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The Acolyte will not return for a second season. Disney+ has cancelled the series from the Star Wars Universe just a month after its season one finale was released on the streaming service.
Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, and Carrie-Anne Moss star in The Acolyte series, which is set during the High Republic era, one hundred years before the events seen in the Star Wars Episode I film. The show’s story follows a Jedi Master investigating a series of crimes.
The show’s overall viewership is to blame for not being picked up for a second season. Deadline revealed the following about the show’s cancellation:
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).
What do you think? Did you watch The Acolyte? Were you hoping for a second season of this Star Wars series?
i am huge fan of Star Wars! but i haven’t got the chance to watch the first season of the Acolyte yet. but i am disappointment and sad that it got cancelled. i really wish it was renewed for at least a couple of seasons.
Damn you mean Amandla Stenberg’s mumble-rap video about white privilege didn’t save the show!?
The Jedi wern’t portrayed the way they were imagined in A New Hope. They seemed much weaker. It was painful to watch. I’m sorry that this one season is now Star Wars canon.
Why do we waste our time on series like these?
I think it was a great show, finally delving into the origins of the most powerful character on the franchise, Palpatine.
The series goes to cameo Darth Plagueis nonetheless.
And now they cancel it?
What’s next? some iteration of a classic Star Wars icon transfigured into something else?
Disney Co. is just after the coin….
A pity!!
it didn’t delve into origins of anyone, it wasn’t a great show. you just didn’t watch it.
I watched it, but it really wasn’t very interesting.