Pulling off a greater lightsaber duel than the one between Darth Maul, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace is sort of the lofty aim. And that’s precisely what Dafne Eager and the creatives behind The Acolyte Disney+ sequence got down to do, because the actress portraying Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon lately revealed. Eager stated in an interview with Leisure Weekly:

“We need to high the Darth Maul struggle — essentially the most iconic struggle,
I feel, within the Star Wars cinematic universe.
It is such an incredible struggle,
and we had been all so excited concerning the saber fights. There’s such a talent and a craft to it that it
feels so OG Star Wars and feels so spectacular once you see it as a viewer.”

The Acolyte

Star Wars sequence that take viewers right into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and techniques and rising dark-side powers within the ultimate days of the Excessive Republic period.

Launch Date

2024-00-00

Seasons

1

Studio

Disney+, Lucasfilm

Franchise

Star Wars

Streaming Service(s)

Disney+

The famed Darth Maul lightsaber duel is a piece of choreographed artwork because of stunt coordinator Nick Gillard, the performing skills of Liam Neeson and Ewan McGregor, and to say nothing of the efficiency and athletic prowess of Maul actor Ray Park. Topping that struggle will take fairly the hassle, nevertheless it appears Eager and firm are as much as the problem. The actress additionally revealed that having and utilizing a lightsaber on the set of The Acolyte was her “favourite a part of filming.” Eager stated in the identical interview:

“It was my favourite a part of filming.
I cherished the entire coaching technique of it. Everybody was very enthusiastic about it, which then made it far more enjoyable. Our unbelievable stunt crew created this type of fusion of various martial arts, and
we had been actually educated in use the sabers.
I really feel very snug with a sword now.”

Dafne Eager Upgrades from Sticks to Lightsabers

Darth Maul may not have loved a lot display time in that live-action galaxy far, distant, however the unbelievable lightsaber duel and his imposing presence in Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace led to Maul becoming a member of and turning into a beloved fixture in The Clone Wars. And for Dafne Eager, the actress has fond recollections of pretending sticks had been lightsabers when she was a child. Eager stated in the identical interview:

“I bear in mind watching
Star Wars after I was a child,
then
enjoying with sticks on the road and being like, ‘I’ve a saber!’
And now lastly attending to study these unbelievable choreographies that the stunt crew put collectively was simply actually such a privilege, as a result of
we had such an incredible stunt crew.”

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The Acolyte’s Leslye Headland is enthusiastic about exploring the Jedi’s timeline main as much as Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

Eager additionally expressed her admiration for showrunner Leslye Headland’s “broad understanding of Star Wars.” The actress stated throughout a separate interview with EW:

“Leslye is among the most wonderful folks I’ve ever labored with.
She’s such an attention-grabbing director within the sense that she has an innate belief with actors and her crew that it makes you belief her extra. She’s so assured within the folks she’s hiring, and
she has such a broad understanding of Star Wars and of cinema generally
that
I actually really feel like I’d observe that girl to the trenches.”