The Acolyte Showrunner Explains How Star Wars' New Lightsaber Weakness Fits With George Lucas' Vision

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The Acolyte Showrunner Explains How Star Wars' New Lightsaber Weakness Fits With George Lucas' Vision
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Summary The Acolyte episode 5 brought a major lightsaber weakness to live-action, and showrunner Leslye Headland explained how she made cortosis fit into George Lucas' vision for Star Wars. The Acolyte episode 5 introduced a new lightsaber resistant material called cortosis ore to live-action. Cortosis can absorb huge amounts of energy, which allowed the Stranger to shut down so many of the Jedi's lightsabers.

Oh, that’s a really good question. It’s a spoiler, though... but cortosis was a big one. It’s a tricky thing because you respect George Lucas in the sense that you don’t want to weaken the power of a lightsaber. It’s almost hallowed in that sense, not just within the series, but in pop culture. But cortosis was such a great new element, and I had always thought of it as such a cool thing to incorporate. Pablo Hidalgo and I worked a lot on the machinations of it before we started designing it.

Related Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode Guide - Cast Members, Biggest Takeaways & Easter Eggs Here's everything you need to follow along with Star Wars: The Acolyte, from references and trivia to main takeaways from each new episode. The only way to keep cortosis from becoming the galaxy's best defense against Jedi was to make it extremely rare, so Headland and The Acolyte 's creative team made the right call.

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