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Canceled Star Wars Show Would Have Shown Yoda’s Dark Side, Says Showrunner Leslye Headland, showrunner of the canceled Star Wars series, The Acolyte, revealed how the show would have used fan-fav...

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Nolte: Without Evidence, Disney's ‘Acolyte’ Creator Says ‘Star Wars’ Fans Are ‘Racist and Sexist’ Leslye Headland, the creator of the critical and ratings disaster Star Wars: The Acolyte, is lashing out at “racist and sexist” Star Wars fans, and blames them, at least in part, for the quick and brutal cancellation of her lousy show. | Entertainment

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THE ACOLYTE Showrunner Opens Up About Its Abrupt Cancelation The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland talks about the Disney+ Star Wars series' abrupt cancelation, and how she saw 'the writin...

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Leslye Headland Says She Was “Not Surprised” at ‘The Acolyte’ Cancellation, Discusses Fan Reaction to the Series Leslye Headland recently spoke with _The Wrap_ to discuss the current state of the entertainment industry as she launches her new production banner, _Shoot to Midnight._ In the interview, she looked back at her foray into _Star Wars_ with the Disney Plus series _The Acolyte_ and shared her reaction and reflections on the series’ cancellation after just one season. While the first season came to its own conclusion, the episodes certainly left the door open for more storytelling – namely, in a certain Sith Lord who made a brief cameo towards the end. With the story feeling incomplete, the cancellation came as a shock to many fans. When asked about the series, Headland reflected on her reaction to the news: > “I was not surprised by it. I think I was surprised at the swiftness of it and the publicness of it. I was surprised by how it was handled. But once I was getting particular phone calls about the reaction and the criticism and the viewership, I felt like ‘OK, the writing’s on the wall for sure.'” (L-R): Director Leslye Headland and Lee Jung-jae on the set of Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. She discussed the series’ viewership numbers, which she felt might have been enough to justify greenlighting a follow-up season. However, because the project was part of _Star Wars,_ it fell under greater scrutiny than another streaming project might have. While she is admittedly disappointed, she understands the call wasn’t hers to make in the end: > “The viewership was a little muddled for me, because — and this is my understanding — with ‘Star Wars,’ you’re not just measured within the marketplace that you happen to be in at that time, you’re measured against every other ‘Star Wars’ show. We hit the Nielsens a couple times, not every week or anything like that, but a couple times it poked through. I feel like for a launch of a first season show that was trying different things, I think it could have been worth it to allow the audience it was meant for to find it. But that wasn’t up to me. So I fully respect the decision, even if I’m sad about it.” (L-R): Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson) and Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) in Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. _The Acolyte_ was a gamble for Lucasfilm, set in an entirely new era with an almost entirely new cast of characters and few references to established storytelling beyond _The High Republic_ publishing. It was an ambitious series, but Headland recognises this unfamiliarity could have contributed to the cancellation. She said: > “Really the whole thing with ‘The Acolyte’ was always a major risk. It was a new part of the timeline. It was all new characters. It was a part of the lore where you couldn’t use a Storm Trooper, you didn’t have the reference of the politics and war that Tony Gilroy has brilliantly exploited in such a genius way in ‘Andor.’ But all that iconography and all those visual references are original trilogy references, and our references were the High Republic novels and the publishing initiative and then the prequels, specifically with the lightsabers.” There was a strong backlash online to the series, with some content creators campaigning against it even before it aired. Leslye was aware of these channels and said she followed many _Star Wars_ content creators for years and supported them on Patreon, even before becoming involved with Lucasfilm. With various channels turning against _The Acolyte,_ she came to recognise that some of the reactions were not targeting her but were simply out to make money for themselves. She shared her belief that too much attention is being paid to these corners of the fandom, allowing these content creators to influence studio decision-making in an unhealthy manner. She said: > “The content that is being put out by the streamers or the studios is being snatched up by these other creators, and so commentaries, synopses, live videos, all of the ways that these creators make money — through viewer-based ad revenues and their Patreons — there’s a lot of money to be made. And by the way, have at it. Get your coin 100%. But it revealed to me that there is a misunderstanding between the studios and that engagement. They think of it as fandom, and in ways it is, but studios use it almost like a focus group.” The Stranger (Manny Jacinto) in Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved. Of course, she was asked about what her direction would have been if she had been able to produce a second season. While she didn’t have the story plotted out, she shared that the second season would have focused on expanding Qimir/The Stranger’s story, and there were plenty of ideas for where the story could go next. > “My showrunner and I had a lot of ideas going into Season 1, so we definitely were thinking about that, specifically with Manny Jacinto’s character. We always knew that Lee-jung Jae was going to be the emotional anchor of the first season, watching the deterioration of that father figure. So we had already thought ahead and thought about what type of relationship we wanted to look at in the second season.” Despite the online negativity and the cancellation, Headland remains positive about her experience of working with Lucasfilm and highly praises the creators she worked with in bringing her _Star Wars_ story to life. > “I have no regrets, and I’m absolutely obsessed with ‘Star Wars.’ I still am, and I love my show, and I know that it was wonderful. And honestly, the designers that worked on the show are more responsible for it — because of what ‘Star Wars’ is, creating that world is honestly harder than creating the narrative and the dialogue and the characters, that stuff I’ve done. It’s more hiring the right people, and all of those people were brilliant.” Every episode of _The Acolyte_ is available on Disney Plus now. ##### Aled Morgan + posts A teacher from Wales in the UK, Aled has loved Star Wars ever since that Star Destroyer flew over his head and blew his mind. * Aled Morgan https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/author/aled-morgan __ ‘Star Wars: Visions’ Volume 3 Featurettes Dig Into Easter Eggs and Inspirations for the Series * Aled Morgan https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/author/aled-morgan __ Lucasfilm To Be More Directly Involved With Production of ‘The Ninth Jedi’ Spinoff Series * Aled Morgan https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/author/aled-morgan __ ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Listing Adds London Stubblefield and Hemky Madera to Cast * Aled Morgan https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/author/aled-morgan __ Details for ‘Star Wars: Visons' Volume 3 "The Village Bride" Sequel Revealed in New Featurette Alongside New Look at "Black"

