LOGAN Star Dafne Keen Reportedly Cast in Lucasfilm's STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE Series
Logan and His Dark Materials star Dafne Keen has reportedly joined the cast of Lucasfilm’s upcoming Disney+ series Star Wars: The Acolyte. We don’t have any details on who she will be playing, but she’s an incredibly talented young actress and if this news turns out to be true, I’ll be looking forward to seeing what she brings to the show!
Keen will be joining the previously cast Amandla Steinberg, Jodie Turner-Smith, and Lee Jung-jae. We have no idea who any of these actors are playing in the Star Wars project.
The series is being developed by Leslye Headland who serves as director, writer, executive producer, and showrunner. Headland has been working very closely with Lucasfilm executive including President Kathleen Kennedy on this project.
The story is described as “a mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.” The High Republic is set 200 years before the Skywalker Saga begins.
This is an interesting era that has only been explored in a series of books and comics so far. It is the golden age of the Jedi, when the Jedi were at their strongest and the Sith were believed to have been eradicated from the galaxy. The term “acolyte” refers to individuals with Force abilities who learn from a more experienced Sith Lord.
It was also previously explained that the show “specifically explores the rise of the Dark Side in those final days of the High Republic era.” The series is also said to explore some major Sith characters from Star Wars Legends, which will be awesome to see if true!