It’s been some time since our final new Star Wars present. However the lengthy drought since Ahsoka is lastly coming to an finish as Disney debuted the primary trailer for The Acolyte on Tuesday. The brand new collection is ready throughout Star Wars’ Excessive Republic period and can debut on Disney Plus with its first two episodes on June 4.
The trailer begins by displaying us a Jedi speaking to a category of younglings, asking them to succeed in out to the Power and say what they really feel. From there the main target shortly shifts to disclose a homicide plot: Somebody is killing off Jedi throughout the Galaxy. The primary thrust of the present, it appears, is to research these murders and seize the wrongdoer behind them. One of many issues that makes Star Wars: The Acolyte distinctive is that it’s set in the course of the Excessive Republic period, a time about 100 years earlier than The Phantom Menace.
The Acolyte doesn’t fairly appear like the rest in Star Wars, a minimum of primarily based on this primary trailer. It’s darkish and moody, and with all of the give attention to the gritty Jedi murder-mystery investigation at its core, it’s onerous to not really feel prefer it’s obtained fairly a robust Watchmen affect. Past that, between the Power-based martial arts we see within the trailer and the Excessive Republic setting, there must be loads of different new and distinctive vibes in The Acolyte. If that’s not sufficient for you, then the trailer even provides us a quick glimpse of Kelnacca (Joonas Suotamo), a Wookiee Jedi grasp.
The collection is created by Leslye Headland (Russian Doll) and stars Amandla Stenberg (The Starvation Video games), Lee Jung-jae (Squid Sport), Manny Jacinto (Prime Gun: Maverick), Dafne Eager (Logan), and Carrie-Ann Moss (The Matrix).