‘Logan’ Star Dafne Eager Joins ‘Star Wars’ Collection ‘The Acolyte’

Logan star Dafne Eager is becoming a member of the Star Wars universe with The Acolyte.

With manufacturing now underway, The Acolyte has added Dafne Eager, the breakout star of 2017’s Logan. Jeff Sneider and John Rocha broke the casting through the newest episode of the Scorching Mic podcast, with the previous revealing that Eager is “wrapping up a deal” to board the sequence.

Dafne Eager made her performing debut with the position of Ana “Ani” Cruz Oliver on the tv sequence The Refugees earlier than gaining widespread acclaim along with her work as X-23 in James Mangold’s X-Males spin-off Logan. She will be able to at the moment be seen as Lyra Belacqua on the BBC One and HBO sequence His Darkish Supplies, an adaptation of the trilogy of novels of the identical title by Philip Pullman.

Amandla Stenberg is spearheading the forged of The Acolyte, which is about to happen roughly a century earlier than the occasions of 2001’s Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. Lee Jung-jae and Manny Jacinto are taking part in the 2 different lead characters of the sequence, with Jodie Turner-Smith on board in a supporting position.

The Acolyte is being developed by Leslye Headland, one of many creators of the hit Netflix sequence Russian Doll. The sequence doesn’t but have a premiere date for Disney Plus however a late 2023 or early 2024 launch is probably going on condition that the challenge is already filming.

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Supply: The Scorching Mic