Deadline reports that The Acolyte, the new Disney+ Star Wars show from Leslye Headland, has brought in 11.1 million views after five days, compared to Ahsoka’s 14 million five-day total. This is pulled from Lucasfilm’s own data, not a third-party analyst like Samba or Nielsen. It already wasn�...
Read MoreFor years now, Lucasfilm has been catfishing their audience with new Star Wars content, only to disappoint and even attack the fans for their lack of social enlightenment – fans that have endlessly contributed to the cash-cow, money-printing machine that Star Wars is, or was. They’ve been callin...
Read MoreDeadline shared Disney+’s purported viewership of 4.8 million in one day for The Acolyte’s series premiere. For reference, Ahsoka amassed about 14 million views in 5 days. Disney+ hasn’t been very consistent or transparent with their streaming numbers, and they seem to only report on titles th...
Read MoreThis one has been around for a couple of days, but it took me a while to figure out what I thought about it because it seems so weird and random. The Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte has now premiered, and by all accounts (which doesn’t include mine because I’m not watching it, so I have &...
Read MoreThe Hollywood Reporter posted an exclusive interview with Acolyte stars Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, and Manny Jacinto today. In the wake of the show’s premiere, they discuss their characters and relationships and offer a possible explanation for Yord’s behavior. Check out an excerpt below: Th...
Read MoreWell, The Acolyte is finally here. Star Wars fans have been anticipating this series for all the wrong reasons, from its showrunner’s dubious past working with Harvey Weinstein to bad PR to downright confusing dialogue in the trailers. Despite Lucasfilm’s best(?) efforts, I don’t think anyon...
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