The first trailer has been released for The Acolyte, Disney's new show set within the Star Wars universe
The official premise reads:
'The Acolyte is set at the end of the High Republic era in a world of "shadowy secrets and emerging dark side powers" approximately 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. 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.'
It stars Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Carrie-Ann Moss, Dafne Keen, Amanda Stenberg, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Margarita Levieva, Joonas Suotamo, Amy Tsang and Abigail Thorn.
The series is created by Leslye Headland, best known for her work on Russian Doll and Sleeping With Other People.
In an interview with Vanity Fair, she discussed the pressure of taking on a Star Wars project:
"I feel a lot of pressure, but I also feel—weirdly—enormous amounts of freedom because I don't feel like I'm dealing with legacy characters, which is a lot scarier... I mean, you could not pay me enough money to try to be in the Luke Skywalker timeline. I'm like, 'No, thank you!' (Laughs.) It's just too intense. There's too much iconography and intensity with those particular characters.
"Whereas, I think I'm telling a story that's more about a timeline we don't know much about. Let's hang out here for a little bit and check out what Star Wars looks like when the good guys are actually in charge. What happens? We know what it eventually leads to, so let's explore. What are the holes that we can poke into what happened?"
According to Headland, the series will be from the point of view of the villains.
The Acolyte trailer
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