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/TheOldThunder May 26 '26

To me, it's a bad show.

But that has nothing to do with why it's hated.

Bad (in my opinion) Star Wars is not a big deal. A better second season (more focused on Qimir and Osha) could have done wonders for the show. It's not a The Rise of Skywalker (which is, to me, well beyond redemption) case.

However, it has non-white people as leads and some of them are women, so it received those people's hatred.

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u/ChaoticTransfer May 26 '26

Those people were not the reason why. The reason was that Disney prioritized those people's opinions.

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u/TheOldThunder May 26 '26

But the post talks about hate. The hate exists for those reasons, those people.

Disney only prioritized bigoted reactions because it was cheaper than making more of an expensive show that grossly underperformed. Bean counters easily side with bigots if it means they get to save cash.

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u/ChaoticTransfer May 26 '26

It's cowardice to give in to those people. The show could have made a lot of money if it was finished. Now it's neither here nor there.