SPOILER: The Acolyte -- Disney+ Star Wars -- begins June 5, 2024

[Sirwalterraleigh]

That stuff was specifically tied-into the Return of the Jedi release.

Source: My younger brother and I had all those toys.

There were very brief offshoots from Kenner for the ewok and droid cartoons shows…but those didn’t get much traction


There’s a huge revisionist history about return of the Jedi that has grown over the years. It certainly wasn’t scoffed at when it was released. It was - in fact - the biggest movie ever at that time. Fans loved it…it sold product like gangbusters

For some reason…it had become a whipping boy in the years since. Revisionist. It felt like that was driven by the prequel era/fans that needed to make themselves feel better. Just my opinion.

 

[erasure fan1]

What was scoffed at was the constant calls for her to be fired at the time,

Well she did deserve to be fired in my opinion. I'm not sure why that's a scoff-able thing to say. I know I said as well, that I would support her on the business side of things as long as she had no creative control. The two could report to the head of studios or Iger. But they let her stay in position way to long just furthering the resentment for how she handled the brand. So after a certain point, the fans were never going to support her.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Well she did deserve to be fired in my opinion. I'm not sure why that's a scoff-able thing to say. I know I said as well, that I would support her on the business side of things as long as she had no creative control. The two could report to the head of studios or Iger. But they let her stay in position way to long just furthering the resentment for how she handled the brand. So after a certain point, the fans were never going to support her.

…people are dismissed for poor performance every day of the year…

But for some reason….it was assumed this was mysoginist…part of the “5 Angry man” theory
No…they just failed Star Wars

Wouldn’t matter if it was a non-gender specific purple centaur with green horns…

It was failure.

 

[Disney Irish]

Well she did deserve to be fired in my opinion. I'm not sure why that's a scoff-able thing to say. I know I said as well, that I would support her on the business side of things as long as she had no creative control. The two could report to the head of studios or Iger. But they let her stay in position way to long just furthering the resentment for how she handled the brand. So after a certain point, the fans were never going to support her.

It was scoffable in 2018 (time period that was being discussed) after the movies were making Billions, as she wasn't going to be fired with that performance no matter how people personally felt.

I'm not personally scoffing at your opinion today. I just think it makes no sense to fire her as her contract is almost up anyways.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It was scoffable in 2018 (time period that was being discussed) after the movies were making Billions, as she wasn't going to be fired with that performance no matter how people personally felt.

I'm not personally scoffing at your opinion today. I just think it makes no sense to fire her as her contract is almost up anyways.

She won’t be fired

And you missed why it was brought up in 2018.

 

[Disney Irish]

She won’t be fired

And you missed why it was brought up in 2018.

Did I miss it or did I just disagree with the reasons given? They are not the same thing. I was here I was posting at the time. But please go ahead and tell me what I missed, educate me.

 

[erasure fan1]

I was opposed to the character assassination

A lot, not all, of the character stuff was because of how she ran lucasfilm in regards to the handling of fans and star wars in general. A lot of antagonistic behavior was, I can't say endorsed by her, but was allowed to go on under her watch. It's even still happening. We had a lucasfilm executive say something to the effect of, if we leave star wars to the middle aged white guy it will die. Why does it continue to happen? The whole fanboy tears thing and Pablo making fun of someone for getting emotional when Luke showed up in mando. There's plenty more examples as to why people went after her character.

As with most things online, there was some dirt bags taking it too far. But a very large amount of the criticism was warranted in my opinion.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

“Character assassination” is also a difficult thing to pinpoint when you’re talking about people that put themselves in the public eye for huge financial compensation

But of course trolling goes way too far…

The problem is when those people dump on common fans…who buy their product and ultimately pay them.
Not cool either

Both things happened here

 

[Disney Irish]

Take it for what its worth, Manny Jacinto is saying making a Season 2 of Acolyte is now is his life's goal, so its now a passion project for him.

Manny Jacinto Says Making Star Wars: The Acolyte Season 2 Is His Life Goal - IGN

Star Wars' actor Manny Jacinto has said making Season 2 of The Acolyte is now his personal life goal.

www.ign.com

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Take it for what its worth, Manny Jacinto is saying making a Season 2 of Acolyte is now is his life's goal, so its now a passion project for him.

Manny Jacinto Says Making Star Wars: The Acolyte Season 2 Is His Life Goal - IGN

Star Wars' actor Manny Jacinto has said making Season 2 of The Acolyte is now his personal life goal.

www.ign.com

That and $2.00 will get him on an Orlando Lynx bus

 

[Disney Irish]

That and $2.00 will get him on an Orlando Lynx bus

You never know what might happen.

 

[erasure fan1]

The problem is when those people dump on common fans…who buy their product and ultimately pay them.
Not cool either

Yup. That's 90% of why fans have a problem with her. It's a funny thing, when you tell a group their fandom isn't needed, they often just, go away.

 

[Tha Realest]

Take it for what its worth, Manny Jacinto is saying making a Season 2 of Acolyte is now is his life's goal, so its now a passion project for him.

Manny Jacinto Says Making Star Wars: The Acolyte Season 2 Is His Life Goal - IGN

Star Wars' actor Manny Jacinto has said making Season 2 of The Acolyte is now his personal life goal.

www.ign.com

Considering that Captain EO appears to figure more within Star Wars canon going forward than this series, he may want to reassess things

 

[Phroobar]

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

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…I shouldn’t laugh (right? Maybe just a little? )

 

[Disstevefan1]

Considering that Captain EO appears to figure more within Star Wars canon going forward than this series, he may want to reassess things

Captain EO was GREAT. The Acolyte, not so much

 

[Disney Irish]

Dunno, if they take Jacinto's Stranger character and focus around him exclusively with little to none of the stuff from Season1 and a trimmed down budget, I could see a potential Season2 in some form.

 

[erasure fan1]

Dunno, if they take Jacinto's Stranger character and focus around him exclusively with little to none of the stuff from Season1 and a trimmed down budget, I could see a potential Season2 in some form.

If it was his character and darth Darth Plagueis and leave the entire rest of the cast out, that might work. But that would be more of a prequel than a season 2.

 

[Disney Irish]

If it was his character and darth Darth Plagueis and leave the entire rest of the cast out, that might work. But that would be more of a prequel than a season 2.

Nothing says that a Season2 couldn't be devoted to flashback, start with the Strangers time at the Jedi Academy and lead to the point where he joins up with Plagueis. End the season with the last few minutes of the last episode in current time with him starting to train Osha, just to link the two seasons together.

Gives everyone pretty much what they want, with very little of the stuff from Season1 that many had an issue with.

 

[Tha Realest]

Guys, “Here’s how a Season 2 of The Acolyte could work” is the Force dyad to “Here’s how they can remake the Star Wars sequels.”