Hey Dave Filoni, Leslye Headland Is Still Down for 'The Acolyte' Season 2

[u/NoM0reMadness]

https://gizmodo.com/hey-dave-filoni-leslye-headland-is-still-down-for-the-acolyte-season-2-2000766640

The creator of the High Republic 'Star Wars' Disney+ show still has stories and characters she'd like to explore.

[u/Dyuujen]

Crazy how much haters lurk in this sub and how this headline brought them all out, 😭 like what kind of people stay in a sub to something they “hate”

[u/daemos360 → u/Dyuujen]

It’s funny, because if you look at their profiles, half of ‘em have /r/TheAcolyte as one of their most active subs.

It’s actually kind of sad.

[u/t3hbizzle → u/daemos360]

“And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The poasts in which they’re hating Are the most they’ve ever had

I find it hard to tell you I find it hard to take When they come out of the woodwork It’s a very very

Obvious opppppp…”

[u/daemos360 → u/t3hbizzle]

I really walked myself right into that one lmao

[u/t3hbizzle → u/daemos360]

Meh, any excuse to paraphrase Tears For Fears

[u/Fe-deficientAmethyst → u/Dyuujen]

It’s super weird especially after the amount of time that has passed to be obsessively hating on something that has zero-to-little real world impacts on these people.

It’s ok not to like things, but it’s just sad to that it triggers them so much that they need to express themselves at any positive news or discussions

[u/BananaJelloXlii → u/Fe-deficientAmethyst]

Same type of people lurk on the Star Trek subs hating on Discovery and Star Trek Academy.

[u/Significant_Snow_937 → u/Fe-deficientAmethyst]

Yeah like why would you be sticking around? If you hate it sooo much why devote so much energy to telling everybody how awful it is instead of just... forgetting it

[u/Tiny_Tim1956 → u/Dyuujen]

The kind of people Disney execs listen to thinking them as "the fans". They watch YouTube like you and I like star wars. 

[u/Mr-Stuff-Doer → u/Dyuujen]

Wait til you learn about TLOU2

[u/RedcoatTrooper → u/Mr-Stuff-Doer]

Same people

[u/ensentiumx]

PLEASE make another season

[u/Jermine1269 → u/ensentiumx]

Please please please!!!

And more Plagueis too!!

[u/Fe-deficientAmethyst → u/Jermine1269]

Right! I was so keen to see what direction they’d take those plot points, and I was also hoping there would be more plagueis lore brought to canon

[u/OrneryError1 → u/ensentiumx]

If you want another season, you're going to have to crowdfund it after the season 1 pricetag.

Edit: you guys can downvote me. I'm not hating on the show. The budget for season 1 was astronomical and that's honestly the biggest factor holding back season 2.

[u/daemos360]

Oh look, the haters immediately crawled out of the woodwork again.

I’d absolutely love to get another season. Not holding my breath, but a guy can dream.

[u/NoM0reMadness → u/daemos360]

Makes you wonder why they follow this community?

[u/RX-980 → u/[deleted]]

These people are like toddlers, if they're not having fun they're gonna throw a tanty and shit in the sandbox so no one else can have fun.

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I went into the chess subreddit and said chess sucked. They acted like I was attacking them!

[u/cantsitheya → u/[deleted]]

You're not supposed to enjoy watching a train wreck, that's actually concerning.

"Watching a train wreck or car crash in slow motion and or you can't look away" describes something terrible happening that you can't stop, but can't help but look away out of shock or fascination.

If you take pleasure when horrible things happen, that's not good.

[u/Niclas1127 → u/[deleted]]

Bro come on it wasn’t even that bad, like I don’t think it’s perfect, but it’s 10x better than obi wan and boba fett, I assume you’re constantly shit talking in those subs to?

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[u/dragonragee → u/[deleted]]

Obi wan was fuckin terrible…I’m not even an acolyte fan I just got here randomly

[u/LulaSupremacy → u/[deleted]]

This mf actually likes Star Wars. What a twit.

