The Acolyte Won’t Be Kind to the Jedi Says Star Wars Series Showrunner Leslye Headland

While plot details for the upcoming Star Wars television series, The Acolyte, are still being kept in a Bacta tank, the themes behind the show have recently been discussed at Star Wars Celebration Europe. In an interview with Collider’s Editor-in-chief, Steve Weintraub, Leslye Headland spoke about how the series set during the High Republic era compares to Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi. While the two stories take place in different centuries, they might have more in common than expected, sharing a mutual questioning of the way the Jedi operate. Here’s what Headland had to say when it comes to the treatment of the Jedi in The Acolyte: “I think it’s difficult to do a show that is critical in any way of the Jedi. And I think that you saw that with [Rian Johnson’s] film. Do you know what I mean? Like, I think that, especially in that moment, people were very nervous about saying this particular institution may not be the light and perfect, stunning group of heroes that are totally nobly