What Time Star Wars: The Acolyte Premiere Releases On Disney Plus (2024)

The Acolyte's two-episode premiere draws ever closer, with a prevalent question surrounding their exact release time on Disney+. The Acolyte's cast and characters will take Star Wars into an era not yet explored in live-action: The High Republic. Set around 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace, The Acolyte's story centers around a string of brutal murders against the Jedi. Star Wars' High Republic era offers the chance for the Jedi to be shown at the peak of their powers, differing from most other iterations of the Order from later in Star Wars' chronological timeline.

Perhaps the greatest mystery that lies at the show's center is The Acolyte's mysterious new villain. Seemingly a Sith Lord, The Acolyte's primary story will delve into the emergence of dark side powers that eventually led to the downfall of the Jedi and the Republic in the prequels, a century later. With this intriguing mystery, a new time period, and a legion of powerful Jedi leading The Acolyte, the excitement around the show is causing many to wonder when each episode releases on Disney+, with the two-episode premiere at the forefront.

What Time The Acolyte Premiere Releases

The Acolyte's Premiere Time Remains Consistent With Ahsoka Season 1

As was the case with Ahsoka season 1, The Acolyte episodes 1 and 2 will be released together at 6:00 pm PT, 9:00 pm ET, and 2:00 am BST. For those in the United States, both episodes of The Acolyte will be released at the aforementioned times on June 4. The 2:00 am release time for U.K. viewers will be on June 5. This remains consistent with the new release time that was confirmed for Ahsoka season 1 in August 2023, seemingly setting this as the new standard for Star Wars' live-action Disney+ shows.

In February 2023, Star Wars: The Bad Batch season 3 was streaming on Disney+. These episodes were released at a different time than The Acolyte's will be, instead streaming on Disney+ at 12:00 am PT, 3:00 am ET, and 8:00 am BST. This seemingly confirms that Star Wars' animated projects will have the same release times as The Bad Batch, while flagship shows like The Acolyte will be released earlier, as Ahsoka's episodes were.

Star Wars: The Acolyte's Release Schedule

Concerning the rest of the season, The Acolyte's release schedule is fairly simple to understand. The first two episodes of The Acolyte will be released on Disney+ at the times mentioned above on June 4. From then on, each subsequent episode will be released at the same time, over the next six weeks. For example, The Acolyte episode 3 will be released on June 11, The Acolyte episode 4 will begin streaming on June 18, and so on, until the finale of the show drops on July 16.

By the time of The Acolyte episode 8's air date of July 16, more of the mysteries raised by the show will be answered. That said, new mysteries should be expected to be raised, as showrunner Leslye Headland has commented about future seasons of The Acolyte. To Headland, she would love to create stories in Star Wars as long as she is allowed, stating that three seasons of The Acolyte is her goal for now. As such, The Acolyte will be a show that raises more questions than it answers, tying to the compelling mystery at the heart of the High Republic Era.

The Acolyte

The Acolyte is a television series set in the Star Wars universe at the end of the High Republic Era, where both the Jedi and the Galactic Empire were at the height of their influence. This sci-fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunite with her former Jedi Master as they investigate several crimes - all leading to darkness erupting from beneath the surface and preparing to bring about the end of the High Republic.

Cast

Dafne Keen , Lee Jung-jae , Amandla Stenberg , Jodie Turner-Smith , Joonas Suotamo , Carrie-Anne Moss , Margarita Levieva , Charlie Barnett , Dean-Charles Chapman

Seasons

1

Writers

Leslye Headland , Charmaine De Grate , Kor Adana

Directors

Leslye Headland , Alex Garcia Lopez

Showrunner

Leslye Headland