It’s not stunning that Lucasfilm was hesitant to make use of “I’ve a foul feeling about this” on “The Acolyte.” Whereas the road reveals up all through the franchise, its inclusion can really feel indulgent and winky, meant to purely illicit nostalgia. On the present, Yord says the road whereas laying out a lure for Mae (Amandla Stenberg). It feels fully earned, as viewers are already conscious that Yord is aware of how able to a warrior Mae is. In any case, Mae (aka the Acolyte) killed one of many Star Wars venture’s most fascinating characters inside minutes.
Leslye Headland admits that the road carries a certain quantity of weight and ought to be used sparingly when it’s completely wanted. “It’s such an iconic line that I believe there was some concern of, ‘Nicely, we don’t wish to simply drop it in there and have everybody go, ‘Oh, I see.’ However I believe we discovered a great way to justify it and make it really feel pure and nonetheless be an homage,” she stated.
Using the enduring dialogue on “The Acolyte” makes it one of many earliest examples inside the expansive Star Wars timeline. Following Yord, the following canonical on-screen occasion of it could be in “The Phantom Menace,” when it’s uttered by Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGregor). With two Jedi Knights expressing this assertion many years aside, it may very well be implied that “I’ve a foul feeling about this” is a sentiment engrained deep into the Jedi tradition.
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