After publicly criticizing Lucasfilm just under a year ago, The Acolyte star Jodie Turner-Smith is back in the Star Wars franchise. Turner-Smith played Mother Aniseya in the 2024 Star Wars series, a leader of a group of Force-wielding witches from whom the show's central pair of twins came. Following the show's tepid reception from fans, the Acolyte actress spoke out about the Star Wars studio's response to its negative reviews, especially those that included hateful messages and bad-faith arguments—of which there were, sadly, many. Jodie Turner-Smith has been confirmed to return to the Star Wars franchise in the upcoming Star Wars: Visions series, however, appearing in one of the show's animated anthology stories. Turner-Smith will voice a character in WIT Studios' The Bounty Hunters as a part of Visions Season 3. Turner-Smith's casting was officially announced alongside the show's Season 3 trailer (via Star Wars). She joins names like Anna Sawai, Simu Liu, and Steve Buscemi on the series' stacked voice cast. Read full article on The Direct.