Leslye Headland Talks Clone Wars, Frozen Affect

Throughout final week’s Star Wars Celebration, Lucasfilm offered a quick take a look at its upcoming collection The Acolyte. The brand new present bucks the development of different current reveals within the franchise by specializing in the Sith through the time of the High Republic. And one of many huge quotes going round on the time got here from showrunner Leslye Headland, who revealed how she pitched the present to Lucasfilm: “It’s Frozen meets Kill Invoice.”

That’s an fascinating comparability to make use of, and when chatting with IGN on the occasion, she went a bit additional into what precisely that meant. To her, the present is about “the villainous—truly being a robust, misunderstood girl,” therefore the Disney comparability. As for Kill Invoice, she mentioned it might be a very good reference for the motion scenes, a few of which was proven through the present’s panel. In the identical manner that director Quentin Tarantino was influenced by the samurai movies of Akira Kurosawa and wuxia films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the identical holds true for The Acolyte.

Past that, Headland drew affect from the Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated collection, and extra particularly the episode “The Wrong Jedi.” It wasthe present’s last episode throughout its authentic tenure on Cartoon Community and noticed Ahsoka Tano placed on trial by the Jedi Council as Anakin Skywalker labored to show her innocence. That exact episode struck her onerous, mentioned Headland, as did the dynamic between Qi’ra (Emilia Clarke) and Darth Maul (Sam Witwer) on the finish of Solo: A Star Wars Story. “It’ll make sense sense while you see the present,” she assured.

Each piece of Star Wars media has drawn affect from issues exterior its personal supply materials, and infrequently to some fascinating outcomes. The Acolyte has an eclectic mix of issues it’s impressed by, and we famous that it appears to partially really feel like a mix of samurai and heist films. We’ll discover out extra when Disney reveals extra about The Acolyte forward of its premiere on Disney+ in 2024.

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