a knife to her throat did things to me. yeah this is just here because i'm a freak sorry