Elon Musk Reacts To "Star Wars: The Acolyte" Creator: "Crazier Than The
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Elon Musk on Tuesday reacted to recent remarks from �Star Wars: The Acolyte� creator Leslye Headland about her new Disney+ show, calling them �crazier
than the �South Park� parody.�
Musk took to X and commented on an old clip of the director/showrunner
talking about watching �Frozen� as an adult and was captivated by �the
concept of true love being between two sisters and not a heterosexual relationship. She said it �inspired� her to create a similar story that her parents would have allowed her to watch when she was a younger �queer�
person.
�Reality is actually crazier than the South Park parody!� Musk wrote, referencing a �South Park� episode that torched the President of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, for recent Disney box office flops, specifically �Star
Wars� movies that have had little to no connection to the original trilogy.
In the episode titled �Joining the Panderverse,� Kennedy is ripped for recycling successful films but replacing the characters with minorities.
The clip shows one part of the episode where a group of Disney executives
tell CEO Bob Iger, �We don�t understand it, sir. We keep making the same
movie over and over and pandering to everyone, but suddenly it�s not
working.�
Reality is actually crazier than the South Park parody!
� Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 19, 2024
Iger replied, �Then we�ve got to pander harder!�
�The Acolyte� director recently talked about how her new Sith-focused series isn�t going to be like what fans have seen in shows like �The Mandalorian� or �Andor.�
Headland said her new series looks �at the Jedi as an institution, as a concept, as an entity that has amassed a lot of power. And that�s good, I�m
not saying that�s wrong.�
�But I do think that when Jodie Turner-Smith has that line at the end of the trailer, when she says, �It�s not about good or bad, this is about power and who�s allowed to use it,� really I think that�s the question we�re asking,�
she added. �That�s really the question. It�s not, �Is somebody good, is somebody bad?� There�s an imbalance.�
�Someone might be imbalanced morally, but if there�s a power imbalance, how does that affect the power of Star Wars?� the director continued. �And we�ve never seen the good guys outnumber the bad guys to this extent. I guess
that�s how it�s different.�
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