The actor headlines the upcoming Star Wars show, set about 100 years before the events of “The Phantom Menace.” ...

Amandla Stenberg, the African-American star of the Star Wars spin-off The Acolyte, has talked about “the hyper-conservative bigotry and vitriol, prejudice, hatred and hateful language towards us”.

Disney's silence on the harassment The Acolyte's main star faced still doesn't sit well with some of its cast.

It’s really unfair.” Lucasfilm Ltd./Disney+ Jodie Turner Smith in 'The Acolyte' Related: Amandla Stenberg Says The Acolyte's Cancellation Was 'Not a Huge Shock' After Star Wars Fandom's ...

Jodie Turner-Smith, who played Mother Aniseya in The Acolyte, has called out Disney for not doing enough to defend the cast - particularly Amandla Stenberg - when they were targetted for online abuse.

The Acolyte was subject to much backlash ... Jodie Turner-Smith played Aniseya, the mother of the sisters played by star Amandla Stenberg. The actress recalled being quite excited when Stenberg ...

(L-R): Jedi Master Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Mae (Amandla Stenberg) in Lucasfilm's THE ACOLYTE, ... [+] exclusively on Disney+. There are a total of eight episodes in the first season of The A ...

The Acolyte' star Amandla Stenberg and showrunner Leslye Headland chat with ET about the new 'Star Wars' series, out now. Jodie Turner-Smith and Rebecca Henderson chat with ET about the new 'Star ...

Jacinto, who is Filipino and Canadian, starred as Qimir, a pharmacist who began the show as a kind of accomplice to a young woman named Mae (Amandla Stenberg), who is on her mission to hunt and ...

Turner-Smith’s comments come after her co-star, series lead Amandla Stenberg, said that she faced a barrage of bigotry in response to her role as twin sisters Osha and Mae.

Star Amandla Stenberg released a song on Juneteeth, in the midst of The Acolyte Season 1, responding to "those who are flooding me with intolerable racism." It's also far from the first time the ...