Upcoming Star Wars series The Acolyte will be led by Amandla Stenberg, most famous for playing Rue in The Hunger Games.
The official Star Wars Twitter account posted a short and sweet message (below) welcoming Stenberg to the franchise alongside a picture of them posing with R2-D2.
Stenberg will (presumably) play the titular Acolyte, a new sith in training, in a story told from the perspective of the bad guys. Taking place a century before The Phantom Menace, the show explores the end of the High Republic era and promises to be a "mystery thriller" inspired by martial arts movies.
Join us in welcoming Amandla Stenberg to the the Star Wars galaxy. #TheAcolyte https://t.co/PhriTUdZcv pic.twitter.com/LJp9LeZQik
— Star Wars (@starwars) July 22, 2022
Reports emerged in December last year that Stenberg was in talks with Disney to lead the upcoming series (that remains without a release date) but it's now finally official. They have more recently featured in the likes of As You Are, The Hate U Give and Dear Even Hansen.
We don't know too much else about the show, though it plans to bring back parts of the old Star Wars canon that was wiped when Disney acquired the franchise.
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