Warning: Spoilers follow for the first two episodes of The Acolyte . Star Wars fans were left reeling by the opening scene of The Acolyte, but series creator Leslye Headland has explained why she wanted it to play out that way. The first episode of The Acolyte, Lost / Found, launched straight into action as a mysterious assassin (Amandla Stenberg) — later revealed to be Osha's twin sister Mae — enters a bar to confront Jedi Master Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss).
Mae challenges Indara to "attack her" with all her strength and then forces her into a duel. Mae ends up striking Indara down during the choreographed combat scene, resulting in her death, which some fans felt was premature for a screen legend like Moss. Headland told GamesRadar that as brutal as it was, it was essential for the show to throw down the gauntlet and highlight the threats faced by the Jedi.
"From a filmmaker perspective, I just felt like with the cold open, especially with a new story, that you just have to go hard," Headland explained. "You have to say the Jedi are going to take some Ls; you're not going to know who the good guys and the bad guys are. And it's going to feel very visceral.
" "Even if you already know it's going to happen, it doesn't have to be a big gotcha moment," she added. "It just has to be a moment where the emotional and the physical – meaning the fights – melt together. Carrie-Anne, not just being an action legend, is also a phenomenal actress.
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