Why The Acolyte is complete GARBAGE | Video Essay

In this Disney Star Wars Video Essay, we are once again taking a look at The Acolyte. It's no mystery that this show has been the center of attention online recently. As the episodes continue to drop I continue to get more and more dumbfounded with how poor this show is. We get to the bottom of why this show is one of the most poorly written pieces of Star Wars media ever created.

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
1:17 - Content
6:23 - Writing
14:33 - Budget
17:28 - Outro

[AFCN]

We've gotten to the point where reviews of a show are more entertaining than the shows themselves. Disney have truly outdone themselves

[TheTrollingMaster-xrel]

Where did the money go? The only explanation that makes sense is that the show is actually a money laundering scheme.

[hideousruin]

Leslie said a lot of the show is based on her High School fanfiction.

I can believe that as the plot and dialogue come off like they are the unedited first draft of someone's high school fan flick.

[havtheroc]

This show had writers? You mean it's NOT Headland's 180 million faux therapy session? Could have fooled me.

[marcmarc]

Remember when a TV series like "24" or "Star Trek" would release 24 episodes every year, at 43 minutes long each. That's more view time in one season than a streaming series today will give you for 3 seasons over the course of 5 years. (Madalorian, etc.)

[Shadowkiller-dqju]

It’s mainly the writing, acting, and just cheap looking at times

[TheMightyCookieShow]

When did Hollywood/disney get so lazy? I'm not talking about just what they write but a 27 minute short film for an 8 episode season? this is a joke! I just finished my SCP related film this year with almost no budget, and it runs nearly 40 minutes!

[DrAwesome]

It’s truly shocking how much worse Coruscant looks in the Acolyte compared to the prequel trilogy. It looks like they are cutting corners to save money.

In the prequels, they often show wide shots of the Jedi temple at sunset or at night to make the shot look extra dramatic and impressive. And the background is loaded with details. It looks like the capital world of an entire galaxy. In the Acolyte, they show the Jedi temple at day with that hazy background to obscure the details. There’s not nearly as many buildings and there’s 1% of the air traffic as shown in the prequels.

I also binge watched Kenobi over the weekend and it’s hard to believe Acolyte had twice the budget as that show.

[AndreNitroX]

This show is boring bad which is worse than hilariously bad. If it was atleast hilariously bad we could have fun tearing it apart, but nope it’s just boring and doesn’t deserve all of this attention. It should be forgotten like Disneys trilogy.

[primal]

The Acolyte is absolute trash! It makes me mad that Disney continues to ruin Star Wars

[Frazman]

It works out at roughly $900, 000 per minute of this absolute garbage!!

[SonOfTheOne]

When the writing, acting & production is this bad, there’s a lot to say about it.

[karstenwehsner]

Money laundering? Nobody can't say Lesley hasn't learned anything from Harvey. 😂 I wouldlove to know who else at Disney/Lucasfilm ist filling His or her pockets.

[jriggz]

i feel like the costumes are so overlooked as to why the show lacks any conviction or care, they're going from ice planets to forest planets and dress the exact same for both and their clothes have no wear on them

[SplendidSuperman]

Making fun of Disney Star Wars is way more fun than watching it now.

[DyslexicLemonz]

i think the shorter episodes are the highlight of this series so far. The less of it we have to endure the better.

[mechgouki]

Damn! My dog just left a huge pile of acolyte on the carpet!

[Devil-Made]

15:22 Jesus. The cost breakdown really puts it in perspective.

I think you nailed it: Money laundering.

[hideousruin]

It sucks that there are people who could make amazing science fiction shows that blow people's minds for probably 1 or 2 million dollars an episode, and certainly for 4 or 5, and yet it is Harvey Weinstein's Ra** Facilitator with like one or two production credits on a couple of shitty sitcoms getting around 23 million an episode to make something on par with Robyn Hood or Batwoman.

[cyanideinmycereal]

I don’t know if this is literally word-for-word true, but I remember hearing this about Disney writers:

They know that their audience isn’t really watching. The older people probably just have something on for the hell of it, and the young people are probably on TikTok 50% of the time anyway. Therefore, the story needs to be simultaneously simple enough to be understood when only half watched, and flashy and dramatic enough to draw the ADHD-riddled viewer’s attention for the brief moments that actually do require some investment.

That’s why the dialogue is usually half assed, the costumes kinda suck, and characters are only really half-motivated. Only has to make like 25-50% of sense.