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This article contains spoilers for Season 1, Episode 5, “Night” of The Acolyte.
Summary
- Leslye Headland discusses the decision behind Jecki’s death in
The Acolyte
and how it violates Disney’s rules. - The showrunner describes the death as shocking and disturbing.
The Acolyte Showrunner Leslye Headland confirms how the death of Jecki Lon (Dafne Keen) in episode 5, “Night,” reflects the expectations of modern war of starsThe Jedi Padawan was killed in the devastating episode by Qimir (Manny Jacinto), also known as the Stranger.
When speaking with Turning backHeadland looks at the creative and narrative decisions behind Jecki’s death and why it’s important to challenge some of the expectations of Disney’s war of stars. Read their comments below:
I think it’s kind of cool that there’s so much self-awareness in the Star Wars franchise, for lack of a better word. There are certain Disney rules like, “Oh yeah, you’re not going to kill this character. How could you?” And not only did we kill this character, but we killed her in such a shocking and frankly disturbing way – and then didn’t even really give her a heroic death. I mean, she has the heroic death because she takes Qimir’s helmet off before she dies.
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Source: Inverse
