If we believe the showrunner of The Acolyte, the new enemy is a somewhat crazy Elden Ring pro. Image source: Disney/Lucasfilm
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Episode 5 of The Acolyte is one of the most surprisingly brutal episodes ever in a Star Wars series. The reason for this is the big appearance of the real super villain. In a Interview with Inverse Showrunner Leslye Headland spoke about the villain and especially about how its design came about.
Surprisingly, she cites Elden Ring as a major inspiration. More specifically, the characters you occasionally come across in co-op. There are a few absolutely insane ones among them.
Warning, spoilers!
In this news we're talking about the plot of the fifth episode of The Acolyte. If you haven't watched this far, don't read any further.
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No armor, no problem
Episode 5 is without a doubt the biggest highlight of the current Star Wars series so farThis is where things really get serious when Mae's true master appears and takes on half a dozen Jedi. What's more, the Sith literally dismantles the group of Force users. In the end, almost all of the Jedi are dead, even main characters like Jecki (Dafne Keen) and Yord (Charlie Barnett). Only Master Sol escapes together with Osha
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On the one hand, that's shocking, but on the other, the entire battle was staged brilliantly. Not least thanks to the villain, who turns out to be Mae's ally Qimir (Manny Jacinto). Qimir moves extremely quickly and occasionally even uses his helmet to block attacks. According to the showrunner, the fact that he wears relatively little sturdy clothing is due to Elden Ring players who run into battle completely naked:
Qimir was about understanding how to use your body and not just stand there in a suit or be hindered by a suit. We thought: We need to put it into something fluid.
As soon as I said he didn't have any armor, everyone went crazy. How can he not have armor?
I said: Why wear armor if you don't want to get hit?
It's like the Elden Ring costume. The Elden Bling. When you summon people, you always summon the ones who have nothing on, and you think: These people are totally crazy.
It remains somewhat unclear why the idea of an unarmored Sith seemed so unusual. After all, Qimir is by far not the only dark Jedi who, unlike Darth Vader, does not wear armor. Darth Maul, Count Dooku and even the Emperor primarily wear light clothing.
In the interview, the showrunner also confirms that all the other Jedi were only meant to serve as a distraction to cover up the fact that even important characters like Jord and Jecki fall victim to the red blades. She concludes with the following about Elden Ring:
You have to go in with an offensive attitude, especially with these bosses. You can't sit back and panic. You have to be aggressive.
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