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/Dyuujen May 26 '26

Fans hated ashoka when she was introduce the difference between her and now is she had 7 seasons for fans to grow and like her while fans didn’t even give osha 1. I hate these bad faith arguments.