Marvel fans have of course long known Dafne Keen as Laura/X-23 from Logan – one of the best Marvel films of recent years. Image source: Disney/Lucasfilm
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Mads Mikkelsen, Emilia Clarke, Paul Bettany, Rosario Dawson, Ben Mendelsohn and of course Samuel L. Jackson. A whole range of actors have now not only been part of Star Wars, but also appeared in a Marvel role. Dafne Keen can also join The Acolyte.
X-23 with a lightsaber
In Logan (and therefore one of the best Marvel films ever) the 19-year-old actress played the clone or daughter of Wolverine (Hugh Jackman). Now Keen doesn't pull out adamantium claws, but instead a lightsaber.
If you look closely at the first trailer for The Acolyte, you can already recognize the young Jedi padawan: she is playing in the new Star Wars series Jecki – Master Sol's student (Lee Jung-jae).
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The Acolyte: An assassin hunts Jedi Knights – first trailer for the new Star Wars series
And this is no coincidence: Showrunner Leslye Headland reveals in an interview with IGNthat she created the role with Dafne Keen in mind:
[…] I loved Dafne Keen in Logan so much that I wrote this character thinking […] It would be awesome to see X-23 with a lightsaber. How do we get this done?
We will be there from then on June 4, 2024 as a Jedi as soon as The Acolyte launches on Disney Plus. According to the official Star Wars website Jecki is a young padawan who very calm and mature for her age
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Jecki is also a human/theelin hybridwhich have been part of the Star Wars universe for 40 years: We saw it for the first time in Episode 6: Return of the Jedi Rystall Sant a representative of the race who was seen as a singer and dancer in Jabba's palace.
You can find out more about The Acolyte at the links above.
By the way: For Deadpool & Wolverine, Hugh Jackman returns again in his star role as a Marvel mutant – even though the actor actually said goodbye to the role with Logan. Deadpool 3 opens in theaters on July 26, 2024. This is actually the only film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe to be released this year.