The Disney+ serial , which will debut this summer , is also dropping a poke tomorrow .
There’s a new live-actionStars WarsTV show coming, following in the footsteps ofThe Mandalorian,Andor, andAhsoka, among others. On Monday,Disney+ shared new information aboutThe Acolyte.
On March 18, Disney announced thatThe Acolyte, which starsAmandla StenbergandLee Jung-jae, will debut on June 4.
“The Acolyteis 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. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated,” Disneypreviously announced. Amandla will play the former Padawan while Lee Jung-jae is her Jedi Master.
They’ll be joined by a stellar cast that includesManny Jacinto,Jodie Turner-Smith, Charlie Barnett, and Carrie-Anne Moss.
The series was created by Leslye Headland, who co-createdRussian Dolland directed the filmsBacheloretteandSleeping with Other People.
Notably, it wasn’t just the release date that Disney announced on Monday. The series' trailer is dropping tomorrow, and they also revealed the show’s poster. The poster is kind of everything, depicting a Sith lightsaber, except it’s not red light. It’s a streak of what looks like blood. “In an age of light a darkness rises,” the poster also reads.
Tomorrow.#TheAcolytepic.twitter.com / WRS2Mpjanf
Here are several fan reactions to the poster, proving that June can’t come soon enough:
We ’re about to be so back in ways that we could have never imaginedhttps://t.co/9p0ZwmMbXk
Okay the blood trail being the saber leaf blade croak surd ngl
Immediately in contention for the laborious Star Wars bill I ’ve ever seenhttps://t.co/h0CAWrSBiw
This poster passed the oculus examination I am officially#lockedinhttps://t.co/0R4Iaar75b
i m speechless . my expectation for this are through the roof . this poster is INSANE . if this is the tone …. we won already.https://t.co/Ld1PlsFULd
This is a GREAT posterhttps://t.co/7uLEM7Ir8a
More to come on Tuesday!