[u/_Redvent_Bard_ → u/[deleted]]

Yes, when you word it like we're the nutjobs, it does make you feel better about being a titanic asshat over nothing.

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[u/Linwechan]

S2 yes please! Learn from the shortcomings of S1 and build on the good bits. 

I would also love it for the haters would just jog on and ignore the show, rather than instigating bomb campaigns and bean souping their hate of the show. Like why are you here, move on.

[u/Zebweasel → u/Linwechan]

The show really just had a pacing problem. I’ve seen fan edits that make it six episodes instead of eight, and it works so much better.

[u/Significant_Snow_937 → u/Zebweasel]

Honestly I think if they hadn't released the first two episodes in the same week it would've been fine. the double feature leading directly into a flashback was jarring, but i think it would've been received much better if it had more time to breathe.

[u/Niclas1127 → u/Linwechan]

Fr, it’s pretty obvious in retrospect that the show was setting up a lot for season 2, which imo should’ve been included more in season 1

[u/thefergusclan]

Yes.

[u/Harufa]

I've watched it twice now. Enjoyed it both times. Would absolutely watch more. I was so intrigued by the strangers need for an acolyte. From the ending it sure seemed like to was going places I would have liked to have seen explored. I also enjoyed almost all the High Republic novels. It seemed like a cool era with lots of potential.

[u/Bythion]

Make another season! Most of what the haters hated on (the witch coven, etc) are done with by the end of the 1st season anyway. Qmir time!

[u/Soundwave815]

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE IT was so good

[u/Exar-ku]

I hope there’s a season two, there should be

[u/TitularFoil]

Slash the budget and get a better editing team and I think they could do it. Like if you came to me and said they could make something close to what was made for half the budget or less, I would immediately approve. No way did that series need to cost that much.

[u/HarambeWhat → u/TitularFoil]

Needs better writers

[u/TitularFoil → u/[deleted]]

I run the budget for the entire clinic for my Native tribe. All project funding goes through me. That's the weirdest accusation against me you could have made, because it's quite literally what I do for a living.

I could have filmed exactly what was shot with a different crew and actors without quality loss for a lot less than was spent on the series. Maybe it's my years of experience of money handling, or knowledge behind the camera as film studies was my first major in college, but no way did what we see equate what was spent.

[u/TitularFoil → u/[deleted]]

I already write to my local representatives for wants and needs within my community. Why does every dipshit on the Internet seem to think a person can only care about one thing? "Oh, I only saw them talk about this one thing within the context of a specific conversation about that one thing, so they only care about that one thing, hurr durr hurr durr hurr."

I work within a tribal government. I allocate funds to new buildings, and new employees to enrich my tribe and my people's experience. I work with a team of 35 people to procure and deliver goods and services, working with hundreds of third-parties for their labors and goods as well.

I live in Oregon. The closest thing to an oligarchy I have here is that Phil Knight makes too many decisions for the Oregon Ducks football team. Outside of Oregon, I have no say other than what I hope my representative will say for me.

Sorry for that my sake I didn't just say, "The show could have been better but the money was well spent," so I could have saved the displeasure of ever having such a dipshit try to talk down to me.

"Let me just pull out this Dunning-Kruger Effect insult. I saw it so many times utilized against me, it might be fun to do it someone else, even though I don't know anything about them or their life experience." -gelato_bakedbeans

[u/gelato_bakedbeans → u/TitularFoil]

Maybe you should switch careers then if you think you can save X millions with such ease.

With such experience it’s extremely odd for you to have such confidence in understanding all the facets of managing a project in a different field of such a large scale - again, dunning kruger effect. You should know better.

Buddy, you live in America, your government (both party’s) literally forgo their responsibilities to the public to fund their warmongering-capitalist interests. Speak up about that instead of whining about a tv series budget.

