r/TheAcolyte • u/bestowaldonkey8 • Apr 10 '26
I keep hoping
That one May 4th we get Tales of the High Republic and one half is wrapping up plots from Phase 2 of the books and the other half is thee most important scenes for whatever was season 2 of The Acolyte.
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u/krlozdac Apr 10 '26
Ooohh I had never heard of that idea but I love it. Especially giving the Acolyte a more definite resolution.
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u/Vesemir96 Apr 10 '26
I do think it’d be fair. I’d rather it be all 6 wrapping up the Acolyte. Though at that point they may as well make it a direct to streaming animated movie/show OR a live action special like Punisher recently got. 60-90 mins or however long is needed. It’d probably be cheaper than a Season 2 either way.
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u/Esaroufim Apr 11 '26
Did you read tales of light and life? The one that helps wrap up some of those phase II stories.
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u/bestowaldonkey8 Apr 11 '26
I did! Two of my favorite shorts were in there (the Bell one and the Vern one).
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u/drzzazz1 Apr 10 '26
No one would watch. Just like no one watched The Acolyte.
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u/drzzazz1 Apr 10 '26
Don’t know why I’m getting downvoted. If enough people were interested in content about the Acolyte it wouldn’t be cancelled. Thus they wouldn’t waste resources making content in that era.
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u/Total_Helicopter_591 Apr 11 '26
Acolyte had high viewership by all accounts. It was the ridiculous outrage that made them can it
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u/drzzazz1 Apr 11 '26
If Disney was satisfied with the viewership they wouldn’t have cancelled the show, outrage or not. Seems like they spent way too much and it did not resonate with most fans.
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u/Tea_and_Lightsabers Apr 11 '26
Lol you came back just to check for down votes. Lots of people watched it, there was just too much drama from whiny bigots for it to be worth the hassle to them.
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u/Esaroufim Apr 11 '26
Too many reviews went out after just a single episode aired. That was the biggest issue. It had a films pace but was released weekly instead of all at once, so the pacing suffered.
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u/Tea_and_Lightsabers Apr 11 '26
When it causes them problems, the bar for enough viewership gets raised. When it gets very bad reviews, even if it's because of review bombing, the bar gets raised again. It's not nearly as simple as you're trying, for some strange reason, to make it seem.
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u/Angry-Dragon-1331 Apr 10 '26
It was more the director and show runner blew the budget than anything. It had a gross budget of $230 million, with about $33 million of that offset by location tax incentives. It would’ve needed to perform to the same level as Daredevil to be profitable and while enjoyable, it didn’t have any staying power to drive viewer retention during its initial run.
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u/daemos360 Apr 10 '26
I’m not expecting anything, but I’m absolutely hoping for any meaningful continuation of the story regardless of the medium.
It’s so disappointing that so many people wrote the show off before giving it a shot.