With Ahsoka, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Andor, and The Book of Boba Fett on the way, it’s easy to forget that more Star Wars shows are headed to Disney+. The Acolyte is the series created by Russian Doll writer Leslye Headland, set to take place during the final days of the High Republic period. Variety reports that The Hunger Games and The Hate U Give star Amandla Stenberg is being eyed for a leading role.
The Acolyte is interesting because an acolyte in the Star Wars universe usually refers to an apprentice Sith. But we don’t know if that will be the case here. The High Republic age is roughly 50 years prior to the events of The Phantom Menace, while the series will see “the emergence of secretive dark side powers.”
Yep, sounds like Sith to me.
Headland will write, exec-produce, and act as showrunner on the series. No word on who will be directing episodes.
Stenberg was most recently seen in Dear Evan Hansen. She also starred in Damien Chazelle’s Netflix series The Eddy.
