[Nicky91]

https://deadline.com/2024/08/the-aco...us-1236044233/

The story of The Acolyte will not continue, with Lucasfilm opting not to proceed with a second season of the Star Wars offshoot starring Amandla Stenberg, sources tell Deadline.

Word of the decision comes more than a month after the eight-episode first season of the series from creator, director, executive producer and showrunner Leslye Headland wrapped its run on Disney+.

The news is not entirely surprising. The Acolyte did OK with critics, with 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, but divided Star Wars fans, which was reflected in its overall viewership.

Driven by interest into the venerable space franchise, The Acolyte got off to a strong start when it launched June 4 with two episodes, generating 4.8M views in its first day on the streamer to rank as the biggest series premiere on Disney+ this year. The tally rose to 11.1 million views globally after five days of streaming. Corroborating Disney’s data, the series made its debut on Nielsen’s Top 10 originals chart in its premiere week at No. 7 (488 million minutes viewed), climbing to No. 6 the following week.

But The Acolyte could not sustain the momentum, dropping out of the Top 10 in Week 3 and staying off before returning at No. 10 after the release of the finale (335M minutes, believed to be the lowest for a Star Wars series finale).

Like fellow global streamers Netflix and Prime Video, Disney+ has a high viewership threshold for renewing high-end, big-budget series that cost well above $100M per season to make.

In interviews, Headland has revealed that she had pitched her ideas for a second season, sharing her hopes for a renewal.

Lucasfilm’s first — and most successful to date — Disney+ series, The Mandalorian, is carrying on, crossing over to features with the upcoming The Mandalorian & Grogu. Ahsoka, the company’s series that proceeded The Acolyte, has been renewed for a second season.

The Acolyte was a mystery-thriller that took viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.

[Nicky91]

above 100 million budget

jeez, then yeah not a surprise at all

[Nicky91]

Disney should more focus on a slightly lower budget for series and work up from there, maybe slightly lesser known casts but might have more potential for multiple seasons



big shows with big budgets rarely last past one season, same with Terra Nova (and that one got better reviews than this) but also way too expensive

[Oliver_W]

All I really know about this show is that the kid who jumped out the window in Game of Thrones is in it, and he seems to have turned 50 in those few years; and that a woman from it released a really cringey rap video

Is the show actually good?

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

All I really know about this show is that the kid who jumped out the window in Game of Thrones is in it, and he seems to have turned 50 in those few years; and that a woman from it released a really cringey rap video

Is the show actually good?

Have you not seen the Witches chanting clip?

Youtube video

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Mystic Mock

Have you not seen the Witches chanting clip?

Youtube video

Sure but almost all Star Wars has embarrassingly bad moments.

[Mystic Mock]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Sure but almost all Star Wars has embarrassingly bad moments.

Not normally that bad.