Why Does No One like The Acolyte?

In this video, I talk about the most recent Star Wars show called The Acolyte, this new show has been kinda interesting and peoples reaction to the show has been even more so. I'll talk about the reasons why there was so much backlash to this show and why I think political or religious reasons should not effect the content and what we think about certain media.

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[marcoglara]

You said fans shouldn’t let politics dictate their experience.

The problem is, the studio is most definitely letting politics dictate their storytelling and messaging.

Fans don’t want that. And that’s fair.

[michaelfreedom.]

Wake up, man. Disney Star Wars is dead.🪦👻

[Jaromellz]

I want to be transported to a galaxy far, far away, not to planet Earth 2024 in Star Wars costumes.

[Pedigru]

I don't mean to be disrespectful to you but you're wrong. The show is written badly and alters established lore/history. This is why people don't like the show. It has nothing to do with the extremely heavy gay agenda present in the show. Also, sorry, but did you say you really liked Kenobi?

oof

[Thinkinghurts]

It’s bad storytelling and bad acting and treating viewers as if they are dumb.

[tomt]

Star Wars fans have every right to say enough is enough. I don't know of a company that has turned on it's original fanbase more than Disney Lucasfilm has. The very thing they claim we are against (diversity), is the thing that has always been a huge part of Star Wars. George Lucas even recently defended the apparent lack of diversity in the Star Wars universe for crying out loud.

Real fans don't care about who the lead is, they care that the lead is well written and the story is compelling. Modern day Star Wars (with a few exceptions) lacks any emotion or imagination. There are a few projects in the SW universe under Disney that I'm thankful for but the rest including the sequel trilogy range from underwhelming to down right insulting. To take the inappropriate 1% of fans and somehow label all dissenting voices with that brush is so disingenuous.

How does a company buy a $4B franchise and have no plan, no story outline for episodes VII-IX? How does this company fail to reunite the original cast in even a single scene? How does such a big company publicly announce several projects only to cancel them shortly after? How does a company selectively fire certain actors for voicing their opinions but not others? How does a company like this fire several directors / creatives shortly after announcing them? How does a company lose hundreds of millions of dollars on an Indiana Jones movie? How has Disney still not turned a profit 12 years after acquiring Lucasfilm despite putting out more content in that stretch than the 35 years that preceded it? I could go on and on but rest assured that there are legitimate grievances by fans who have simply had enough.

[sepelinit]

Youre the perfect person to watch this show. No expectations just star wars inspired. Youre a casual but youll need to understand there are fans of this franchise who are super invested (to a fault sometimes) to how this story is told

[nickojonsson]

You don't hear your own hypocricsy in "I don't believe your political or personal beliefs should dictate what you watch" but it's perfectly fine they dictate what you shove down people's throats?

[thepupil]

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[blitzme]

make me a bird, so I can fly far far away from a galaxy far far away that lost its mind

[smurfie]

Sometimes when I close my eyes I can't see

[attilamarics]

Isnt it interesting to you that you tried to argue its a fine show, but at the same time you said its not interesting, and you arent looking forward to the next episode? Even according to you it snot political reasons to not watch it, the show is just uninteresting.

[SuperKingash]

"i like how the jedi DIDN'T use their lightsabers to fight unlike the jedi from before that just killed everything" yeh we can tell your a huge star wars fan

[olafbaeyens]

Graphically it looks like Star Wars, but all the rest is not Star Wars at all. The only creators that truly grasps what Star Wars is are the CGI creators but the writers and actors don't.

[edouthouse]

This is a meaningless 'critique' of SW and 'Why Does No One like The Acolyte?' The fact you said you're going to watch a SW show no matter what, just proves you're a shill. You get a thumbs down.

[marcoglara]

The reason it’s rated a poorly isn’t only because it’s a mediocre show.


If that was the only reason, a small fan base would approve of its content.

This is Star Wars, it has a huge fan base. So the expectations are very high. Rather than meet those expectations, they’ve spoiled the lore for existing fans with simple plots, riddled with mistakes and weird messaging.

[marcoglara]

The reason it’s rated so poorly isn’t only because it’s a mediocre show.

If that was the only reason, a small fan base would approve of its content.

This is Star Wars, it has a huge fan base. So the expectations are very high. Rather than meet those expectations, they’ve spoiled the lore for existing fans with simple plots, riddled with mistakes and weird messaging.

[andrewdopple]

So this is the type of person they made the show for. Someone too afraid to criticize and too eager to consume purely off label bias.

[the_bigsteve]

Been watching stars wars for as long as i can remember, I love the originals and I'm sad to see what disney did with the sequels but honestly The Acolyte is pretty good imo, defiently enjoying it more then most other disney projects atm.

[Mitzrael-ykpu]

It's not review bombing/ political believes, when FANS of star wars are angry at the fact that the writing is awful the source material was not respected at all, the people behind it are not FANS of star wars (like that actor saying anakin destroyed the death star, what a joke), you have projects with great diversity that are GREAT due to respecting the lore and good writing, not all are Haters just because they have an agenda...but because their beloved franchise is being completely destroyed, and now they will get it where it hurts, their pockets, no views = no money! so They will eventually change or die, at this point me and several other former fans of Star Wars will not watch any more of this garbage.