The Acolyte SACRIFICES Star Wars For Failure

Star Wars The Acolyte has been loved by critics reviews due to Amandla Stenberg and Leslye Headland on Disney+. But while the audience had different opinions the professional critics and journalists have continued to run interference to defend The Acolyte for Disney Star Wars. But as the show continues and none of the old tactics work what's left? Well Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy creator of the next Rey Palpatine Star Wars movie jumps in to take off some of the heat by saying how she intends to ignore all the fans criticism. Disney Star Wars has proven, it always has another thing up it's sleeve for the $180 million The Acolyte show. Is The Acolyte worth watching?
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Star Wars The Acolyte by Leslye Headland is supposed to be some impactful Star Wars shows full of subtlety and nuance, but no-one knew. While the professional critics reviews have loved the shows, the audience had a different opinion. Despite Amandla Stenberg attacking journalists for no reason, they've tried to run interference while running out of excuses. At this time, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy came out of the woodwork to attack the fans once more. A very co-incidentally timed talking about fan comments of a movie no-one wants. To think that bringing Rey Palpatine back to Star Wars is insane enough, but to have learnt NOTHING from the fans and actively ignore their comments while you do it? Insane. The distraction can't quite work though, when The Acolyte is such a disaster, even the journalists are beginning to come out with the truth. But what did you think? Let me know your thoughts down below and as always, thanks for watching :)

[@MitchTaylor-x8c]

Tom baker forever

[@1spence923]

nah you edgy losers who review bombed it are the only ones who hate it. just admit you can't handle black women in star wars lol.

[@charlesbailes2410]

Its truly amazing how they cant see their imminent failure in advance of the movie.

[@LordFleaBottom]

To paraphrase Lloyd Christmas in Dumb and Dumber (1994) about John Denver: “That Conehead Jedi is full of shit, man.”

[@animesjogoseseriesclassica8282]

Yeah, cover your ears and scream 'la, la, la' like a 5 years old child. I am sure that eventually you will get what you want. 😂😂😂

[@theghostofmaximumvolume3414]

In the 1980s, kids and adults everywhere loved Star Wars. In 2024, nobody I know likes Star Wars.

[@mattiaslarsson5647]

And the 1990s kids as well

[@cattrucker8257]

And the 2000s, the prequels may be the target of mountains of whingeing from the OT fandom at the time but they spawned a true new wave of Star Wars fans that liked OT and PT both. And now I can't even really talk to any of my mates, all of us big pre-Disney Star Wars fans, about Star Wars anymore, because the modern shit spoiled the pool so much it tarnished even the enjoyment of the old stuff.

[@matthewchandler7845]

HAHHA if only everyone was Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy...then they would pay lots of money to see it and think its great...too bad there is only 1 Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy..RATHER thank God there is only 1. HAHAHAHAHAH

[@nolilado5452]

And if you find people who love Star Wars. They will reference the Lucas shows, not the Disney shows.

[@matthorrocks6517]

I like star wars.... Ha jk not anymore. So gay

[@ashscott6068]

I can't believe an actress in a Star Wars show, releases a terrible diss-track on the fans, calling them all racist, and it's still only the SECOND most laughed at piece of music connected to the show. Laughed at by MANYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@mfmalone3400]

Good 1ˢᵗ try! You need to lengthen the “a” though to really nail it. ;u) I hear it more like this: MAAANNNNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY ;u)

[@riduckulus1574]

I mean wouldn't you laugh at the whitest rap and dance routine done in the history of ever. I mean it makes albinos look like they need to avoid cops.

[@Six_Gorillion]

And with that afro and mud hut african dance she does...? That was the most obvious bait since ever. A hail mary to get some actual spicy comments so they can claim racist fans for the failure. Hilarious.

[@towelgirl21]

I can at least stand to listen to "the power of MAAAAAAAANY", the diss track makes my ears bleed

[@АнаХодящийпонебу]

​@@mfmalone3400 nah it's calling someone's name MAAANNNNNEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@MrDarloft]

Former personnel assistant to Harvey Weinstein: Lesley headland is attracted to immoral characters? You don’t say.

[@jcorbett9620]

I did think that statement was rather telling. Probably explains why she was so happy working as PA to Harvey Weinstien. She probably got to watch.

[@martindixon54]

@@jcorbett9620 Given other things she's said I wouldn't be surprised if she gave more casting couch "interviews" than he did.

[@kitalalaris]

@@martindixon54 I'm convinced she did XD

[@CrowR75]

I think she learnt a lot of abuse of power in the role but zero film knowledge

[@ScottishRoyal1]

Assistant = accomplice

[@MarkusHansson]

They seriously thought the writing was subtle and clever?

[@tkps]

When you surround yourself with those who won't tell you the truth, how do you find out other than by the public who you call names rather than listen to?

[@belegur8108]

jup, that is where we are now... with 2 of the most blatant failed mystery box character reveils in movie history of Halbrand being Sauron and Smilo Ren being the Apothecary... don't know what they teach in writing classes nowadays, but it sure isn't about decent writings...

[@kaykutcher2103]

About as subtle as a K.O. and clever as playing connect the dots with your own pimples on the bathroom mirror.

[@ddgryphon]

Amandala makes me think of the phrase, "Nice house, pity nobody is home."

[@av_oid]

In summary: an actor.

[@SammEater]

Her and the "weird weird" lady are pretty cute. Too bad for their personalities.

[@hawkeye5955]

More like, "The lights are on but nobody is home."

[@1shogunate696]

@@SammEater Rachel Ziegler looks like she wears old lady fragrances

[@joelhodoborgas]

@@SammEater low standards hmm?

[@Mitsoxfan]

This is the most apathy I have ever felt for anyone in Star Wars. Outside of the Bad Batch.

