The Acolyte (TV series)

Summary

The Acolyte, also known as Star Wars: The Acolyte,[1][2] is an upcoming American science fiction television series created by Leslye Headland for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, set at the end of the High Republic era before the events of the main Star Wars films, and follows a Jedi investigation into a series of crimes.

The Acolyte
Also known asStar Wars: The Acolyte
Genre
Created byLeslye Headland
Based onStar Wars
by George Lucas
Starring
ComposerMichael Abels
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
Producers
  • Rayne Roberts
  • Damian Anderson
  • Rob Bredow
  • Eileen Shim
Production locationLondon
Cinematography
EditorMiikka Leskinen
Production companyLucasfilm
Original release
NetworkDisney+
Related
Star Wars: The High Republic

Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, and Carrie-Anne Moss star in the series. Headland expressed interest in working on the Star Wars franchise by the end of 2019, and was developing a new series for Lucasfilm by April 2020. The title was announced that December. Filming took place in London and at Shinfield Studios in Berkshire from October 2022 to June 2023, with location filming in Wales and Portugal.

The Acolyte is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on June 4, 2024, with its first two episodes. The other six episodes will be released weekly.

Premise edit

The Acolyte is set at the end of the Star Wars franchise's High Republic era, approximately 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999).[3][4] It sees a respected Jedi Master investigating a series of crimes that bring him into conflict with a former Padawan learner and reveal sinister forces.[5][6]

Cast edit

Additionally, Margarita Levieva and Amy Tsang have been cast in undisclosed roles,[10][11] and Abigail Thorn will appear as Ensign Eurus.[12]

Episodes edit

No.TitleDirected by [6]Written by [13]Original release date
1TBALeslye HeadlandLeslye HeadlandJune 4, 2024 (2024-06-04)[6]
2TBALeslye HeadlandJason Micallef and Charmaine DeGrateJune 4, 2024 (2024-06-04)[6]
3TBAKogonadaJasmyne Flournoy and Eileen ShimTBA
4TBAAlex Garcia LopezClaire Kiechel and Kor AdanaTBA
5TBAAlex Garcia LopezKor Adana and Cameron SquiresTBA
6TBAHanelle CulpepperJason Micallef and Jocelyn BiohTBA
7TBAKogonadaCharmaine DeGrate and Jen Richards & Jasmyne FlournoyTBA
8TBAHanelle CulpepperJason MicallefTBA

Production edit

Development edit

At the premiere of the film Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019), television writer Leslye Headland was asked about her interest in the Star Wars franchise and revealed that she was a big fan with many ideas for Star Wars films that she wanted to make if she was asked to by Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.[14] Headland contacted Lucasfilm to discuss her ideas after completing work on her series Russian Doll (2019–2022), and pitched a new Star Wars series with a first-season outline and full series bible. Kennedy agreed to begin work on the series during that initial pitch meeting,[1] and Headland was revealed in April 2020 to be writing and showrunning a new female-centric Star Wars series for the streaming service Disney+. Staffing for the series had begun and it was expected to be set in a different part of the franchise's timeline from other Star Wars projects.[15]

Lucasfilm confirmed Headland's series was in development on May 4, 2020, which is Star Wars Day.[16] At Disney's Investor Day event on December 10, Kennedy announced the title, The Acolyte, and said it was set at the end of the High Republic era before the events of the main Star Wars films.[3] Lucasfilm executive Rayne Roberts was developing the series with Headland,[17] who was influenced by the games and novels of the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU).[18] The first season consists of eight episodes,[19] with Headland directing the first two.[6] Alex Garcia Lopez and Kogonada were hired to direct episodes by February 2023,[20] and Hanelle Culpepper was revealed to have directed episodes in March 2024. Executive producers include Headland, Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Jeff F. King, and Jason Micallef, with Roberts, Damian Anderson, Eileen Shim, and Rob Bredow producing.[6]

In March 2024, Headland said she had pitched multiple seasons of the series to Lucasfilm and had a plan for a second season if it was ordered. She did note that she wanted to take a break after the first season was released due to the long production timeline for the first season, and so she could respond to any feedback from fans on the first season when developing the second.[21]

