The Star Wars series, The Acolyte, has two confirmed cast members with Amandla Stenberg, who was previously said to be a part of the show and Jodie Turner-Smith.
Deadline reported on the news of the casting of Jodie Turner-Smith but little else is known about who both actresses will be playing.
Amandla Stenberg is known for The Hunger Games, Sleepy Hollow, Mr. Robinson, The Hate U Give, Gaslight, The Eddy, and Bodies Bodies Bodies.
“Next stop: a galaxy far, far away… I am so excited to finally announce I’m joining Star Wars: The Acolyte! Honored is an understatement. May the Force be with you,” posted Stenberg on Instagram six weeks ago.
Jodie Turner-Smith is known for The Last Ship, Nightflyers, Jett, Queen & Slim, and Anne Boleyn.
The Acolyte is a Star Wars mystery thriller
Last May saw Vanity Fair offer details about The Acolyte where the show is described as a mystery thriller set in a prosperous and seemingly peaceful era when the galaxy is still sleek and glistening. The Acolyte is set during the galaxy’s High Republic era about a century before the era of the Skywalkers and a hundred years before The Phantom Menace.
“A lot of those characters haven’t even been born yet. We’re taking a look at the political and personal and spiritual things that came up in a time period that we don’t know much about,” said showrunner Leslye Headland. “My question when watching The Phantom Menace was always like, ‘Well, how did things get to this point?’ How did we get to a point where a Sith lord can infiltrate the Senate and none of the Jedi pick up on it? Like, what went wrong? What are the scenarios that led us to this moment?”
Disney also described the series as 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.
As Deadline points out, an “acolyte” in Star Wars lore can refer to individuals with force abilities who learn from a more experienced Sith Lord.
The series is also said to start production in London in the late Fall.
