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Jun 19, 2024 · Star Wars: The Acolyte writer Claire Kiechel answered numerous complaints about the most recent episode of The Acolyte that she wrote with Kor Adana including why Mae abandoned her quest for revenge against the Jedi, why the show included pronouns, and why the Wookie Jedi Kelnacca was killed off screen.
Claire Kiechel is known for Watchmen (2019), The Acolyte (2024) and The OA (2016).
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A playwright out of New York, she came to House of the Dragon after working as a writer on Netflix's The OA and HBO's Watchmen. Her father was a "roving journalist", so Kiechel moved around frequently during her childhood, so she doesn't really consider herself to have one "hometown". She spent eight years outside of the United States during her ch...
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r/TheAcolyte. Leslye Headland brings a new Star Wars series to Disney+ with The Acolyte. “The Acolyte” is a mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. MembersOnline.
Jun 20, 2024 · Now the writer of the show’s fourth episode Claire Kiechel explained that the Wookie was killed in such a manner due to budget and story constraints. They originally had the death scene and the fight planned but apparently, it broke the POV so it was ultimately left unused.
Jun 19, 2024 · Despite this disappointment, one-half of The Acolyte episode 4's writing team - Claire Kiechel - took to social media to explain the choice surrounding Kelnacca's death. Kiechel responded to an underwhelmed fan who wished to see a Wookiee Jedi fight, explaining that some elements of stories need to be removed to better serve the plot.
