It’s been a turbulent year for Hollywood at the box office. For every Project Hail Mary, there was a Masters of the Universe, and for every Toy Story 5, there was a live-action remake of Moana. In its second weekend, the comic book superhero film Supergirl fell behind a George Washington biopic. Meanwhile, two low-budget horror films from YouTube creators became the breakout hits of the summer.
Data analytics firm Nielsen released their data for the week The Acolyte had its two episode premiere and it confirms Star Wars fans are abandoning the franchise. Not only are they abandoning the franchise, but the series is one of the least watched live-action Star...
The Audience Score for Star Wars' latest live-action show The Acolyte has disappeared or been removed from Rotten Tomatoes main page for the series. However, the Audience Score is still available on the show's first season page. When searching for The Acolyte on...
Leslye Headland's The Acolyte fell off a top 10 chart that tracks viewership data for various streaming originals. As noted by X user NowItsKnown, data analytics company Luminate released their Streaming Originals: Television chart for the week of June 29 - July 4,...
Leslye Headland, the showrunner of The Acolyte, confirmed she's using the show and Star Wars to push discussion on gender norms. In an interview with Collider, Headland was asked about the show's approach to gender norms by Maggie Lovitt after confirming there is a...
The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland claims that negative audience reviews of her Star Wars show are "review bombing." However, she previously claimed she was "sad" that the show was being dismantled. Back on June 20th, Headland informed The Hollywood Reporter, "It...
Former The Mandalorian actress Gina Carano shredded The Walt Disney Company in response to a post from Mark Ruffalo comparing the United States of America to Germany during World War II. Ruffalo appeared to react to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in a 6-3 decision that...
The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland admitted that one of the main purposes of the show is to "break down the Jedi as a concept." Speaking with Maggie Lovitt at Collider, Headland was asked, "For you, as a fan of Star Wars, how much fun has it been to get to pick...
Canadian-owned media website ScreenRant attempted to spin The Acolyte as a success based on nebulous metrics from an analytics firm called Reelgood. In an article titled "Exclusive Data Suggests The Acolyte Is A Star Wars Success Story Despite The Backlash," Thomas...
The Walt Disney Company continues to use Jordan Peterson as a villain in its various IPs. The latest is having the Sith character played by Manny Jacinto quote Peterson at the end of the most recent episode. Jacinto's Qimir character says at the end of the episode,...
A new rumor claims that Lucasfilm plans to have Luke Skywalker make an appearance in Dave Filoni's second season of Ahsoka. This latest rumor comes from scooper WDW Pro, who detailed in a recent video upload, "According to a source that I have … Dave Filoni may be...
Weapons and fight scene expert and YouTuber Shad Brooks, who hosts Fight Scene Autopsy on his Shadiversity YouTube channel, broke down The Acolyte's lightsaber fights in the show's fifth episode. Brooks was unimpressed with the show's lightsaber fights from the very...
The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland confirmed that the last three episodes of the show's first season will not explore Qimir's background as a Sith. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Headland was asked, "Are we going to learn more of the Stranger’s...