Agreed. Why can’t people just watch a show and enjoy it for what it is? The scrutiny is ridiculous. Good visuals, decent acting and an interesting, new story and characters.
Decent acting from a couple – atrocious acting from the rest. Some good visuals but others were bland or obvious volume/soundstage… plus the locations didn’t feel lived in and were pretty hollow.
The writing was the killer. I never once felt like I was in the Star Wars universe; it felt like I was watching an off-broadway fantasy production. Certainly not the $180MM project that was expected to be produced. All in all, these factors combined to create an anti-immersive experience.
Scrutiny is not something people go searching for – its how people express and articulate how something makes them feel; this piece of media made most people feel negatively and the scrutiny is their explanation why.
Well for one by actual disney continuity the sith shouldn’t be there. Two Anakin was supposed to be the only one to be born through the force. Three the bleeding of the crystal by disney lore as seen in the clone wars and books that are cannon doesn’t happen during battle itsa ritual. That’s what most people are upset about is how they disregard lore and continuity just to do what they want.
Do you think the Sith were actually gone and not just in hiding? Clearly they weren’t, Episode 1 had two of them on screen.
Nobody ever said Anakin was the only one created like that, and he’s still the most powerful.
Kyber bleeding works just fine with what we’ve seen in Star Wars Jedi Survivor, and that’s also canon. It can be a different process for different people.
For one, Gorge Lucas is the one who created Darth Plagueis, who was around when the Jedi thought there were no Sith. 2. Anakin was created by the force alone without outside help, Osha and Mia where created with the witch’s manipulation of the force, with probably the help of Darth Plagueis which he is said to be doing during that time when the Emperor was seducing Anakin to the Darkside in the theater scene. 3. There’s more than one way to bleed a Crystal it’s not the same for everyone
I loved the show please give us another season. I am a devoted Star Wars fan,my children,grand children and great gran d children are all great fans our family has been fans since I saw the first movie and fell in love with the stories. Now we are a family of fans. Please give the fans a second season,Don t pay attention to trolls and naysayers who are never happy with any t hing but love messing things up for others.
I have no issue with people who like the show. But the people who don’t like the show have VERY valid reasons. They are not “trolls and naysayers who are never happy with anything.” That’s just mean and inconsiderate for you to say that.
I am disappointed in the show because it could have been a thrilling edge of your seat mystery thriller. Bit the writing is lazy, so many scenes are contrived that I stated saying “and it just so happens” before any significant plot point.
But just because I and many others expected and hoped for a better script, a more compelling story and a strong conflict between light and dark or good and evil, doesn’t mean we are trolls and it doesn’t mean the show can’t be enjoyed by some people.
The Acolyte was marketed as an epic mystery thriller that dives into the origins of the light and dark sides of the force. Now imagine if Wizards of Waverly Place was marketed exactly like Harry Potter and you watched Wizards of Waverly Place expecting a Harry Potter type show. Most people would be disappointed, upset, and would give it negative reviews. But Wizards of Waverly Place WASN’T
marketed that way, it was marketed for what it is so most people generally liked it for what it is.
If the Acolyte was done as a kids animation with no changes whatsoever other than being animated and marketed to primarily kids, it would have been better recieved because expectations would have been better aligned with the reality of what the show is.
You can either take a step back and look at things objectively and see that thise if us who are disappointed do have valid points. Or just go on believing that there are millions and millions and millions of trolls out there with nothing better to do that hate on a Star Wars show because you can’t imagine anyone not seeing the Acolyte as a cinematic masterpiece.
I’m sure during the Industrial Revolution there were some people saying “don’t listen to the trolls yelling about workplace conditions and child labor, we want you to keep producing cheap goods”
When quality is dialed back to 0, it is imperative that the consumer express their displeasure. Us “trolls” and “naysayers” don’t want Star Wars to go away forever, we want it to go away until such time that they can consistently release products that have the quality to appeal to the broader fanbase and not just the Disney supporters.
Up until the last Ep I was a maybe, but now I am a go for season 2. It is better than most of the new SW novels so If I’ve wasted as many hours on my life on most of the High Republic media (more than 30 hours…) I’m willing to give this show another 4 hours of a chance to be in the top 30% of post- Disney -aquired Lucasfilm content. For the unsatisfied critics, go read Rise of the Red Blade. Peace
God I hope not. This was just awful to watch. Abhorrent is too nice a word to use for this crap. Let’s hope Kennedy and headland get axed for this crap.
It was so bad I decided to rewrite my own script as a fan fiction novel just to make up for the lack of continuity and disappointment I experienced while watching. Thank you.
