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‘The Acolyte’ Creator Doesn’t Believe Her New Star Wars Series Is “Queer With a Capital Q”
Leslye Headland, showrunner of the Jedi drama starring Amandla Stenberg, is proud to inspire LGBTQ fans, but says the story is being read in unintended ways.
Headland responded that she’s had Star Wars stories in mind since childhood and, in an Oscar-worthy performance, urged Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy to give her a shot. Headland is elated and relieved by the early response to her mystery-thriller series that’s set 100 years before Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, chronicling the emergence of the Dark Side during the High Republic era of Jedi-controlled peace. From left, Leslye Headland, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Amandla Stenberg, and Margarita Levieva attend the NY Cinema Society event for Lucasfilm’s new Star Wars series The Acolyte at The Whitby Hotel on June 3, 2024 in New York City.
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