• [NEWS] "Star Wars: The Acolyte" cancelled

    From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc, alt.fan.starwars on Tue Aug 20 18:25:14 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars


    I haven't watched the show yet, but judging by all the "Political
    Correctness" stupidity that seems to be in it, this is not really a
    surprise.


    'The Acolyte' Is Dead: 'Star Wars' Series Won't Return for Season 2
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
    "The Acolyte" will not return for Season 2.

    Lucasfilm has elected not to continue with the "Star Wars" Disney+
    series following its first season, which depicted the rise of the
    Sith roughly 100 years before the events of "Star Wars: The Phantom
    Menace."

    The news comes at once as a shock, given how much of the Season 1
    finale ended on a cliffhanger and teased several plotlines for a
    Season 2, and not much of a surprise, given the wildly opposing
    reception from fans and the less-than-robust viewership that
    appeared to drop off after the series premiere in June.

    Creator Leslye Headland ("Russian Doll"), an avowed "Star Wars"
    super fan, set out to create the first "Star Wars" story set outside
    of the core timeline in the franchise that stretches from
    "The Phantom Menace" to "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." The show
    followed twins Osha and Mae, both played by Amandla Stenberg, who
    were separated as children and led to believe the other had been
    killed. Some critics and fans loved how the show challenged the
    traditional perception of the Jedi as infallible and wholly virtuous,
    as embodied by the emotionally self-serving choices made by Jedi
    Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae), who is responsible for removing Osha from
    her family and causing her separation from her sister.

    Other fans, however, felt those creative choices were antithetical
    to the good-vs-evil nature of "Star Wars" storytelling, and
    strongly objected to the show's expansion of the mythology of the
    Force. "The Acolyte" was also review-bombed, an insidious practice
    most often employed as a form of digital protest against inclusive
    casts centered around actors of color and LGBTQ characters, like
    Osha and Mae's mothers played by Jodie Turner-Smith and Margarita
    Levieva. (The 2017 film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" was an early
    recipient of this kind of trolling.)

    Despite these objections, "The Acolyte" also captured a great deal
    of positive reactions, especially surrounding the reveal that Manny
    Jacinto ("The Good Place"), first introduced as Mae's hapless
    sidekick Qimir, was really the masked Sith warrior commanding Mae to
    assassinate the Jedi responsible for separating her from Osha.
    A scene in which Jacinto disrobes along a rocky coastline as a tactic
    to seduce Osha to the Dark Side garnered a great deal of attention,
    spawning legions of thirst posts to social media. Other cast members
    included Carrie-Anne Moss, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dafne
    Keen, Dean-Charles Chapman and Joonas Suotamo.

    Lucasfilm's next "Star Wars" series for Disney+, "Skeleton Crew,"
    debuts on Dec. 3, and it could scarcely be more different from
    "The Acolyte," with a cast made up mostly of children and an approach
    akin to the Amblin-style kidventure tales from the 1980s. The second
    and final season of "Andor," the sprawling political drama starring
    Diego Luna, is set to follow in 2025, and a second season of "Ahsoka"
    is in development.

    Deadline first broke the story that "The Acolyte" was ending after
    Season 1.


    <https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-acolyte-canceled-season-2-star-wars-1236111608/>




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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc,alt.fan.starwars,rec.arts.drwho,uk.media.tv.sf.drwho, on Tue Aug 20 07:51:29 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars

    In article <va1csa$39fum$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    I haven't watched the show yet, but judging by all the "Political >Correctness" stupidity that seems to be in it, this is not really a >surprise.


    'The Acolyte' Is Dead: 'Star Wars' Series Won't Return for Season 2
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
    "The Acolyte" will not return for Season 2.

    Lucasfilm has elected not to continue with the "Star Wars" Disney+
    series following its first season, which depicted the rise of the
    Sith roughly 100 years before the events of "Star Wars: The Phantom
    Menace."

    The news comes at once as a shock, given how much of the Season 1
    finale ended on a cliffhanger and teased several plotlines for a
    Season 2, and not much of a surprise, given the wildly opposing
    reception from fans and the less-than-robust viewership that
    appeared to drop off after the series premiere in June.

    Creator Leslye Headland ("Russian Doll"), an avowed "Star Wars"
    super fan, set out to create the first "Star Wars" story set outside
    of the core timeline in the franchise that stretches from
    "The Phantom Menace" to "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." The show
    followed twins Osha and Mae, both played by Amandla Stenberg, who
    were separated as children and led to believe the other had been
    killed. Some critics and fans loved how the show challenged the
    traditional perception of the Jedi as infallible and wholly virtuous,
    as embodied by the emotionally self-serving choices made by Jedi
    Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae), who is responsible for removing Osha from
    her family and causing her separation from her sister.

    Other fans, however, felt those creative choices were antithetical
    to the good-vs-evil nature of "Star Wars" storytelling, and
    strongly objected to the show's expansion of the mythology of the
    Force. "The Acolyte" was also review-bombed, an insidious practice
    most often employed as a form of digital protest against inclusive
    casts centered around actors of color and LGBTQ characters, like
    Osha and Mae's mothers played by Jodie Turner-Smith and Margarita
    Levieva. (The 2017 film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" was an early
    recipient of this kind of trolling.)

