Summary

• One of the primary influences for The Acolyte's action was Kill Bill, promising some of the franchise's best action to date.
• Stunt coordinator Chris Clark Cowan's involvement promises epic fight scenes surpassing past Star Wars installments.
• The Acolyte promises to deliver non-stop action in a dark, thrilling story set in the Star Wars High Republic Era.

The executive producer behind The Acolyte has revealed the interesting inspirations that shaped the Disney+ project. Since its announcement, The Acolyte has garnered a lot of discourse, primarily linked to the show's setting in Star Wars' High Republic era. In the run-up to the show's release date, more details about The Acolyte's dark story have been revealed, causing excitement to increase even further. With the upcoming Star Wars TV show on the horizon, new details about what inspired the show's tone, style, and story have been revealed.

In the latest issue of SFX Magazine, The Acolyte's primary inspirations were outlined by executive producer Simon Emanuel. When describing how The Acolyte explored its many fight sequences, Emanuel revealed an inspiration beyond the realm of Star Wars in the form of Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. Emanuel explored how he and showrunner Leslye Headland collaborated with stunt coordinator Chris Clark Cowan to take The Acolyte's action to a level Star Wars has rarely seen:

"The thing I... got very excited about was Kill Bill. One of the things we talked about really early on was the action... in these kinds of shows, action has to be a character... so I introduced Leslye [Headland] to a guy called Chris Clark Cowan... and action became such a component of this story. For me, it's the best action the franchise has seen - and there's so much of it."

The Acolyte Promises More Exciting Action Scenes Than We've Ever Seen In Star Wars

Will The Acolyte's Action Rival The Scenes Of The Prequel Trilogy?

The involvement of Chris Clark Cowan seems to provide further evidence that The Acolyte's action will be more exciting than most other installments in the Star Wars saga...

As evident by Emanuel's comments, The Acolyte's action scenes promise to be some of the franchise's best. The reveal that Kill Bill inspired The Acolyte alone is enough to prove this, with the Tarantino film being revered for its extended kung-fu action sequences. Furthermore, the involvement of Chris Clark Cowan seems to provide further evidence that The Acolyte's action will be more exciting than most other installments in the Star Wars saga.

Clark Cowan has long been a stunt coordinator for some of Hollywood's biggest films, including the likes of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, Wonder Woman, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The latter two are extremely exciting credits, with Rogue One's action being among the best in the franchise and Shang-Chi's martial arts scenes ranking among the MCU's best. Through the inspirations crafted, the dedication to action sequences being more than surface level, and Cowan's involvement, The Acolyte's action may be the best the galaxy far, far away has seen to date.