The Acolyte Will Incorporate More Star Wars Legends

With Suggested ReadingThe Best Gadgets of June 2024Interview With the Vampire's Season 2 Finale Goes Full Divorce CourtYou Just Gonna Leave Those Bodies There, Star Wars?Andor Episode 9 Review CCShare SubtitlesOffEnglishThe Best Gadgets of June 2024Interview With the Vampire's Season 2 Finale Goes Full Divorce CourtYou Just Gonna Leave Those Bodies There, Star Wars?Andor Episode 9 Review CCShare SubtitlesOffEnglishRelated ContentRelated ContentThis is happening on The Acolyte too and a big example came in the Speaking to Inverse, Headland explained why canonizing cortosis in The Acolyte was not taken lightly, and hints there is more to come.Advertisement“It’s a tricky thing because you respect George Lucas in the sense that you don’t want to weaken the power of a lightsaber,” Headland said. “It’s almost hallowed in that sense, not just within the series, but in pop culture. But cortosis was such a great new element, and I had always thought of it as such a cool thing to incorporate. [Lucasfilm story group’s] Pablo Hidalgo and I worked a lot on the machinations of it before we started designing it. It was very important that it be breakable, that it basically not be super hard. It’s why Jecki can get the helmet off him so quickly. It’s kind of a brittle thing. There’s also a limited resource of it, which is why he doesn’t have a whole suit of armor, and it only works for maybe a minute. We worked really hard on what it would look like, because we didn’t want it to look too powerful or too goofy. Pablo, [visual artist] Rob Bredow, and I talked a lot about it. So that’s the cortosis story, but the other Legends stuff we can talk about after the finale.”AdvertisementThe whole interview over at Inverse is fantastic and worth reading but this answer stood out for a few reasons. First, you can just tell how respectful Headland is to Star Wars mythology here. She thinks about it, she considers it, and she doesn’t make a decision lightly. Then there’s that tease at the end. More Legends to come? Is there anything in particular you’d like to see?The Acolyte is streaming on Disney+ with a new episode coming Tuesday at 9 p.m. ET.AdvertisementWant more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest

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