The Acolyte (Cancelled) - A new low for Star Wars?

[AdahnGorion]

The new Acolyte series is out now (with two episodes) and the reception have been lukewarm so far. Currently it is sitting at 4.9 stars on IMDB
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12262202/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_acoly
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0kVcKX1Ny0


I am sure that Amazon (whom owns IMDB) will remove many reviews, but it still seems like most "fans" dislike the new approach that was tried with this new series.
The series is created by Leslye Headland, whom is well know for controversial talks about what they think SW fans are and that they want a new fanbase.

Their approach to me would be the same if you tried to sell boats in Nepal, insisting that even if there is no need or demand for it, then the Nepalese would just be discriminative or bigots, if they did not buy said boats....... seems really odd.


Have you seen the series? what do you think about it? do you want to see it? do you think the reviews are trolling or genuine? lets us all know in the comments.


Personally I don´t think there is anything wrong with the series outside what looks like a lack of demand. It does seem like many reviews are genuine and that the story, characters and so forth feel pretty flat and uninteresting. I fully respect people that might like this, but I think its far away from classic SW lore.

This show have been cancelled!
https://deadline.com/2024/08/the-acolyte-canceled-no-season-2-star-wars-disney-plus-1236044233/

Have a wonderful day all and remember to be friendly and constructive.

[savageone]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Sarge Werbenjagermanjensen #1:

Didn't star wars have a huge established lore via novels and books and then Disney got a hold of it and retconned it all?

Yes, I have read 34 of the Star Wars books about the Yuuzhan Vong war, it was a very good read. Only a few of the novels were slowly paced, most were good sci-fi.

[Spencer]

Its at the point of indifference, its so broken and lame its barely worth mocking.

They are just dancing around wearing its skin.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PkeA26bz28

[Spencer]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Chaosolous:

Star Wars was never that good anyway.

The only reason people thought it was good back then is because the past was boring af.

Was it? The movies certainly were better.

The first 3 certainly changed the genre, if you watch the other space movies during that time they were extremely corny. Star Wars set the new benchmark but even then supposedly it wasn't pervasive, from the documentaries the mania did fade away until it was forcefully revived by a chain of incompetent people, which includes George Lucas.

[Sreve]

Star Wars has and will always be terrible and is proof that with enough marketing and toy sales anything can earn money.

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Sreve:

Star Wars has and will always be terrible and is proof that with enough marketing and toy sales can earn money.

It all taught us something tho, always ALWAYS keep merchandising rights.

[aka]

It needs more lesbians and ninjas, but it's getting closer

[Sarge the Comfy Gaming Doggo]

Ursprungligen skrivet av aka:

It needs more ninjas

Acolyte has a light saber whip in it. Light saber shurikens when?

[AdahnGorion]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Chaosolous:

Star Wars was never that good anyway.

The only reason people thought it was good back then is because the past was boring af.

I think the old ones have charm. newer onces (not the modern) were decent, but nothing special.. but the modern ones is counter productive and contradicts stuff to much.

Personally most of my love for the IP came via the EU.. but that is completely destroyed.

[意味のない人生]

It looks.. bad. That trailer was more than enough for me lol.

[Jackie Daytona]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Chaosolous:

Star Wars was never that good anyway.

The only reason people thought it was good back then is because the past was boring af.

lol.

I have the rare privilege of having seen the original cuts of the film. (Literally anything you've bought/seen since the original release has been edited/enhanced.) The spaceships have really wack cinematography. Everything else? Amazing.

There were plenty of great movies in the late 70's and early 80's. Saying it was "boring af" shows a lack of class, knowledge, and appreciation for that which came before.

'Star Wars' came at the tail end of a Sci-Fi trend. And was a blockbuster. And spawned a fanbase that lasted DECADES.

Even my OG cut is better than anything Disney has put out. Luke gasping as he fires the proton torpedoes and the music is all like DUN DUN DUNT DA DA DUNT DUNT DUNT? And then it explodes. Brilliant. Then followed by "The Force will be with you... always."

Great storytelling survives the test of time.

[AdahnGorion]

Ursprungligen skrivet av UberNova津波:

It looks.. bad. That trailer was more than enough for me lol.

