THE ACOLYTE showrunner Leslye Headland reveals how Dave Filoni helped her on the series

The third episode of The Acolyte introduced audiences to a coven of Force-wielding witches they call the Thread. The witches featured in the episode have no ties to the Nightsisters of Dathomir.

There are many elements and ideas incorporated into this episode Star Wars fans continue to argue. Well, it turns out the creative director of Lucasfilm Dave Filoni he helped shape what we see in this series.

So while fans complain about Headlund’s steering Star Wars in the wrong direction, it turns out Filoni was leading the showrunner down the path. So now fans can get mad at Filoni too!

During an interview with StarWars.com, Headland said:

“Dave Filoni very quickly became kind of a mentor to me in terms of navigating what this part of the timeline would look like for both the Jedi and other Force users

“It was kind of an ‘A-ha!’ moment for me when she said to me, ‘You know, not all witches are Nightsisters.’

Costume designer Jennifer Bryan he also spoke of the witches’ designs, saying:

“In designing Mother Aniseya and the witches, I wanted to distinguish them from what we’ve seen in previous Star Wars episodes and films.

“I use purple as a color because [evokes] a sort of royalty. This is a very exalted group of women and Mother Aniseya is the queen.”

When it comes to playing Mother Aniseya, actress Jodie Turner-Smith shared:

“[The filmmakers] it really allowed me to play all the different complexities of a mother. Here we have this woman mothering twins, so we have this symbolic representation of two different and sometimes opposing ways of being and thinking.

“Her job as a mother is to constantly hold space for that, to nurture it. And then there’s the fact that she’s also the leader of this coven, so she constantly needs to move between the emotional, sensitive and softer ways of being required to be a mother, but also that strength, fierceness and toughness that are necessary to lead a group of people.

“And he’s trying to teach these lessons to his children. He’s not just good or bad, he’s not just the light side and the dark side. It’s not just Jedi and everyone else, you know. The world is multifaceted.”

All my friends that I talk to about these types of shows are gone The Acolyte. After the first two episodes, they’re done. I’ll do it until the end, though. I can’t really talk about a show or have an opinion about it if I don’t watch it like other people out there.