Join the stunt team behind the scenes to dig into an epic Wookiee Jedi lightsaber clash, the Khofar forest massacre, and more.
There’s an elegance to the brutality at play in the lightsaber battle that leads to the Stranger’s unmasking in episode 5 of The Acolyte, “Night.”
From the start of the battle, we’re thrust into the clashing sabers of the visiting Jedi on Khofar meeting the masked foe in the forest. Each moment had to be carefully choreographed and shot in a way to accentuate the ferocity and peril for the characters while keeping the production perfectly safe for the dedicated cast members and stunt doubles. The shoot was the culmination of months of training and careful planning all leading up to one heartbreaking moment.
“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,” action director Christopher Clark Cowan reveals. “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.”…
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