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Amandla Stenberg in discussions for the leading role in SW: The Acolyte: https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/star-wars-disney-plus-the-acolyte-amandla-stenberg-1235129537/ Hoo boy, a certain toxic-and-not-at-all-racist/misogynist segment of fandom aren't going to have a total meltdown over this...

Agreed. This has me pretty excited, truth be told. Absolutely loved Russian Doll, and Headland bringing her unique sensibilities to this universe could be something interesting indeed. From the red-carpet premiere of Episode IX:

Leslye Headland (RUSSIAN DOLL, SLEEPING WITH OTHER PEOPLE, TERRIERS) will write and act as showrunner for a female-centric Star Wars series that's set in a different part of the timeline than other projects...