The upcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte has added Queen & Slim actress Jodie Turner-Smith to its cast, according to Deadline. Turner-Smith is finalizing her deal top star in the show, where she will be opposite Amandla Stenberg as the lead. The details of both Stenberg and Turner-Smith’s characters are being kept under wraps, but Stenberg is believed to be […]
Amandla Stenberg confirmed to lead Star Wars: The Acolyte Disney+ series
It was first reported last December but never given an official announcement until now as Disney and Lucasfilm have officially confirmed that Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) will lead the upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: The Acolyte. The Acolyte has been described as a “mystery-thriller that will take the audience into a galaxy of […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte showrunner teases the High Republic-set Disney+ show
Lucasfilm has so far chosen to remain in familiar territory with its live-action Star Wars shows for Disney+, with the likes of The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and the upcoming Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor and Ahsoka series all taking place a few years either side of the Original Trilogy. However, will will soon be […]
Star Wars Disney+ series The Acolyte casts Amandla Stenberg in lead role
The next Star Wars series for Disney+ The Acolyte has found its lead actress. Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) is the first to join the series from Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland. The Acolyte is described as “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 […]
Lucasfilm’s Rayne Roberts co-developing Star Wars: The Acolyte live-action TV series
Although it was initially said the Star Wars: The High Republic publishing event wouldn’t feature any movie or television projects, it was announced during this month’s Disney Investor Day that Lucasfilm will be visiting the new era – set around a hundred years prior to The Phantom Menace – in live-action with a Disney+ series […]
Star Wars: The Acolyte live-action series will take place during The High Republic era
Lucasfilm is set to explore a new era of the galaxy far, far away this coming year with Star Wars: The High Republic, a multi-media publishing initiative set between 300 and 100 years prior to the events of the Original Star Wars Trilogy. Initially, it was reported that The High Republic would not feature any […]
