The showrunner behind Disney+ās latest Star Wars series, The Acolyte, has reiterated her interest in creating a live-action TV show based on the wonderful 2003 video game, Knights of the Old Republic. Yes. Do that. Do that very now.
Leslye Headland, The Acolyteās creator and showrunner, spoke to the superbly named Brazilian site Omelete about her passion for BioWareās all-time classic RPG, and her desire to see it interpreted for the screen. As translated by IGN, the writer explained that sheās especially intrigued to delve into KotOR 2‘s blind, Force-neutral character, Kreia. āI think,ā she told the site, āit would be a really interesting story to bring to life.ā
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As a Star Wars agnostic, I find my patience for the multiple deep-lore series that keep manifesting on Disney+ to be frequently tested. Despite loving Rosario Dawson with all my heart, I couldnāt stick through Ahsoka, and I didnāt get past the first episode of Boba Fett. (You canāt effectively express your hate for meāthey took away our comments.) But Iāve loved The Mandalorian, and thoroughly enjoyed the first two episodes of The Acolyte when I watched them last night. Itās a top show, and being set a couple hundred years before the movies, doesnāt feel bogged down in almost 50 years of baggage. Boggage?
Itās perhaps for similar reasons that my absolute favorite thing to have ever come from the Star Wars universe is BioWareās 21-year-old RPG, Knights of the Old Republic. Set an extraordinary 4,000 years before Luke first whinged across the galaxy, it was gloriously able to be its very own thing in a superbly established galaxy. And that first game had a fantastic story to boot, with a great twist ending that would serve a whole new generation were it to be repeated as a TV show. Iām pitching that Headland adapt the first game first, before getting onto Kreia. Because I want it. Me. Itās about me.
Headlandās focus is certainly on the sequel, however. She told Omelete, āIāve always wanted to explore a live action version of the Knights of the Old Republic game and the character of Kreia.ā And blimey, would it ever be great. Following Kreiaās path through both sides of the Force, and her rebellion against both sidesā conventions in what she considered āenslavementā to the insidious metaphysical nanobots, would make for an epic show. And Headland would clearly be the person to deliver it.
When Omelete asked if her interest in the games raised the possibility of KotORās Darth Revan showing up in The Acolyte, she replied, āStart writing some emails! Start crowdfunding!ā