Creator Of 'The Acolyte' Leslie Headland Delves Into Her Vision
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Leslye Headland, the creator of the upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte recently discussed the upcoming series. The Acolyte will take place 100 years before The Phantom Menace, allowing it to explore new characters and an era that has gone largely ignored by other creators.
Russian Doll, Leslye’s previous work, which can be seen on Netflix, is about a woman who is stuck in a loop, wanting to break out, since she always dies at the end of the night. She describes Russian Doll as “An intricate story obviously, with the Groundhog Day element.” Spinning the topic back to The Acolyte, she said “Having to keep track of this storyline that sort of spiraled down into the heart of what the story was about. And I hope we’ve achieved sort of the Star Wars-version of that with this storyline, with the Rashomon elements and seeing things from two different sides…This is the point of view from one character. This is the point of view from another character. I would say this prepared me really well for the story we ended up telling here.”
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She continued, saying “Those practical sets, the familial clashing, the struggle between master and apprentice, father and daughter, sister-sister. All of these things are elements of George’s stories. You know, Ahsoka and Anakin. Luke and Anakin. Obi-Wan and Anakin. I was hoping to embody…all of those particular tropes and elements. It was daunting. Hopefully, we’ve achieved it in way that feels both fresh and reverent to what George has created.”
The Acolyte premieres on Disney+ on June 4.
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