Star Wars: The Acolyte Gets Exciting Disney+ Filming Update

Star Wars will soon bring the High Republic to live-action as Disney+'s The Acolyte series finally has some exciting news after months of disappointing delays.

Most of Star Wars' Disney+ endeavors so far have explored familiar faces in the timeline of the famous Skywalker Saga, but that's all about to change. After seeing a major push on the publishing side, the High Republic will soon be coming to live-action with The Acolyte, a mystery-thriller exploring the emergence of the Sith.

The secretive project - which will star Amandla Stenberg as "Aura," which may be a codename - has suffered constant delays since its December 2020 reveal. The first timetable that emerged last summer pointed toward The Acolyte getting in front of the cameras this February, but that never came to be.

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