Star Wars show 'The Acolyte' has been canceled — here's what you need to know
Lucasfilm has opted out of Season 2, a new report suggests
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Despite doing perfectly fine on Rotten Tomatoes, and one of our writers finding the show restored his faith in the Star Wars franchise, The Acolyte has been canceled, according to a new report.
As per Deadline, Lucasfilm has opted not to proceed with a second season of the Star Wars spinoff, with the decision coming a month after the series wrapped on Disney Plus. The series starred Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-Jae, Manny Jacinto and Dafne Keen.
The Acolyte started strong, with the first two episodes cultivating more than 4.8m views during its premiere on June 4 — and became the biggest series to debut on Disney Plus this year. That number climbed to 11.1m views after just five days on the platform.
That said, the show divided longtime fans of the franchise, with user reviews suggesting the show simply "should've been better", comparing it to successful Star Wars series such as The Mandalorian and Andor.
Questions left unanswered at the end of Season 1
In the finale of The Acolyte, viewers were left with an endless barrage of unanswered questions. And now, thanks to the news of the cancellation, we are left to forever speculate about the end of the series.
For starters, fans were treated to a cameo from a very familiar Jedi Master — Yoda. Master Yoda is alive and well during the time frame of The Acolyte, which takes place a century before the "The Phantom Menace" film. However, this small cameo of the tiny green Jedi Master has fallen short of deeper meaning now that the series has come to a rather unfortunate end.
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Plus, the last episode gave an intriguing glimpse of who is speculated to be Darth Plagueis the Wise, an infamous Sith Lord. While he isn't explicitly identified, his story is told to Anakin Skywalker by Chancellor Palpatine in "Revenge of the Sith", where Darth Plagueis' tale ends when he is killed by his apprentice, who is none other than Palpatine himself. Fans have speculated that this sighting of Plagueis could mean that Qimir (Manny Jacinto) is a young Palpatine — but alas, we will never truly know.
Thankfully, Disney Plus still has several Star Wars shows on the way, including Skeleton Crew, which will debut in December, and Andor Season 2, pegged for early 2025.
Lucy Scotting is a digital content writer for Tom’s Guide in Australia, primarily covering NBN and internet-related news. Lucy started her career writing for HR and staffing industry publications, with articles covering emerging tech, business and finance. In her spare time, Lucy can be found watching sci-fi movies, working on her dystopian fiction novel or hanging out with her dog, Fletcher.
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LegendsOfBatman This was a show that SHOULD have rocked!Reply
Instead, it was "lamer" than a 10 legged millipede.
Right from the start, it had a mystery but, instead, decided to spoon feed us the whole mystery.
Qimir is the woosiest Sith ever. There's NO WAY they could convince me he would have been Palpatine.
As far as potential? Definitely. But as usual with Disney, rather than fixing bad writing, they scrap the entire thing.
For the record, in case any Disney people ever read this: Solo sucked, but not for the reasons you think.
I said before it was even released, it would probably make for a great book, BUT NOT A MOVIE! Why? Because we saw young Solo! It was young Indiana Jones. Harrison Ford. You CANNOT replace certain characters and actors and then try to make it believable. Obi Wan? Yes, because we never saw a young Obi Wan. Solo? Hell no! -
SomeSayHesaGhost I say this respectfully but 18% on Rotten Tomatoes is not "fine." The Acolyte had high numbers at the start because the marketing was fair and people wanted to see a great show. It took the #1 spot during week 1 for that reason. But after week 3 it barely charter. Every article I read discusses the amazing views it received during the first week but then neglects to mention that people stopped watching it. I believe a lot of people continued to watch it just for the purposes of seeing how bad it actually was. And... if we are being honest.. it is the worst rated Disney+ show. It also happened to piss off fans and destroy the magic of the original movies. Suddenly Anikin isn't the only person born through the force. Suddenly Jedi are just regular people with powers and Sith are the superior ones. So many issues with the show.Reply
So Disney knows a second season would be beyond dumb. -
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18%? Who cares what the audience thinks as long as the critics and execs tell us it's good? Kathleen Kennedy did the same thing. At least money still runs supreme...for now.SomeSayHesaGhost said:I say this respectfully but 18% on Rotten Tomatoes is not "fine." The Acolyte had high numbers at the start because the marketing was fair and people wanted to see a great show. It took the #1 spot during week 1 for that reason. But after week 3 it barely charter. Every article I read discusses the amazing views it received during the first week but then neglects to mention that people stopped watching it. I believe a lot of people continued to watch it just for the purposes of seeing how bad it actually was. And... if we are being honest.. it is the worst rated Disney+ show. It also happened to piss off fans and destroy the magic of the original movies. Suddenly Anikin isn't the only person born through the force. Suddenly Jedi are just regular people with powers and Sith are the superior ones. So many issues with the show.
So Disney knows a second season would be beyond dumb.
Despite all the problems you pointed out, the writing and directing was just bad. Everything was so juvenile. The critics were probably paid off by Disney to give good ratings to such garbage. But they seem to think the problem is the audience. -
THE TRUTHTELLER did you actually watch it? or are you a paid up member of the disney fan club, 18% is crap just like the showReply