[@MysteicVoltronus]

They were so bad ass in Rebels. Then they got their own show and someone beat them silly with the nerf bat for like 3 seasons.

[@Stringer13ell]

​@@MysteicVoltronusnot once did they appear in rebels

[@bewmdogg]

Disney: HEY LOOK WE HAVE A WOMAN OF COLOR DIRECTING A STAR WARS FILM!!! The Entire world: NO ONE CARES

[@trixtheghostwalker6634]

Fun fact the fate franchise Interpretation of Jeanne d'Arc is more beloved then any character from the acolyte

[@EvilDoresh]

She's a sword waifu. That's kinda what the entire franchise is all about. Also she's not just Saber with a different outfit, which is always a plus.

[@trixtheghostwalker6634]

@@EvilDoresh agreed

[@CherryBakewell21]

Ding ding, the meritocracy is gone!

[@Invalidcookie-bv4cx]

THERES THE SONG I WANT!! WHATS IT CALLED? "Cry Wolf Cry Wolf" I can't find it, i had it stuck in my head all week.

[@A-Negative]

“We will tell you more about character motivations in season 2.” Very typical amateur writer mentality. Producers are always “there isn’t a season 2” let’s do it now this might be the only chance. Then the writers say “but then what will we do in season 2?” Producers: “I’m sure if we are so lucky we will figure it out.”

[@TheSuperappelflap]

If you can tell the story in one season, and you are out of ideas after that, maybe dont make a season 2 and go make something else? But that would involve them actually working, these people want to get paid for dragging their feet.

[@RobinMcBeth]

So she peaked in Logan. Wasn't she... Eleven?

[@Python_Bacon]

I just hope they give headlamp another crack at it.

[@Python_Bacon]

I cannot wait for the Activist’s movie, hope they spend lots of money on it.

[@APsychicMonkey]

I hope they spend 300 mil on production and 200 mil in marketing.

[@breesco]

"I'm attracted to amoral people. That's why I covered up for Harvey for four years."

[@floydfanboy2948]

This

[@ThePassablePlayer]

Characters that "want to be free" must be one of my most disliked trope in modern story. It generally comes from characters that are rich/noble or live in a tradicional place, and they resent the fact they have to meet any expectations from their families. "I know all these people that came before me worked much harder than I ever will in my life, so I could have it better, but I don't own anyone anything." In the case of the acolyte is even worse, since there's no goal to the "freedom" the character desires, it's just freedom for freedom's sake, and since the only action that character made in the series was to murder people, he should have the exact opposite of freedom.

[@CaptainReedo40]

How can it be that directing a few episodes of a TV show and a documentary gets someone the keys to the kingdom to direct a $200 million dollar franchise film with 40 years of beloved fans, who this person said at the outset that she wants to alienate as a corrective to the joy they had, simply going to the movies to enjoy a good story.

[@kietdo4379]

She claimed "to speak for those whose voices are drowned" and now, she is hired by big cooperate "to drowning out other voices". What a beautiful story =))

[@josapienza5]

That Sith is pretty free..he is the one chasing after people!

[@catbert2412]

They are so proud saying it’s time a woman wrote the story. Why? A man made the IP so shouldn’t it be him always controlling the story since it’s his world?

[@johnhoran9840]

If there's no difference between a man and a woman, and the Woke can't even define what a woman is, what difference does it make who writes it?

[@cattrucker8257]

And even if it weren't that same man for any reason, the only arguments we get about why it HAS TO be a woman is just screeching and "but I call dibs on the Xbox now, get off!" logic.

[@pepegalego]

This must be a tax thingy. "Let's make really bad tv shows, mark them up as a loss and pay less tax." This can't be the best thing Disney can come up...Unless they are in the same park as the suggestion that Biden and Trump are the best candidates America can offer to be the president of the USA?

[@floorsweepings666]

the Bear does flashbacks perfectly.

[@TheKythia]

With Paramount imploding on itself I wonder how much longer Disney will last.

[@quitwastinmytime]

Hold on. Zero seconds in to this and we have a problem because headland said the actors suggested to her that they be killed and here's Daffne saying the exact opposite.

[@scotthirschausen177]

hold up.... you're telling me all Smilow ren wanted was .... freedom..... but... but..... no one knew he existed, no one could sense a disturbance in the force.... no one knew what the f a sith was or looked like or acted like ..... he.... ffs he had what he wanted... so to make sure he kept his freedom he went on a killing spree and we're supposed to feel sympathy for him..... i ... i..... i just cant with this gargantuan pile of utter utter dog shit

[@bookwrmsz]

It's ironic that I don't watch Star Wars anymore, but I like watching content covering Star Wars. And it's not because I like hearing people being critical of Star Wars, it's because I like the people being critical of Star Wars. It's all about entertainment and likeability. When the original content is no longer entertaining and the characters likable, I will find my entertainment elsewhere...

[@Tanker4769]

Keep up the amazing entertainment! Pretty much make my decisions based on these reviews.

[@martinb2213]

I think the only way she would make men uncomfortable would be if she started to talk to one

[@Muddy.Teabagger]

john wick didn't kill people for the dog, he killed people for the meaning of the dog as it was the last gift his dead wife gave him so it was more than a dog it was the last bit off his wife he had left in his life and that was taken away from him so he killed the people that did it, its like saying he kill people because they stole his car.

