The Acolyte
‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Stars Talk Kogonada and Adapting the High Republic Into Live-Action
[This story contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Acolyte‘s third episode, “Destiny.”] As soon as Star Wars: The Acolyte stars Jodie Turner-Smith and Rebecca Henderson stepped foot onto their South East England-based set, they immediately fell under the spell of a galaxy far, far away. Turner-Smith first visited the stage on a day where she […]
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‘The Acolyte’ Gives Disney+ Its Best Series Opening of 2024
A substantial number of Disney+ users followed The Acolyte over its first few days on the streamer. Disney+ says the Star Wars series recorded the biggest opening for a show on the streamer so far this year, with the premiere episode recording 11.1 million views — i.e., the equivalent of that many complete showings of the […]
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‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Stars Talk OCD Jedi, X-23 with a Lightsaber and Charting Their Own Course
Star Wars tends to enjoy the comfort of the known. As the galaxy has expanded on the big and small screens, new stories have been told in and around the original, prequel and sequel trilogies, featuring familiar faces and settings that the audience has had a connection to since childhood in most cases. There’s certainly […]
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Amandla Stenberg and Leslye Headland Thought the ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Twist Would Leak Much Sooner
[This story contains spoilers for the first two episodes of Star Wars: The Acolyte.] If you study enough trailers and promotional spots, you’ll start to notice the very deep game that trailer editors will sometimes play, especially with franchises as notoriously coy as Star Wars. Of course, any coded language is most evident when watching […]
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‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Star Lee Jung-jae Was Shocked That ‘Squid Game’ Inspired His Jedi Casting
When Lee Jung-jae’s previous show Squid Game became a global phenomenon, Star Wars: The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland was among the many viewers who helped make it Netflix’s most popular non-English speaking series. On top of that, she was also writing The Acolyte’s High Republic Jedi character of Master Sol at the same time as […]
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Where to Stream ‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Online
The new TV series takes place about 100 years before 'The Phantom Menace' and stars Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae and others.
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‘The Acolyte’ Review: Amandla Stenberg in a Disney+ ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff That Shakes Up the Formula
Set decades before the events of the films, the dramatic thriller follows a Jedi knight and his former Padawan as they search for a mysterious Force user who's killing off Jedi one by one.
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Kathleen Kennedy Says “A lot of Women” Who Step Into Male-Dominated ‘Star Wars’ World “Struggle”
Kathleen Kennedy is familiar with the difficulties that women often face in the male-dominated Star Wars world. In a brief conversation with The New York Times, Kennedy opened up about Leslye Headland’s upcoming series The Acolyte, and how she has faced misogyny as the head of Lucasfilm. “Operating within these giant franchises now, with social […]
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‘The Acolyte’ Star Amandla Stenberg Says Playing John Williams’ ‘Star Wars’ Score on Violin “Was Such a Special Moment in My Life”
Amandla Stenberg is not just starring in new Star Wars series The Acolyte, but she has also tapped into her musical side to play some of the franchise’s iconic score. Stenberg, who has been playing the violin since she was in the third grade, recently played John Williams’ famed Star Wars score in a promotional […]
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‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Creator Leslye Headland Talks the Unique Perspective of Her Upcoming Series
Star Wars: The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland is currently putting the finishing touches on a four-year journey that started with Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy buying her overall series pitch in the room. At the time, her hook was “Frozen meets Kill Bill,” and now the first trailer provides a few more of the puzzle pieces. […]
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‘The Acolyte’: First Teaser for ‘Star Wars’ Live-Action Series Unveiled at Celebration Event
The Acolyte became the first new Star Wars project presented at the Star Wars Celebration event in London on Friday. The creative team behind the live-action Disney+ series — that’s still being shot in the British capital and due to stream globally in 2024 — came to the stage to offer details of what was coming, with […]
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‘My Animal’ Star Amandla Stenberg Talks the Supernatural Romance and Being Manifested by ‘Star Wars’
Amandla Stenberg regrets not being able to attend the Sundance premiere of her new film My Animal, but she’s been a little preoccupied in a galaxy far, far away. Fortunately, Paramount picked up the ‘80s-set supernatural romance prior to the Park City festival, so Stenberg’s collaborators didn’t really need the budding superstar to help garner […]
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