The showrunner behind Disney+’s newest Star Wars sequence, The Acolyte, has reiterated her curiosity in making a live-action TV present primarily based on the great 2003 online game, Knights of the Outdated Republic. Sure. Do this. Do this very now.
Leslye Headland, The Acolyte’s creator and showrunner, spoke to the fantastically named Brazilian web site Omelete about her ardour for BioWare’s all-time traditional RPG, and her need to see it interpreted for the display screen. As translated by IGN, the author defined that she’s particularly intrigued to delve into KotOR 2’s blind, Pressure-neutral character, Kreia. “I feel,” she informed the positioning, “it could be a very fascinating story to deliver to life.”
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As a Star Wars agnostic, I discover my endurance for the a number of deep-lore sequence that preserve manifesting on Disney+ to be ceaselessly examined. Regardless of loving Rosario Dawson with all my coronary heart, I couldn’t stick by Ahsoka, and I didn’t get previous the primary episode of Boba Fett. (You’ll be able to’t successfully specific your hate for me—they took away our feedback.) However I’ve cherished The Mandalorian, and completely loved the primary two episodes of The Acolyte after I watched them final evening. It’s a prime present, and being set a pair hundred years earlier than the flicks, doesn’t really feel slowed down in nearly 50 years of luggage. Boggage?
It’s maybe for comparable causes that my absolute favourite factor to have ever come from the Star Wars universe is BioWare’s 21-year-old RPG, Knights of the Outdated Republic. Set a rare 4,000 years earlier than Luke first whinged throughout the galaxy, it was gloriously capable of be its very personal factor in a wonderfully established galaxy. And that first sport had a unbelievable story in addition, with an awesome twist ending that will serve an entire new technology have been it to be repeated as a TV present. I’m pitching that Headland adapt the primary sport first, earlier than getting onto Kreia. As a result of I would like it. Me. It’s about me.
Headland’s focus is definitely on the sequel, nevertheless. She informed Omelete, “I’ve at all times needed to discover a dwell motion model of the Knights of the Outdated Republic sport and the character of Kreia.” And blimey, wouldn’t it ever be nice. Following Kreia’s path by each side of the Pressure, and her riot towards each side’ conventions in what she thought of “enslavement” to the insidious metaphysical nanobots, would make for an epic present. And Headland would clearly be the individual to ship it.
When Omelete requested if her curiosity within the video games raised the potential of KotOR’s Darth Revan exhibiting up in The Acolyte, she replied, “Begin writing some emails! Begin crowdfunding!”
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