The Acolyte is a Financial Failure

[@SolarinDay]

The show is a massive insult to what few fans of Star Wars remain.

[@hotfroganimations]

I agree, despite all their faults I’ve actually enjoyed these tv shows, this one is flat out impossible to get behind.

[@SolarinDay]

@hotfroganimations the plot is all over the place, makes little to no sense, Leslie treated the Canon like a kids toy that was actually something very fragile. She also took away from the main character even more, reducing him to the second being conceived through the Force.

[@DarkRipper117]

It's gonna be a herculean effort to try and get those back, practically is beyond them at this point, and I think they know it, that's why they're so desperate for that illusive modern audience that never seems to materialize.

[@SolarinDay]

@DarkRipper117 Oh, there is an EASY way to do it. They just won't, as it requires admission that they were wrong for one. Then KK has to scuttle her own legacy and decanonize the sequel trilogy, publicly denounce it. Flush everything but season 1 and 2 of Mandalorian, and pick up the pieces from there. But again, ain't gonna happen.

[@DarkRipper117]

@@SolarinDay agreed

[@Ryan-jl7jz]

Andor actually has a really satisfying end to season 1. Like it could get away with not having a season 2 and still be a good end

[@hankkingsley9183]

Andor never felt like it was hitting you over the head with a sledge hammer to deliver a message or agenda. And it handled all the 'memberberries elements with aplomb, they were there in abundance but never felt intrusive.

[@area51escapeArtist]

It was a tad boring though

[@AIartificalIntellige]

​@area51escapeArtist it wasn't boring, super slow start but not boring. Well I mean if you found it boring, can't really take that from you.

[@area51escapeArtist]

@@AIartificalIntellige a TAD boring. I watched it twice and andor(sounds like making a choice 👽🚬) is still the only Disney star wars i would recommend.... Except every one should cancel Disney+. 🍻

[@MrSatampra]

The Acolyte was the moral equivalent of shoveling $180,000,000 into a furnace.

[@HeavyMetalJesus02]

"If Disney wanted to listen to you, and considered you a fan, why aren't they listening to you? They like money, they're a business, if they wanted your money, they'd be listening to you!" *Acolyte gets cancelled* God, I love getting the last laugh.

[@KaizikuM]

The only reason I still have Disney+ is because of my kid. Outside of that, I've just dropped Star Wars. I'm a Warhammer fan now.

[@itsmytoast666]

For The Emperor! By the blood of Sanguinius!

[@anyaabusable9888]

The Acolyte cost over $600,000 per minute. Andor was the next most expensive at like $500,000 per minute. The Mandalorian seasons were at $300,000ish per minute. For comparison, Game of Thrones was like $100,000 a minute in season 4

[@xChikyx]

they should feed the poor instead

[@clarity2199]

I was a fan of SW and Marvel. They killed them both, then got all weird and political in real life. At that point, I was done. I now absolutely DESPISE Disney. I will not offer a cent to this company for all the harm they have done. Even Deadpool, I went out of my way to watch it illegally, just so they couldn't get my money. No offense to Ryan Renalds....I know he already got his money regardless, so it definitely wont hurt him. But I want to see them either go out of business, have a corporate take-over, lose so much money they have to sell the franchises off, or at the very least license them off so someone else is doing the work. But until it's out of their hands, I'm done with Disney.

[@TheZeroNeonix]

Disney owns freaking everything. It's ridiculous. No one company should hold that much power. They've grown complacent in their place at the top. Instead of innovating, they think they can just buy success; that if they throw enough money at it, it'll work itself out. Well, it turns out that doesn't always work.

[@JVsGalacticAdventures]

The started paying influencers on Instagram and tiktok to promote the Acolyte lol 😂😂

[@OsloTime]

I love your "HELLO, my friends and welcome to The Pondering!" intro! Haha, anytime I see or hear the word pondering I think of this lol. 9:44 - Exactly! How hard is it to keep her therapy session material OUT OF THE SCRIPT?! Smh...

[@Mr.Yoda66]

🎵 Another show bites the dust. Dun dun dun dun dun. And another one gone and another one gone. 🎵

[@sagethegreat4680]

The real fake wizard used teleport on the acolyte's viewership

[@demongo2007]

I predict Disney will dump SW in a fire sale within 5 years. The brand has been destroyed and only getting rid of all Disney-created content has a chance of rehabilitating it.

[@HarrisonPudding]

Okay, the numbers vindicate all the YT creators who were saying this is hot garbage. It's and objective data point proven by how much general audiences were watching that show. Here's a silver lining--The Acolyte brought us all together for the first time. I had been out of love with SW going way back, but seeing this new level of hatred and disdain for a Disney property was like a breath of fresh air. All the suffering and genuine rage at Lucas Films was... well, I guess I'm just a Sith at heart. I want to thank you and the other reviewers for the sacrifices you had to make by watching, taking notes, then presenting reviews for Acolyte week in and week out. Very entertaining. And now your conversion to the dark side is complete [evil laugh]!