[@Gates2Aion]

a show that cost 180 million mate Disney makes that in a week, their profits are made selling Disney products and people visiting their parks, even if Acolyte will cost £500m they'll still be profitable at the end of the year. I just believe Disney is doing all this stuff to push an agender and they'll keep doing it until something changes at the higher ups

[@tvushington6994]

They really have been gassing tf out of that light saber fight as if it’s the best and biggest thing to happen to this lure 😂😂😂

[@bradwolf07]

The blaming of one... The blaming of two... The blaming of MAAAANNNNNYYY

[@colebrandt9302]

Charlatan-Obey-Double Chinoy proudly presents Rey Plotblocker: And the Kingdom of the Krystal Skrulls 😂 not showing in theaters anytime soon!

[@ChaniElkin]

At this point, everything they do (whether you agree with certain points or not) just looks more and more pathetic. This is desperate and petty and immature cowardice. I'm slightly surprised this next video isn't on the Barrow-wights being in Rings of Power (they were on the official Empire covers, look like haunted king ghosts from a game like Castlavania - which I do love those games - and article suggested Tom Bombadil is like the One Ring drawing them to him), but it just means yet one more Disparu video to add to my playlist of his stuff. I needed some British snark today - I'm currently sick, and this cheered me up considerably (I'm about to introduce my Dad to Disparu with the Doctor Who reviews, and have been watching with my aunt & uncle. We're about to start "Willow" on that journey - they're big fans of Disparu at this point.)

[@muammargadaffiabutalib3401]

Star Wars 7 is gonna suck so bad it'll be worse than the Twillight Trilogy. Listening to Obaid-Chinoy it'll be the most toxic movie ever produced.

[@alyssasteed8227]

Can someone tell me what the song is when it goes, "Pretending life is tough when I'm in fancy clothes. Cry wolf."

[@lmc4964]

ive not seen a single episode but the youtubers are great , well done

[@ShockerTopper]

Man, did they give Dafney Keane the WORST haircut and appearance of any actress that is moderately attractive in real life? It's like they went through a book of haircuts for those that like 'scissors' and rhymes with the bike, and said "Yes! That is PERFECT! Let's make her hair bleach blonde and with awful bangs, and a mullet! No man could ever find her attractive, we have a winner, folks!"

[@Universeknight10055]

Jedi rest of peace 1977-2024.

[@UsualmikeTelevision]

Awesome my friend!!!

[@fridgeffs5662]

If a man said he enjoys making women uncomfortable he would seen in a very bad light. So why can women say it about men?

[@cynicist8114]

Manny Jacinto a really good actor. I couldn't help but be interested in his character due to his delivery. If he had a good backstory and reason for what he's doing now, he would be a great villain. It's a shame the writing is so atrocious. That moment where he flips into the awkward Qimir personality to greet Mae was great.

[@AlyssaSteed]

Can someone tell me what the song is for "pretending life is tough when I'm in fancy clothes. Cry wolf."?

[@JollyJoker369]

Well done, DISPARU

[@TVmantitan779]

The acolyte is the child the Star wars Fandom never wanted but is forced to put up with because their not old enough to leave the house legally.

[@SpammytheHedgehog]

Disney never disappoint when it comes to disappointment. 😂

[@NumptyMcGlumpty]

no matter how low my hopes, disney always manages to disappoint me, ah well, i guess it's one more franchise to no longer give a fuck about

[@jimreaper1337]

Disappointney 😂

[@MrCroky123]

@@jimreaper1337 , Disnapointment ...

[@toddkurzbard]

An audience of TWO An audience of ONE An audience of NOBOOODDDYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[@SuicidalSummerSnowWoman]

😂😂😂😂

[@ashketchum1953]

i watched the first 3 episodes and then stopped 😂

[@hervebenganga8561]

Ooooohhhhhhh😮😮😮😂😂😂 bars on bars

[@kaykutcher2103]

​@@ashketchum1953 I salute you. My cousin watched the first three minutes.

[@devilinthebelfry7292]

Nobody in my 34 years of life and 4 years of film school did I ever hear ANYONE complain about representation. No one ever said to me, "man that story was ok but the diversity really saved it."

[@Stringer13ell]

I heard an indian colonist complain a peter pan play didnt have enough diversity amongst then non pirates recently. It happens, its just colonists that do it, because its a colonial thing to say

[@michaelryan6342]

Somehow, imagination has left the world. People have to see exactly themselves physically to relate to the character. They can't pay attention to what a character is saying and doing to draw parallels to yourself or somebody in your life. Instead of "Gay? Gay!" "Brown? Brown!" "Blue? Blue!" Lol

[@kaykutcher2103]

Can't relate to this 2D animated character because I'm three dimensional. Everything is so surface level nowadays.

[@Gantiz]

It's not even about male values, it's about good vs evil for all people. SAM: I know. It’s all wrong. By rights we shouldn’t even be here. But we are. It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered. Full of darkness and danger they were. And sometimes you didn’t want to know the end. Because how could the end be happy. How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened. But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you. That meant something. Even if you were too small to understand why. But I think, Mr. Frodo, I do understand. I know now. Folk in those stories had lots of chances of turning back only they didn’t. Because they were holding on to something. FRODO: What are we holding on to, Sam? SAM: That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.

[@DH-xw6jp]

More emotion in a single paragraph by a master than in an entire season of episodes written by the modern hacks.

[@zacharymcmillan2788]

👏👏👏👍

[@Anon-qp3kt]

Yeah but Tolkien was born in an era where the people fought for something worth dying for. These modern hacks just see men as “the oppressor” even tho they(headland) was an enabler

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Good vs evil is male values. Relative morality is female. Anything can be justified as long as I get what I want.

[@trevorsmith572]

Bro jeckies death had NO impact😭there was no weight to it and no one gave a shit for her character. In fact not only do we like that she died but we hate the fact that she somehow was able to not only hold her ground but put the sith on the defensive. Such a joke of a show

[@fatdinosaurfood8059]

Well she and Sol were some of the least annoying out of the cast

[@APsychicMonkey]

I was shocked they had the stones to kill off a strong LGBTQ+ alien. Where are the critics calling out Lucasfilm for simulated violence against minorities? I'm half sure she'll be miraculously resurrected in the last episode...

