The story of The Acolyte will not continue, with Lucasfilm opting not to proceed with a second season of the Star Wars offshoot starring Amandla Stenberg, sources tell Deadline.

Word of the decision comes more than a month after the eight-episode first season of the series from creator, director, executive producer and showrunner Lesley Headland wrapped its run on Disney+.

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    2 months ago

    Shame, I just finished the first season and was surprised how good it was. I don’t even know why the chuds were mad at this one.

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      The writing was terrible, the acting was subpar, the action scenes were terribly directed, and the story was one trope after another. After I was done with the first episode I laughed out loud at how bad it was. Maybe I’m too picky with what I watch now, but this was some CW level bullshit. Not even good CW. Like Arrow Season 4 CW.

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      2 months ago

      My wife and I really enjoyed the acolyte as well. Bummed there will not be a second season.

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      Here is a 6 minute YouTube video that pretty much sums up all of my complaints with it. The story was entertaining, but when you think about it for any length of time, it breaks down HARD.

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      2 months ago

      I haven’t watched any of it, but is it the one with open flames of a fire burning in a vacuum? I mean, I get its space opera and not hard science fiction, but c’mon.