‘The Acolyte’: Amandla Stenberg Praises the Complex Technical Aspects of the Show

The Sundance Film Festival is turning out to be an endless source of information from Star Wars personalities. Daisy Ridley and Alden Ehrenreich have both been asked about their experiences with the franchise and their plans for the future while promoting their latest projects there, and now The Acolyte lead Amandla Stenberg is the latest to join the party even though they couldn’t attend their new film’s premiere.

 

Stenberg is currently promoting their new film My Animal, and when asked by ComicBook.com about their experience on the set of the Leslye Headland series, they said:

 

“What can I say that won’t get me fired? Walking onto set, I’ll just say this, this is vague enough. You know that it must take a lot of technical ability and craftsmanship to make Star Wars, but you have no clue how expansive it is until you’re a part of it. Whether it’s the puppeteers or the costume designers, or all of the folks from all the different departments who build the sets, you don’t realize how much incredible technology and foresight there is in every element until you’re there.”

 

Stenberg is a self-professed Star Wars fanatic and even said during Comic-Con last year: “So my whole life is Star Wars. When I wake up I think about Star Wars, I love Star Wars before I go to sleep. I read Star Wars, I listen to Star Wars podcasts, you know?”

 

The Acolyte

 

Before the holiday break, the series was filming in multiple places at the same time, following the strategy used by Andor in season 1 (and season 2, also in production right now). Leslye Headland is the captain of the ship — she is the showrunner, executive producer, head writer, and even director of the pilot (and possibly some other episodes as well). The rest of the cast so far includes Lee Jung-jae (male co-lead), Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Margarita Levieva in a guest role.

 

In other Acolyte news, Dafne Keen’s agency confirmed in a listing that her character’s name is Jecki (via r/StarWarsLeaks). For now, there is no additional information on her, so there’s really not much to speculate on. Here is the official synopsis for the show:

 

The Acolyte is a mystery-thriller that will 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.”

 

The Acolyte is expected to be filming until May, and will likely target a release date sometime in the first half of 2024. More details could be provided this April during Star Wars Celebration.

 

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Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.

Miguel Fernandez

Miguel Fernández is a Spanish student that has movies as his second passion in life. His favorite movie of all time is The Lord of the Rings, but he is also a huge Star Wars fan. However, fantasy movies are not his only cup of tea, as movies from Scorsese, Fincher, Kubrick or Hitchcock have been an obsession for him since he started to understand the language of filmmaking. He is that guy who will watch a black and white movie, just because it is in black and white.

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