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The Acolyte (2024)
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38min
1 Seasons
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Synopsis
A former padawan and her Jedi Master take up arms against each other
At the end of the High Republic era, some hundred years before Luke Skywalker’s adventures, a padawan finds herself at odds with her former Jedi Master after a deadly crime spree.
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The Acolyte is 649 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The TV show has moved up the charts by 71 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than Sleepy Hollow but less popular than Bosch.
| Rank | Title | ||
|---|---|---|---|
645. |  Lost Treasures of the Bible | +311 | |
646. |  Everybody Loves Raymond | -24 | |
647. |  Pushing Daisies | -100 | |
648. |  Bosch | +4 | |
649. |  The Acolyte | +71 | |
650. |  Sleepy Hollow | +51 | |
651. |  All American | +85 | |
652. |  The Body Collector | -222 | |
653. |  Ray Donovan | -35 |
What to know
The creator of Russian Doll writes female-centric Star Wars mystery series for Disney
The Acolyte is a sci-fi mystery-thriller series produced by Lucasfilm and Disney. The eight-part series is set within the Star Wars universe, and is created and written by Lucasfilm’s Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) and Rayne Roberts. Headland is a long-time Star Wars fan who created The Acolyte as a passion project, eventually pitching the idea to Kathleen Kennedy as a story set a hundred years prior to Star Wars Episode 1 at the end of the High Republic era, with a focus on the female characters.
Amandla Stenberg plays the series’ lead character, a former padawan who is pitted against her Jedi Master as they get to the bottom of the mysterious crimes being committed. Rebecca Henderson plays a 116-year-old Jedi Master named Vernestra Rwoh. The cast also includes Lee Jung-jae, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Keen, Manny Jacinto, Charlie Barnett, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Dean-Charles Chapman.
Production News
- April 22, 2020
- Long-time Star Wars fan — and creator of Russian Doll — Lesyle Headland is rumoured to be planning a series taking place in the Star Wars universe. (Source: Variety)
- May 4, 2020
- Lesyle Headland is confirmed as executive producer for the series, which remains untitled. (Source: Star Wars)
- December 10, 2020
- The series gets the title of The Acolyte during Disney Investor Day 2020. The series is described as a mystery-thriller that explores the “emerging Dark Side powers in the final days of the High Republic Era”. (Source: Star Wars)
- December 8, 2021
- Amanda Stenberg is cast in the leading role. (Source: Deadline)
- May 24, 2022
- Lesyle Headland reveals that the series is set 100 years before Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace, and that it examines the countercultural force of the Dark Side. (Source: Variety)
- September 8, 2022
- Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae is cast in a main role. (Source: Collider)
- November 7, 2022
- Jodie Turner Smith and Carrie Anne Moss join the series’ cast, and an official synopsis is released, confirming that the story will focus on a padwan and jedi master who reunite for an investigation. (Source: The Playlist)
- March 8, 2023
- Former executive producer Karyn McCarthy leaves the series’ production after a dispute with Lucasfilm. (Source: Deadline)
- February 10, 2024
- Collider report that first season of The Acolyte will debut in Summer 2024. (Source: Collider)
- March 19, 2024
- Disney release a first trailer for The Acolyte, showing Amandla Stenberg, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Jodie Turner-Smith embroiled in a mystery-thriller during the final days of the High Republic. The studio also reveal the series' release date will be on June 4. (Source: Deadline)
- April 2, 2024
- Disney release stills from the upcoming series, revealing Dafne Keen as a young padawan named Jecki Lon. (Source: Collider)
- April 8, 2024
- Rebecca Henderson, who plays the Jedi Master Vernestra Rwoh in the series, revealed in an interview with Empire that her character was 116 years old. Eagle-eyed fans quickly calculated that, since the character was 16 during Phase I of the High Republic, The Acolyte takes place 100 years before the start of the prequel trilogy. (Source: ScreenRant)
- May 4, 2024
- Disney release a new trailer for the series on Star Wars Day, revealing that jedi members are the victims of the murders in the galaxy. (Source: Entertainment Weekly)
- May 23, 2024
- Disney release a behind-the-scenes featurette for The Acolyte in which Ahsoka creator Dave Filoni and others discuss their excitement about and the importance of The Acolyte. (Source: Collider)
- June 4, 2024
- The Acolyte premieres on Disney+.
