Why The Acolyte is the WORST of Star Wars | Video Essay

In this Disney Star Wars Video Essay, we are finally bringing our videos on The Acolyte to an end, as the show has now completed its 8-episode run on Disney Plus. The Acolyte from Leslye Headland has seen its fair share of controversy throughout its run, but we take an in-depth look into why this is one of if not the worst Star Wars Show yet. How have Disney and Lucasfilm allowed Star Wars to become a laughing stock? We dive into it all and close the chapter on this terrible show.

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The Acolyte (2024)
Ahsoka (2023)
The Rise of Skywalker (2019)
The Last Jedi (2017)
The Force Awakens (2015)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
The Mandalorian (2020)

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
1:43 - 100k Subscriber Giveaway
2:57 - Part 1: Writing
15:35 - Part 2: A New Low
21:44 - Outro

[vincentjames]

I lost it at Darth Vader " The power of 😅

[MattMSG]

"I've got a real strong feeling we haven't seen the last of the Acolyte."

And here we are, with the show cancelled.

[raindropsonthewindowsill]

That intro caused irreparable, mental damage💀

[YuriBoechat-efts]

The acctual tragedy of Darth Plagueis is that his first appearance is in Acolyte

[roscoeorginal]

To be honest, making the Star Wars universe feel small is a crazy accomplishment.

[trapgxdzeus]

The Acolyte has its issues without a doubt. But lets not sit here and act like Episode IX didn't happen. That's still the absolute worse thing Disney Star Wars has ever created.

[SoupHahn]

Hearing that shit from Vader is devastating😢

[bacardiratzratz]

I still don't understand how Headland is not cancelled for being the former assistant of
Harvey Weinstein. If she was a man, people would freak out that someone with her past works on a huge franchise like Star Wars.

[geobla]

The power of "Maannny" is people boycotting these awful shows by not watching them.

[MADLADCOMICS]

Ozzy: "I don't think this will be the last we'll see of the acolyte"

The Acolyte: "this was the last time he ever saw me"

[MarkLittle-rqbq]

When Vernestra finishes explaining herself, Yoda states, "GREAT deception I sense in you. BLAMELESS, Sol is! Think me blind, do you? Take over this investigation, I shall - a Jedi, YOU are NOT."

[StayClosedDelorean]

This whole franchise needs to be put on hiatus already. I've never seen a media brand get milked so hard to the point of complete and utter drainage of any charm it had to begin with.

Let this franchise die. Remember when franchises would just die? I miss that.

[billusher]

Basically Disney needs to take every achievement by the original characters and give it to their new ones
Han Solo didn’t redeem himself, he failed
Anakin wasn’t the chosen one, it was Rey
Luke didn’t defeat the empire and emperor, it was Rey
Plagueis didn’t discover how to create life, he learned it from the witches
etc.

[stringbender]

This was the worst most idiotic show ever made. Even if it wasnt in the Star Wars universe. It was literally the worst writing and directing ive ever seen outside of middle school talent shows

[itszeronizer]

Alas, Disney still refuses to acknowledge that it’s DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

[Ivbo]

The Acolyte has got me rethinking my hate for the sequels…having a real life *”Perhaps I judged you too harshly”* moment.

[sharkanenoa]

The only lesson they learned from SOUTH PARK was to DOUBLE THE FUCK DOWN!!!

[LuciidDreamz]

I love that you actually break it down why it’s bad instead of just raging at it for 20min. Articulate analysis is really the only way to fight against this nonsense and the people defending it.

[billscott]

Squid games guy is probably glad his character is is dead, he won’t have to do a second season, we hope.

[vinson]

Prove to me that the cloud-monster mom wasn't killing May. I thought maybe they were teleporting, but then horny mom does the same thing and never returns. There is nothing that says she wasn't killing May, not even her statement that Osha was allowed to go with Sol. She wasn't killing Osha, she was killing May. I'm team Sol on this.