Writing edit

A writers' room for the series was assembled by June 2021. Headland made sure the group included writers with different relationships to Star Wars, including some who were only fans of the original trilogy, some who were specifically fans of Dave Filoni's Star Wars projects, and one writer who had never seen Star Wars before.[1][22] The series' writers included Jason Micallef, Charmaine DeGrate, Jasmyne Flournoy, Eileen Shim, Claire Kiechel, Kor Adana, Cameron Squires, Jocelyn Bioh, and Jen Richards.[13] When pitching the series to Lucasfilm, Headland described it as "Frozen meets Kill Bill".[1][23] Responding to discussion of the series being "female-centric", Headland said it would have a female protagonist but would not exclude male characters or audiences. She added that the series introduces new characters and ideas to the franchise that she hoped would interest existing fans, but she understood that not all fans would like it and felt that was fine considering there were so many new Star Wars projects being produced.[24] In May 2022, Headland said writing for the series was mostly complete.[4]

Headland wanted to explore the Star Wars franchise from the perspective of the villains. She felt the High Republic era would be the best point in the timeline to do this because the Sith, who are the villains in the films, are considerably outnumbered and in hiding during this time.[18] Lucasfilm also wanted to depict the time period on screen after recently launching a publishing initiative set in the era, and because they wanted to explore new parts of the Star Wars timeline away from the films and other series.[18] Headland noted that The Acolyte was the earliest point in the Star Wars timeline to be seen in live-action at that point.[25] She wanted to address some fan criticisms of the Star Wars films, such as how Darth Sidious ascends to power without the Jedi knowing: "How did we get to a point where a Sith lord can infiltrate the Senate and none of the Jedi pick up on it? [What] went wrong?" She considered herself lucky to be able to ask those questions in an actual Star Wars project.[4][26] A key theme in the franchise for Headland was "underdog versus institutional threat", and in this part of the timeline it is the Jedi who are the main institution.[21] In contrast to the Jedi in the films, who are monk-like figures in times of war, Headland said the High Republic Jedi live in a time of peace and enlightenment akin to the Renaissance, as seen in their white and gold robes that look like they never get dirty.[4] The series questions the Jedi practice of training children,[26] and also explores differing views on the Force and the amount of power and control that the Jedi have.[21] Headland took inspiration from the film Rashomon (1950) to depict events from multiple perspectives, showing how the series' protagonist, former Padawan learner Mae, sees things differently to the Jedi Order.[1]

The Acolyte is a mystery thriller with a serialized story that builds throughout the first season, inspired by the approach of fellow Star Wars series Andor.[21] Because there are no overarching conflicts or wars in the series—Headland said it was "interesting to make a Star Wars with no war in it"—the fight sequences are more intimate,[25] focusing on duels that further develop the characters.[27] Noting that Star Wars creator George Lucas was originally influenced by Westerns and Akira Kurosawa's samurai films, Headland decided to take more influence from martial arts films which she felt were "a little bit more personal and less global and galactic". These included wuxia films by King Hu and Shaw Brothers Studio such as Come Drink with Me (1966) and A Touch of Zen (1971).[18] Similar to the Star Wars series The Mandalorian,[21] The Acolyte includes Easter eggs for fans of the original trilogy, prequel trilogy, and the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars, as well as references to the EU and Star Wars Legends. EU references include members of the Theelin and Zygerrian species as well as some narrative elements.[1] The series introduces a coven of Force witches, separate from the Nightsister witches seen in previous Star Wars projects, inspired by mentions of Force cults in the High Republic books and the EU.[21]

Casting edit

Casting was underway by the end of June 2021, when Lucasfilm were looking to hire a young woman of color for the lead role.[19] Amandla Stenberg was in talks for that part in December,[28] and was confirmed to be cast in July 2022.[29] Jodie Turner-Smith and Russian Doll co-star Charlie Barnett entered final negotiations to join the series in September 2022,[30][31] when Lee Jung-jae and Manny Jacinto were cast. Lee was cast as the male lead,[32][33] after Headland was impressed with his performance in the television series Squid Game.[34] At the start of November, Dafne Keen was revealed to have a role in the series.[35] Soon after, Lucasfilm confirmed the casting of Stenberg, Lee, Jacinto, Turner-Smith, Barnett, and Keen, and announced the casting of Dean-Charles Chapman, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Headland's wife Rebecca Henderson.[5][36] Headland had Stenberg, Barnett, and Keen in mind when creating their characters;[37][34] she wanted to see Keen with a lightsaber after her performance as the character X-23 in Logan (2017).[34] Margarita Levieva was cast in a guest role by the start of December.[10]