[@genghiscon8096]

Bro who is jeckie?

[@BunkerAnon]

@@genghiscon8096the white one with the horns that had three holes jabbed in them.

[@fatdinosaurfood8059]

@@genghiscon8096 triceratops padawan

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

"Expensive microphone"? Sounds like mic envy to me. It's pretty rich coming from people who work for multi-billion dollar media conglomerates. They're sitting in a downtown office building, sipping complementary wine from the cafeteria, while the company massage therapists works on their shoulders.. and they're seething with rage that some KZbinr can spend a hundred bucks on a mic.

[@cattrucker8257]

Goes back to the "it's not enough that I have it all, I'm mad that someone else has nice stuff too, even if mine is much nicer".

[@theelder4797]

"Guv goal is to keep all these people POOR!!! Why are they failing, how can they afford microphones?!"

[@ricardodelrivero8432]

I disagree, why someone would spend on expensive mics while you can laundry money on multi-milllion dollar episodes that doesn't show where all that money went, Disney is the BEST

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

I wounded what Sigmund Freud would say about mic envy 🤨 🥖💦

[@alansmithee5595]

@@cattrucker8257”I want no one else to succeed. I have a competition in me.” -Danial Planview.

[@catbert2412]

So the same people who cry about women being sexualized in shows & games are saying the best thing about this show is men being sexualized?

[@BouncingZeus]

Rules for the and not for me is how they live.

[@dsb7318]

this is what feminism in the modern day has brought to the western world

[@lawjef]

that shouldn't be a surprise. no neo marxist intersectional feminist ever said there was a problem with the "female gaze"

[@svetlanaandrasova6086]

And same people are fine when actresses walk red carpet half naked and sexualize themselves

[@LordAntisonic]

Yep, and they not only preach on high from the media pulpit; but when they diss-track you, they throw their minge and measly biddies around in your face - or - they go on show wearing almost nothing and sexualizing themselves for the press and peers. As long as they do it, for their empowerment, it's fine. but the second it's done for the enjoyment of straight white men, in any media, it is "disgusting misogyny and blatant exploitation". What a farce, and they think we don't see through it. Dunno Hoes gonna hoe, but as long as they do it on their own terms, I suppose it's fine. I mean that's how they normalized only-fans.

[@hleeannl6905]

As a female Star Wars fan, I want the dangley bits. I want the men's story, because their stories are not about gender, it is about character, morals, goals. Female led and driven stories suck, it is bashing men, cringe Mary sues, like...does this director actually know what female Star Wars fans want?

[@Mobius118]

Solid take

[@Mobius118]

I’ll back that up

[@tkps]

That's what I've always wanted from Star Wars. Leia was just as tough other than physically as the other main characters but that doesn't mean I want wall to wall Leia and today's version would be like you describe anyway which this show is. The few men in it are disposable, always concede to the women or are stupid. Most women don't want to see that.

[@dailyencouragementtolovego3836]

It’s the new fan base they think they are going to create out of the activist, feminist, pronoun concerned, LGBTQ+ crowd, who remain a minority. Star Wars is no longer for everyone. Apparently, Disney thinks if you are an existing fan of Star Wars it’s not for you, or if you are straight or heterosexual, then Disney Star Wars isn’t for you, either. Why can’t we just get back to a clever plot with well developed characters we care about that’s actually entertaining?!

[@swamp2thebonegames14]

She obviously doesn't have a clue. The creative team is a joke capable of only copying and stealing ideas, whilst telling each other how great their sh*t smells.

[@DavidM_10]

"I am black and gay and a woman, aspects which have been historically persecuted ..." Key word: *historically.* Not anymore. Not for a very long time. So we don't CARE, Amandla. We just want good Star Wars. These activists don't seem to get that they annoy everyone into disliking them. We don't automatically dislike them. We don't dislike them for the reasons they pretend we dislike them. We're not bigots. We're just turned off by crazy people with victimhood complexes who disdain us and want to make all of our entertainment about them and their hang-ups.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

The same thing always happens when a social movement achieves its goal. The people in the movement need to start making up new problems to keep the movement going. Otherwise, it would dissipate and they would have to go back to being regular people. And then they wouldnt feel special anymore. Theyre Don Quichote fighting windmills.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

Watching the people behind current Star Wars 'create' is akin to watching neolithic man attempt to understand how an F-35 works.

[@matthewchandler7845]

HAHAHAHAHA. NICE. Everyone know the Sky's are ruled by the patriarchy of the F-35 so we need to show how powerful an F-35 with tits is.....YASSSS YASSSS

[@Blackstar-yd3yf]

Which f 35 Version tho 🤔

[@bruh-im7gi]

It's funny to watch now that it's about to crash deeper, sad that star wars died tho

[@PresidentMikeJohnson]

the crude replicas cave people would recreate of the jets would be more interesting to look at than star wars

[@Mobius118]

@@Blackstar-yd3yfAny will do in reality but let’s go with the F-35B for that added mechanical complexity

[@Drakonis.Imperial]

Even her "music video" needed snapchat filters and autotuning ... too bad they didn't use that for the show. Anything would have been better than the wide-eyed, vapid stare and disinterested monotone.

[@lupaswolfshead9971]

haha a lesbian with a 1000 cock stare.

[@Maykr-official]

"I like to make men uncomfortable" they put a fucking laugh track over that?

[@darthlaurel]

Oh no.....I think that was a spontaneous reaction from her type of audience.

[@rogerfurlong1535]

This chick really hates her dad huh?