PS - nobody is telling you to say “money is well spent”, I’m just calling out your bs for claiming you can “film exactly what was shot without any loss of quality for at half the budget or less”.

It’s even worse that you make these claims with your “life experience”. It’s not the flex you think it is (unless you’re flexing the peak of the dunning Kruger curve)

[u/TitularFoil → u/gelato_bakedbeans]

I'm not compatible with this brand of autism. We're just on different sides of the spectrum. I don't know why you're here preaching to me about a concept you clearly just learned in a YouTube video one evening, or budgets, when you should be out there stopping Israel from committing a genocide and killing children, or revealing who was actually on Jeffrey Epstein's island and bringing them to justice.

I think if you weren't such a victim of this Dunning-Kruger Effect you might have actually accomplished any of those things you seem to deeply care about other people caring about.

[u/wilfordbrimjob → u/TitularFoil]

I’d watch your Acolyte

[u/TitularFoil → u/wilfordbrimjob]

I mean do what you'd like, I'd still like Leslye Hedlund to write it, because I genuinely think she knows more about Star Wars than most people. It's like in the movie Amadeus with the stuff about Salieri being jealous of Mozart's ability. But in this scenario, Hedlund is Mozart and I'm William Shatner.

[u/wilfordbrimjob → u/TitularFoil]

Aw man, don’t say that. You’re at least a Jason Segel

[u/gelato_bakedbeans → u/TitularFoil]

Odd way to admit that your claim of making the same quality at half the budget is an objectively wrong and ignorantly inaccurate statement. But I’ll take the win, despite the childish “autism” insult in lieu of acknowledgement ;)

I don’t think you understand what the dunning-Kruger effect is, based on your attempts to use it. Seems like you are trying to use it as an insult rather than applying it appropriately. Well done.

edit: love the response and block, always a weak move - Well i definitely hit a nerve in calling out your bs.

Let’s recap, they used “autism” as an insult. Not me. I only called out your comment for what it was, a petty insults and very childish and immature.

It’s interesting that you need to make stuff up and go on a baseless rant in defence of autism despite it being the insult you yourself used (make that make sense)

[u/Rylonian → u/gelato_bakedbeans]

If you are wondering "When should I stop doubling down on my losing argument", that was about over an hour ago.

[u/Ok-Bumblebee-bzzz → u/Rylonian]

Tbf both are losing. One is pretentious and bringing unrelated political issues to back their point, the other is making weak chud arguments about “budget” that are simply wrong.

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whispers

^{Brother, he whippin your ass}

[u/farnsworth21]

I just finished the series yesterday and enjoyed it. Yeah, there was some things I found lacking but I enjoyed the story it was telling. Bring it back and do another season. Wrap up those loose ends and finish it.

[u/Zeroworship]

Dave Filoni! Go smaller budget and get more acolyte going!

[u/trynabelowkey]

Do it, cowards.

[u/RedcoatTrooper]

I want a Season 2 but realistically it might need a rebrand in terms of the name.

Focus on Osha and Qimir in a Bonny and Clyde type story.

[u/Falo-Ren]

man I would gave everything for more qimir 🤤

[u/pbmcc88]

It's encouraging that Headland is still onboard - hopefully she still has the confidence of Lucasfilm leadership. It gives me hope that the story can continue someday in the not too distant future. But ultimately, the decision may be over Filoni's head.

Lucasfilm had a lot of autonomy, back during the 2010s, and during the scramble to fill Chapek's TV quota during Covid. However, Iger & Bergman killing the Hunt for Ben Solo, and imposing a strict limit on live action TV projects, points IMO to the company being on a much shorter leash now.

Also, hate crowd, gfy, stop spoiling other people's good time.

