‘Star Wars’ Marks ‘May the Fourth’ With New Trailer for ‘The Acolyte’
May 4th annually marks “May the Fourth” in the Star Wars community, and on Saturday the space franchise celebrated the occasion with a new trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series The Acolyte.
As previous previews have hinted, The Acolyte centers on a conspiracy to kill the Jedi in events that take place over a century before the saga’s Episode I: The Phantom Menace, making it chronologically the oldest project in Star Wars’ live-action universe.
“In The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Amandla Stenberg),” the synopsis states. “As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems…”
Along with Stenberg and Squid Game’s Lee, The Acolyte cast also includes Jodie Turner-Smith, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo (who now plays Chewbacca in the franchise but will portray a different Wookie in The Acolyte), and Carrie-Anne Moss.
The show was created by Russian Doll‘s Leslye Headland, who also directed the first two episodes of the eight-episode series; those two episodes will premiere on Disney+ one month from today on June 4.
The Acolyte is one of two new live-action Star Wars series expected to arrive in 2024, along with Skeleton Crew, which has been described as a coming-of-age story about four children lost in the galaxy. The series is set to star Jude Law, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Kerry Condon, and Tunde Adebimpe. A feature-length, multiplex-bound The Mandalorian & Grogu, based on the Disney+ series, is due out in 2025.