The Star Wars universe on Disney Plus is set to expand with the premiere of "The Acolyte," a new series set during the High Republic era of Star Wars history, approximately a century before the events of "Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace." That's a largely unexplored era in official Star Wars canon, which gives creator Leslye Headland a greater level of creative freedom than writers who have to fit their stories into brief moments between movies.
Headland, best known as the co-creator of the Netflix series "Russian Doll," also directed the first two episodes of "The Acolyte," and other directors in the eight-episode season include acclaimed filmmaker Kogonada ("After Yang") and TV veterans Hanelle Culpepper and Alex Garcia Lopez.
