The Acolyte (2024)

IMO Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and The Acolyte form a kind "trilogy" of shows that explore Star Wars from a more mature storytelling perspective, as all three examine specific themes deeper than other projects have attempted before.

By this I mean that they not only present a character struggling with something or having had something happen to them in their backstory, but also delve into the nuance, contradictions, and consequences of that character's motivations and choices.

For example, Obi-Wan Kenobi explored child abuse, forgiveness and trauma, themes that were also touched on, but not quite explored in Jedi: Fallen Order.

Andor explored anti-fascist resistance, which delves deeper than what's typically seen in stories set during the Empire era, which are mostly about fighting the authoritarian bad guys than fascism explicitly.

And The Acolyte asks its audience to examine the complexities inherent in emotions, such as regret, repression, longing, forgiveness, and wrath. These are present in the Prequel Trilogy (Revenge of the Sith, especially), but a lot of their weight is undercut by how quickly the stories must resolve for the film's run time (Anakin's leap from "I must save Padme" to "must massacre all teachers and children" is lightning fast).

this is why we're still fighting!

also why i won't hear anything about how "the petition won't work" because:

that's what the incels are saying to lower morale

it obviously works or else these incels wouldn't make 6 counter petitions

the sheer number of signatures alone is why the media take notice of the campaign (to renew a supposedly unpopular show) and start calling out disney & LF for not protecting their POC and queer talents

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Lower the budget.

"It starting in the top ten and ending in the top ten didn't justify the cost-"

So, lower. the. budget.

"Yeah TCW was initially poorly received, but it didn't cost-"

90% of entertainment currently being made is vastly overproduced and overvalued and overpriced. It is unreasonable to compare the cost of a live action show made by the largest entertainment corporation in the world in 2024 to a cartoon made nearly 20 years ago by fucking Cartoon Network.

Additionally, s1 had to build props/sets etc. If they haven't already Destroyed everything, there's no reason it couldn't have been reused.

Hell, I watched Once Upon a Time. I watched the Prequels. You think I give a fuck if they use green-screen to cut costs?

No, I do not.