It was horrible! Absolutely! Took something good and dragged it through the mud. Now they’re throwing a soundtrack to it??? Hahaha. No one needs or wants that. Prepare to lose more money, which is supposed to be the name of the game. Which apparently isn’t, so what is the goal here disney?
I think the short episode run times made it feel a little choppy here and there, but it’s a good show that gave us real characters that need more air time it’s a very compelling story and time frame that definitely deserves more fleshing out a season 2 with at least 12 or more hour long episodes would give outstanding grab for all
All this because of these “hardcore fans” that are complaining possibly about the difference on the the tone of the jedi wookie growling…., the story has a lot to offer, now Disney have a great plot ahead to work with in order to connect everything.
The Acolyte was a masterclass in fan service. It aways left me wanting more, the story was accessible, while still asking questions about power and how fear affects those with and without it. As it went on from a amazing first episode, yes it could have been better, but it had all the elements that make a great star wars epic. If there is no second series because of stupid boys who can’t stand a female lead, let alone a female show runner, then shame on the fan base.
There were some good aspects of the series but they need to move on from prequels. The reason why is that we already know the outcome and the story has to make the Jedi incompetent and oblivious since we know that order 66 is coming. The only prequel that I’d now be interested in seeing is a Yoda based story. The Acolyte had top many plot holes and nonsensical situations. Sol didn’t murder the twins mother. He killed her during a battle when she went all misty. It looked like an attack to me. Why did the tracker disable Sol’s ship when he was about to capture Mae? Sith are active and kyber crystals are turning red but Yoda doesn’t sense anything and get involved. Why because the Jedi can’t be alerted of the Sith until Anakin is found on Tattoinne. Just move on but not with Ray who’s too overpowered after 2 days if training.
U was going to watch. But When Headland talked about how DEI it was, I refused to watch. Everyone I know who watched at least some of it told me how really bad it was. Another 200 or do million down the drain for Disney.
I hope this show receives a second season. It has both earned and deserves it. Your premise is as flawed as it is ignorant. The show was critically well received (with over 80% critic ratings from Rotten Tomatoes alone). You have fallen into the trap of listening to vocal vitriolic minority and thinking they have more power and influence than they should ever be allowed to wield. Let’s hope that Disney doesn’t listen to them…or you!
Im not a star wars fan but I do enjoy good tv shows and mysteries. This show leads you no where. Terrible writing, terrible direction. Nothing made any sense. Why did Basil sabotage Sol’s ship while in pursuit of Osha? Why on earth would a coven of space witches live on a planet that can easily catch fire? Was Yoda complicit in this cover up? The show and story is trash!
This show was drole, full,of bad writing, very predicable plot twists, super bad directing and overal was uninteresting and far from entertaining.
If I am paying to watch a show, at the very least I want it to hold my attention, and not give me entire episodes that have no value to the advancement of the plot that make my brain slip into a coma.
Yes it had light sabre battles, and it introduced a very rare metal called Cortosis which was kinda cool.
But punching so many wholes in canon that my SIX year old (who loves and adores the first 6 movies) said to me, Daddy this is not the same Star Wars I love and he never finished a full episode because he was bored senseless really does say something about the show. He doesn’t want any of its merchandise either, and this tells me that this franchise is as DEAD as it gets.
I personally thought the last episode was junk, and making the Jedi out to be liars and the villians of the show was absurd. Putting Plagus in there like a creepy perv watching feom the shadows was not the way to introduce a very well created character that loved the public spot light, just like Palpatine was absurd. And having the rogue green skinned Jedi tell yoda that Sol was the cause of all the deaths was crap. Jedi are stoic, and the upholders of truth, not lying.
This show was the last nail in the coffin for DISNEY to get any of my families hard earned cash, and we cancelled the subscription, because just like the service name, Disney Plus, that’s about the same grade as the entertainment provided, a D+ low level of entertainment.
Really enjoyed the show, myself. I never got the feeling the viewer numbers were THAT bad, based on the broad spectrum of reports I read. Maybe not the best, but not abysmal.
Comments for Disney Announces Volume 2 of ‘The Acolyte’
Mary
I liked the show. It kept your interest. Reconsider please
Rohan
Same here, I actually loved it and I thought it was refreshing to have Jedi that hadn’t turned to the Dark side doing some dark stuff
Rod
Show was trash
CHris
Agreed. Why can’t people just watch a show and enjoy it for what it is? The scrutiny is ridiculous. Good visuals, decent acting and an interesting, new story and characters.
Warren
Its super simple FIRE THE FEMINISTS RUINING STAR WARS!
M.E.
Decent acting from a couple – atrocious acting from the rest. Some good visuals but others were bland or obvious volume/soundstage… plus the locations didn’t feel lived in and were pretty hollow.
