ImperialFighter said:
A few snippets of info. on this particular ‘backstory’ -
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/05/the-acolyte-star-wars-series?utm_source=twitter&mbid=social_twitter&utm_brand=vf&utm_social-type=owned&utm_medium=social
This part sounds great from that High Republic interview…
What are some of your cinematic influences for the show?
“Jon Favreau said that when you’re working in this world, you want to go back to what George was inspired by. There were Westerns and then of course, Akira Kurosawa samurai films, and the fact that he originally offered Obi-Wan Kenobi to Toshiro Mifune. So I actually went more toward martial arts films, and storylines that are a little bit more personal and less global and galactic. Those warriors were on missions that were deeply personal, with people feeling wronged and having to make it right.”
Although a bit concerned Disney may go all team female with agendas to tick off on the project and it ends up becoming something else from this quote from the director of shows Russian Doll, Single Drunk Female, and the movies Bachelorette and Sleeping With Other People…
What can you share about how The Acolyte originated?
“I was pitching with Kathy Kennedy and we were developing this with [Lucasfilm development execs] Michelle Rejwan, and Rayne Roberts, who was like my main gal on this project. She was the person that literally found me and shepherded this idea all the way up to the top. We were really getting into it, and what’s so exciting about those [influencing] stories is that you don’t always know exactly who the bad guys are and who the good guys are. You’re not quite sure whether you can trust the heroine in this case as a result of that. Honestly, my pitch to Kathy was the first time that everybody in the room was a woman. I’ve done many of those types of pitches and I was like, ‘This is trippy that my big [intellectual property] meeting is all ladies.’ That was pretty cool.”