[@geraldglass5323]

Sick of the OP girl boss trope.

[@deandrenicholas2545]

We all are... but I don't see it going away any time soon.

[@hankkingsley9183]

I bailed in my head after the first opening action scene concluded, watched through ep 2 hoping it might improve, then bailed for real.

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

It just kept getting worse. Every week I wondered: How is it continuing to get worse!?

[@hankkingsley9183]

@@RealLifeFakeWizard My main issue was the absolutely terrible acting from the lead. I can tolerate a lot, but that is such a fundamental element of any show, casting your lead actor. It was overly evident when she looked at the bartender after that initial fight, she should have been at peak emotional distress, and produced... absolutely nothing

[@suzygirl1843]

@@RealLifeFakeWizard Doesn't matter, this is only America. The Acolyte confirmed something I knew was brewing: Asia+Africa relations since BRICS became global. Companies like Disney and Paramount have been pairing up Asian supportive characters with black female leads because they acknowledge that China and South Korea have a HUGE influence and growing relationship with the continent of Africa now. They cannot sell a product to Africa without the endorsement of Asians because China has won the continent over. Megan Thee Stallion is thriving in the East as well. The West has lost Africa to the Far East nations

[@shanemathre]

I mean Amanda trashburg certainly did alot of favors when she put out her diss track.

[@area51escapeArtist]

Love island has more believable characters😂

[@v1deo.hunter.d317]

Hiding under a blanket and hoping it goes away actually works sometimes for bad franchise material

[@intheprettypink]

It wouldnt surprise me if episode 3 set the tone for everything up to episode 7. Once it kills everyone except for "4.5" main characters in episode 5, I think people realized we had 3 more episodes of filler to tell the rest of the "story" that goes no where.

[@pqsnet]

Im sorry, i didnt remeber anything you said. I was too preoccupied with why the H-ll is Gandalf in a X-wing 😆

[@zacharyhumphries1707]

This guy is probably right about not wanting the "mystery box crap" stuff. A self contained 2-3 hour story that just kinda wraps things up at the end isn't the worst of ideas. It generally worked for most of the novels.

[@fettbub92]

Two of the star wars fan groups I am in are violently defending Acolyte. They would threaten to and eventually ban people for speaking their critiques of the show. Im glad we have some objective evidence that this show wasn't the popular its fans want to claim it is.

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

Forget those toxic "fan" groups, unless you really enjoy being in them. I reject the idea of "You're not welcome in the community." Who gave *you* the power to determine what I can and can't like? Bullshit, I don't want to be in *your* club if I can't speak my objective mind. Ya know? lol

[@fettbub92]

@@RealLifeFakeWizard agreed. Ive made similar points to these fan groups, and they just yell over everyone or remove comments. I'm on my way out most likely

[@peppermintpsaki1157]

🎶The power of ONE! 🎶The power of TWO! 🎶The power of….. Oh shit, are those ALL our viewers?!?!? 🫢

[@zackzack5313]

RIP Acolyte... 🙂

[@Buford_T_Justice1]

Imagine the narcissistic mega ego of the sociopath who thinks we give one single solitary shit about her sister not accepting Leslie Headland’s proclivity for gash. WHO CARES?!!!!!

[@k45207]

I saw one video of someone saying not since the sequel trilogy has the fan base been this unified😂😂

[@Spectrum0122]

I only ever played the games, but I saw the scene where a dude headbutt a lightsaber and the saber broke...bruh

[@TheKB27]

I’m not a blind Disney hater, I haven this show a fair chance and they failed each episode I kept hoping it would change but was met with only a few brief scenes throughout the show that are worthy of remembering. I really don’t know if there is much hope outside of Andor. That show I was bashing from the start “why are they picking some random side character from a single movie” but it became one of my favorite series. It’s filled with great writing, moments of emotional resonance and it captures the feel and essence of Star Wars that I haven’t felt in awhile.

[@umbraelegios4130]

So Darth Kennedy set a new high in lows.Good job. As the helmeted one says: Without respect, we reject. The wallet is closed.

[@rubensaenz]

At the end The Acolyte rule is...and not short enough it was

[@abrahambobst4602]

The only thing I watched in connection to Acolyte was people making fun of the show and it ruining the OT lore. My favorite is the deep fake George Lucas watching that travesity and making fun of it.

[@Dam-a-fence]

335 million minutes, I did the math for a 40 minute runtime. 8.375 million views.