The writing was the killer. I never once felt like I was in the Star Wars universe; it felt like I was watching an off-broadway fantasy production. Certainly not the $180MM project that was expected to be produced. All in all, these factors combined to create an anti-immersive experience.
Scrutiny is not something people go searching for – its how people express and articulate how something makes them feel; this piece of media made most people feel negatively and the scrutiny is their explanation why.
Ted
I agree it wasn’t terrible. Actually pretty violent for a Disney+ original. The young Sith was impressive and I enjoyed the heel turn.
Todd Hudson
Well for one by actual disney continuity the sith shouldn’t be there. Two Anakin was supposed to be the only one to be born through the force. Three the bleeding of the crystal by disney lore as seen in the clone wars and books that are cannon doesn’t happen during battle itsa ritual. That’s what most people are upset about is how they disregard lore and continuity just to do what they want.
Andy
Do you think the Sith were actually gone and not just in hiding? Clearly they weren’t, Episode 1 had two of them on screen.
Nobody ever said Anakin was the only one created like that, and he’s still the most powerful.
Kyber bleeding works just fine with what we’ve seen in Star Wars Jedi Survivor, and that’s also canon. It can be a different process for different people.
Leonard
For one, Gorge Lucas is the one who created Darth Plagueis, who was around when the Jedi thought there were no Sith. 2. Anakin was created by the force alone without outside help, Osha and Mia where created with the witch’s manipulation of the force, with probably the help of Darth Plagueis which he is said to be doing during that time when the Emperor was seducing Anakin to the Darkside in the theater scene. 3. There’s more than one way to bleed a Crystal it’s not the same for everyone
Dearldean Hall
I loved the show please give us another season. I am a devoted Star Wars fan,my children,grand children and great gran d children are all great fans our family has been fans since I saw the first movie and fell in love with the stories. Now we are a family of fans. Please give the fans a second season,Don t pay attention to trolls and naysayers who are never happy with any t hing but love messing things up for others.
Dark Lord
I have no issue with people who like the show. But the people who don’t like the show have VERY valid reasons. They are not “trolls and naysayers who are never happy with anything.” That’s just mean and inconsiderate for you to say that.
I am disappointed in the show because it could have been a thrilling edge of your seat mystery thriller. Bit the writing is lazy, so many scenes are contrived that I stated saying “and it just so happens” before any significant plot point.
But just because I and many others expected and hoped for a better script, a more compelling story and a strong conflict between light and dark or good and evil, doesn’t mean we are trolls and it doesn’t mean the show can’t be enjoyed by some people.
The Acolyte was marketed as an epic mystery thriller that dives into the origins of the light and dark sides of the force. Now imagine if Wizards of Waverly Place was marketed exactly like Harry Potter and you watched Wizards of Waverly Place expecting a Harry Potter type show. Most people would be disappointed, upset, and would give it negative reviews. But Wizards of Waverly Place WASN’T
marketed that way, it was marketed for what it is so most people generally liked it for what it is.
If the Acolyte was done as a kids animation with no changes whatsoever other than being animated and marketed to primarily kids, it would have been better recieved because expectations would have been better aligned with the reality of what the show is.
You can either take a step back and look at things objectively and see that thise if us who are disappointed do have valid points. Or just go on believing that there are millions and millions and millions of trolls out there with nothing better to do that hate on a Star Wars show because you can’t imagine anyone not seeing the Acolyte as a cinematic masterpiece.
Bishop X
Well Said, Dark Lord!!! I agree completely with everything you said!
M.E.
I’m sure during the Industrial Revolution there were some people saying “don’t listen to the trolls yelling about workplace conditions and child labor, we want you to keep producing cheap goods”
When quality is dialed back to 0, it is imperative that the consumer express their displeasure. Us “trolls” and “naysayers” don’t want Star Wars to go away forever, we want it to go away until such time that they can consistently release products that have the quality to appeal to the broader fanbase and not just the Disney supporters.
M Lopez
I’m glad you enjoyed it, but no.
I’m not going to deconstruct it for anyone, but no.
Thanks, but no thanks.
No to season 2.
Big Steve
Dark lord I agree No to season 2
Brian
Up until the last Ep I was a maybe, but now I am a go for season 2. It is better than most of the new SW novels so If I’ve wasted as many hours on my life on most of the High Republic media (more than 30 hours…) I’m willing to give this show another 4 hours of a chance to be in the top 30% of post- Disney -aquired Lucasfilm content. For the unsatisfied critics, go read Rise of the Red Blade. Peace
JO
I would hope that Starwars is not tarnished with a second season.
Michael
It was bad. Jedi were to wimp with no confidence. Episode’s 1 said 7 should have been one Episode. I could go on and on but won’t.
