The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland recently opened up about her decision to include an iconic Star Wars line in the series.
The second episode saw Charlie Barnett's Yord mentioning the line "I have a bad feeling about this" to Jecki Lon during a brief moment prior to the intense duel between Sol and Mae.
It continued the long-time Star Wars tradition as we've heard the line being mentioned by fan-favorite characters such as Luke Skywalker and Han Solo in past films.
The Acolyte Showrunner Addresses Why She Used the Iconic Star Wars Line
In an interview, Headland addressed why she included the iconic "I have a bad feeling about this" line in The Acolyte.
She explained that she'd always wanted to include the line in the series and fought for its inclusion as she was discouraged from using it.
"That was hard to get that in. I'm going to be honest. I got a lot of feedback that I shouldn't put that in. But I just feel like when you get the opportunity to do Star Wars, you're just going to shoot your shot. And ‘I have a bad feeling about this’ is incredibly iconic," the showrunner said.
"It’s such an iconic line that I think there was some concern of, ‘Well, we don't want to just drop it in there and have everyone go, ‘Oh, I see.’ But I think we found a good way to justify it and make it feel natural and still be an homage."
Now that we've seen the context of the series' usage of the line, some fans would agree that it was justified since it was used in an appropriate moment and it never felt like it was done for fan service's sake.
The line is also not exclusive to a specific character so there should not be an issue for The Acolyte to use it if they want to and we can also argue that it might be a popular line in the galaxy which is why everyone is seemingly using it.
It is interesting to see whether we will be hearing more iconic lines being used in the latest episode aside from "I have a bad feeling about this" and "May the Force be with you," which was also mentioned in the first episode.
New episodes of The Acolyte premiere every Tuesday night on Disney+.
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