Star Wars: The Acolyte seemingly lands a Disney Plus release date – and a trailer could arrive soon

A Sith sense for this kind of leak

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Star Wars: The Acolyte, the next live-action series from Lucasfilm, is reportedly set to be released in mid-2024.

According toCollider, the highly-anticipated TV show will draw its lightsaber onDisney Plussometime this summer (that’s winter for Australian readers). Collider hasn’t stated how it learned of the High Republic era-set series' release window, but it’s likely one of the outlet’s sources passed the information on to its editorial team.

If true,Star Wars: The Acolytewill be the sci-fi franchise’s first live-action show to debut on one of the world’sbest streaming servicesthis year.The Bad Batchseason 3, the final entry in the beloved animated show’s run, is leadingStar Wars' streaming charge with its forthcoming February 21 launch.The Acolyte, then, will seemingly be the next show to leave the Lucasfilm production line and possible take its place on ourbest Disney Plus showslist. You know, if it lives up to our lofty expectations.

This isn’t the only potentially good news we’ve received recently aboutThe Acolyte, either. According to prominent industry leaker Daniel RPK (as spotted byTaverna Geekon X, and laterReddit), the show’s trailer is reportedly ready to be released publicly. It’s unclear if this teaser will be the same one that was exclusively shown to Star Wars Celebration 2023 attendees in May 2023, or if it’ll be an entirely new cut for us to pore over. Fingers crossedThe Acolyte’s first teaser will Force-push its way online very soon and give us our first glimpse at one of the legendary galaxy far, far away’s most notable history-making events.

Supporting the Sith cause

The Acolyteis a show shrouded in mystery, but we have some firm ideas of when it’s set, who’s involved, and what its plot will entail.

As we alluded to earlier, it’ll be the firstStar Warsproject to be set during the High Republic era – the time period that ran 500 to 100 years before the events of the Skywalker Saga. Little was known about this age, but it’s one that’s recently explored heavily in comic book form.The Acolyte, then, is sure to draw inspiration from its now wide-ranging literature.

PerStarWars.com, it’s a mystery thriller that’ll “take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated”. Not much to go on story-wise, then, but one of its stars Dafne Keen exclusively told TechRadar thatThe Acolytewill show “how the Sith infiltrated the Jedi"and that “it’s a Sith-led story, which has never been done before.”

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Joining Keen on the cast list are burgeoning stars, fan-favorite actors, and even a smattering of A-listers. Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies) wasconfirmed asThe Acolyte’s first big starin December 2021, and it was another 11 months before Lucasfilm and Disney confirmed who would be joining Stenberg on the show’s roster.

The wait, though, was worth it. AmongThe Acolyte’s many talented actors are Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix,Jessica Jones), Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Jodie-Turner Smith (The Witcher: Blood Origin), Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones), and Manny Jacinto (Nine Perfect Strangers) among others. Hey, we did say it was a stacked cast.

Leslye Headland, the brainchild behindNetflix’s superbRussian DollTV show, is on show-running duties. If you needed any indication that the self-confessedStar Warssuper fan was the right person for the job, just know she pitchedThe AcolyteasFrozenmeetKill Bill. Yep, you’re really on board now, aren’t you? We thought so.

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