Leslye Headland Explains Vernestra Rwoh’s Evolution From the Books To ‘The Acolyte’
The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland confirmed last month that only one character from the High Republic novels will be making the Force-jump into the live-action series: Vernestra Rwoh. The Padawan whom readers of the books have grown to love is now 116 years old and a much more tempered and respected Jedi Master. She’s also played by Headland’s wife, Rebecca Henderson.
“I absolutely love Vernestra. You can tell, because I cast my wife,” she joked in her interview with Empire Magazine. They have also revealed the picture above, featuring Vernestra and Jedi Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae). But the character has evolved a lot over the past century, Headland explained:
“That has resulted in her going from this fun-seeking adventurer character [in the books], to a little bit closer to the [type of] Jedi that we see in The Phantom Menace.”
She also went into what Vernestra’s long life has meant for her:
“Because she has been around for so long, she has basically met everyone that has come through the Temple, and seen them all die their natural deaths if they’re living a natural human life. She’s known [Lee Jung-jae’s Jedi Master] Sol since he was a tiny child.”
The new online article from Empire where these excerpts were posted wrapped with a tease by Headland, who said that she’s already thinking about who could make their live-action debut next from the books: “I’ve already talked to Pablo Hidalgo about it,” she said.
The Acolyte will start streaming on Disney Plus on June 4, at 6pm PT / 9pm ET / June 5 at 2am BST. Empire Magazine is dropping its full Acolyte-centric issue on Thursday, and it will also feature a career-spanning interview with Daisy Ridley.
Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.
