New Star Wars TV show The Acolyte finally gets official Disney Plus release date – and it's very soon
Mar. 19, 2024It lines up with a previously rumored release date, too
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If The Acolyte follows the pattern ofAhsoka, the last Star Wars show to air onDisneyPlus, we can expect new episodes to drop at 9pm ET/6pm PT, which is 2am BST the following day.
The new show is set around 100 years before The Phantom Menace and follows a former Padawan (played byThe Hunger Games' Amandla Stenberg) who reunites with her Jedi Master (Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae) to investigate a string of sinister crimes. The series will consist of eight episodes, so we can expect weekly episode drops until July 23.
The show’s cast also includes The Good Place’s Manny Jacinto, His Dark Materials' Dafne Keen, Russian Doll’s Rebecca Henderson,Queen & Slim’s Jodie Turner-Smith, Game of Thrones' Dean-Charles Chapman, and The Matrix’s Carrie-Anne Moss. Russian Doll co-creator Leslye Headland is on board as showrunner.
A trailer is releasing later today (March 19), which will give us our best look yet at the show. Thefirst footage from The Acolytepremiered for attendees ofStar Wars Celebrationin London last April, but it’s unknown whether this will be the same clip as the one released to the public today. The first poster, whichLucasfilm revealed yesterday, hints at a bloody, darker take on the galaxy far, far away than we’ve seen so far with Star Wars' small screen offerings.
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