Star Wars Series The Acolyte Announces Full Cast Including Carrie-Anne Moss, Dafne Keen
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Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, and Leslye Headland on the set of The Acolyte. (Photo: Disney+)The cast for Star Wars: The Acolyte has officially been announced.
Joining lead Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give) are Emmy winner Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place, Nine Perfect Strangers), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones), and The Matrix star Carrie-Anne Moss.
Helmed by Russian Doll creator Leslye Headland, The Acolyte is a mystery-thriller set a century before the events of The Phantom Menace. Per the official synopsis, the series follows "a former Padawan" who "reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated."
The Disney+ series has begun production in the United Kingdom. A release date has not been announced yet.
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TOPICS: Star Wars: The Acolyte, Disney+, Amandla Stenberg, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jodie Turner-Smith, Lee Jung-jae, Leslye Headland, Manny Jacinto