Star Wars: The Acolyte’s official release date has leaked, and its Disney Plus debut may not be far off

Unsheathing its lightsaber in mid-2024

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Star Wars: The Acolyte’s exact release date has apparently been revealed, with the forthcoming series reported to be arriving on June 7, 2024.

The revelation comes fromCollider, whose latest report on the highly-anticipated Star Wars TV show suggests it’ll debut onDisney Plusthis summer (or winter, for southern hemisphere readers). TechRadar reached out to Disney and Lucasfilm for comment on the leak, but did not receive a response ahead of publishing this article.

Collider’s newest scoop comes less than two weeks afterStar Wars: The Acolyte’s release window was seemingly unveiled. Earlier in February, the same outlet claimed that the High Republic era-set show would launch in mid-2024 – now, it appears that Lucasfilm and parent company Disney have pencilled in an official release date forStar Wars: The Acolyte.

As we learned in December 2023,The Acolyteis one ofmany Star Wars (and Marvel) shows that’ll arrive on Disney Plus in 2024. Unfortunately, the second season of hit showStar Wars: Andorwon’t be among them – indeed, with filming only recently wrapping onAndorseason 2, it won’t make its grand return on Disney Plus until 2025.

Still, withThe Acolytebeing joined by new episodes ofYoung Jedi Adventuresseason 1 (available to stream now),The Bad Batchseason 3 (its first few episodes arrived on February 21), andStar Wars: Skeleton Crewthis year, there are plenty ofnew Star Wars showsto enjoy today and in the months ahead.

Something stirs in the dark

The Acolytewill break new ground for live-action Star Wars projects whenever it’s released. Set during the days of the High Republic – a period spanning 500 to 100 years before the Skywalker Saga (essentially, Episodes 1 through 9), it’s been billed as a mystery-thriller that, perStarWars.com, “will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.”

Little is known about its plot, apart from this brief Lucasfilm logline: “A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.”

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That said, one ofThe Acolyte’s stars in Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials,Logan) exclusively told TechRadar that it “will show how the Sith infiltrated the Jedi Order”, so we should see when the latter’s eventual downfall (as seen inStar Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith) truly began. Showrunner Leslye Headland has also teased that The Acolyte will be “Kill BillmeetsFrozen” (perEntertainment Weekly), which sounds like a fascinating mash-up if you ask me.

Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies,Dear Evan Hansen) wasannounced asThe Acolyte’s lead starin December 2021, while Keenwas part of a majorStar Wars: The Acolytecast upgradethat the series received in November 2022.The Matrix’s Carrie Anne-Moss,Squid Game’s Lee Jung-jae,Without Remorse’s Jodie Turner-Smith, andThe Rings of Power’s Dean Charles-Chapman are also among its starry cast.

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