At Star Wars Celebration London in April 2023, Joonas Suotamo was revealed to be part of the series' cast as Wookiee Jedi Kelnacca. Suotamo previously portrayed the Wookiee Chewbacca in the sequel trilogy films and Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018).[23] Also at the convention, Lee, Keen, Barnett, Henderson, and Moss were revealed to be playing Jedi,[38] with Henderson cast as the character Vernestra Rwoh who was introduced in the High Republic publishing initiative.[39] In March 2024, Headland said Rwoh was the only character from the High Republic books that would appear in the first season, but there were other High Republic characters that she hoped to include in a potential second season. She felt Rwoh was important for showing the state of the Jedi Order in the series, contrasting her role as a leader in the order with the young prodigy she is depicted as in the books.[21] Also that month, character details for most of the series' main cast were revealed, with Stenberg as former Padawan Mae, Lee as Jedi Master Sol, Jacinto as former smuggler Qimir, Keen as Padawan Jecki Lon, Barnett as Jedi Knight Yord Fandar, Turner-Smith as coven-leader Mother Aniseya, and Moss as Jedi Master Indara.[7] Headland said it was a "no-brainer" to cast Moss as Indara, who was inspired by Moss's portrayal of Trinity in The Matrix film series.[9]

Design edit

Headland noted that the original trilogy has a lived-in quality while the prequel trilogy is sleeker and more advanced. With The Acolyte, she carried on this concept of "the further you go back, the more exciting and new and sleek and interesting things look".[18] It was important for her to replicate the white and gold Jedi robes from the High Republic books to symbolize the state of the Order, compared to the brown robes later worn in the films.[21]

Filming edit

Principal photography began by October 30, 2022, at Shinfield Studios in Berkshire,[40][41] under the working title Paradox.[42] Headland, Kogonada, Lopez, and Culpepper directed two episodes each.[6] James Friend and Chris Teague served as cinematographers.[43][44][better source needed] The series was initially reported to be using visual effects company Industrial Light & Magic's StageCraft technology to shoot in front of digital backgrounds on a video wall, as was done for The Mandalorian and its spin-off series,[19] but Headland later said the series was primarily filmed on practical sets and did not use the technology,[1] for creative and logistical reasons.[34]

Location filming had begun in Wales by January 2023,[45] including at Brecon Beacons National Park.[41] From mid to late March, filming took place on Madeira Island, Portugal.[46][47][48] In early April, there were said to be only a few weeks of production remaining.[38] Filming officially wrapped on June 6.[41] Headland said filming went smoothly despite the length of production and the amount of action sequences and wire-work. She said the cast did most of their own action scenes, including actors who had worked in action before such as Lee, Keen, and Moss. Stenberg, who was new to action, "threw herself into training and did incredible work in a short amount of time".[1]

Post-production edit

Miikka Leskinen was one of the series' editors.[49][third-party source needed] Headland said ADR work could not be completed during the 2023 SAG-AFTRA strike which delayed the end of post-production, but the series was mostly done by March 2024.[1]

Music edit

Michael Abels was hired to compose the score for the series by February 2024.[50]

Marketing edit

Headland and members of the cast presented the first footage from the series at Star Wars Celebration London in April 2023.[23] The first trailer was publicly released in March 2024, and teases that Jedi are being killed. Charles Pulliam-Moore of The Verge speculated that Stenberg's character could be the murderer and highlighted the darker aspects of the trailer, including the suggestion that many characters could die in the series.[51] IGN's Ryan Dinsdale noted the elements in the trailer that are associated with the High Republic, including the white robes and yellow lightsabers of some Jedi characters, and compared some scenes to the aesthetics of the original and prequel trilogies.[52] Writing for Empire, Ben Travis discussed how the series had been kept a mystery for so long but was finally starting to publicly reveal details with this trailer. He opined that while Andor focuses on human drama, the trailer indicates that The Acolyte will be going "all-out on colourful species, lightsabers, and Force-users", and he praised the small amount of action that the trailer shows.[53] Lucasfilm announced that the trailer was watched 51.3 million times in its first 24 hours, setting a record for the company's streaming series by surpassing the trailers for The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka.[54] An exclusive preview of the series will be included at the end of 25th anniversary theatrical screenings of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), starting on May 3 in time for Star Wars Day on May 4.[55]

Release edit

The Acolyte is scheduled to premiere on Disney+ on June 4, 2024, with its first two episodes. The other six episodes will be released weekly.[6]

Lawsuit edit

In March 2023, Karyn McCarthy sued Lucasfilm over breach of contract, stating that she was offered a producer role on both The Acolyte and the Apple TV+ series Sugar and chose The Acolyte. After several weeks of work in April 2022 based on an initial agreement with Lucasfilm, McCarthy alleged that the studio chose to end her deal and not pay her for her work so far. By that time, the Sugar role was also not available.[56]

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