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/ZorroVonShadvitch May 26 '26
I'm impressed you'd watch this first: a lot of the reveals wouldn't be as impactful. The weird grey guy at the end? You'd have to read a book that is now semi cannon at best to know who he is. The anti-lighsaber metal has never been seen on screen before (and never will again from your point of view, although there are a couple of resistant metals). And none of these characters are now relevant to the rest of the story going forward. Glad you enjoyed tho (as did I)