Amandla Stenberg embarks on a new journey with Star Wars. 

“I have been feeling a little more trepidation than I thought,”

says Amandla who takes the lead in the upcoming Disney+ series

“The Acolyt.”

The actress couldn’t turn down the offer to play the lead because co-creator Leslye Headland created the role with Amandla in mind. Amandla recounts how the pair met in Brooklyn around the corner from her home when Leslye pitched the idea to her.

“All the artwork was conceptualized with my face, and Leslye was like, ‘So I’ve been working on this for about three or four years for you. I don’t know what I’m going to do if you don’t do it. No pressure.’ So I was sent to the moon, of course.”

After her breakout success staring alongside Jennifer Lawrence in

“The Hunger Games”

playing Rue, the backlash she received came with worldwide audience recognition. Amandla spoke on people being racist and not being upset about their outburst, she said, 

“I think already, at age 12, I was like, Yeah, people are racist. Why are y’all surprised,” 

said the actress.

“When I reflect on it, I don’t remember being very upset about it, I remember feeling that I don’t give a flying f**k what these racist people think of me. I think bigots don’t bother me.’”

With her current introduction into another world of Sci-fi since The Hunger Games, the actress will take on the role of the titular Jedi trainee role in The Acolyte as her introduction to Star Wars Universe.

“I have a heavy load in this show, an abnormal load,”

she says.

The story follows The Mandalorian, Andor, and Ashoka all in each line of spin-offs commissioned for Disney+ with large budgets aimed at over two-hour cinematic releases with each episodic show.

“The crews are so hardcore, they’re so hardworking, and it’s very kind of hierarchical and competitive, and people work their asses off,”

she revealed.

“It’s very different, I think, than what I’ve experienced on most American sets.”

#Clique, are you excited about this new journey for Amandla?