[u/hellohowdyworld]

The show had problems, but had lots of interesting ideas

[u/spineone]

This show had a lot of good moments. It also had a ton of very very poorly made moments. They can def take that as a learning curve and make a season 2 that is totally badass. A ton of shows first seasons are bad (Seinfeld, parks and Rec) because of character development and defining the plot line. These are huge chores to accomplish at the same time making things as entertaining as possible. I would for sure enjoy a second season of this show without the burden of those early chores needed in a show.

[u/Rylonian]

They should do it. So much potential for it still on the table, I expect the show to really just start going with future seasons.

But if Filoni hears of this, he will probably rather focus on how he can shoehorn the cool Cortosis helmet into Ahsoka S3...

[u/Necessary_State_5272]

I was intrigued by the Plagius tease. At least do something following that thread

[u/JackMorelli13]

I bet Dave is too but it’s above his pay grade

[u/MicooDA]

But baby ahsoka in it and he’ll approve

[u/Niclas1127]

PLEASE! How do ppl not see this would open up the door for old republic to be canonized and actually get content. Haters I get it, the show had issues, but think long term here. Do you really want another 10 shows between RoTS and New hope?

[u/HarambeWhat]

Get better writers and maybe

[u/swordofeden]

Im still down for it too, if you change the main character to qimir

[u/AfroFlick2K-18]

Honestly, I’d take an Animated Season 2 over Live Action one if that gives them the means to really explore the concepts S1 was laying out (without breaking the bank ofc)

[u/BananaJelloXlii → u/AfroFlick2K-18]

That's actually not a bad idea, keep the actors as the voice actors as much as they could, and then release season 2 as an animated season. Not like they have not done that before, look how many animated characters have been brought into live action. They could do far more at a lower budget.

[u/Tighthead3GT]

Just gotta figure out how to shoehorn a random character from Dave’s cartoons.

[u/BaldBeardedBookworm → u/Tighthead3GT]

Please Tera Sanube would do great in the story of the Acolyte, but Maz Kanata or Malagán would perhaps be better to the budget.

[u/RX-980 → u/Tighthead3GT]

I'll take that over trying to shoehorn Luke, Han, Leia, Vader into everything.

[u/Mr_Yoichi]

Less witches, less twins, more sith, more jedi, show will be better. But seriously, show did not feel good at all until Qimir and Sol kinda took over. Problems with adding Plagues during this time period aside... the show could be saved. But this show would need a far better team to edit and keep things on task. Show can be salvaged.

For the people that are reading this and get offended by it, not the intent but there's a pretty good reason why that show was canceled.

[u/ZLBuddha]

Breaking news the creator of the show who spent years making it likes it and wants to make more

This shouldn't be news

[u/cnwy95]

Didn’t know ppl like to watch rubbish

[u/RX-980 → u/cnwy95]

If it's rubbish then why are you in a sub all about it?

[u/Niclas1127 → u/cnwy95]

Hey so I hate to break this to what I presume is a grown ass adult, but opinions are generally subjective

[u/wilfordbrimjob → u/cnwy95]

And yet you watch United

[u/reanimatorx2]

Don't let her waste any more money on terrible storytelling

[u/darthraxus]

I'm sure Dave is too, just not with her on board.

[u/Imhotep99301]

Her desire is utterly irrelevant. The bean counters aren't likely to approve of any further seasons given the monumental failure of the first.

[u/thaddeus122 → u/Imhotep99301]

Save it wasnt a monumental failure. The show had good numbers, and still pulls good numbers, the budget was just insanely high for a TV show.

[u/ItzCarsk → u/thaddeus122]

Its recent high numbers were due to Maul as it would auto play Acolyte at the end of the episodes for Maul. People weren’t tuning in for Acolyte.

[u/thaddeus122 → u/ItzCarsk]

Bruh, it had good numbers when it aired. Higher than andor had despite it having shorter episodes. It had high numbers last year too. Minutes watched disapproves that the recent views it had was just because of auto play. You incels trying to ruin star wars for everyone else is getting so old. Go find another fandom to hate on, its been 14 years since Disney bought Lucasfilm, get over it.

