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The Acolyte Launch Event Takes Hollywood

May 24, 2024
May 24, 2024
StarWars.com Team

Cast and crew walked a red carpet lined with fans to celebrate the arrival of the new Star Wars live-action thriller, on Disney+ starting June 4.

The hunt is on for the mysterious assassin who has made the Jedi Order her target.

On May 23, the stars of The Acolyte gathered for the world premiere of the new Star Wars live-action series. All episodes are now streaming on Disney+.

  • The Acolyte's Lee Jung-jae (Master Sol) (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte’s Leslye Headland (creator, executive producer) (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte’s Leslye Headland and Rebecca Henderson (Vernestra Rwoh) (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Dafne Keen (Jecki Lon) (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Rebecca Henderson (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Charlie Barnett (Yord Fandar) (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Carrie-Anne Moss (Master Indara) (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • Leslye Headland and Dave Filoni, chief creative officer, Lucasfilm

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  • The Acolyte's Amandla Stenberg (Mae) (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Amandla Stenberg and Jodie Turner-Smith (Mother Aniseya) (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Amandla Stenberg (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Lee Jung-jae (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte’s Leslye Headland (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Charlie Barnett (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Manny Jacinto (Qimir) Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Carrie-Anne Moss (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Amandla Stenberg (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Manny Jacinto (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Margarita Levieva (Mother Koril) (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • The Acolyte's Jodie Turner-Smith (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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  • Dafne Keen, Carrie-Anne Moss, Lee Jung-jae, Rebecca Henderson, Leah Brady, Dean-Charles Chapman, Amandla Stenberg, Lauren Brady, Margarita Levieva, Manny Jacinto, Leslye Headland, Jodie Turner-Smith and Charlie Barnett attend the launch event for Lucasfilm's new Star Wars series The Acolyte at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, California on May 23, 2024. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

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    • Stars Amandla Stenberg (Mae), Emmy-winner Lee Jung-jae (Jedi Master Sol), Manny Jacinto (Qimir), Dafne Keen (Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon), Charlie Barnett (Jedi Knight Yord Fandar), Jodie Turner-Smith (Mother Aniseya), Rebecca Henderson (Vernestra Rwoh), Dean-Charles Chapman (Jedi Master Torbin), Carrie-Anne Moss (Jedi Master Indara), and Margarita Levieva (Mother Koril) walked a red carpet lined with ecstatic fans, including some in their best Jedi robes.

    The cast was joined by The Acolyte creator Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), who also serves as executive producer, and executive producers Kathleen Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Jeff F. King, and Jason Micallef. Watch the official Star Wars recap below, then get ready to ignite your sabers and join the fight when The Acolyte premieres.

    In The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Amandla Stenberg). As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems….

    The series also stars Joonas Suotamo as Jedi Master Kelnacca.

    For more on The Acolyte, read StarWars.com's interview with Leslye Headland, meet the series’ characters in the StarWars.com Databank, and explore the rest of the coverage on the official series hub.

    Watch all episodes of Star Wars: The Acolyte now on Disney+.

    For more on the making of The Acolyte, discover StarWars.com's full coverage, including:

    Lightsabers & Magic: Visual Effects Supervisor Julian Foddy on The Acolyte's Creatures and Weapons of the Jedi 

    Visual Effects Supervisor Julian Foddy Talks World-Building The Acolyte

    The Acolyte’s Amandla Stenberg on Playing Twins, the Sith, and Star Wars

    How The Acolyte Challenges How We See Some Members of the Jedi

    The Acolyte’s Manny Jacinto Unmasked

    Fight Like a Jedi: Inside The Acolyte’s Stunt Sequences and Martial Arts Action

    Dressing The Acolyte

    Inside The Acolyte Creature Shop: Meet Bazil, the Tynnan Tracker

    Scoring The Acolyte: Composing for the Jedi, the Witches, and the Many Moods of the Stranger

    In The Acolyte, Jodie Turner-Smith’s Mother Aniseya is Mothering

    For the Love of The Acolyte’s Jecki Lon and Yord Fandar

    The Acolyte’s Charlie Barnett is Here for the Yord Horde

    “Whatever You Think The Acolyte Is, It’s Not”: Creator Leslye Headland On Her New Star Wars Series

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