The director of photography forThe Acolyteshared thatintroducing the shows new Sith Lordwas an"extremely difficult"moment.
There’s so much out there that people will potentially associate it with other characters.
And so it was, it was extremely difficult… We played around with a lot of ideas."
And it’s subtle, but it does create a little bit of that kind of uncanny effect.
And that was a word we used a lot.
And because of that, it’s unsettling.
I mean, that was the target for us."
While Episode 4 ended on a cliffhanger, Episode 5 promises to be a crazy installment for fans.
Action is incredibly challenging to photograph and execute.
There are so many shots involved; there’s so much specific choreography involved.
So, it takes an incredible amount of planning and coordination across departments.
And it just feels like this onslaught and in a really intense way… Another standout element ofThe Acolyteis its addition of a handful of new aliens and creatures to the iconic franchise.
How much of it is going to be a digital effect?
And we always tended to go in the direction of trying to do something practical.
That makes things easier in some ways because you have a real person to photograph."
I mean, I was really impressed by the amount of work.
And I thought, ‘Wow, this is going to be really, really special.’
I also think of the bartender in the opening scene.
It’s just so adorable and so kind of heartbreaking.
It’s just, it’s really phenomenal.
It’s really special."
So, for certain shots, you’d use one Pip or the other.
We have some phenomenal VFX in the show."
And so we were there to use the camera to really highlight the fight choreography.
Those two elements kind of really resonated together in a way that I thought was nice."
It has the martial arts component, but it also has an iconic Star Wars location.
It has a look to me.
For some reason, it all felt like it all fit together really well."
The Acolytealso excels at using more practical locations than most Star Wars projects today, much likeAndor.
And Dagobah was a big influence on the look of that.
We filled it up very quickly with an array of real-life plants and gigantic trees.
Knowing that would encompass almost two entire episodes meant we would put a lot of resources into that.
There are very few sets where we’re doing a majority bluescreen."
But will the filmmaker be involved in Season 2 if its greenlit?
It feels like there’s a lot of positive energy behind Season 1.
So I guess we’re gonna see what happens.
But I had the time of my life working on Season 1.
I loved working with Leslye [Headland], and it was just a top-notch crew.
So yeah, it was it was an incredible ride."
The Acolyteis streaming on Disney+.
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