Area witches? In my “Star Wars”? The Nightsisters of Dathomir originated within the defunct Expanded Universe (aka Star Wars Legends), solely to make the bounce to animation as an vital ingredient of the “Clone Wars” collection. They’ve since come to get pleasure from a fair larger position within the franchise below Filoni’s reign as Lucasfilm’s newly appointed Chief Inventive Officer, taking part in a pivotal position in “Ahsoka” and shaping Headland’s method to a narrative during which the Sith has seemingly vanished and the Jedi exist in plentiful numbers. Because the showrunner defined to IGN:
“[…] ‘The Clone Wars’ [inspired ‘The Acolyte’], lots being impressed by Nightsisters. We haven’t any Nightsisters on this present, however being impressed by them, being impressed by Asajj Ventress. My favourite [‘Clone Wars’] episode is ‘The Unsuitable Jedi.’ I positively took some inspiration from that.”
“The Unsuitable Jedi” is a part of the “Clone Wars” arc that noticed Ahsoka Tano go away the Jedi Order, an ideal (and extremely vital) storyline that delved deeply into the interior workings of the Jedi Order and infrequently performed like a political thriller set within the “Star Wars” universe. It additionally led Ahsoka to actually query her understanding of the facility dynamics amongst Pressure customers when she discovered herself collaborating with Rely Dooku’s scorned apprentice, the Nighsister Asajj Ventress, in an try and show her innocence. Suffice it to say, the concept of Headland drawing closely from that arc for “The Acolyte” ought to come as thrilling information to anybody hoping for an additional “Andor”-style mixture of motion and political intrigue right here. Furthermore, between that and her coming back from the lifeless (?) in the ultimate season of “The Dangerous Batch,” 2024 is shortly shaping as much as be the 12 months of Asajj Ventress in the easiest way.
“The Acolyte” premieres on June 4, 2024, on Disney+.
