Squid Game star Lee Jung-Jae joins Disney Plus Star Wars series The Acolyte

Deadline announced on Thursday that Lee Jung-Jae, who starred in the first season of Netflix’s international breakout hit Squid Game, is set to star in Disney’s upcoming Star Wars series, The Acolyte. Amandla and he will become part of Stenberg’s (Bodies Bodies BodiesThe series will also feature a guest star, namely, who was announced in July.

Leslye Hyland, creator of Netflix series Russian doll, is attached as the series’ showrunner, writer, and director. Details regarding Lee’s character and the series’ plot are scant, with The Acolyte has been previously described as a “mystery-thriller” set 100 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.

Lee Jung-Jae, a veteran actor known in South Korea for his movie and television career spanning almost three decades, joins the likes of Donnie Yen, Iko Uwais, Yayan Ruhian, Cecep Arif Rahman, Marie Tran, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, and Ming-Na Wen as prominent Asian actors who have joined the sci-fi franchise since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm in 2012.

Lee is expected to return as Seong Gihun (the former gambling addict) in season 2. Squid GameHe has received numerous praises, including an Outstanding Lead Actor In A Drama nomination at the 74th Primetime Emmy Awards.