Star Wars fans noticed something unusual this week: the Instagram account of Amandla Stenberg has vanished without explanation, just days after The Acolyte showrunner Leslye Headland reignited controversy by labeling some critics of the series as “fascists and racists.”
Elon Musk did not hold back as he trashed Lucasfilm President Kathleen Kennedy in the wake of the most recent Star Wars show, The Acolyte, airing on Disney+. Musk responded to a Star Wars meme that labeled the Death Star as a planet killer, Starkiller Base as a system...
A leaker has revealed the identity of the Sith in Leslye Headland's Star Wars series, The Acolyte. A leaker shared a screenshot with YouTuber Script Trooper from an upcoming episode of The Acolyte revealing who the Sith character is that attacked a group of Jedi and...
Amandla Stenberg, who plays Mae and Osha in Star Wars: The Acolyte, has begun copyright claiming YouTubers who are reacting to her diss track that includes a request for reactions. Stenberg released the video to Instagram on June 19th and wrote, "Happy Juneteenth and...
Leslye Headland, the former personal assistant to Harvey Weinstein and the showrunner of Star Wars: The Acolyte, claimed she is sad because her show is being dismantled. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter (THR), Headland stated, "Honestly, I feel sad that people...
Actress Amandla Stenberg, who plays Osha and Mae in Star Wars: The Acolyte, released a low production value diss track on Juneteenth in an attempt to defend the show and her past controversial comments. Stenberg posted the nearly 4 minute song to her Instagram account...
Actress Dafne Keen, who plays Jedi Master Sol's Padawan Jecki in Star Wars: The Acolyte, confirmed that the series is promoting a queer worldview. Meghan O'Keefe at Decider asked Keen, "Is The Acolyte continuing its wonderfully queer agenda by introducing a...
Star Wars: The Acolyte writer Claire Kiechel answered numerous complaints about the most recent episode of The Acolyte that she wrote with Kor Adana including why Mae abandoned her quest for revenge against the Jedi, why the show included pronouns, and why the Wookie...
Wookieepedia, an online Star Wars encyclopedia owned by Fandom and private equity firm TPG Inc., tacitly condemned Leslye Headland for claiming that individuals who oppose race-based casting are not Star Wars fans. Headland informed The New York Times in the lead-up...
Paul Tassi's latest Forbes article is an absolute disaster. It's so bad that there are writers for mainstream / legacy outlets who are considering rebuttals. The reason is clear: The Last Jedi strategy of shaming the audience isn't going to work. And or those who wish...
A former Lucasfilm employee recently shared that he's embarrassed to have worked on Star Wars in the wake of The Acolyte releasing to Disney+. The employee who runs a channel called Knee Payne detailed he was at Lucasfilm when the company was sold by George Lucas to...
Forbes writer Paul Tassi is not happy that audiences and viewers are rejecting The Acolyte claiming that the low audience score "is embarrassing for the audience scorers." The Rotten Tomatoes Audience Score for Star Wars: The Acolyte currently sits at 15% following...
YouTuber Grace Randolph, who has lavished The Acolyte with praise, admits that Lucasfilm and The Walt Disney Company "poked the bear" with the show. In a thread posted to X, Randolph wrote, "I understand why some of you are frustrated with Star Wars right now &...