‘The Acolyte’ Action Choreography Team Talks About New Fighting Styles
In the recent episode of ‘The Acolyte,’ titled ‘Choice,’ viewers were treated to some insane fighting scenes. The fifth episode, ‘Night,’ delivered the long-awaited action that Star Wars fans have been craving.
Action director Christopher Clark Cowan reveals the fighting scenes he has been working on with other team members. Cowan, who’s well-known in the franchise, has previously worked on the widely praised lightsaber-heavy Darth Vader scene in Rogue One. He and stunt coordinator Mark Ginther, assistant fight coordinator, and stunt choreographer Lu Junchang (who also doubled for Manny Jacinto) discussed key moments in the series.
He said:
“I came up with this shot reveal where Jecki is right in front, and you just see these three sabers sort of poke holes through her.” And we cut to Jecki like, ‘What just happened?’ And she wipes and reveals Manny [Jacinto as the Stranger] for the first time in all his evil glory. Goosebumps, for sure, when that moment happens.”
He also reveals how the showrunner, Leslye Headland, wanted the characters to have their own unique fighting styles and to incorporate some martial arts into the series’ fighting scenes.
“My face lit up because my dream is to direct martial arts.”
Some exciting moments for the team and Cowan were to show the full potential of what Jecki could have become if she had survived the battle against the Stranger and the complicated fighting scene between Mae and Sol on Olega in the second episode.
“I really wanted that to come alive, especially when Jecki and Sol team up against him. I really wanted that to be the whole theme of what was there on camera the entire time. They do not let up, one after the other, one after the other, sometimes at the same time. Clearly, Master Sol is a beast with a lightsaber, and in my own personal headcanon, his Padawan is going to absorb all of that and more.”
“If she were, for some reason, going to live past her prime, she would have been insane. So I really wanted that to come through.”
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