As filming on Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Acolyte continues in the UK, Discussing Film is reporting that critically acclaimed filmmaker Kogonada (After Yang) has joined the directing team of the live-action Disney+ series.
Kogonada, whose previous TV work includes the Apple TV+ series Pachinko, joins showrunner Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) and Alex Garcia Lopez (Daredevil) in directing episodes of the show, which is the first film or TV offering from Lucasfilm to be set in the ‘High Republic’ era of the Star Wars franchise.
The Acolyte also ventures into uncharted territory for the saga as the first “Sith-led” Star Wars story, and is described as a “mystery-thriller” set during the dying days of the High Republic – around a century before the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
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Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies) leads the cast, and will star alongside Lee Jung-Jae (Squid Game), Manny Jacinto (Top Gun: Maverick), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones) and Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix).
Star Wars: The Acolyte is coming soon to Disney+.
