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Everything We Know About Star Wars: The Acolyte’ So Far

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Nov 8 2022

Everything we know about the upcoming High Republic based streaming series, The Acolyte.

Andor has done a really good job of getting us excited for more high-quality Star Wars content. And the upcoming streaming series The Acolyte may just be the answer. New casting announcements and behind-the-scenes peaks have us more excited for what looks like it could be a very interesting and unique look at the galaxy far far away. While we still don’t know much, here’s what we know so far.

The Cast

We’ve known for a while that Amandla Stenberg would be playing the lead character in this show. But yesterday’s big cast announcement on Starwars.com is giving the show quite a bit of star power. Joining the cast are Manny Jacinto (Nine Perfect Strangers), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Jodie Turner-Smith (Anne Boleyn), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones). But perhaps two of the biggest names are Emy Award Winning star of Squid Gams, Lee Jung-jae and Carrie-Anne Moss who we all know from The Matrix.

We don’t know who any of these people could be playing, and even if we did there’s a good chance that most of them are entirely new characters for The Acolyte. But the casting quality alone has a ton of potential for the next chapter in Star Wars.

The Plot

Filming has only just begun, and the production team is keeping quiet about the specifics of The Acolyte. But we’ve got a few tidbits of information here and there. The official synopsis describes a dark story.

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“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.”

– StarWars.com

We’ve been getting more looks at the High Republic as of late with a whole bunch of novels dedicated to the era. A time when the Jedi Order was at its prime but were making many of the same bad decision and engaging in many of the same practices that would eventually lead to their downfall has the potential to be a fascinating time in galactic history. The Dark-Side spin is especially something many of us are curious to know to hear more about.

Is There a Trailer?

Unfortunately, I don’t expect that we will get much more detail until closer to the trailer releasing time. And with a vague premiere date of ‘sometime in 2023,’ it’s anybody’s guess when we can expect to see our first trailer.

Are you excited for The Acolyte? Do you think more Star Wars stories should take place during the High Republic era? Which adds to the cast are you most excited to see join the galaxy far far away and what parts do you think they’ll play? Let us know in the comments!

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