[@harrisonshouldice5451]

Guardians of the galaxy 2 did the psycho sister arch already and it was MILES better than what they tried here

[@Dieter-Doeddel]

I love your assessment of Acolyte but regarding the Qimir actor, I have to object, his performance was so cringe and wodden. Especially his "erotic" scenes, where he tried to seduce Amandla was so awful, every amateur cornstar is a shakespeare actor in comparison. And regarding Sol, though the actor is likeable, listening to him in OV, his English was harassing my ears, they literally bled. And I am even no native speaker.

[@eaoadeloye82]

I just hate they killers Bane in Bobba Fett so easily and ridiculously this guy don’t get killed

[@JrunkJesus]

With you on waiting for S2 of Andor Mr Wizard.

[@randomrobin7773]

The Failure of One, the Failure of Two, The Failure of Manyyyyyyyyyyyyy.

[@tmoney360]

You know there is a good chance your story is crap when "and then they got knocked out again" is a major part of your script. Sorry Leslie. Nobody wants to support your warped sense of good and evil.

[@xedalpha1]

Shouldve just made a show called 'Qimir' instead.

[@programmedgamer7101]

I will say Andor is something that could have been cancelled after the first season and still be completely enjoyable. It does leave threads open for Season 2, but the core premise of the first season (getting him to join the Rebellion) is not left wide open. It is very satisfying to watch, but will be even better with a second season to lead into R1.

[@anyaabusable9888]

Also, you mention how you just want something that's something you can enjoy just on its own, but you've also mentioned that you have not watched Andor and refused to do so until season 2 comes out. I think you would quite enjoy season 1 of Andor as a standalone thing. If they never made any more Andor, I would be very satisfied with what happened in season 1.

[@kimrasmussen7188]

am i the only one, who wants a sitcom about a jawa clan?

[@m.a6416]

Some of the best writers draw from life experience but you can't pick a niche thing from your life that only resonates with a tiny minority. That's what Indie movies are for.

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

exactly

[@scotthallgv]

The term for reviewers inflating their scores because theyre paid in some form or fashion to do so is, #Shillbombing.

[@MarkGast]

Behold the power of NO.

[@MasticinaAkicta]

One of the worst written shows. "It has potential" ... yes so had the soufflee I tried to make. But it did fall flat! NOBODY should tell me that the soufflee was awesome, it wasn't. I know it wasn't!

[@k45207]

What? I’m shocked

[@chonger83]

I'm honestly floored that you somehow watched The Acolyte before you watched Andor and also adding that you hate unsatisfying endings. Andor could be cancelled tomorrow, and it would still have told a more complete story than whatever the fuck The Acolyte was trying to do. Andor is the best piece of live action Star Wars content there is. It's just a good show outside of its association with Star Wars.

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

They announced it by saying it would be 2 seasons long! I thought - oh, good. I can binge it all at once!

[@chonger83]

@@RealLifeFakeWizard You're in for a treat.

[@itsmytoast666]

Andor has a giant glaring issue: Andor dies in ROGUE ONE. This is one of the biggest problems of Disney-Lucasfilm's Star Warts - their entire catalogue is finite, everything they're making has an immediate end; none of these stories can go anywhere, since all of them fit between other, better stories.

[@k45207]

6:52 see this is what I don’t understand, I wish I could watch a Disney board meeting because. These blunders have gotten comedically Bad to the point it almost feels purposeful. What are these guys laundering money or shorting Disney stock non it makes sense

[@juliandarch9278]

I found it quite funny but then i took it as Parody not canon.

[@30aragon]

You are right. Jack Sparrow has brought me their recent releases, because I'm not giving them my sweet money until they get SW back on track (Which I know is not gonna happen anytime soon).

[@SamMontoya]

Officially cancelled is what happens to series that are successful, lol. Good riddance to that hot garbage. I am glad it won’t continue. Now if only the same scrubbing that’s happening over at Marvel happens at Lucasfilm.

[@chicanohek]

Where did the money go?

[@JVsGalacticAdventures]

Mando season 1 and 2 werw great. Season 3 was 🗑

[@insensitive919]

I remembered to sub this time. 👍

[@L9MN4sTCUk]

What's the Acolyte?

[@geraldglass5323]

KK's star wars at it's very best is mid.

[@LadyBits2023]

I just want to say for anyone watching this video and outraged in this comment section who still has a Disney+ subscription you are the problem. You are literally the problem stop giving these companies your time attention and money if you ever ever ever want anything to actually change have some self-control and stop giving these companies your money .

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

Cancel Disney+

[@donaldodiaz4012]

DEI was meant to weaken military aged men in the west

[@irkalla100]

Happy to say i never watched it and never will. Much rather give you and other youtubers the viewerships than Disney!

