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Total Film
Total Film
Entertainment
Bradley Russell

New Star Wars show The Acolyte's sets were so big and detailed, the actors needed a map to get around and were literally “tripping on mushrooms”

Mae (Amandla Stenberg) in The Acolyte.

Star Wars may be known in recent years for using The Volume – a near-360-degree LED-backed soundstage that creates virtual green screen landscapes – but its latest series, The Acolyte, was intent on making things look and feel as real as possible.

To that end, The Acolyte crew built large practical sets, led by the philosophy of creator and showrunner Leslye Headland, who told GamesRadar+ that she "[didn’t] want to shoot on The Volume".

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