Amandla Stenberg, Jodie Turner-Smith and more in ‘Star Wars: Acolyte’

Get able to return to a galaxy far, distant.

Disney has just released the trailer for Star Wars: Acolytes, an all-new series starring Amandla Stenberg as a dangerous warrior who finds herself deep in the center of an unraveling mystery.

As theGrio previously reported, “Star Wars: Acolyte” is a prequel series set 100 years before “Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace,” the primary film in the chronological order of the beloved film saga. The “mystery thriller” series takes fans to the last days of the High Republic era, when the Jedi were essentially the most powerful.

“An investigation into a shocking series of crimes pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Amandla Stenberg),” reads the official synopsis. “As more clues emerge, they follow a dark path where sinister forces discover that all is not as it seems.”

Stenberg leads the series alongside Jung-jae, and the solid includes Jodie Turner-Smith, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo and Carrie-Anne Moss.

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The trailer for “The Acolyte” — which has received over 5 million views on YouTube in 24 hours — quickly transports “Star Wars” fans back to the motion and mysteries they know and love. “Someone is killing the Jedi,” a voice warns in the action-packed clip.

Turner-Smith He’s not going declares in the trailer: “It’s not about good or evil. It’s about power and who gets to use it.”

The first two episodes of Star Wars: Acolytes will premiere on Tuesday, June 4, exclusively on Disney+.