Det är nu lite knappt ett halvår sedan vi fick nys om den nya Star Wars-serien som skall utspela sig under High Republic-eran och detaljerna fram tills nu har varit minst sagt knapphändiga. Men, under det pågående Star Wars Celebration-eventet har Disney nu dundrat på med en rejäl laddning nya, smaskiga detaljer denna miniserie de själva beskriver som 'Frozen möter Kill Bill'.
"It's a mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated"
Vi snackar alltså 100 år innan händelserna i prequel-trilogin under vad som anses vara jedi-ordens storhetstid. Disney har även bekräftat ett gäng av de skådisar som kommer dyka upp och inkluderar bland annat Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place), Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Dean-Charles Chapman (1917), and Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim).
Serieskaparen Leslye Headland har pratat sig varm om projektet som tydligen skall berättas från antagonisternas perspektiv. Så vi kommer med andra ord förhoppningsvis få se en hel del härliga strider mellan The Sith och Jediriddarna under seriens gång. Vidare har det även bekräftats att Joonas Suotamo kommer återvända i rollen som en helt ny Wookie vid namn Kel Naka.
En liten skara skall ha fått se korta klipp från den pågående produktionen och Gizmodo som delade med sig av lite detaljer beskrev upplevelsen på följande vis:
"It began with a group of younglings, all types of humans and aliens, being trained by a Jedi Master in bright white robes played by Lee Jung-jae. 'Close your eyes. Your eyes can deceive you. We must not trust them,' he says as we see a very run-down, busy village where a hooded figure walks down the street. 'The Force is powerful. It's a power we must respect,' the Jedi master's speech continues. Inside a bar, a Jedi is sitting, played by Carrie-Anne Moss. For some reason, the Jedi and this hooded figure, played by Stenberg, begin to fight. Stenberg's character looks like a ninja, complete with a black mask covering the bottom of their face."
"The rest of the footage plays mostly in montage: We see footage inside what looks like a Jedi temple. Several younger Jedi (Keen and Barnett) sneak through tight spaces. Someone is scaling up the side of a temple. There's a scene in the snow. A Neimoidian appears. And finally, Stenberg's character says over the montage, 'This isn't about good or bad. This is about power. And who is allowed to use it.' The final shot is of around eight Jedi standing in the woods, with Jung-jae's character in the middle. He lights up his lightsaber, and then all the other Jedi join him, igniting their own blades of all different colors. The vibes we got were sort of a samurai movie mixed with a heist movie, but with a lot of Jedi."
Hur tycker du detta låter, framför allt då att serien berättas ur perspektivet från The Sith?
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