[@Slitheringpeanut]

To be fair, and I hate being fair, Chinoy is used to dealing with India's government. Who are pretty damn communist.

[@MX-kw3tm]

@@Slitheringpeanut first of all shes from pakistan, which is anything but. and SHE is the communist, not them. she grew up with kumail nanjiani, another spoiled, insufferable pakistani. but he was talking about the other chick im guessing

[@hawkeye5955]

​@@Slitheringpeanut: She's Pakistani

[@dsb7318]

@@hawkeye5955 that makes sense now as to why she behaves this way; suppressed as a child by men so now as an adult thinks it's best to lash out as opposed to reflect on internal issues within her family and childhood

[@jake3922]

There is no being fair, that's bringing her problems and forcing them on somewhere else. ​@Slitheringpeanut

[@Kiljaedenas]

"Star Wars is a lot of things, but it is rarely sexy"...how is it possible to be so stupid to not know just how much of an effect the bikini slave costume had on pop culture?! I've seen other shows reference it! One key example, Supernatural, where Dean has to try and coach their lesbian friend on enticing some guard and when asking about if she has any tattoos she mentions she has one of Leia, in the slave costume, straddling a pair of dice. No $hit is the entire internet like "What?!" at that statement...

[@Vaelosh466]

Women were spoiled for choice too, you could go with boyish Luke, bad boy Han or Lando for those into moustache rides.

[@dbf1dware]

And it is a pretty central plot point in an episode of Friends. Yeah, no one ever thought there was anything sexy in Star Wars.

[@shanebyron-t6t]

She is a failing game journalist, desperately trying to save her career, she is irrelevant in movies.

[@86BarbOmega]

it is due to those on the other side not wanting to sexualize slavery and Leia in the gold bikini to them is "bad" due to it being a slave outfit and sexy

[@HannahKayW]

Han Solo and Leia were such a steamy pair and I don’t know how they can think otherwise, for the ladies there was plenty to ogle. Plus, as a girl I can safely say I didn’t watch Star Wars to appease my girly side, but to appease my boyish side as many female fans did.

[@pitchpanic2900]

From a business point of view, if you have an IP that has (well, had) such a huge audience like Star Wars does, wtf are you doing trying to “bring in new audiences”? What? NO. The audience built in is massive. You should have been doing everything you could to KEEP the audience you already had. Also, what experience does this activist “director” think she has that translates into a completely different and fictional universe? I’m guessing, like all activists before her, she’ll treat the Star Wars universe as if it’s Los Angeles. Fact is, their constant “patriarchy” complaining doesn’t fit in Star Wars. There’s no basis for their form of feminism and racism in the Star Wars universe. They have to inject it in to it where it never existed before.

[@Mobius118]

Solid point

[@tkps]

If there's any truth to what the guy caught dropping Disney in it about not employing white guys also said, they believed what their marketers told them as Disparu noted, they could easily keep their OG SW audience and rake in a new one with woke making more money and guaranteeing its future. Sounds good 'on paper' but no research was done and no post mortems on the failures for why shows failed yet they kept going. Not all young people are woke either. Some have brains in their heads and reject it whilst the OG walked away in droves. There's no denying it with arse crawling articles anymore. Their accurate internal figures will say it all.

[@atraxian5881]

The idea of the "new audience" they spew to shareholders is that the current audience is already saturated, so they need to get new people from outside to promote growth... And shareholders lap it up because they want their investment to grow indefinitely, not realizing that's literally impossible.

[@makcity7850]

They are too dumb to realise that the established audience had children themselves and would've introduced them to the Star Wars they love and would've grown a new audience organically, instead they have cut that money tree down to groom an audience that has no money and is too small to matter. Bold strategy, lets see how it pans out.

[@lingricen8077]

But you say that as if it already wasnt hitting most relevant audiences anyway. Just what is this WOKE audience? They dont generate any revenue!

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

When you make entertainment synonymous with identity any criticism of it becomes outrageous. That's one of the biggest problems with modern entertainment media.

[@schnecks2180]

and social media! It's not a different opinion. It's violence... I’m beginning to understand how they mean it

[@rhetorical1488]

wonder how she identified working under harvey 😁

[@Xbalanque84]

All by design.

[@compostsmurf5519]

They did this on purpose, they need a shield to hide their dreadful work behind.

[@Pernel143]

Spot on

[@andym2612]

"Threatening to Boycott the film". The film obviously wasn't made for me so why would I waste $23 AUD on something that wasn't made for me by someone that openly admits they have no experience in making movies. Is this some weird attempt at reverse psychology by people who don't understand how reverse psychology works?

[@grahamsmith2753]

"Activist" has to be the most hilarious term to appear among the lunatic fringe. Those new moviegoers don't exist. If they did they'd be drowning out our criticisms. To say these people are delusional is an understatement.

[@StarStuff.]

Their new moviegoers are too busy with playing activists themselves, inventing new labels for themselves so they can look like they're special without any effort, or figuring out which of their pronouns are they gonna use tomorrow so they can freak out on a tiktok vid when someone gets it wrong...

[@darthlaurel]

Slacktavist

[@belegur8108]

old movie-goers where like: i just watched that movie, it was great and i will see it again with some friends in a few days... new movie-goers nowadays are like: oh, there is a new movie out? will maybe see it, when it drops in streaming, don't care to leave my home for that. what modern Hollywood doesn't get: we old movie-goers are still out there, waiting for good movies to hit the big screen. We want to go to the movies to ESCAPE our reality, not getting hit time and again by the same BS agendas of small vocal minorities, that still think, they are victims, when nobody outside there bubble agrees to their weird takes on life.

[@grahamsmith2753]

The only films and TV shows that are making money are those that are free of DEI. The evidence for that is becoming overwhelming. The DEI agenda is now infecting video games, with the same disastrous outcome.

