The veteran Korean actor’s next trip is to a galaxy far, far away Deadline announced on Thursday that Lee Jung-Jae, who starred in the first season of Netflix’s international breakout hit Squid Game, is set to star in Disney’s upcoming Star Wars series, The Acolyte.
He will join Amandla Stenberg (Bodies Bodies Bodies), who was previously announced to star in the series back in July.
Leslye Headland, co-creator of the Netflix series Russian Doll, is attached as the series’ showrunner, writer, and director.
Details regarding Lee’s character and the series’ plot are scant, with The Acolyte has been previously described as a “mystery-thriller” set 100 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace.