{"id":45319,"date":"2022-11-07T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=45319"},"modified":"2022-11-07T16:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:04:17","slug":"disney-announces-casting-for-upcoming-original-star-wars-series-the-acolyte-from-lucasfilm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/07\/disney-announces-casting-for-upcoming-original-star-wars-series-the-acolyte-from-lucasfilm\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney+ Announces Casting for Upcoming Original Star Wars Series &#8220;The Acolyte&#8221; from Lucasfilm"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_45320\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45320\" style=\"width: 555px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45320\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Star-Wars-The-Acolyte.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Star-Wars-The-Acolyte.jpg 555w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Star-Wars-The-Acolyte-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 555px) 100vw, 555px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45320\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R): Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae and Director Leslye Headland on the set of Lucasfilm&#8217;s THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+. \u00a92022 Lucasfilm Ltd. &amp; TM. All Rights Reserved.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today, Disney+ announced the cast for &#8220;<strong><em>The Acolyte<\/em><\/strong>,&#8221; an upcoming original <em>Star Wars<\/em> series from Lucasfilm. Joining the previously announced Amandla Stenberg (&#8220;<em>The Hate U Give<\/em>&#8220;) are Emmy Award-winner Lee Jung-jae (&#8220;<em>Squid Game<\/em>&#8220;), Manny Jacinto (&#8220;<em>Nine Perfect Strangers<\/em>&#8220;), Dafne Keen (&#8220;<em>His Dark Materials<\/em>&#8220;), Jodie Turner-Smith (&#8220;<em>Queen &amp; Slim<\/em>&#8220;), Rebecca Henderson (&#8220;<em>Inventing Anna<\/em>&#8220;), Charlie Barnett (&#8220;<em>Russian Doll<\/em>&#8220;), Dean-Charles Chapman (&#8220;<em>1917<\/em>&#8220;) and Carrie-Anne Moss (&#8220;<em>The Matrix<\/em>&#8220;).<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>The Acolyte<\/em>&#8221; is 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. 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