{"id":162061,"date":"2025-12-01T08:41:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/162061\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:41:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T08:41:07","slug":"stranger-things-co-creator-explains-season-5s-star-wars-connection-comic-book-movies-and-superhero-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/162061\/","title":{"rendered":"Stranger Things Co-Creator Explains Season 5’s Star Wars Connection – Comic Book Movies and Superhero Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent reveal from Stranger Things<\/a> co-creator Ross Duffer<\/a> draws a direct line between the Netflix series and a galaxy far, far away. In discussing Season 5, Duffer pointed to Star Wars<\/a> as inspiration for a key moment involving Vecna\u2019s dramatic return.<\/p>\n

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Ross Duffer on how Star Wars inspired one scene in Stranger Things Season 5<\/p>\n

Ross Duffer told Tudum<\/a> that Star Wars directly inspired one scene in Stranger Things Season 5. He modeled Vecna\u2019s entrance through the military\u2019s MAC-Z gate after Darth Vader\u2019s appearance in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. \u201cWe knew that when he arrived, we wanted it to feel like this huge moment,\u201d Duffer said, adding, \u201cThe minute he walked out of that gate, you felt the power of Vecna. You felt how scary he was.\u201d<\/p>\n

The end of Volume 1 features Will harnessing powers gained through his connection to Vecna. \u201cOne of the earliest ideas in [Season 5] is, \u2018What if Will were able to harness this connection and use it against our villains?\u2019\u201d Ross Duffer said. Will defeats the Demogorgons psionically. He draws power from memories of Castle Byers and Mike Wheeler, marking a turning point for the character.<\/p>\n

Will\u2019s transformation is central to the arc of the season. \u201cWe also felt it very natural to re-center the story on Will. He was the kid who was taken in Season 1, so it felt right for the story to come full circle,\u201d said Ross Duffer. Matt Duffer added, \u201cWe wanted him to grow as a human and become a fully formed version of who he is\u2026 And once he\u2019s able to do that, he\u2019s able to harness these incredible powers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Noah Schnapp described Will\u2019s confrontation with Vecna as a \u201cdream,\u201d calling it satisfying to portray a version of Will who is \u201cstrong and direct and powerful.\u201d The scene features Will using an upward outstretched hand to channel power, a move evolved from an initial concept modeled after Eleven\u2019s palm-down gesture.<\/p>\n

Schnapp explained that the change symbolized Will \u201cpulling the powers from Vecna.\u201d According to Gaten Matarazzo, Will\u2019s new abilities \u201cchange the game.\u201d Finn Wolfhard said, \u201cWe have two Elevens.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A recent reveal from Stranger Things co-creator Ross Duffer draws a direct line between the Netflix series and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162062,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,3838,85,46,89648,55945,6377,52092,411],"class_list":["post-162061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-entertainment-news","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-rogue-one-a-star-wars-story","tag-ross-duffer","tag-star-wars","tag-stranger-things","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162061"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162061\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}