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From three new live-action Star Wars movies from James Mangold, Dave Filoni, and Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy to Daisy Ridley's return as Rey in a film set after The Rise of Skywalker to Ahsoka's official trailer, Star Wars Celebration 2023 is super busy. Read about every announcement right here on IGN.
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Star Wars: The Acolyte, the upcoming Disney+ series set during the end of the High Republic era,
will make its way to Disney+ in 2024. While we weren't given an exact date, the cast and crew behind the series stopped by Star Wars Celebration to share a few details as to what fans can expect.
Star Wars: Acolyte's series creator Leslye Headland shared that she had always wanted to "delve into the Star Wars universe and tell the story of this entire world that I loved so much from the perspective of the bad guys."
"What i pitched to Kathleen Kennedy was Frozen meets Kill Bill. Shockingly, she didn’t kick me out of the building," Headland said. It's High Republic near the beginning of the prequels and an exciting part of the timeline. "This is when the bad guys are outnumbered. They are the underdogs. I’m really excited for you guys to see things you haven’t seen in live action yet.”
She also noted it was "the furthest back in time we've been in live action," and that there will be "lots of Jedi." At lease one of these Jedi will be a wookiee played by Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo, as it's always been a dream of Headland to tell the story of one.
There was also a clip shown, and it featured Lee Jung-jae's character saying, "The Force is powerful. It is a power we must respect." There are also big fights, aliens, Jung-jae leading a bunch of Jedi, and more.