Disney+ Star Wars: The Acolyte Series

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Following the success of The Mandalorian, as well as,the Cassian Andor and Kenobi Disney+ series also in the works, sources say a 'female-centric' series is in development with Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) writing and serving as showrunner for the series. Stay tuned as more information is uncovered.
(Source: Variety)

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just ran down her imdb page because I didn't recognize her name. I don't think I have seen anything she had been a part of so this is a wait and see. wondering if it could be a spin off of the mandalorian focusing on Ahsoka? she has had a big popularity spike with the last season of Clone Wars and being announced for season 2 of the Mandalorian

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Maybe it's on Hera or Sabine, both have enough to flesh out and at least Hera has been active in the background of the movies

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Variety reports Amandla Stenberg ("Hunger Games", “Dear Evan Hansen”) is in talks to join the cast of The Acolyte, a Disney+ series from Leslye Headland.
 

The Acolyte, which is slated to begin production in mid-2022, "will take place in the final days of the High Republic era ... and will focus on the emergence of secretive dark side powers."

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Variety reports Lee Jung-Jae (Squid Game) has been cast opposite Amandla Stenberg in the upcoming Disney+ series, he Acolyte. The series, set a hundred years before the prequels, has “Russian Doll” co-creator Leslye Headland and Amandla Stenberg (“The Hate U Give”) as showrunners.

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The cast for the upcoming Disney+ series, The Acolyte has been revealed, including Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Emmy Award<-winner Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Manny Jacinto (Nine Perfect Strangers), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dean-Charles Chapman (1917), and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix).

They also released this behind the scenes image.



From creator, showrunner, and executive producer Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), The Acolyte has begun production in the U.K. The executive producers are Kathleen Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Jeff F. King, and Jason Micallef. Rayne Roberts and Damian Anderson are producing. Headland will also direct the series pilot.

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. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.

Source: StarWars.com

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TechRadar tried to talk to Dafne Keen about the upcoming new Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte but didn't get much from the actor.  Keen did tease that if she mentioned too much about the cast or the plot, it would spoil the whole series.

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"...it's set 100 years before the prequel movies, and it's kind of an explanation of how the Sith infiltrated the Jedi. It's a Sith-led story, which has never been done before.  It's been really fun to film – the cast is amazing, and the director and crew are just lovely. The whole experience is wonderful, and I'm already excited for people to see it."

Star Wars: The Acolyte is set a century before the events of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace and takes place during the High Republic era, a time when the Galactic Republic and the Jedi order were at the height of their powers.

Starwars.com revealed the plot synopsis and confirms that evil forces are stirring somewhere in the galaxy, and it's these events, which play out in The Acolyte, that eventually lead to the Jedi and Galactic Republic's downfall in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

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"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," the story synopsis reads. "A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated."

Filming for the series began in late October and will comprise eight episodes.

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This sounds interesting. Does anyone know of it will be live action or animated 

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