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★ 5.4A hundred years before the rise of the Empire, the Jedi Order and the Galactic Republic have prospered for centuries without war. During this time, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a Jedi Master against a dangerous warrior from his past.
- Aired
- 2024–2024
- Seasons
- 1 · 8 episodes
- Status
- Canceled
- Created by
- Leslye Headland
- Network
- Disney+
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Action & Adventure
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Key facts
- Also known as
- Star Wars: The Acolyte
- Genre
- Action-adventure Mystery - thriller Science fiction
- Created by
- Leslye Headland
- Based on
- Star Wars , by George Lucas
- Showrunner
- Leslye Headland
- Starring
- Amandla Stenberg Lee Jung-jae Charlie Barnett Dafne Keen Rebecca Henderson Jodie Turner-Smith Carrie-Anne Moss Manny Jacinto Dean-Charles Chapman Joonas Suotamo Margarita Levieva Lauren Brady Leah Brady Harry Trevaldwyn David Harewood
- Composer
- Michael Abels
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English
- Executive producers
- Leslye Headland Kathleen Kennedy Simon Emanuel Jason Micallef Jeff F. King
- Producers
- Rayne Roberts Damian Anderson Rob Bredow Eileen Shim
- Production location
- United Kingdom
- Cinematography
- Chris Teague James Friend
- Editors
- Miikka Leskinen Cheryl Potter
- Running time
- 35–43 minutes
- Production companies
- Lucasfilm Shoot to Midnight
- Budget
- $230.8 million (gross) $187 million (net)
- Network
- Disney+
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Encyclopedic overview
The Acolyte, also known as Star Wars: The Acolyte, is an American science fiction television series created by Leslye Headland for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, set at the end of the High Republic era before the events of the Skywalker Saga, and follows a Jedi investigation into a series of crimes.
Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, Manny Jacinto, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, Margarita Levieva, Lauren Brady, Leah Brady, Harry Trevaldwyn, and David Harewood star in the series. Headland expressed interest in working on the Star Wars franchise by the end of 2019, and was developing a new series for Lucasfilm by April 2020. She wanted to explore the franchise from the perspective of the villains. The title was announced in December 2020. Filming took place at Shinfield Studios in Berkshire from October 2022 to June 2023, with location filming in Wales and Portugal.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Acolyte” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.