Behind this sequence, which is seen as a homicide thriller, we discover Leslye Headland, co-creator of the Netflix sequence Russian Doll. She serves as screenwriter, producer, showrunner and director (of the primary two episodes). Leslye Headland is an simple Star Wars fan. She has Princess Leia’s face tattooed on her proper hand. The producer found the galaxy far, distant, as a teen, with the particular editions of the unique trilogy on the cinema then by immersing herself within the Prolonged Universe (EU) of the novels.
By setting its plot 100 years earlier than the movies, Leslye Headland delves into “this area of escape”. “Which was nice,” she advised us throughout a videoconference interview. It’s because I might create an unique story with out encroaching on different sequence. There’s this freedom that it provided, when it comes to telling a narrative that was fully unique. Then this allowed one other entry level into the universe. Even individuals who don’t love Star Wars or who do not know Star Wars and have not seen the opposite movies or sequence will be capable to watch The Acolyte. It is solely helpful to know what a Jedi is. However popular culture took care of that for me.”
Leslye Headland with Lee Jung-jae on the set of “The Acolyte”. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
Connoisseurs will acknowledge sure references, such because the Nightsisters, talked about within the animated sequence The Clone Wars. This completely feminine order occupies a decisive place in The Acolyte. The superior Jedi Vernestra Rwoh (performed by Rebecca Henderson, spouse of the producer) comes from the novels masking the period of the Excessive Republic. However, says Leslye Headland, “it is not nearly satisfying the followers and bringing in iconic characters. It’s actually about creating a brand new world, telling new tales and seeing how these characters evolve.”
The Acolyte reveals how a corporation as revered and highly effective because the Jedi Order can discover itself each at its peak and on the eve of the decline that can unfold from The Phantom Menace onwards. “Star Wars all the time tells the story of an outsider going through the establishment” summarizes Leslye Headland: Anakin towards the pains of the Jedi and the Republic, Luke Skywalker towards the Empire… “[Dans The Acolyte]the Jedi are the establishment” specifies the screenwriter and producer.
Leslye Headland clarifies what the “acolyte” of the title is: “It is simply the rule of two, for the Sith: there may be one who holds the ability and the opposite who covets it. The query then is how the apprentice turns into the grasp. How can she or he get to this place and have their very own apprentice?”
One of many underlying themes of your entire Star Wars saga is, certainly, the search for energy, its abuses and its excesses. On the time of the Excessive Republic, the Jedi exercised it with out sharing, to the purpose of seeming blind to what threatened them. Would they be too highly effective? “I’ve combined opinions on the matter. I believe at any time when there is a consolidation of energy, when one establishment can wield it and never different factions, I all the time discover it a little bit scary, even when it is a benevolent establishment. It appears unbalanced to me. The Drive is all the time about stability. So I believe as well-intentioned because the Jedi are, the scales are very a lot of their favor. They do not anticipate a risk just like the one that happens within the sequence [dans The Acolyte].”
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