The Acolyte’s Ratings Are a Disaster, Triggering Possible Luke Skywalker Return
The Acolyte is sinking Disney Star Wars even more than Lucasfilm’s last streaming disappointment. That Park Place ran down the series’ viewership numbers, and they’re bad – as in half of Ahsoka’s numbers. Last week’s episode, which was the show’s fifth, had 232.2 million minutes watched, which was a decline from the previous week, which had 262 minutes watched. This is an improvement from the premiere, where the first two episodes drew 210 million minutes watched; the biggest numbers come from episode 3, where the power of many brought in 380.5 million minutes watched. In comparison, Ahsoka’s lowest viewership in its first five episodes was 459 million minutes, higher than The Acolyte’s 380.5, and Ahsoka was considered a failure… so much so that WDW Pro has heard from a source that Luke Skywalker is making a comeback in season 2, with more appearances on the horizon:
This may have something to do with this X post from Mark Hamill:
This tweet will gain in significance when the movie I start today is publicly announced.
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) May 9, 2024
But this isn’t possible; I was reliably told by Disney and its flying monkeys in the media that The Acolyte was being review-bombed, and except for a couple of silly billies on YouTube, everybody loved it. And those review bombers weren’t relegated only to Rotten Tomatoes (where it’s now at 14%); The Acolyte has an IMDb score of 3.4 out of 10. That’s not review bombing; you don’t get that low because of some troublemakers on the internet. You only get that low when people hate the show, and the viewership backs that up. The third episode probably has the highest score because people tuned in out of morbid curiosity to see how bad the lesbian space witch thing was. After that, they continued losing interest, and even that high wasn’t as high as Ahsoka’s low. That’s abysmal, and it shows that almost no one cares about Star Wars anymore; even the hate-watching is muted. If that Luke rumor is true, it’s an act of desperation by a drowning company desperate for a life preserver, even if it has the face of a character they did their damnedest to destroy.
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Nobody wants to see old crusty washed up Mark Hamill. Nobody wants to see Ai Deep Fake pretending either.
It’s time to move on from the OG cast. That ship has sailed. That opportunity was blown.
Drew Karpyshyn from Knights Of The Old Republic was the last person to give me that old Star Wars feeling, who was capable. Let’s say it together, Drew Karpyshyn. Let’s say it one more time, Drew Karpyshyn.
Either him, or give Star Wars over to The Japanese, who know how to face an empire with things like Bushido, so they may be able to explore Jedi and depict The Force is a better way.
After watching shows like Outer Range and Dark Matter, it reveals that The Acolyte crew is absolutely juvenile and amateur and just don’t belong making a show. In fact, that budget was looted. The truth is, that The Acolyte crew does not belong making a show when you see shows like EVIL, Dark Matter, or Outer Range, Terminal List, or any number of other teams from streaming services that have made good shows.
It’s so bad that it makes me think Disney, Star Wars and Marvel are being sabotaged as a psyop to make the public think that there are no longer capable people in this country and it reminds me of putting Joe Biden up there. We get figureheads that are senile or have mentally impaired dementia as cripples or the handicapped. It has to be Iger and Ari doing this to Disney on purpose. With that huge budget, there is no excuse and Star Wars definitely has no excuse.