What’s confusing about this entire situation is that Disney and Lucasfilm apparently had plans for The Acolyte’s future. Just last month at San Diego Comic Con, Lucasfilm Publishing announced spinoff books and comics related to The Acolyte, mainly focusing on the characters that died in the series. But the four main characters that are still alive – twins Osha and Mae, Qimir and Vernestra – are stuck on the shelf. So what does this mean exactly? Did Disney believe the deceased Yord and Jecki were far more worthy of investment? On the surface, that would be an easy guess. But the real problem lies with Disney and Lucasfilm succumbing to the pressure that the poisonous side of the Star Wars fandom laid on them.
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Story-wise, it wasn’t going to be for everyone, but it was definitely for a lot of people. The amount of positive reviews by critics and Manny Jacinto acquiring new fans proved as such. But as more shows led by women, LGBTQ+ creatives and POC get canceled, it sends a signal to other networks or services that people aren’t interested in their stories. It limits the amount of diversity allowed in the entertainment industry. It also permits the obscene animosity that’s fragmented the Star Wars fandom. If Star Wars wants to continue to be a dominating franchise in this industry, it has to learn to take chances and stick with them. Otherwise, the world will move on while it’s stuck in the past.
I watched the first two episodes when they dropped and was like “Ok, this has promise, lets see where this goes…”
Then the third episode dropped and made me sad I wasted the time watching the first two…
So Mae set a fire and killed everyone and blames the Jedi because she’s just a little bitch? Yeah, I’m out. Bad writing, bad acting. If you can’t adequately explain your characters motivations, why are you even bothering?
Now, granted, the story probably evolved and changed after Ep. 3. Maybe Mae had her perceptions twisted by the dark side, etc. etc.
But you know what? They made it so I stopped caring 3 episodes in to an 8 episode run.
That’s not racism, that’s not “anti-woke”, that’s an honest reaction to a bad show.
The fire didn’t kill anyone. Mae had other (bad) reasons to blame the Jedi for.
Then that’s the fault of whoever wrote and directed episode 3.
No, it was part of the narrative. Not everything has to be simple or immediately explained.
Not in episode 3 it wasn’t. And yeah, it does need to be explained if you don’t want people going “Well that was fucking stupid…”
That says more about audiences than anything else. I don’t want handholding, I want twists.
Just gotta say, that stone structure was incredibly flammable…
Yeah that was quite unrealistic! Definitely a touch silly, but then again this IS Star Wars.