The Acolyte showrunner explains how Elden Ring inspired new Star Wars villain Lucasfilm\/FromSoftwareThe Acolyte\u2019s showrunner Leslye Headland has revealed that the show\u2019s intimidating villain actually has their roots in Elden Ring. Spoilers for one of The Acolyte\u2019s major reveals ahead. The Acolyte\u2019s mysterious villain \u2018The Stranger\u2019 has finally been revealed as the laid-back merchant Qimir. To some viewers, this was a shock, meanwhile, certain theories had Qimir marked early on. What should surprise everyone is that a major aspect of the character was inspired by Elden Ring. In an interview with Inverse, The Acolyte Showrunner Leslye Headland explained how Elden Ring influenced the show\u2019s primary antagonist. Headland revealed that it wasn\u2019t any of the iconic Demigods of FromSoftware\u2019s most recent Soulsborne that had an impact on Qimir, but instead its community of players. Specifically, the armorless Tarnished who pride themselves on their dodging ability. Initially, Qimir\u2019s own lack of armor was a topic of debate behind the scenes, but Headland cleared things up. \u201cAs soon as I said he didn\u2019t have armor, everyone lost their mind,\u201d the Showrunner told Inverse. \u201c[They asked] \u2018How can you not have armor?\u2019 I was like, \u2018Why would you wear armor if you\u2019re not going to get hit?\u2019\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s like the Elden Ring costume. The Elden Bling. When you summon people, you always summon the people that aren\u2019t wearing anything, and it\u2019s like, \u2018These people are f***ing crazy\u2019,\u201d she elaborated. After watching Qimir solo the group of Jedi sent to hunt him down in the latest episode of The Acolyte, those inspirations are more than apparent. His insane agility made for some stunning fight choreography. The Acolyte has had an interesting run with fan favor swinging back and forth through the first five episodes. Some chapters have been criticized as \u201cgarbage\u201d, while the most recent was positively received as \u201cthe darkest Star Wars ever seen\u201d. Elden Ring\u2019s new Shadow of the Erdtree DLC has had a parallel journey. Early on, the difficulty irked some players, with streamers like Asmongold saying it\u2019s \u201ctoo hard to be fun\u201d. Upon its completion, however, the content creator did a backflip and declared: \u201cIt\u2019s a 10.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Acolyte showrunner explains how Elden Ring inspired new Star Wars villain Lucasfilm\/FromSoftwareThe Acolyte\u2019s showrunner Leslye Headland has revealed that the show\u2019s intimidating villain actually has their roots in Elden Ring. Spoilers for one of The Acolyte\u2019s major reveals ahead. The Acolyte\u2019s mysterious villain \u2018The Stranger\u2019 has finally been revealed as the laid-back merchant Qimir. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43240\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}