{"id":83508,"date":"2026-04-24T15:20:56","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/people-just-keep-watching-the-acolyte\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T15:20:56","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T15:20:56","slug":"people-just-keep-watching-the-acolyte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyhaven858.wasmer.app\/index.php\/people-just-keep-watching-the-acolyte\/","title":{"rendered":"People Just Keep Watching &#8216;The Acolyte&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/04\/the-acolyte-mae-1280x853.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>It\u2019s been almost two years since Disney and Lucasfilm canceled\u00a0<em>The Acolyte<\/em>, and pretty much everything we\u2019ve heard about the show since has seemed to refute the backlash\u2014with Disney citing cost concerns rather than issues of quality, to the show itself ending up being Disney+\u2019s second biggest show of 2024. Now, even with plenty more new <em>Star Wars<\/em> to watch since, it looks like the show\u2019s still proving there was a demand for its ideas beneath the noise.<\/p>\n<p>This week Flix Patrol reported that\u00a0<em>The Acolyte<\/em> returned to the top 10 streamed shows on Disney+ in the United States this week. On the one hand, it\u2019s not too surprising\u2014more new <em>Star Wars<\/em> typically leads to people watching old\u00a0<em>Star Wars<\/em> as well, and the current number one show on the list is <em>Maul: Shadow Lord<\/em>. Given the two shows\u2019 parallels of examining the dark side, there\u2019s certainly some crossover audience there, but it\u2019s still interesting that it was\u00a0<em>Acolyte<\/em> that pulled ahead more so than any other <em>Star Wars<\/em> show if\u00a0<em>Maul<\/em> was the proverbial rising tide.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe the show is helped by being so far removed from the elevated controversy over it<em>\u2014<\/em>the grifters who declared it the worst thing in the world have moved on to other cycles and suddenly no longer fervently care about the age of Ki-Adi-Mundi, that\u2019s for certain. Maybe, really, part of the fact that it\u2019s a one-and-done thing people can check out as a \u201ccomplete\u201d story makes it easier to jump into.<\/p>\n<p>But without the noise that dogged\u00a0<em>Acolyte<\/em> throughout its broadcast\u2014noise Disney rarely, if ever, did much to try and abate\u2014maybe people can just start seeing\u00a0<em>The Acolyte<\/em> for what it was: a messy show with interesting ideas that deserved time to forge those ideas into something even bigger. Alas, we\u2019ll have to make do with people seeing what it was all about in hindsight.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Want more io9 news? Check out when to expect the latest Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what\u2019s next for the DC Universe on film and TV, and everything you need to know about the future of Doctor Who.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been almost two years since Disney and Lucasfilm canceled\u00a0The Acolyte, and pretty much everything we\u2019ve heard about the show since has seemed to refute the backlash\u2014with Disney citing cost concerns rather than issues of quality, to the show itself ending up being Disney+\u2019s second biggest show of 2024. 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