Queer actress Amandla Stenberg, best known for her roles in such films as The Hate U Give and Dear Evan Hansen has landed the lead in the upcoming Disney+/Lucasfilm Star Wars series The Acolyte.Variety reports that the 23-year-old actress has entered final negotiations to play the lead in the new series, set long before the Prequel Trilogy era.
Plot details remain predictably mum, though the official synopsis describes the show as a “female-centric mystery-thriller.”Queer writer Leslye Headland, co-creator of Russian Doll, will produce and showrun the series.