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‘The Acolyte’ creator and cinematographer reveal how they created a ‘handmade aesthetic’ to ‘honor’ the original ‘Star Wars’ Lucasfilm Ltd. __ __________ The influx of _Star Wars _TV shows has allowed a generation of fans to put their personal stamp on the universe **George Lucas** created. For **Leslye Headland** , creator of _The Acolyte_ on Disney+, everything started with the visual language Lucas established in 1977. "We absolutely wanted to honor the way he chose to shoot the original _Star Wars_ ," Headland tells Gold Derby. "The stuff that really inspired him beyond his love of sci-fi was documentary filmmaking, and racing documentaries. There's a lot of static camera; there isn't a lot of movement-movement," as this was pre-Steadicam. As the showrunner and director of the first two episodes, she hoped to avoid "going in there and trying to make something not feel like _Star Wars_." To do this, she enlisted cinematographer **Chris Teague** , whom she had previously worked with on _Russian Doll_(for which Teague won an Emmy). Since they both live in Brooklyn, they took a long walk around Prospect Park prior to shooting to discuss the show's visual style, and during that time, Headland "started to download to me everything she had been thinking about," Teague recalls. This included "all of her influences from _Star Wars_ , but also Chinese martial arts films, the way that photography impacted her as a viewer, and how she wanted to bring that energy into the show." Teague, who served as lead cinematographer on the series, felt they should adopt "what I like to call elegant simplicity: choosing the most direct, straightforward approach on the visual side of things, which does feel very George. Leslye would always say, 'What would George do? What would George think?' And that was our guiding principle." For instance, "if we're going to move the camera, it needs to mean something. It needs to underline some part of the narrative, or it needs to be connected to some aspect of the choreography, or something like that." One of the things Headland and Teague did to distinguish _The Acolyte_ , which takes place about 100 years before the events of _The Phantom Menace_ , was create a vibrant color palette. Whether inspired by wuxia movies or Powell and Pressburger's _Black Narcissus_ , Headland wanted "that classic high contrast color palette that feels almost unrealistic." To achieve this, Teague employed "a limited color palette," which meant being wary of having "too many colors in the frame. If there are colors in the frame, they're going to be more in the primary or secondary range: there's oranges and blues or deep greens." At the same time, he wanted "to be straightforward and simple with it. I think that does harken back to the original three _Star Wars_ films, which was a big touchstone for me almost subconsciously, because they're just kind of burned into my brain from seeing them as a kid." Ultimately, Teague was going for "a more pared down, almost handmade aesthetic," just like Lucas. Even going with a pared down aesthetic, there were still a number of complicated set pieces Headland and Teague had to tackle. Beginning with pre-vis, storyboards, and action choreography, "a lot of stuff was designed in tandem with other designers," Headland explains. Sometimes, "some of the stuff that would look good in the stunt choreography rehearsal wouldn't necessarily translate really well to the set, or honestly, what the scene was supposed to be about," which meant further revisions. During the rehearsals, Teague recalls, "You'd watch two minutes of super high-speed action, and my head would be spinning a little bit at the end of it, because it's just happening in this empty space." From there, Headland "would dial in a few very specific reactions" to what a character would or would not do. "It was so cool to see how quick she is, and how much everything is related to the character arcs in the scenes." For episodes four and five, which are the most fight-sequence heavy, "The whole goal for us was, let's have everything be there for a reason. Otherwise, we're just going to exhaust the audience, and they're going to start to tune out. So we have to build the tension in a specific way over the course of the episode." As a cinematographer, Teague felt his main responsibility in these scenes was "trying to understand how we were going to situate this choreography within the sets, and where we could be with the camera, and where I could light from to make the light work the best for this situation." Other times, "we had the option to fully pre-vis with motion capture choreography, and literally put it into a virtual model of the actual set. That was phenomenal for me because you really get to see where things are happening in that space, where the windows are where I can light from, where I can put a camera, where we're going to need a crane because there's nowhere to put a camera. That kind of stuff was just next level for me." Adding to the complications was the fact that, Headland reveals, "we shot with all practical sets, which the other _Star Wars_ shows don't do. They do some practical sets, and then they utilize green screen." On _The Acolyte,_ "almost every single scene you see is a set." In shooting this way, "it's got to feel real for the characters, but it can't be trying to be too real, because it's not. I don't think _Star Wars_ is _Dune._ I don't think _Star Wars_ is _Game of Thrones._ I think _Star Wars_ is _Star Wars,_ " which means "a lot of practical sets, a lot of practical puppetry and animatronics." **SEE**‘The Acolyte’ trailer brings a Jedi detective story to the ‘Star Wars’ universe The challenge for Headland was "how are we going to make this look fun, and compelling, and interesting to look at? It's never going to look real, so you can't light it like a real set. You also can't light it like it's a kids show. You've gotta do _Labyrinth._ You've gotta do **Jim Henson**. You've gotta do _Princess Bride._ You've just gotta reach into your toolbox, which Chris has a huge one, and know the difference between those two things." Even more daunting was the size of the sets, including the one for the Khofar Forest, which was the "biggest set I've ever lit in my life," Teague states. "You walk in a few months before you're going to shoot there, and it's just a giant empty warehouse. You have to somehow imagine what 40-foot-tall, 12-foot-wide trees are going to look like in this space," and figure out "how to light that" and "make it feel like these characters are on a miles and miles long journey through this place." Yet even with the production's massive scale, "you start to rely on a lot of things you've learned from your indie film days. How do we cheat things? How do we make a space look bigger? How do we reverse and make it look different from how we did before? It's clever camera angles, clever lighting, staging the wide shot differently than the last time. It's all these little things you do that you pull together from all of your experiences as a filmmaker, and you realize in some ways they're not that different, even when you're on a much bigger show." Action sequences aside, there were still a number of complicated sequences for Teague to shoot, including the entirety of episode four, which "is all about our heroes racing against daylight. That was a big lighting challenge for me, to show the progression of sunset, and how sunset happens at a pivotal moment in the narrative" through complex lighting transitions. Headland, who earned Emmy nominations in 2019 for writing and producing _Russian Doll_ , feels she "achieved what I wanted to achieve" with _The Acolyte._ She remembers the coffee she and Teague had before taking that long walk in Prospect Park, when the two agreed, "we gotta shoot our shot. We're probably never going to come back here if we're honest with ourselves. How many people get to make a _Star Wars_ show? So we put everything in there, and I think that it shows. I think if you're going to inhabit the house that George built, you've just gotta be grateful that you were invited to dinner and not think about the next time that you're going to be there." **SIGN UP**for Gold Derby’s free newsletter with latest predictions ### Which characters have the most screen time in the 'Star Wars' sequel trilogy? __ +5 More

