Lucasfilm has reportedly cast The Hate U Give star, Amandla Stenberg, for the lead role in the upcoming Star Wars series, The Acolyte. The series has been described as a mystery and thriller that will explore the emerging dark side in the final days of the High Republic, which in the Star Wars mythology, ends about fifty years before the events of Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace.
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