But Leslye Headland explains what stories she will pursue if and when they do get a renewal.
So what does creatorLeslye Headlandhave in store for season 2?
Well, first she needs to get a season 2.
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Nothing, she says.
Basically but thats not necessarily a bad thing, she says.
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You have to take a break, Headland says.
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Especially after something like this.
It is very weird to now be in a place where I don’t need to do that.
My brain is still doing it, she says, laughing.
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It’s almost like if you’re running, you might’t just stop, can’t shut off.
Let’s limit the power.
Let’s do that before someone asks us to.
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And it was just logical to me to show Vernestra as the bridge for that.
It’s a really packed season, and I love that.
So of course there were things that I didn’t get to explore.
Osha Aniseya (Amandla Stenberg) and the Stranger (Manny Jacinto) on ‘The Acolyte’.Disney+
I think it sets up future storylines that could be really compelling.
In the end, the finale wrapped up major storylines while planting the seeds for further intrigue.
We wanted to answer a lot of questions, Headland says.
We wanted to show Qimirs master.
We weren’t going to wait a second season for that.
We wanted to wrap up the twin storyline.
We were not going to leave everybody hanging.
They’ve sat through all of this, and we want to reward people for watching.
And then there is the next phase, should the series be allowed to continue.
So it was a lot of: How is this going to fit in to what we later see?
I felt like that was a really good thing to tease as well.
Mostly, I need a full season for that.
(Especially after the charactersbriefly touched handsin their final scene.)
We left it all on the field.
I think we ate.
What timeline are we in that I get to do that?"
I’m going to get f—ing cortosis in there no matter what.
I got to do a corruption arc.
But then I got to do it in this world.
She shakes her head in gleeful disbelief.
Give me a break!
And the next break would be getting a season 2.
