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The Matrix\u2019s Carrie-Anne Moss and His Dark Materials star Dafne Keen have joined Star Wars\u2019 mystery-thriller The Acolyte, Disney Plus<\/a> has announced.<\/p>\n Moss and Keen join the cast which already includes Jodie Turner Smith (Anne Boleyn), Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Dean-Charles Chapman (Games of Thrones), Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game<\/a>) and Russian Doll\u2019s Charlie Barnett.<\/p>\n The eight-parter is described by Disney Plus as: \u201cA mystery-thriller that will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.\u201d<\/p>\n The High Republic era is around a century before the Skywalker Saga begins with The Phantom Menace.<\/p>\n Production has begun on \u201cThe Acolyte\u201d, an upcoming Original Star Wars series from Lucasfilm coming to @DisneyPlusUK<\/a>. pic.twitter.com\/9rXEb19gRc<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Star Wars UK (@StarWarsUK) November 7, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>