The initially “The Acolyte” video footage was revealed at Star Wars Celebration today, with showrunner Leslye Headland and the cast appearing on phase.
Star Wars: The Acolyte
The video footage has actually not been provided online, however we understand roughly what was revealed. It started with a voiceover stating, “Close your eyes. Your eyes can deceive you.”
“The Acolyte” stars Amandla Stenberg, and the clips included her combating Carrie-Ann Moss’ character.
“Squid Game” star Lee Jung-jae represents a Jedi master. In the video footage, he said, “The Force is powerful. It is a power we must respect.” He was seen leading a group of Jedi.
Jodie Turner-Smith’s character said, “This isn’t good or bad. This is about power and who is allowed to use it.”
A golden lightsaber likewise appeared.
A release date was not revealed however “The Acolyte” is set to cover recording this month and air on Disney+ next year.
Stenberg, Jung-jae, Smith, and Moss appeared throughout the Lucasfilm panel together with Dafne Keen and Joonas Suotamo, who played Chewbacca in the most recent “Star Wars” movies and will play a brand-new Wookiee Jedi master in “The Acolyte.”
“I play the Jedi Master,” Jung-jae informed the crowd. “It was the first time of me touching a lightsaber and I’m still shaking from the experience… I’m also a fanatic for Star Wars and my heart is jumping because I’m with the Star Wars family being with you all today.”
“The Acolyte” cast likewise consists of Manny Jacinto (“The Good Place”), Rebecca Henderson (“Inventing Anna”), Charlie Barnett (“Russian Doll”), Dean-Charles Chapman (“1917”), and Margarita Levieva (“Revenge”).
Showrunner Leslye Headland said she drew motivation from martial arts movies when preparing the program, something that George Lucas did when producing the initial “Star Wars” movies. She particularly pointed out Japanese filmmaker Akira Kurosawa’s movies.
“The Acolyte” is set roughly 100 years prior to “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace” throughout the High Republic period. A previous Padawan (Stenberg, the titular acolyte) will reunite with her Jedi Master (Jung-jae) to examine a series of criminal offenses.
“I really wanted to delve into the Star Wars universe and tell the story of this entire world that I loved so much from the perspective of the bad guys,” Headland said. “What I pitched to Kathleen [Kennedy] was Frozen meets Kill Bill. Shockingly, she didn’t kick me out of the building… This is when the bad guys are outnumbered. They are the underdogs. I’m really excited for you guys to see things you haven’t seen in live-action yet.”
“The Acolyte” will supposedly draw from the non-canon “Legends” broadened universe.
Check out set pictures from “The Acolyte” including Jung-jae in his Jedi bathrobes.
Lucasfilm likewise revealed 3 brand-new standalone “Star Wars” movies and the return of Daisy Ridley as Rey. They launched the very first teaser trailer for “Ahsoka” starring Rosario Dawson as the titular Ahsoka Tano, who initially appeared in “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” and after that made her live-action launching in “The Mandalorian.”
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