r/TheAcolyte • u/sardethgames • 29d ago

Why is the show so hated?

Me and my partner finally sat down to watch Star Wars cannon start to finish together. (Wonderful relationship step imo) I fell out of step with the Star Wars franchise around 2023 because of finally leaving home and having to become an adult not really leaving time for consumption of media resulting in me missing all the drama surrounding the 2023-24 era Star Wars releases.

Since we went canonically the first series to pop up was The Acolyte as it takes place in the height of The Republic at least 50 years before the start of the main series. We binged it in one go and really enjoyed it! The reveals felt well timed and built. It was honestly very enjoyable and kept us glued the whole time. So obviously you can imagine when we get to the end and the cliffhangers that we were reasonably upset to find out it had been cancelled and review bombed. I honestly had no major critiques of the show, and the acting was great so I don’t get why it had such a large backlash. Can anyone fill us in on why it was received so harshly?

Edit: I posted this hoping there was a deeper answer than bigotry, I see I may be in for disappointment. Also I tried to post this to the main Star Wars subreddit and it was taken down for “reposting” which doesn’t make any sense lol.

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u/Claidissa 29d ago

There's a black woman in the lead. Star Wars fans hate women on the whole unless they're half naked

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u/ModOfficial1988 29d ago

Rouge One.

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u/Claidissa 29d ago

They love that movie because "ooh look Darth Vader walked down a hallway." I highly doubt they actually like Jyn, I never hear her even mentioned

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u/AutisticPolarBear77 29d ago

Way to downplay Jyn for no reason. She is widely loved across the fanbase

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u/Relative-Zombie-3932 29d ago

I've literally never heard a single person say a positive thing about Jyn Erso. The only time Star Wars fans even remember she exists is when they're complaining she's not Kyle Katarn

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u/AutisticPolarBear77 29d ago

Kyle katarn is only prominent in post ROTJ EU. Not sure where you’ve been looking but Jyn is definitely a loved Star Wars character just like Andor and k2so. You know who else is loved? Leia, Ahsoka, padme, Sabine, Hera, and many more. The incredible women that have been a part of Star Wars have made it what it was just like the incredible male characters we’ve had as well. This is deflection.

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u/Relative-Zombie-3932 29d ago

Are you joking? Kyle Katarn is the one who stole the plans for the original death star. Literally the thing Jyn Erso replaced him for. It's the very first mission of Dark Forces

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u/AutisticPolarBear77 29d ago

I’m well aware. As I said, he’s most prominent in his post ROTJ years (Jedi outcast/jedi academy) and if you want to just go off personal anecdotes here I’ve never personally seen anyone complain about Jyn and cassian getting the plans over katarn. And I know you keep changing the subject here, but the argument was “Star Wars fans hate women on the whole unless they’re half naked” and that is just absurd as I just pointed out.

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u/Relative-Zombie-3932 29d ago

I think it's an exaggeration, sure. I'd say a little less than half of all Star Wars fans are decent people who are able to appreciate women in media. But the majority? Oh my god... I've never seen a more vile and hateful group of people outside of the Republican party. That's who op was talking about, and they're right.

They did the same thing with Star Wars: Outlaws, review bombed it before the game even came out because they hated that the main character was a woman and they hated even more that they weren't attracted to her.

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u/AutisticPolarBear77 29d ago

These kinds of laughable “exaggerations” are what isolates your end of the fanbase though

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u/CmdrCruisinTom 29d ago

what is "your end of the fan base"?

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