{"id":22579,"date":"2022-07-22T20:01:41","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T20:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/star-wars-series-the-acolyte-sets-amandla-stenberg-to-star\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T20:01:41","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T20:01:41","slug":"star-wars-series-the-acolyte-sets-amandla-stenberg-to-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/star-wars-series-the-acolyte-sets-amandla-stenberg-to-star\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Star Wars’ Series ‘The Acolyte’ Sets Amandla Stenberg to Star"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The \u201cStar Wars\u201d series \u201cThe Acolyte\u201d will officially be led by Amandla Stenberg.<\/p>\n

The announcement came Friday, with the official \u201cStar Wars\u201d account tweeting<\/a> out a picture of Stenberg. Going farther back in time than any live-action \u201cStar Wars\u201d title before it, \u201cThe Acolyte\u201d is set a century before the events of \u201cStar Wars: Episode I \u2014 The Phantom Menace.\u201d The series promises to depict the galaxy at the peak of the era of the High Republic, when the Jedi were at their strongest and the Sith were believed to have been eradicated from the galaxy.<\/p>\n

Stenberg was rumored for the role in a report from December 2021, but the news is now official.<\/p>\n

\u201cRussian Doll\u201d co-creator Leslye Headland is showrunning the series, with Stenberg set to star (\u201cThe Hate U Give\u201d). Headland is drawing at least in part from Lucasfilm’s \u201cStar Wars: The High Republic\u201d publishing effort. Announced in February 2020 and launched throughout 2021, the \u201cHigh Republic\u201d series spans comic books, audio dramas, web series and novels. They’ve served as a kind of R&D department for where Lucasfilm could next take \u201cStar Wars\u201d storytelling.<\/p>\n

Stenberg, who identifies as non-binary, broke out in the role of Rue in the 2012 feature adaptation of \u201cThe Hunger Games.\u201d They have since gone on to star in films like \u201cThe Hate U Give,\u201d \u201cThe Darkest Minds,\u201d \u201cEverything, Everything,\u201d and the recent feature version of \u201cDear Evan Hansen,\u201d playing Alana Beck. Stenberg has also appeared on television shows such as \u201cSleepy Hollow,\u201d \u201cThe Eddy,\u201d and \u201cMr. Robinson.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe’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,\u201d Headland told Vanity Fair in May. \u201cMy 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?\u201d<\/p>\n

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Join us in welcoming Amandla Stenberg to the Star Wars galaxy. #TheAcolyte<\/a> https:\/\/t.co\/PhriTUdZcv pic.twitter.com\/LJp9LeZQik<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Star Wars (@starwars) July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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