The Acolyte was revealed to be cancelled on August 19, solely weeks after its season 1 run ended on Disney Plus. Whereas it labored nicely sufficient with critics, a large portion of the Star Wars fandom outright rejected it, citing loads of s**t causes and some different complaints that have been really cheap. Now, the present’s (double) star, Amandla Stenberg, is lastly talking concerning the cancellation.
In keeping with them (by way of Instagram), it was “not an enormous shock” following the “rampage of vitriol that now we have confronted because the present was even introduced, when it was nonetheless only a idea and nobody had even seen it.” They are not fallacious in any respect concerning the apparent hate marketing campaign that was staged towards the sequence irrespective of the precise high quality of it, however that does not even start to elucidate why it was cancelled.
Final week, co-star Lee Jung-jae was way more restrained in his feedback: “Actually, I’m hoping that possibly there may very well be adjustments sooner or later… Since you by no means know whatβs going to occur. So on a private stage, I actually hope we may get to see additional tales of Leslyeβs second season.” After all (spoilers forward), he does not care that a lot since his character, Grasp Sol, accomplished his arc and died on the finish of season 1 by the hands of Osha, his former apprentice. That stated, it is smart he is additionally fairly dissatisfied about how issues have gone down for a present he spent a lot time engaged on.
Stenberg’s feedback additionally went past the matter of the hate they and different solid members, in addition to creator Leslye Headland, obtained: “Regardless that, after all Iβm very unhappy concerning the present being cancelled, and Iβm unhappy about us not having the ability to give folks invested in it extra, I nonetheless simply really feel a whole lot of levity and pleasure round the truth that I acquired to expertise it and that folks liked it and that folks have been so responsive.” VG247’s Oisin Kuhnke thought The Acolyte ended up reaching a cool place even when it took its candy time to correctly begin firing on all its cylinders. I have to echo that sentiment, as I solely actually began to understand the present (flaws and all) previous the halfway level.
Famend Hollywood insider Jeff Sneider, who’s been fairly dependable with regards to Lucasfilm and Star Wars, additionally shared what he knew about The Acolyte’s cancellation, stating the choice was principally associated to low viewership numbers previous the double premiere plus the extraordinarily excessive manufacturing value for eight episodes. Lengthy story brief: This was an enormous guess for Disney and Lucasfilm, and it did not stay as much as lofty expectations.
Certain, the worst folks circling the Star Wars fandom will use the sequence’ cancellation as a private win towards ‘the wokes’ and all that crap, however ultimately, The Acolyte merely was a good present with a very good bunch of cool concepts that simply took too rattling lengthy to get really attention-grabbing and paid the final word value. Now we are able to solely hope The Stranger and Osha’s story may be accomplished in some way someplace. We’ll even settle for a comic book ebook sequence!
