Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

[Paul Farquhar]

Yeah, if there's one thing that rubbed me the wrong way it was getting us to like a bunch of those characters and then killing them to show how badass the villain was. I was almost traumatic.

It’s by the book “how to write a Shakespearian tragedy.”

But I suspect the market for tragedy has declined in the last 400 years or so.

 

[Nikosandros]

But I suspect the market for tragedy has declined in the last 400 years or so.

That's possible, even likely, but I believe that it is not the only factor. Personally, I like tragedies (Shakespeare and the Greek ones, for example), but I was rather disappointed by The Acolyte. It started well for me, but, IMHO, it got progressively worse.

EDIT: Still, I was curious to see where they would have gone and I would have likely watched a second season.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

That's possible, even likely, but I believe that it is not the only factor. Personally, I like tragedies (Shakespeare and the Greek ones, for example), but I was rather disappointed by The Acolyte. It started well for me, but, IMHO, it got progressively worse.

EDIT: Still, I was curious to see where they would have gone and I would have likely watched a second season.

I don’t think a continuation would have worked. It was structured as Sol’s story, and Sol is dead. It would be like Macbeth season 2.

 

[Zardnaar]

I think it's a little surprising in that Ahsoka, which was a considerably crappier show on literally every possible level, is apparently still getting a second season (presumably this is largely because the alternative would be really pissing Filoni off, and Disney has put him in quite a position of power).

On the other hand, Andor, which as of S1 is the best Star Wars show ever made by a considerable margin, only just barely got a second season, albeit for complex reasons, despite initially being planned as like, what was it, five seasons? So it feels like Disney has some weird ideas re: what makes the cut for a second season.

Boba Fett getting a second season would have been completely insane and extremely funny. Mandalorian has arguably been getting successively worse each season yet I presume will get another (I will let it off somewhat so long as they continue to employ Katee Sackhoff).


Yeah I wouldn't be entirely shocked if we got a "cloned Anakin" show at some point. The vagaries of cloning could allow you to even Hayden himself if it was set basically any time post-RotJ too.

I've thought tgat his force ghost coukd potentially create a new body.

Rewatched Ahsoka it's better than Acolyte imho. The episodes were longer, looked better, cost less, and was watched by more people.

Pacing was very different Acolyte leaned more towards GoT S7/8 pacing.

Basic premise was also flawed or expectations. Acolyte some sort of Sith thing no Sith abd they served up a teen drama.

 

[Zardnaar]

I don’t think a continuation would have worked. It was structured as Sol’s story, and Sol is dead. It would be like Macbeth season 2.

Towards the end Sol was only character I liked with Qimir being an interesting development. Then episode 7 happened.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

Rewatched Ahsoka it's better than Acolyte imho.

That's simply not true imo. The writing and storytelling in Ahsoka are truly dreadful. The pacing is painfully awful, too. It's the worst writing I can definitively attribute to Filoni. Literally worse than stuff he's written that's aimed at children!

 

[Rabulias]

It’s by the book “how to write a Shakespearian tragedy.”

But I suspect the market for tragedy has declined in the last 400 years or so.

Tragedies still do quite well. They're just terrible at spawning sequels or second seasons...

 

[Belen]

I think it's a little surprising in that Ahsoka, which was a considerably crappier show on literally every possible level, is apparently still getting a second season (presumably this is largely because the alternative would be really pissing Filoni off, and Disney has put him in quite a position of power).

On the other hand, Andor, which as of S1 is the best Star Wars show ever made by a considerable margin, only just barely got a second season, albeit for complex reasons, despite initially being planned as like, what was it, five seasons? So it feels like Disney has some weird ideas re: what makes the cut for a second season.

Boba Fett getting a second season would have been completely insane and extremely funny. Mandalorian has arguably been getting successively worse each season yet I presume will get another (I will let it off somewhat so long as they continue to employ Katee Sackhoff).


Yeah I wouldn't be entirely shocked if we got a "cloned Anakin" show at some point. The vagaries of cloning could allow you to even Hayden himself if it was set basically any time post-RotJ too.

Ahsoka had much higher viewership. Neither of the should have gotten a second season.

 

[Micah Sweet]

It’s by the book “how to write a Shakespearian tragedy.”

But I suspect the market for tragedy has declined in the last 400 years or so.

Too bad. It's a wonderful art form.

 

[ART!]

I found Ahsoka pretty boring, except for the Anakin flashback stuff. But then, I had no investment in the Rebels characters or situations.