Leslye Headland, director of The Acolyte, expressed her desire to heal the doubts surrounding the origin of the Skywalker Saga. Why did galactic history begin at that point?
After the great success it had in theaters, for critics and among the public Star wars and his first trilogy, George Lucas decided to continue. The acclaimed director began to weave a little more into what he had created and resolved to go backwards. It was in this way that a second series of episodes (from I to III) was generated, explaining the origin of the story. However, the next series in the franchise, The Acolyte, I could go back a bit more and resolve some concerns.
Your director, Leslye headland, will be among other things, the first person openly LGBTQ + in taking on a franchise project. The actress connected the premiere of The Phantom Menace, the first chronological volume of the saga, with her personal discovery.
“When The Phantom Menace came out, I was 18 years old and I was a very, very Star Wars fan. I’m still a fan of the saga, but that moment, right after the reruns and when I was in high school, coincided with the time when I was discovering myself sexually, artistically, and deciding what I wanted to do with my life “, he stated in an interview with The Wrap.
On the other hand, he went to the key point in question and analyzed some questions left by Episode I after its premiere. “I was very intrigued by why George Lucas had chosen that particular moment to start the story. My Star Wars fan brain was wondering, ‘How did we get here? Why are Jedi like this? “, he analyzed.
“When [la Orden Jedi] is in power, why don’t they react as you would expect in front of Anakin, and in front of Qui-Gon Jinn when he explains to them how much he wants to train him and bring him into the fold? … Until the discovery of Darth maul it leaves you with that ‘hum, interesting’ feeling. So my brain has always hovered around that area and wondered what is going on there, or what has been going on there “he added.
Thus, The Acolyte will be set 200 years before the creation of the fearsome Galactic Empire, having the opportunity to give answers to all the previous points. The series does not have a release date yet, but will be released in Disney +.