The Acolyte’s [SPOILER] look was inspired by a Guillermo del Toro horror movie and Gollum’s early designs
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澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Acolyte ending may have wrapped up a fair chunk of the story in a galaxy far, far away – but 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:a surprise villain is still waiting in👍 the wings.
Now, crea🍷tor🔯 and showrunner Leslye Headland has opened up about the reveal of the mysterious figure, and what inspired its distinctive look.
Spoilers for 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Acolyte finale follow. You have been warned!
In The Acolyte finale, a shadowy, imposing – yet oddly frail – figure emerges from the shadows of Qimir’s island cave. Star Wars fans will know its name, if not the look: it’s Darth Plagueis, who would go on t𝓀o be the Sith master of Darth Sidious/Emperor Palpatine.
"I'm very proud of the character design. It took a long time," Headland told of Darth Plagueis’ squid-l൩ike features.
Headland also mentioned how it was a "澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Crimson Peak reference", a nod to Guillermo del Toro’s 2015 horror movie and (presumably) the red ghosts found with♛in.
"This should not feel like a display of power, this should feel creepy. I think we achieved that," H𓂃eadland exp🔯lained.
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In a separate interview with , the showrunner also opened up about the "physicality" of Plagueis – or lack thereof &nda🐲sh; to “create the sense that Plagueis and the Sith aren’t the armor-clad, visually imposing, powerhouse villains we sometimes associate🐼 with the Sith.”
But we have to head to Middle-earth to see how it all ties together – particularly with an eye to 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:The Acolyte season 2.
"The reference that I used was Gollum in Fellowship of the Ring," Headland told Collider, a reference to how Gollum’s initial design is relatively different to what we see when the character emerges into the light in The Two Towers. "You don't want to totally reveal the character design right now, b🌊ut you definitely want to see enough of it that you understand this is gonna be a player."
Bad news, potentially, for the emerging partnership of Qimir and Osha. Still, 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:at least they got to hold hands.
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