[@Johnsmith-ko9yj]

Disney has spent billions on this mythical "modern audience". Sell your shares before while you can.

[@Demon-Psychiatrist]

I mean, the audience exists it just is very too small to make a product around

[@iamtheprotagonist]

Star Wars Episode IV in 1977: Directed by George Lucas, a trained filmmaker who graduated from the prestigious film department at USC. Star Wars Episode X coming out in 2026: Directed by activist and documentarian Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy who said “I’m not a trained filmmaker.”

[@fundhund62]

Oh yeah. Star Wars fans appreciated that "trained filmmaker" so much he finally sold everything due to them bitching about his work for decades. You guys are hilarious 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@truelove11.11]

​@@fundhund62 That's not why George sold Star Wars! He has thoroughly explained that he would have put all his time and energy into making episodes 7 - 9 if he would have chosen to do that, and that it would have taken him at least 10 years. He was 69 years old at the time when he said that, and he didn't think that he had 10 years left to focus on filmmaking when he was newlywed and had a young daughter to raise. He wasn't even sure that he was going to make it to 80 years old, so he wanted to spend as much time as possible with his youngest child before passing. He would not have minded giving new talent advice on making the sequels, but instead the people at Disney and KK betrayed his stories, characters and ideas, and they took Star Wars in a direction that George would never have taken it in. George Lucas made SW for 12 year old boys (and girl tomboys), not for jaded feminists and people with a LGBTQ agenda!

[@fundhund62]

@@truelove11.11 He has repeatedly said so. "Why would I make any more, when everybody yells at you what a terrible person you are? It's not much fun. And you can't experiment, you have to do it a certain way. I don't like that, I'm an experimental filmmaker. "

[@truelove11.11]

@@fundhund62 I have never heard George say that, other than that he is an experimental filmmaker.. Can you link to an interview with context of what you claim?

[@DH-xw6jp]

"I just figured someone would stop me and nobody did," she says with a laugh. "I figured someone would say, 'this is too far!' but they didn't." Yeah, what else can we expect from Harvey Weinstein's assistant?

[@ASoberBear]

I despise this demon.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

Apparently the rotten apple doesn't fall far from the rotten tree, go figure...

[@Some_Really_Random_Dude.]

"A hot baddie" the guy looks like a hobo. In the right light, with a better hairstyle, I could maybe see why someone might consider him attractive, but in the show, no.

[@Anon-qp3kt]

These are affluent women, of course they have 0 clue about the subject

[@kylekatarn5964]

The term "hobosexual" exists. Prepare for a rabbit hole if you dare tread the path.

[@shanebyron-t6t]

Mercante is an awful game "journalist" who is on her way out, now trying to pretend she is a movie critic. LMAO.

[@ReinoldFZ]

It has to be like that Canadian actor for Shang chi. They sold that average guy as "good looking" but neither in China people think that way.

[@cryyc]

Imagine going into a restaurant and ordering some food which turns out to be bland, undercooked, hot on the outside but ice cold on the inside etc. and it's not just your food, it's everyone's food but you can't tell the chef anything bc the chef is drowning out the voices until she clocks out. Despite that though the chef will yell at you for not liking the food from time to time. Also the entire food is actually frozen food and 99% of it comes out of the microwave while charging hundreds of dollars for it. Yeah, no idea why the restaurant isn't making a profit; it's like a murder mystery or something Idk

[@kylekatarn5964]

Now channel your inner Gordon Ramsey: "F@gk! It's ice cold!"

[@jeffzeiler346]

They seem to think they can shame the public into tolerating their trash. The problem is, you cannot shame someone who holds you in contempt. Being shamed by the contemptible is an accolade, not a dressing-down.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

"Your boos don't bother me, I've seen what makes you cheer" Comes to mind

[@samueldeoliveira7113]

​@@BertoxolusThePuzzled really good phrase

[@davids2977]

Ohhhh that poor oppressed rich half-black girl and her violin.

[@8101nevermind]

Film critic: someone who gets paid to watch shows or movies ....Real Critic: someone who paid to watch the show or movie.

[@louiswilliamterminator2887]

These days it would be better described as someone that is paid by the film maker to 'review' their film

[@radrobd123]

@@louiswilliamterminator2887 and paid to write a "good" review

[@mandelorean6243]

since 2000s at least, "critics" ESPECIALLY since dawn of internet reviews.. are a dime of dozen, of coourse.. but their ENTIRE critique is to find/make anything negative to cry about so they can stand out and get attention. You'll never see a modern critic just say "Hey it was fantastic all the way around"

[@LordCraneo2]

Also the acolyte isn’t canon, it’s a fanfic. It will never rewrite the canon it has no business in trying to change.

[@Mobius118]

Agreed

[@lawjef]

Very few ppl alive today say the Acolyte so it would be tough to make it cannon

[@EthanKirk-yz5jt]

Thank god

[@shadow_realm47]

the EU and games are cannon. All this new Disney+ stuff simply doesn't exist in the original universe.

[@kaykutcher2103]

It should be canon. Shot out of one that is.

[@wolftal1178]

I was such a fan of David Tennant. Now I can’t stand the site of the man after what he said.

[@dickydoodles2423]

He's just another narcissistic virtue signaling celebrity prick... He really thinks he's on "the right side of history" having such contempt for people who have absolutely legitimate complaints.

[@interestedobserver587]

He was always a tosser. He just was shielded by a thirst for success. Now his ego is not being checked.

[@jacktall4401]

What did he say?

[@wolftal1178]

@@jacktall4401 claiming that anybody who had a problem with indoctrinating children to the idea of trans as an option (basically saying that it’s perfectly alright for young children to be put through the change and mutilated irreversibly at a time when they’re still developing and don’t really know what they want.) is a bigot and on the wrong side of history.

