It was recently announced that one of the latest shows in the Star Wars franchise, “The Acolyte,” would not be moving forward with a second season. Fans have slammed the show, considering it a woke departure from the once-great shows and movies created by Lucasfilm. As a result, “The Acolyte” has become the worst-rated piece of Star Wars content in franchise history and will not continue production.
Wall Street Silver reported on X about the news of the show’s cancellation, writing, “The ultra woke Star Wars show ‘The Acolyte’ will not continue, with Lucasfilm opting not to proceed with a second season of the ‘Star Wars’ offshoot starring Amandla Stenberg. The director, Leslye Headland, was widely criticized for ignoring Star Wars cannon. She was most criticized for the episode where Iesbian witches used the Force to create babies.”
While critics gave the show a decent score, the audience ratings told a much different story. According to the latest scores on Rotten Tomatoes, “The Acolyte” received a critic score of 78% but an audience rating of just 18% with more than 25,000 reviews. Notably, the audience score had been continually worsening as the season progressed.
Users on social media celebrated the show’s cancellation, claiming it was the result of someone entirely unfamiliar with Star Wars attempting to rewrite the franchise in their own image. “This is what happens when someone who isn’t a fan of Star Wars tries to inject their narrative in a show that has no place for it. I’m glad it got cancelled,” one person said.
Another person offered a similar sentiment, suggesting an amateur Star Wars fan would do a better job at writing the next show than the current team who created “The Acolyte.” Another user commented, “I’m glad it is discontinued. Go find a discord, that’s pure Star Wars fans, find the kid who writes way too many fan fiction entries and give him a job. We will get better results.”
One user said, “Ah, “The Acolyte,” another casualty of the Woke Wars, another victim of the progressive agenda that’s infecting Hollywood like a virulent plague. A show so steeped in leftist ideology, so divorced from the spirit of Star Wars, that even the Force couldn’t save it. Ok? Ok.”
The creator of the show, Leslye Headland, recently addressed the palpable backlash to “The Acolyte.” “Honestly, I feel sad that people would think that if something were gay, that that would be bad,” Headland told The Hollywood Reporter earlier in the summer. “It makes me feel sad that a bunch of people on the internet would somehow dismantle what I consider to be the most important piece of art that I’ve ever made.”
Another commenter on social media illustrated how “The Acolyte” is the latest casualty in a broader purge of woke content across the industry. “Knew that weeks ago. the purging of WOKE at lucas films has been staggering over the weeks… she hulk lady is done, and many more… WOKE has cost disney BILLIONS…. this year alone,” they said.
Watch Megyn Kelly blast Disney for being woke below:
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