I felt the same way.
Its a shame, because there was so much potential buying this IP for Disney... but they have yet to make a surplus from the cost of the IP.... imagine all the things they have released and still its not enough to break even..

While Mandalorian, Andor, even Ahsoka (never been a fan of the animated series, but some seem to like the live capture with her as the star) could be considered decent (none of them are great in my opinion) a series like this, might end up having people flock away.

I don´t understand why they don´t hire people (both writers, actors, etc) that love and know SW lore... its industry standard to do that.. atleast if they don´t then you make them read or see source material.. but nope... not here... you hire on a different metrix.

The only thing Disney will understand is if they lose money ^^

[Spencer]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Jackie Daytona:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Chaosolous:

Star Wars was never that good anyway.

The only reason people thought it was good back then is because the past was boring af.

lol.

I have the rare privilege of having seen the original cuts of the film. (Literally anything you've bought/seen since the original release has been edited/enhanced.) The spaceships have really wack cinematography. Everything else? Amazing.

There were plenty of great movies in the late 70's and early 80's. Saying it was "boring af" shows a lack of class, knowledge, and appreciation for that which came before.

'Star Wars' came at the tail end of a Sci-Fi trend. And was a blockbuster. And spawned a fanbase that lasted DECADES.

Even my OG cut is better than anything Disney has put out. Luke gasping as he fires the proton torpedoes and the music is all like DUN DUN DUNT DA DA DUNT DUNT DUNT? And then it explodes. Brilliant. Then followed by "The Force will be with you... always."

Great storytelling survives the test of time.

Yes there are fan restorations of the 70mm 4k77 etc which are worth a watch if you can get your hands on them, unmolested by the modern George Lucas.

He was only the director on the first movie, the other two directors are pretty much forgotten which was the start of the problem.

After the midochlorian nonsense it became clear he didn't understand his own films.

He may have planted the seed but it was other people that made his original films work.

[Jackie Daytona]

Ursprungligen skrivet av AdahnGorion:

Ursprungligen skrivet av UberNova津波:

It looks.. bad. That trailer was more than enough for me lol.

I felt the same way.
Its a shame, because there was so much potential buying this IP for Disney... but they have yet to make a surplus from the cost of the IP.... imagine all the things they have released and still its not enough to break even..

While Mandalorian, Andor, even Ahsoka (never been a fan of the animated series, but some seem to like the live capture with her as the star) could be considered decent (none of them are great in my opinion) a series like this, might end up having people flock away.

I don´t understand why they don´t hire people (both writers, actors, etc) that love and know SW lore... its industry standard to do that.. atleast if they don´t then you make them read or see source material.. but nope... not here... you hire on a different metrix.

The only thing Disney will understand is if they lose money ^^

Disney doesn't care what fans think. In the slightest. Their only concern is how much money they can get from investment groups. It's whatever they want.

The fans don't matter. Only the richest people on earth with political agendas matter. As far as Disney is concerned.

It's not even about money. Disney is 100% prepared to run the company into the ground over meaningless political views of its leadership.

[savageone]

The final building that was once part of Industrial Light and Magic, a Lucas owned production facility was recently cleaned out. The equipment and tools were auctioned off. There are only a couple of the buildings in San Rafael, California left and they are owned or leased by other business or they have been demolished and new buildings put up.

[Jackie Daytona]

Ursprungligen skrivet av Spencer:

Ursprungligen skrivet av Jackie Daytona:

lol.

I have the rare privilege of having seen the original cuts of the film. (Literally anything you've bought/seen since the original release has been edited/enhanced.) The spaceships have really wack cinematography. Everything else? Amazing.

Yes there are fan restorations of the 70mm 4k77 etc which are worth a watch if you can get your hands on them, unmolested by the modern George Lucas.

I actually have the original VHS 4:3 cuts of the movie. The original colors are way better than the "restored" versions.

I also have the original home-release of episode 1. With the really horrible Yoda.

I really wish I hadn't passed on the opportunity to own the laserdisc versions. The deleted scenes are mind-blowing. An entire scene was devoted to Luke going to buy power converters. Which establishes Biggs. (Although I totally agree with the decision to cut that from the movie. As it is incredibly boring.)