The Walt Disney Company removed merchandise for The Acolyte as well as the entire brand from its Disney Store amid the show being cancelled.
(L-R): Osha Aniseya (Amandla Stenberg) and the Stranger in Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©.
Deadline’s Nellie Andreeva reported the show was cancelled earlier this week. She wrote, “The story of The Acolyte will not continue, with Lucasfilm opting not to proceed with a second season of the Star Wars offshoot starring Amandla Stenberg, sources tell Deadline.”
This report came after Nielsen released its data for the week The Acolyte’s series finale aired. The show only managed to garner 335 million minutes watched. That was less than the 2-episode premiere, which brought in 488 million minutes watched.
Nielsen Top 10 Original Streaming Data for the week of July 15-21, 2024
READ: Report: Leslye Headland’s ‘The Acolyte’ Cancelled After Abysmal Finale Ratings
Now, X user ReviewbombAdam reports that Disney has removed all Acolyte branded merchandise from its Disney store.
I heard that The Acolyte merch is missing from the Disney store. So, I went and checked it out for myself. Here is what I found. @realswtheory @starwars#StarWars #TheAcolyte #Movies #SaveTheAcolyte pic.twitter.com/LdVinxRggk
— Review Bomb (@ReviewbombAdam) August 22, 2024
As can be seen in the above video, when he searches for “The Acolyte” he is directed to a page that states, “no results found for the acolyte.
Furthermore, when he searches for Star Wars and then filters by movie/show The Acolyte is no longer listed. One can see other shows such as The Bad Batch, Ahsoka, The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Rebels, The Clone Wars, and even Young Jedi Adventures.
He also shared that even when you attempt to search by character, no characters from The Acolyte show up.
(L-R): The Stranger and Osha Aniseya (Amandla Stenberg) in Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
READ: ‘The Acolyte’ Finale Viewership Is 41% Below ‘Ahsoka’s’ Finale And Over 50% Below ‘Andor’s’ Finale
The Disney store did indeed have The Acolyte merchandise on its store before the cancellation was announced. Instagram account Eternaldisney717 reported that three t-shirts and sweatshirt were on the store as of June 12th.
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This was also confirmed by a report from Extra Magic Minutes, which noted that there was a Jedi Masters Sweatshirt, Star Wars: The Acolyte ‘Together We Fight’ T-Shirt, a Star Wars: The Acolyte T-Shirt, and a Mae T-Shirt.
The blog even linked to each of the products. However, all of the links are now dead and one receives a “Oops, Page Not Found!” message.
A screenshot of a dead link when attempting to locate Mae shirt on the Disney Store website
Furthermore, a screenshot from Google also confirmed that these pieces of merchandise were indeed on the Disney Store, but have since been removed.
A screenshot of a Google search depicting Acolyte merchandise on the Disney Store
What do you make of The Acolyte merchandise being removed from the Disney store amid the show getting cancelled?