Kevin
God I hope not. This was just awful to watch. Abhorrent is too nice a word to use for this crap. Let’s hope Kennedy and headland get axed for this crap.
Leonel
It was so bad I decided to rewrite my own script as a fan fiction novel just to make up for the lack of continuity and disappointment I experienced while watching. Thank you.
J
It was horrible! Absolutely! Took something good and dragged it through the mud. Now they’re throwing a soundtrack to it??? Hahaha. No one needs or wants that. Prepare to lose more money, which is supposed to be the name of the game. Which apparently isn’t, so what is the goal here disney?
Adam
I think the short episode run times made it feel a little choppy here and there, but it’s a good show that gave us real characters that need more air time it’s a very compelling story and time frame that definitely deserves more fleshing out a season 2 with at least 12 or more hour long episodes would give outstanding grab for all
Dee
All this because of these “hardcore fans” that are complaining possibly about the difference on the the tone of the jedi wookie growling…., the story has a lot to offer, now Disney have a great plot ahead to work with in order to connect everything.
Stephen
It was a really good series. Looked forward to it every week. Don’t understand the negative comments. Disappointed there will not be season 2
Dan O'Connor
The Acolyte was a masterclass in fan service. It aways left me wanting more, the story was accessible, while still asking questions about power and how fear affects those with and without it. As it went on from a amazing first episode, yes it could have been better, but it had all the elements that make a great star wars epic. If there is no second series because of stupid boys who can’t stand a female lead, let alone a female show runner, then shame on the fan base.
Anthony Ewing
There were some good aspects of the series but they need to move on from prequels. The reason why is that we already know the outcome and the story has to make the Jedi incompetent and oblivious since we know that order 66 is coming. The only prequel that I’d now be interested in seeing is a Yoda based story. The Acolyte had top many plot holes and nonsensical situations. Sol didn’t murder the twins mother. He killed her during a battle when she went all misty. It looked like an attack to me. Why did the tracker disable Sol’s ship when he was about to capture Mae? Sith are active and kyber crystals are turning red but Yoda doesn’t sense anything and get involved. Why because the Jedi can’t be alerted of the Sith until Anakin is found on Tattoinne. Just move on but not with Ray who’s too overpowered after 2 days if training.
AH
U was going to watch. But When Headland talked about how DEI it was, I refused to watch. Everyone I know who watched at least some of it told me how really bad it was. Another 200 or do million down the drain for Disney.
Adrian
I hope this show receives a second season. It has both earned and deserves it. Your premise is as flawed as it is ignorant. The show was critically well received (with over 80% critic ratings from Rotten Tomatoes alone). You have fallen into the trap of listening to vocal vitriolic minority and thinking they have more power and influence than they should ever be allowed to wield. Let’s hope that Disney doesn’t listen to them…or you!
David
Im not a star wars fan but I do enjoy good tv shows and mysteries. This show leads you no where. Terrible writing, terrible direction. Nothing made any sense. Why did Basil sabotage Sol’s ship while in pursuit of Osha? Why on earth would a coven of space witches live on a planet that can easily catch fire? Was Yoda complicit in this cover up? The show and story is trash!
Peter
This show was drole, full,of bad writing, very predicable plot twists, super bad directing and overal was uninteresting and far from entertaining.
If I am paying to watch a show, at the very least I want it to hold my attention, and not give me entire episodes that have no value to the advancement of the plot that make my brain slip into a coma.
Yes it had light sabre battles, and it introduced a very rare metal called Cortosis which was kinda cool.
But punching so many wholes in canon that my SIX year old (who loves and adores the first 6 movies) said to me, Daddy this is not the same Star Wars I love and he never finished a full episode because he was bored senseless really does say something about the show. He doesn’t want any of its merchandise either, and this tells me that this franchise is as DEAD as it gets.
I personally thought the last episode was junk, and making the Jedi out to be liars and the villians of the show was absurd. Putting Plagus in there like a creepy perv watching feom the shadows was not the way to introduce a very well created character that loved the public spot light, just like Palpatine was absurd. And having the rogue green skinned Jedi tell yoda that Sol was the cause of all the deaths was crap. Jedi are stoic, and the upholders of truth, not lying.
This show was the last nail in the coffin for DISNEY to get any of my families hard earned cash, and we cancelled the subscription, because just like the service name, Disney Plus, that’s about the same grade as the entertainment provided, a D+ low level of entertainment.
Pete O.
Really enjoyed the show, myself. I never got the feeling the viewer numbers were THAT bad, based on the broad spectrum of reports I read. Maybe not the best, but not abysmal.
I would like a second season.
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