[@DeadlyAssets]

Andor's big problem is the first half of the season is a slog to watch, it gets a lot better in the second half but the first few episodes probably turn people off! If you hold on you will not regret it, but it's a very slow boil!

[@hankkingsley9183]

It's definitely not crafted to service those with four second attention spans, thank god. Actually super thankful that some projects are still made with an eye towards craft, setting the pacing of the editing to match the story and aesthetic.

[@waitandhope]

Amazing show! I want more

[@ronald220964]

I liked Andor dark side.

[@theknightjester]

Gooooood

[@wrayday7149]

Deleting comments won't change reality... it's just going to make you confused to the outcome.....

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

Who's deleting comments?

[@wrayday7149]

@@RealLifeFakeWizard You tell me. 1 minute after I posted. Went to edit a typo and the comment was gone. Wasn't even offensive... I just want all the Disney/Lucas Exec's to leave the country they clearly hate so much.

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

I just checked to see if it was flagged and I don’t see anything on the backend. I don’t delete comments so freely.

[@30aragon]

@@wrayday7149 It's a youtube thing bro. If people have reported some comment of yours, their bots moderate you for a while. There's nothing to do with content creators. I'm in this boat as well after being ballistic in Disney's comment section 😂

[@niko.1221]

😂 I watched the Mandalorian, and none of the others !!!

[@CarlosChavez-yd1ge]

Like I said before & I'll say it again even if I sound like a broken record...I pretty much agree 110% on everything you said...from the horrible acting to the bad writings of the story as well....from the acolyte, obi-wan kenobi,book of boba fett are really bad.........ahsoka,andor & mando(s3)are ok at best.....ohhh😮😮 & lets not forget the sequal trilogy (e7,e8 & e9)wich were absolutely pieces of (💩💩💩🤢🤢🤮🤮🤯🤯💀💀).....just my opinion.....& just remember the strongest weapon one has in one's arsenal IS YOUR WALLET so until Lucasfilm gets sold back to George Lucas(😂😂😂😅😅😢😢😮😮) or disney just lets someone else run Lucasfilm (other than kk😤😤)for example....IM OUT 😤😤😤NO MORE disney STAR WARS FOR ME😤😤😤😓😓😓😪😪.............

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

They don't care, they will still continue the story with just another show or whatever content, because they still haven't burned enough money

[@TheNewCap]

It got cancelled

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

@@TheNewCap I know, but only "The Acolyte" show was cancelled, not the characters. They'll probably show up somewhere else, to "continue" the madness.

[@TheNewCap]

@@eldritchmorgasm4018 oh goodness, you just made me realize that could actually happen. I really hope that doesn’t happen 😂😂

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

@@TheNewCap High chance it'll happen. Other characters from movie/show A were already transfered to movie/show B.

[@MrRobot1984]

I hope StarWarTheory picks it up and parodies it. #FnCKYOURDISCOURSE How long till it’s removed from Disney+ and buried next to Willow?

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

Willow The Acolyte

[@DeadlyAssets]

👍

[@twinrotors]

@RealLifeFakeWizard I agree, the show was rubbish. I turned it off about 20 mins into first episode (knew it was a rubbish story).

[@Lewis_Clark]

I gotta ask ya. Are you really fake? You don't look fake to me.

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

... I am... f... fake. Yes, Turd Fergason pfp

[@jeffreyspinner5437]

I'm sorry, until you can prove that this show wasn't just money laundering like everything else in Disney, "why does it matter," to quote Hillary. I did like your ending refrain: "Just do it™" Here here! I cancelled Disney in my mind in 2015, btw. Compare the recent movie budgets in theaters and the cost of this show was as much or greater than most (!) I watched some of the critics on ytube covering this coating on a garbage can garbage stink, the few critics that are still allowed on ytube like you... and it's so psychotic, satanic, unscientific (physics, f' physics!) and groomery,* I couldn't even follow what Headland Eggs was trying to do. On the upside, one of the retreads (Charlie Barnett) from the Head's prior series , (and yes her "wife" was cast too in that show... season one was ok, given the two other writers did all the writing... second season was complete crap) was finally paid, so he got his back shaved, got a new haircut and was able to get a gym membership, so he didn't look like a fat thin guy (you have to look at him in the prior series to see what I mean...ew). If unsatisfying endings keep you up at night... never get married. You're welcome. ________________________________________ * I made up a word!

[@wickamo]

Pure rubbish! The Acolyte was fantastic and only the overly righteous whiners that think they know what Star Wars should be better than the creators, can't see it. I loved it.

[@RealLifeFakeWizard]

The Acolyte ratings came in 41% below Ahsoka and 50% below Andor. No one, not even normies, watched it and it cost $180 million to make.

[@Lemmiwings]

If you loved the Acolyte, you should watch Batwoman. It's basically the Acolyte of the DC-Universe.