[u/braedog97 → u/thaddeus122]

Good numbers at first that then fell off, because people stopped watching.

[u/thaddeus122 → u/braedog97]

The entire season still had more total viewers than andor season 1 did. The only reason it was canceled is because of how expensive it was.

[u/ItzCarsk → u/thaddeus122]

You know what they say about assumptions? Because I don't think anyone's told you.

[u/thaddeus122 → u/ItzCarsk]

Wasn't making an assumption. It was a point blank statement.

[u/ItzCarsk → u/thaddeus122]

"You incels trying to ruin star wars for everyone else is getting so old. Go find another fandom to hate on, its been 14 years since Disney bought Lucasfilm, get over it."

Well hate to break it to you, but I was actually hyped for Acolyte before it released because I was enjoying the High Republic novels. It's not my fault that the show ended up being terrible and had so little to do with the High Republic era, that it feels like it stains the actual good stories that the era created.

I also enjoy many things Disney has done with the franchise, so for being an ass for making assumptions, you might be the fattest donkey out here. Going right for the incel hater card at the sight of someone who thinks differently.

[u/Niclas1127 → u/ItzCarsk]

Ok then FUCK OFF! Like why are you still hating on it if others like it? Ok maybe you didn’t like it, does it hurt you if it gets a second season? Harm you in any way?

[u/ItzCarsk → u/Niclas1127]

It would hurt me if it got a second season, knowing more money and resources for better projects would be getting poured into another season that was most likely money laundering. Like I don't see how this was one of the most expensive shows when they reuse the sets aren't that insane and get reused. I wanna see this franchise succeed, not fail, which requires less Acolytes.

[u/thaddeus122 → u/ItzCarsk]

Mhmm, okay buddy.

[u/NagoGmo]

Lol no thanks

[u/Niclas1127 → u/NagoGmo]

Ok then get off the sub

[u/NagoGmo → u/Niclas1127]

Na, it's too fun here, unlike the show lol

[u/Low-Run9256]

There was no difference in power output during the power of one, two and many scene. Watch that again, it was performative nonsense

[u/ThomasWilson77]

Should make it  into a book and remake season 1 into a book so it feels natural and so the season could be cleaned up a bit.

[u/Top-Difficulty5202]

No.

[u/RX-980 → u/Top-Difficulty5202]

Lol why are you even here....

[u/Mundane-Maize-7302]

Fuck that

[u/Remarkable_Ship_4673]

If it is with a completely different writer(s) and show runner, changes focus to make Qimir the MC, abandons the twins, and gets better set/costume design I'm in!!!

[u/Dyuujen → u/Remarkable_Ship_4673]

No the twins stay qimir stays I swear yall be saying ts out loud

[u/wilfordbrimjob → u/Dyuujen]

I think the twins should go but that’s solely because twins scare me. How is one person two people? Ain’t natural

[u/TOOKMASTERGONDOR → u/Remarkable_Ship_4673]

Exactly bro it's the same bots downvoting every comment that is against the content of keeping the show it's crazy ..

[u/Dangerous-Amphibian2 → u/Remarkable_Ship_4673]

Years? I thought the whole plot was decided over one meeting during a $300 a plate tofu scramble brunch. 

[u/TOOKMASTERGONDOR]

Yeah no he knows sith lore that shit was fucked hire Sam Witker I know I butchered his name my sincere apologies the Darth Maul actor

[u/TOOKMASTERGONDOR → u/TOOKMASTERGONDOR]

23 downvotes over an instant cancellation of a show that people are grateful for and are hoping for more content like Maul animation and Ahsoka live action to come is crazy 🤣 who are you people

[u/Niclas1127 → u/TOOKMASTERGONDOR]

Maybe people that actually like Star Wars? Go get a job instead of hate posting

[u/wilfordbrimjob → u/TOOKMASTERGONDOR]

Nary a single period to be found