The Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm, and Star Wars are hiding behind a dubious Rotten Tomatoes Certified Fresh rating while using cherry-picked audience quotes claiming that “fans love The Acolyte.” However, the show has the worst audience score of any Star Wars series or film.
(L-R): Olega Padawan (Ed Kear), Yord Fandar (Charlie Barnett), Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae), Jedi Padawan Jecki Lon (Dafne Keen) and Osha (Amandla Stenberg) in Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©.
On Facebook, the company posted, “Fans love The Acolyte. Don’t miss the two-episode premiere TONIGHT, streaming only on Disney+. It then shared multiple screenshots of reactions from users on X claiming to have enjoyed the series.
Star Wars on Facebook
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Interestingly all of the images also feature Rotten Tomatoes’ Certified Fresh mark.
As noted on the Rotten Tomatoes website, “Certified Fresh status is a special distinction awarded to the best-reviewed movies and TV shows. In order to qualify, movies or TV shows must meet the following requirements:
- A consistent Tomatometer score of 75% or higher.
- At least five reviews from Top Critics.
- Films in wide release must have a minimum of 80 reviews. This also applies for films going from limited to wide release.
- Films in limited release must have a minimum of 40 reviews.
- Only individual seasons of a TV show are eligible, and each must have a minimum of 20 reviews.”
That’s correct, the Certified Fresh status has nothing to do with the audience score or fans. It has everything to do with critic scores. It seems apparent that Lucasfilm’s inclusion of this logo on all the images is a clear attempt at persuading an unsuspecting public that Star Wars fans are indeed enjoying the show when they are not.
Mae (Amandla Stenberg) in Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, season one, exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.
They are not. The Audience Score for the show is the worst in Star Wars franchise history. It currently sits at 32% with an average rating of 2.1 out of 5.
Star Wars: The Acolyte Rotten Tomatoes scores
According to Rotten Tomatoes, the previous record holder for the worst rated Audience Score was the 2008 movie Star Wars: The Clone Wars. It has an Audience Score of 40%.
Rian Johnson’s The Last Jedi film is just above Star Wars: The Clone Wars with a 41% Audience Score. The animated series Star Wars Resistance sits at a 47% Audience Score. The previously worst rated live-action Star Wars series that debuted on Disney+ was The Book of Boba Fett. It has an Audience Score of 53%.
The worst performing Star Wars movies and TV shows based on Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score
It’s not just Rotten Tomatoes where audiences are rejecting The Acolyte. On Metacritic, the series currently has a User Score of 4.1. It has 100 positive reviews, 19 mixed reviews, and 166 negative reviews.
The Acolyte User Score on Metacritic
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On IMDb the series has a rating of 5.1 out of 10. The unweighted mean is 4.4. The overwhelming plurality of reviews are 1 out of 10.
The Acolyte review scores on IMDb
Clearly, the fans are not loving Star Wars: The Acolyte.
What do you make of Lucasfilm’s attempt at confusing the public narrative around The Acolyte?
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Sorry, but 1’s are just as dishonest and lazy as rating it a 10.
If the show is successful and good, then you don’t need to be convinced of it
Those quoted reviews in that tweet sound so fake