The Acolyte (TV series)

The Acolyte
Also known as	Star Wars: The Acolyte
Genre	Action-adventure Crime drama Mystery thriller Science fiction
Created by	Leslye Headland
Based on	Star Wars by George Lucas
Showrunner	Leslye Headland
Starring	Amandla Stenberg Lee Jung-jae Charlie Barnett Dafne Keen Rebecca Henderson Jodie Turner-Smith Carrie-Anne Moss Manny Jacinto Dean-Charles Chapman Joonas Suotamo Margarita Levieva Lauren Brady Leah Brady Harry Trevaldwyn David Harewood
Composer	Michael Abels
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Leslye Headland Kathleen Kennedy Simon Emanuel Jason Micallef Jeff F. King
Producers	Rayne Roberts Damian Anderson Rob Bredow Eileen Shim
Production location	United Kingdom
Cinematography	Chris Teague James Friend
Editors	Miikka Leskinen Cheryl Potter
Running time	35–43 minutes
Production companies	Lucasfilm Shoot to Midnight
Budget	$180 million[1]
Original release
Network	Disney+
Release	June 4, 2024 (2024-06-04) – present (present)
Related
Star Wars: The High Republic
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The Acolyte, also known as Star Wars: The Acolyte,^[2][3] is an 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 Skywalker Saga, and follows a Jedi investigation into a series of crimes.

Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, Manny Jacinto, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, Margarita Levieva, Lauren Brady, Leah Brady, Harry Trevaldwyn, and David Harewood 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. She wanted to explore the franchise from the perspective of the villains. The title was announced in December 2020. Filming took place at Shinfield Studios in Berkshire from October 2022 to June 2023, with location filming in Wales and Portugal.

The Acolyte premiered on Disney+ on June 4, 2024, with its first two episodes. The following six episodes were released weekly through July 16. The series was estimated to have lower viewership than previous Star Wars series, and it was the target of review bombing campaigns on websites such as Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and IMDb. Initial critic reviews were generally positive, but reviews for the full series were less positive and especially criticized the writing. The action sequences received praise.