The Post Millennial Reports: The spin-off dubbed the "gayest Star Wars ever" will not be returning for season 2. The Acolyte, from showrunner Leslye Headland, has been canceled.
"The Acolyte” will not return for Season 2," Variety reports. "Lucasfilm has elected not to continue with the 'Star Wars' series following its first season, which depicted the rise of the Sith roughly 100 years before the events of 'Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.'"
The show featured the first instance of trans pronouns in the Star Wars universe and while it had an 83 percent average among critics on Rotten Tomatoes, viewers only have it a 14 percent.
Despite that, the cancellation was a surprise as season 1 ended on a cliffhanger. But fan response was pretty lackluster and the viewership dropped substantially after the series premiere. Headland's Acolyte was the first in the Star Wars universe to be set outside of the core storyline.
In an interview about the series, headland and series star Amandla Stenberg, was asked about the rumor that The Acolyte was the "gayest Star Wars ever." The two were super into it .
"I wanna ask you about this," The Wrap's Drew Taylor began, "because this is arguably the gayest Star Wars yet by a considerable margin."
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Aug 20, 2024
Remember when Disney was buying Star Wars and everyone was complaining that they'll ruin it. Then they called all those guys bigots or idiot nerds etc. Now here we are in 2024 with so much Star Wars crap shoved down our throats I don't think anyone is interested anymore.