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Set to hit Disney+ on June 4th, here’s a poster for Lucasfilm & Leslye Headland’s The Acolyte – with a teaser/trailer dropping on Tuesday.
A little less than a month after getting some fascinating insights into what’s to come with Leslye Headland‘s (Russian Bride) Amandla Stenberg (The Eddy) & Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)-starring Star Wars: The Acolyte directly from series star Stenberg, it looks like this Tuesday is going to bring our first extended look. Along with the release of a teaser key art poster (below) confirming June 4th as the premiere date, we have a clue to keep an eye out for either a teaser or trailer tomorrow.
The Acolyte Honors/Challenges “Star Wars” Ethos: Amandla Stenberg
During an interview with C Magazine, Stenberg shared how Headland pitched to series to her. “All the artwork was conceptualized with my face, and Leslye was like, ‘So I’ve been working on this for about three or four years for you. I don’t know what I’m going to do if you don’t do it. No pressure,” Stenberg revealed. “So I was sent to the moon, of course.”
Filmed mostly at Shinfield Studios in Berkshire, England, Stenberg found the experience quite different from past productions. “The crews are so hardcore, they’re so hardworking, and it’s very kind of hierarchical and competitive, and people work their asses off. It’s very different, I think, than what I’ve experienced on most American sets,” she explained. Another big difference between The Acolyte and Stenberg’s previous work? “I have a really, really heavy load in this show, an abnormal load,” she adds.
While she’s understandably under strict “no spoilers” watch, Stenberg was able to discuss the show’s thematic goals and the perspective that it’s taking. “In the context of the Star Wars universe, it’s a time of great peace, theoretically. It’s also a time of an institution, and it’s a time in which conceptions around the Force are very strict. And I think what we’re trying to explore within our show is when an institution has a singular conception of how power can be used…we try to provide a lot of different perspectives and answers to that question,” Stenberg explained. “The idea is to kind of honor the ethos of Star Wars and ideas around the Force and also challenge them, hopefully harmoniously.”
Disney+, Lucasfilm, and Headland’s The Acolyte stars Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), 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), Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Margarita Levieva (Revenge, The Deuce), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), and Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo as the Wookie Jedi Kel Naka. The mystery-thriller is set to 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. Along with Headland, Kathleen Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Jeff F. King, and Jason Micallef will executive produce (with Rayne Roberts and Damian Anderson set to produce).
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