The Acolyte Showrunner teases the effects of martial arts

when the assistant Filming begins later this year and will be the first live Star Wars TV series outside of the Skywalker Saga. Although Lucasfilm keeps most of the details under lock and key, model Leslye Headland says it will bring fans back to the basics of the original. star Wars triple. While it will follow in the footsteps of what Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni have done with other franchise shows on Disney+, the “Mystery” series will be largely inspired by the samurai and martial arts films that inspired George Lucas in the first place.

“Jon Favreau said that when you work in this world, you want to go back to what George had inspired. There were Westerns, and then of course, the samurai films Akira Kurosawa, and the fact that he originally offered the Obi-Wan Kenobi to Toshiro Mifune,” Hedland said. In an extensive interview with Vanity Fair.

Because of that, Hedland said she wanted to make things smaller and “more personal.”

“It actually went more towards martial arts movies, stories that are somewhat more personal and less universal and galactic,” the writer added. “These warriors were on very personal missions, where people felt wronged and had to make it right. Wuxia films and martial arts films from King Hu and Shaw Brothers, such as Come drink with me And zain touch. They are monks who are also martial arts heroes.”

In a separate article from the same magazine, Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy praised Hedland’s dedication to researching the “Legends” lore of the franchise, formerly known as the Star Wars Expanded Universe.

“She’s a huge Star Wars fan,” said the CEO. “What’s great about Leslie is that she knows everything. I mean, I’ve read a lot of books inside the EU.

Hedland concluded, “The truth is that I, as a huge fan, came to them with this idea. And I said, ‘I think the best place to put this is in an era that you guys haven’t fully explored yet.'” They were so excited. It wasn’t that they didn’t want to explore it [existing] world, but I think they were already because The Mandalorian And a lot of other TV projects were really based on inherited characters.”

Stay tuned for details about Star Wars: The Helper.

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