[@ThatAnnalisa]

Me too. He just had to open his mouth and talk about 'being on the right side of history' and other BS that raises red flags. Not to mention coming back to Who after a brilliant send-off just to have his character $#@! on by everyone. Dang it, Tennant. I used to like you.

[@justinowens8834]

Star Wars may be burning, but from the ashes, a bearded Disparu will rise!

[@kurtdimeglio1352]

Bro said “tragic death” and I’m sitting here thinking “but I was happy when u died”

[@TheVisitors44]

😂

[@kaykutcher2103]

It was tragic like winning the lottery without the taxman noticing.

[@hodgemann]

As if the audience wasn't cheering when the jedi cardboard cutouts snuffed it.

[@jokerincgaming2730]

I found it quite strange at how fast he broke the jedi neck, I was like wtf did I just watch 🤦‍♂️

[@Poisedanubis85]

Ooohh I cheered like I was at a football match and my team won,,,,on yords kneck snap,,,and that jecki thing.

[@EvilDoresh]

I dunno, you kinda need a _connection_ first to feel something at a character's demise. Even generic annoying frat boys in horror movies that only exist to be added to a slasher villain's body count tend to have more character and personality.

[@bradsmith9526]

I dont l go to movies to feel uncomfortable

[@drakocarrion]

I will never understand the obsession with claiming things having terrible reviews is "review bombing". Think about it for a second. What these people are actually trying to say is that what they claim to be a tiny minority of haters is making multiple accounts to leave bad reviews & thus bring the review score down. If that were true then all they would need to do to make review bombing not work is have the people who did like the product leave good reviews. If so many more people loved that show as these people always claim, then the simple act of asking the fans to leave a review would give the positive score such an overwhelming majority that no amount of fake profiles downvoting could ever make the score come down in any kind of meaningful manner. So where are all the "fans"? If it's truly just a minority of haters leaving bad reviews where are all the fans to counteract them? Could it be that these fans don't fucking exist? Thought so.

[@thestarisalie]

Yeah the math doesn add up.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

The best part about it is that the people posting negative reviews are real people and the positive user reviews on rottentomatoes and imdb are mostly bots or people in Indian clickfarms paid by the movie companies to leave positive reviews. Just read through the positive reviews for any random piece of mainstream hollywood content. They all use the same sentence structure and keywords. They are doing the opposite of review bombing and then attempt to gaslight the real people by saying we are review bombing.

[@mikusoxlongius]

So, the whole show is built around Stenberg? Just because?

[@hectoraccented5312]

You haven't heard enough of Leslie Headland's interviews about the inspiration for the show, it seems (spoiler: it's about her relation with her sister, about love between sisters, former personal assistant identifies with the dark side, her own words)

[@martindixon54]

@@hectoraccented5312 You forgot the part where her own sister has disowned her and Lesbian Headlamp admitted she thinks that 'Frozen' is about an incestuous lesbian relationship. I wonder why her sister disowned her....

[@wickitklown90]

1:58 Last I checked anybody who learned how to play the violin means somebody had money. So miss me with that bs.

[@johnhoran9840]

Last I checked you can buy your kid a cheap guitar at Wal Mart. Violins? Not so much.

[@hectoraccented5312]

Sadly it doesn't buy talent, just a couple bars but she missed some notes....

[@bricelory9534]

Student violins are quite affordable. They don't sound lovely, but they're definitely enough to learn to play on. Yes, performance -quality instruments can be extremely expensive, but they're not unobtainable. Lessons tend to add up, it's true. But all together, it's not exclusively a rich-mans instrument.

[@toolegittoquit_001]

@@bricelory9534She clearly wasn’t playing a ‘student violin’ Her family is very wealthy

[@Anon-qp3kt]

@@bricelory9534 no poor family can afford all the lessons, by that point why would they buy a student violin?

[@kindzadza134]

Wow, these people really DESPISE making money and their customers in general...

[@ReinoldFZ]

They love doing money from their true customer: BlackRock. Easiest and actually there is no effort asked.

[@MemoirsofaGamer1982]

So, the only 4 white guys in the ENTIRE SHOW - 2 criminals who are killed - a jedi with 1 sentence who ends himself for no reason - a guy in a suit with no lines The racism and hate is REAL!!!!

[@MotheoTladi]

Wait a minute, they are actually making another ray movie?! And here I though they scrapped it after the trash series we call the acolyte. You know what who am I kidding Disney will never learn anything, well until the audience score hit a single digit.

[@jamesmetcalf5597]

I actually think it will take all of Disney's profits to be firmly in the negatives for them to consider changing because anything they do make profit on will just go towards funding more garbage.

[@EvilDoresh]

It's hard to tell with all these Star Wars projects they love announcing. But eventually they _will_ have to deliver _some_ kind of movie.

[@Manglet762]

Disney is likely getting forced into pushing these out because people higher up on the food chain somehow have the leverage to force them to. It's not just Disney who has this problem, notice how every major 'piece' of media, every major game, movie, show, etc, from every major company is having this same treatment done to them? Someone or some people are pulling the strings for this to happen, people who don't care about money, but about the Message. We can only hope they're removed of their influence somehow. I can't believe that I'm saying all this, years ago I would've never dreamed of saying anything like this, a conspiracy theory about why our tv is crap.... yet here I am, genuinely meaning it.

[@tjenahoj]

Antimaleism and antiwhiteism is horrible and immoral. Time to go free and work with love hope and redemption for the wellbeing of westernkind.

