LOS ANGELES, California - For Amandla Stenberg, the "Star Wars" franchise is about how trauma affects everyone and how the inability to accept and process it makes people more vulnerable to corruption.The “Hunger Games” actor stars in the new eight-episode Star Wars series “The Acolyte” on Disney+ DIS.N as Mae, a character with complicated family problems and a strong connection to the Force.There is "a lot of family drama,” Stenberg said in an interview.
"Well, the show is anchored in a murder mystery, for one, and you layer that with the action of the lightsaber fights, you layer that with the practicality of the sets, I think all of these elements combine to just offer something different for the fans," Jacinto said in an interview at the show's premiere.“The Acolyte” begins streaming on Disney+ on Wednesday.