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I haven't watched the show yet, but judging by all the "Political
Correctness" stupidity that seems to be in it, this is not really a
surprise.
'The Acolyte' Is Dead: 'Star Wars' Series Won't Return for Season 2
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"The Acolyte" will not return for Season 2.
Lucasfilm has elected not to continue with the "Star Wars" Disney+
series following its first season, which depicted the rise of the
Sith roughly 100 years before the events of "Star Wars: The Phantom
Menace."
The news comes at once as a shock, given how much of the Season 1
finale ended on a cliffhanger and teased several plotlines for a
Season 2, and not much of a surprise, given the wildly opposing
reception from fans and the less-than-robust viewership that
appeared to drop off after the series premiere in June.
Creator Leslye Headland ("Russian Doll"), an avowed "Star Wars"
super fan, set out to create the first "Star Wars" story set outside
of the core timeline in the franchise that stretches from
"The Phantom Menace" to "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." The show
followed twins Osha and Mae, both played by Amandla Stenberg, who
were separated as children and led to believe the other had been
killed. Some critics and fans loved how the show challenged the
traditional perception of the Jedi as infallible and wholly virtuous,
as embodied by the emotionally self-serving choices made by Jedi
Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae), who is responsible for removing Osha from
her family and causing her separation from her sister.
Other fans, however, felt those creative choices were antithetical
to the good-vs-evil nature of "Star Wars" storytelling, and
strongly objected to the show's expansion of the mythology of the
Force. "The Acolyte" was also review-bombed, an insidious practice
most often employed as a form of digital protest against inclusive
casts centered around actors of color and LGBTQ characters, like
Osha and Mae's mothers played by Jodie Turner-Smith and Margarita
Levieva. (The 2017 film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" was an early
recipient of this kind of trolling.)
Despite these objections, "The Acolyte" also captured a great deal
of positive reactions, especially surrounding the reveal that Manny
Jacinto ("The Good Place"), first introduced as Mae's hapless
sidekick Qimir, was really the masked Sith warrior commanding Mae to
assassinate the Jedi responsible for separating her from Osha.
A scene in which Jacinto disrobes along a rocky coastline as a tactic
to seduce Osha to the Dark Side garnered a great deal of attention,
spawning legions of thirst posts to social media. Other cast members
included Carrie-Anne Moss, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dafne
Keen, Dean-Charles Chapman and Joonas Suotamo.
Lucasfilm's next "Star Wars" series for Disney+, "Skeleton Crew,"
debuts on Dec. 3, and it could scarcely be more different from
"The Acolyte," with a cast made up mostly of children and an approach
akin to the Amblin-style kidventure tales from the 1980s. The second
and final season of "Andor," the sprawling political drama starring
Diego Luna, is set to follow in 2025, and a second season of "Ahsoka"
is in development.
Deadline first broke the story that "The Acolyte" was ending after
Season 1.
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https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-acolyte-canceled-season-2-star-wars-1236111608/>
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