[@officerbucktuddrussel394]

And now 'Cry wolf, Cry wolf' is stuck in my head again, thanks for that. XD

[@Xxgxxaxx]

I’m gonna be dead honest I thought the lyrics were “cry woke, cry woke”

[@NumptyMcGlumpty]

try not to worry now.........

[@officerbucktuddrussel394]

@@cristela4034 Agreed.

[@DH-xw6jp]

​@@Xxgxxaxxsame, but I have mentioned where to find it down below

[@DeadlyPlatypus]

Where did the song come from?

[@jesuschrist7833]

It’s gotta suck being an awful actress surrounded by people who’ll lie to your face and say “no no, you’re good.”

[@tkps]

HW was mostly like that but top nobs would be honest. Not now. From top to bottom they point blank refuse to be honest with each other. Yet we the audience are shouting loudly we don't want what they're selling and they still don't listen. When you've got that 'pat them on the head and accept they'll never understand my vision' attitude, there's no excuses for failure.

[@fundhund62]

​@@tkpsNothing wrong with her performance in The Acolyte.

[@dj-chemicalz811]

To quote someone else "star wars used to be an escape for the marginalized and bullied, now their escapism is the thing making fun of them'" and it doesn't just stop at star wars unfortunately

[@truelove11.11]

George Lucas has said himself that he initially made Star Wars to entertain 12 year old boys (and with that 12 year old girl tomboys), and now the women who have taken over wants to entertain a different demographic. They are not catering to the original fan base that Lucas catered to, so why are they surprised that they are loosing that fan base as they are aiming to cater to a different fan base? They should be criticizing the women and the LGBTQ people who are not watching their projects. It is insane of them to criticize the original fan base that they are no longer catering to!

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Lucas even made that movie targeted at 12 year old boys so well that it also attracted the adult male demographic, because a good story that kids can understand is still a good story for anyone who isnt a kid anymore. And they wanted to throw that all away because the 12 year old boy demographic is male, and majority hwite, and all hwite males are inherently evil from birth.

[@draketheduelist]

To quote a remark I once heard at another instance of a painfully obvious twist: "the only reason people didn't call it is because we were giving the writers an _ounce_ of credit."

[@lefteron6804]

At this point I had no faith in them so I knew it was him.

[@Oogaboogaoogaooga]

I absolutely had that stream of thought. It must be the gen z drug dealer… nah that would be so obvious.

[@marcosgin777]

Thank you disparu. Amandla Stenberg is so racist.

[@Vikanuck]

‘I am black and gay and a woman, [and] they’re aspects of identity that have been ‘traditionally’ and historically persecuted… therefore that’s the one identity out of those other three that I choose to cling onto the most because I’ve never truly been a real victim before, and I think that would really make me super kewl ya know?’

[@TheSuperappelflap]

She should start identifying as obese and disabled as well, so many more oppression boxes to tick.

[@IMP3TIGO]

The lightsaber hair cut was the stupidest thing I've seen on the screen maybe ever.

[@Mobius118]

You must have missed the lesbians earlier in the show then

[@IMP3TIGO]

@@Mobius118 haha yeah that looked cringe. I unsubbed from Disney+ a year ago so only know this show from disparu.

[@Mobius118]

@@IMP3TIGO Fair enough, no complaints here

[@animesjogoseseriesclassica8282]

Man, no matter how much money you have, what kind of people chooses to burn it like that instead of doing something decent with it ?

[@kesamek8537]

Launderers.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Bored rich people who have nothing to overcome or accomplish in life.

[@MSgt5J071]

That's a tough question because most people agree that rich people shouldn't tell others (especially those with much less money) what they should think, what they should believe, or how they should live their lives, but at the same time so many people who are not rich think they have the right to tell rich people how to spend their money. Neither is better than the other. Yes, everyone has the right to their opinion and has the right to speak their mind, but there comes a point where people need to stop sticking their noses in other peoples' business and stop judging them because they don't think or behave the way you want them to. That goes for everyone.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@MSgt5J071 i disagree, i have the right to tell rich people to stop flying their private jets and wasting money on luxury products while the world is going to shit. Many Millions of people are going to die because of climate change in our lifetimes and these people who have the largest carbon footprint on the planet are lecturing us poor people about reusable plastic cups and paper straws. There is no longer a luxury of your live and let live mentality. There are too many people on this planet for that to work.

[@DysfunctionalBubble]

how do these toxic people get high paying jobs in any media company. The one girl has no experience!

[@averythehawk]

For all their courting of a new audience it's just been bomb after bomb and you'd think they'd realize maybe they should listen to what the fans want, because when a franchise does well it will naturally attract new fans.

[@averythehawk]

Also canon changes are generally easily accepted when they're well explained and make sense.

[@Sharksnak7]

This is like a steakhouse becoming completely vegan to appeal to a ‘wider audience’ then getting angry at previous customers for not liking their tofu squares.

[@ggcmod]

I think Obaid-Shinoy won't like how uncomfortable she will be when men don't see her movie.

[@Mediocrates9]

Gotta love the denial from Disney. It’s just a huge affirmation that these people don’t live in reality-they’re off in lala land

[@minecraftvvg4250]

Acolyte biggest disappointment is the waste of work their sountrack staff have done, seriously star wars needs a overal revamp of people that know the lore and can write "meaningful" scripts where it isn't a shit fest of terrible executions and lack of an understanding. How the hell do you have episode 4 just be "nonsense talking and no meaning until they introduced the sith".

[@bpet7138]

No Star Wars needs to be left to die

[@Mega-G-Star]

All episodes so far have nonsensical talking and no story. Only an obvious mystery villain.

[@budwyzer77]

I really think The Acolyte's script was generated by an AI and then "proofread" by a complete idiot. Character motivations don't make sense, scenes don't flow together and half the lines in the show are just exposition dumps.