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Media Claims The Acolyte Was a Massive Success Using Misleading Data — Leslye Headland's Wife Pounces to Demand Second Season & Shift Blame Media outlets and Leslye Headland's wife are using a misleading metric of "demand" to claim that The Acolyte was a huge hit. It wasn't.

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Media Claims The Acolyte Was a Massive Success Using Misleading Data — Leslye Headland's Wife Pounces to Demand Second Season & Shift Blame Media outlets and Leslye Headland's wife are using a misleading metric of "demand" to claim that The Acolyte was a huge hit. It wasn't.

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Star Wars Skeleton Crew is a Confirmed Failure, No Episodes Made it Onto Nielsen Ratings Charts as Post Acolyte Fan Apathy Buries Star Wars Star Wars Skeleton Crew is a confirmed flop, having failed to chart in the Nielsen Ratings for its entire run.

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Leslye Headland's Wife Rebecca Henderson Once Again Blames Fans for The Acolyte Cancellation, Touts Star Wars Show's Ratings as Though They're Something to Brag About Leslye Headland's wife attempted to tout The Acolyte ratings as though they were good and used that to attack fans. It didn't work.

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Leslye Headland's Wife Rebecca Henderson Once Again Blames Fans for The Acolyte Cancellation, Touts Star Wars Show's Ratings as Though They're Something to Brag About Leslye Headland's wife attempted to tout The Acolyte ratings as though they were good and used that to attack fans. It didn't work.

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Leslye Headland Abruptly Departs Netflix Project 'Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo' Amid 'The Acolyte' Ratings Fallout The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland announced she won't be involved in the Netflix Adaptation of "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo."

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