With the arrival of The Acolyte trailer the fandom is busy discussing what’s ahead and speaking with Entertainment Weekly, showrunner Leslye Headland dug into the trailer and gave some perspective on why she not only chose this era to tell her story in but also why the rise of the Sith is so essential to not only the prequel trilogy but everything that comes after it.
“I really wanted to tell a story about the Sith. That was kind of my dream Star Wars idea. But it felt like the time period to do that in would be something pre-Phantom Menace. That seemed to be the most interesting trajectory for the Sith: How did the Sith go from the Rule of Two and being quote-unquote ‘extinct’ to Palpatine coming into power without the Jedi knowing about it?
“If the Jedi are this benevolent institution at this point, then anyone who opposes them would be the underdog.”
Without the return of the Sith the events of the Skywalker Saga can’t happen – no Plageuis dying at the hand of Palpatine, no Maul to be trained, no clone army co-opted by Lord Tyrannus – so stay tuned as we continue to be across anything and everything The Acolyte and in the meantime listen to Making Tracks Reaction Chat from yesterday where myself and Mark Mulcaster look at the trailer.
