Disney+’s Star Wars: The Acolyte sequence has introduced one final, “big” solid addition.
As revealed on Friday morning at Star Wars Celebration in London, 6-foot-11
Joonas Suotamo — who beforehand performed Chewbacca in Solo: A Star Wars Story as nicely as within the sequel trilogy — will play a Wookiee Jedi named Kel Naka within the upcoming TV sequence, which is on monitor for a 2024 launch.
It was additionally confirmed that Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), whose personal casting was introduced again in September, is taking part in a Jedi grasp in The Acolyte.
Described as a thriller thriller, The Acolyte is about about 100 years previous to Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace, in the course of the closing days of the High Republic period, a time rife with “shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers.” Per the official 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.”
Previously introduced solid members embrace Lee, Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Manny Jacinto (The Good Place), Jodie Turner-Smith (The Last Ship), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Carrie-Anne Moss (Marvel’s Jessica Jones) and Dean-Charles Chapman (Game of Thrones).
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