EXCLUSIVE: The story of The Acolyte won’t proceed, with Lucasfilm opting to not proceed with a second season of the Star Wars offshoot starring Amandla Stenberg, sources inform Deadline.
Phrase of the choice comes greater than a month after the eight-episode first season of the sequence from creator, director, govt producer and showrunner Leslye Headland wrapped its run on Disney+.
The information just isn’t completely shocking. The Acolyte did OK with critics, with 78% on Rotten Tomatoes, however divided Star Wars followers, which was mirrored in its general viewership.
Pushed by curiosity into the venerable area franchise, The Acolyte received off to a robust begin when it launched June 4 with two episodes, producing 4.8M views in its first day on the streamer to rank as the most important sequence premiere on Disney+ this 12 months. The tally rose to 11.1 million views globally after 5 days of streaming. Corroborating Disney’s knowledge, the sequence made its debut on Nielsen’s High 10 originals chart in its premiere week at No. 7 (488 million minutes considered), climbing to No. 6 the next week.
However The Acolyte couldn’t maintain the momentum, dropping out of the High 10 in Week 3 and staying off earlier than returning at No. 10 after the discharge of the finale (335M minutes, believed to be the bottom for a Star Wars sequence finale).
Like fellow international streamers Netflix and Prime Video, Disney+ has a excessive viewership threshold for renewing high-end, big-budget sequence that value effectively above $100M per season to make.
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In interviews, Headland has revealed that she had pitched her concepts for a second season, sharing her hopes for a renewal.
Lucasfilm’s first — and most profitable to this point — Disney+ sequence, The Mandalorian, is carrying on, crossing over to options with the upcoming The Mandalorian & Grogu. Ahsoka, the corporate’s sequence that proceeded The Acolyte, has been renewed for a second season.
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The Acolyte was a mystery-thriller that took viewers right into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and techniques and rising dark-side powers within the last days of the Excessive Republic period. A former Padawan reunites together with her Jedi Grasp to analyze a sequence of crimes, however the forces they confront are extra sinister than they ever anticipated.
Along with Stenberg, the forged included Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Eager, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman and Carrie-Anne Moss.