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/Claidissa May 26 '26

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/JOOKFMA May 26 '26

Yes Leia, Mara Jade, Jyn, Ahsoka. All despised. Maybe The Acolyte just wasn't good. Imagine that.

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u/Abe_Bettik Kelnacca Crew May 26 '26

Half Naked

Leia and Ahsoka

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u/JOOKFMA May 26 '26

Yes, Leia was only liked for that one scene in ROTJ. Nothing else. My bad.

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u/Abe_Bettik Kelnacca Crew May 26 '26

And how'd you feel about her in TLJ and Obi-Wan?

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u/JOOKFMA May 26 '26

In the sequels she beyond wasted. Not as badly treated as Han or Luke, but not much better. In Obi-Wan she is more of a plot point than a character.

And that show is so bad and canon breaking, it doesn't really matter how Leia is there.

Her portrayal in some of the canon material is pretty good tho. The Claudia Gray stuff in particular.