Star Wars: The Acolyte gets 2024 release date on Disney Plus

The High Republic is Star Wars’ newest time period and up until now, we’ve only really gotten to explore it through books. This is the first time we’ve seen it. Star Wars: The Acolyte, a crime series set towards the end of the Republic’s brightest days, during Star Wars Celebration 2023 is here to fix that. Also, this first glimpse revealed the following: The Acolyte It will be available on Disney Plus in 2024.

Creator Leslye headlandRussian Doll) and the series cast introduced some footage from the show for the convention audience which foregrounded the “lots of Jedi” that Headland said was one of the most attractive features of the High Republic era for her as a creator. This footage was also highlighted. The Acolyte’s wuxia-style martial arts combat, reminiscent of films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. One crowd-pleasing shot had seven Jedi, led by Lee Jung-jae’s character, unsheathing their lightsabers in unison.

Headland said that, in designing the show, she had gone back to George Lucas’ original inspirations for Star Wars, including Akira Kurosawa’s Hidden Fortress YojimboNot only that, but classic Shaw Brothers kung-fu movies such as Get to Drink with me Touch of Zen.

“I really wanted to delve into the Star Wars universe and tell the story of this world I love so much from the perspective of the bad guys… This is what I gave Kathleen. [Kennedy, Lucasfilm president]This was Frozen Meets Kill Bill,” Headland said. “What became apparent was that we were going to have to set this between the High Republic and the prequels – because this is when the bad guys were outnumbered.” It’s the furthest back in the Star Wars timeline that we’ve ever been in live action, Headland confirmed.

Headland — a fan since youth, who used to write Star Wars fan fiction — said it had always been her dream to have a Wookie Jedi master, and she was walked out on stage by the character in costume. Jonas, a tall Swede who plays Kelnaka the Wookie, is playing her role.

The Acolyte Filming in London will conclude in May, ahead of the 2024 Disney Plus release.

Star Wars: The Acolyte stars Amandla Stenberg, Dafne Keen (LoganLee Jung-jaeSquid GameManny Jacinto (Maverick: Top Gun). In 2020, the series premiered for the first time. This was before Star Wars couldon had introduced High Republic. Since then, the novels and comics have delved into the period, but this series will be the first time we’ve seen this era in live-action.