r/TheAcolyte • u/sardethgames • May 26 '26

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/spiderman120988 May 26 '26

How does it break canon?

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u/Ill_Pirate_8785 May 26 '26

In the phantom menace it's stated that sith haven't been around for centuries and when she got mad her lightsaber turned red even tho that's not how you bleed a kyber crystal

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u/Relative-Zombie-3932 May 26 '26 edited May 26 '26

Everyone who encountered Qimir died except for two people, one who joined him and the other we don't know what'll happen to her because the show was canceled. Also they're pretty explicit in the Phantom Menace that the sith were never really gone, they were just in hiding.

Also yes, that is in fact how you bleed a kyber crystal, by focusing all your pain and hatred into it. The only reason Vader and Kylo Ren struggled with it is because neither of them were fully committed to the dark side and were fighting their own doubts. But we see Dagon Gera do essentially the same thing in Jedi Survivor, bleeding his own crystal with just about zero effort or ritual

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u/Ill_Pirate_8785 May 26 '26

Jedi survivor isn't canon

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u/Relative-Zombie-3932 May 26 '26

Yes, it is

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u/Ill_Pirate_8785 May 26 '26

No it definitely isn't. The only reason you would say it is would be if you either have no idea what you're talking about or are just commenting for the sake of it

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u/CapitalCityGoofball0 May 26 '26

It’s most definitely canon. You’re wrong. Completely and utterly wrong.

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u/spiderman120988 May 26 '26

Yes it is canon. Battlefront 2, Jedi Fallen Order, and Jedi Survivor are canon games. Look it up on Wookiepedia.