Star Wars: The Acolyte's Amandla Stenberg Was 'Astounded' At Being Cast As The Lead

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While some may be experiencing a bit of Star Wars fatigue lately, it's difficult to deny how easy it can be for many to keep getting excited for every new project that comes along. Turns out, Star Wars: The Acolyte lead Amandla Stenberg is among those excited fans.

It's easy to forget that a number of the actors and creators taking part in theseStar Wars projects are among those same diehard fans. There's a reason The Clone Wars creator Dave Filoni is idolized by Star Wars fans, after all. So it should come as little surprise that this practice of bringing fans into the fold is still in vogue for other upcoming shows. It's even gotten to the point where at least one talented diehard was in the running before they even auditioned.

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Last month, news broke that Stenberg has joined Star Wars: The Acolyte in the series lead role. As exciting as the prospect is for those looking forward to watching the show, it turns out that Stenberg is arguably more excited. They recently spoke with The Face magazine about the upcoming series and revealed something surprising about the whole casting experience. «The Lucasfilm team came to me with this project which was fully conceptualized with me in mind,» Stenberg said, «and I was astounded.»

That's right, it looks like the role was tailor-made for them, at least from a visual standpoint. The studio reportedly designed the character to be played by Stenberg even before approaching them, which would probably streamline some of the costuming process. It may have also helped things along knowing that Stenberg was already a huge Star Wars fan. «I get to read, watch and breathe Star Wars. It's my job to get lost in it, I'm so lucky,» they said