    Despite these objections, "The Acolyte" also captured a great deal
    of positive reactions, especially surrounding the reveal that Manny
    Jacinto ("The Good Place"), first introduced as Mae's hapless
    sidekick Qimir, was really the masked Sith warrior commanding Mae to
    assassinate the Jedi responsible for separating her from Osha.
    A scene in which Jacinto disrobes along a rocky coastline as a tactic
    to seduce Osha to the Dark Side garnered a great deal of attention,
    spawning legions of thirst posts to social media. Other cast members
    included Carrie-Anne Moss, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dafne
    Keen, Dean-Charles Chapman and Joonas Suotamo.

    Lucasfilm's next "Star Wars" series for Disney+, "Skeleton Crew,"
    debuts on Dec. 3, and it could scarcely be more different from
    "The Acolyte," with a cast made up mostly of children and an approach
    akin to the Amblin-style kidventure tales from the 1980s. The second
    and final season of "Andor," the sprawling political drama starring
    Diego Luna, is set to follow in 2025, and a second season of "Ahsoka"
    is in development.

    Deadline first broke the story that "The Acolyte" was ending after
    Season 1.


    <https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-acolyte-canceled-season-2-star-wars-1236111608/>





    WElcome to Disney+ .
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc, alt.fan.starwars on Tue Aug 20 19:45:29 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars

    Your Name wrote:


    I haven't watched the show yet, but judging by all the
    "Political Correctness" stupidity that seems to be in it, this
    is not really a surprise.

    Not a surprise based on all the feedback, plus it also means I
    will never have to bother watching the last episodes of S1 after
    giving up on The Acolyte mid-way through the season... win/win!
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  • From The True Doctor@agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM to rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc,alt.fan.starwars,rec.arts.drwho,uk.media.tv.sf.drwho on Wed Aug 21 18:57:38 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars

    On 20/08/2024 08:51, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <va1csa$39fum$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    I haven't watched the show yet, but judging by all the "Political
    Correctness" stupidity that seems to be in it, this is not really a
    surprise.


    'The Acolyte' Is Dead: 'Star Wars' Series Won't Return for Season 2
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
    "The Acolyte" will not return for Season 2.

    Lucasfilm has elected not to continue with the "Star Wars" Disney+
    series following its first season, which depicted the rise of the
    Sith roughly 100 years before the events of "Star Wars: The Phantom
    Menace."

    The news comes at once as a shock, given how much of the Season 1
    finale ended on a cliffhanger and teased several plotlines for a
    Season 2, and not much of a surprise, given the wildly opposing
    reception from fans and the less-than-robust viewership that
    appeared to drop off after the series premiere in June.

    Creator Leslye Headland ("Russian Doll"), an avowed "Star Wars"
    super fan, set out to create the first "Star Wars" story set outside
    of the core timeline in the franchise that stretches from
    "The Phantom Menace" to "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." The show
    followed twins Osha and Mae, both played by Amandla Stenberg, who
    were separated as children and led to believe the other had been
    killed. Some critics and fans loved how the show challenged the
    traditional perception of the Jedi as infallible and wholly virtuous,
    as embodied by the emotionally self-serving choices made by Jedi
    Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae), who is responsible for removing Osha from
    her family and causing her separation from her sister.

    Other fans, however, felt those creative choices were antithetical
    to the good-vs-evil nature of "Star Wars" storytelling, and
    strongly objected to the show's expansion of the mythology of the
    Force. "The Acolyte" was also review-bombed, an insidious practice
    most often employed as a form of digital protest against inclusive
    casts centered around actors of color and LGBTQ characters, like
    Osha and Mae's mothers played by Jodie Turner-Smith and Margarita
    Levieva. (The 2017 film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" was an early
    recipient of this kind of trolling.)

    Despite these objections, "The Acolyte" also captured a great deal
    of positive reactions, especially surrounding the reveal that Manny
    Jacinto ("The Good Place"), first introduced as Mae's hapless
    sidekick Qimir, was really the masked Sith warrior commanding Mae to
    assassinate the Jedi responsible for separating her from Osha.
    A scene in which Jacinto disrobes along a rocky coastline as a tactic
    to seduce Osha to the Dark Side garnered a great deal of attention,
    spawning legions of thirst posts to social media. Other cast members
    included Carrie-Anne Moss, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dafne
    Keen, Dean-Charles Chapman and Joonas Suotamo.

    Lucasfilm's next "Star Wars" series for Disney+, "Skeleton Crew,"
    debuts on Dec. 3, and it could scarcely be more different from
    "The Acolyte," with a cast made up mostly of children and an approach
    akin to the Amblin-style kidventure tales from the 1980s. The second
    and final season of "Andor," the sprawling political drama starring
    Diego Luna, is set to follow in 2025, and a second season of "Ahsoka"
    is in development.

    Deadline first broke the story that "The Acolyte" was ending after
    Season 1.


    <https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-acolyte-canceled-season-2-star-wars-1236111608/>





    WElcome to Disney+ .

    Good riddance to degenerate woke trash.

    When will these sexist and racist bigots stop taking male orientated franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who and effeminizing
    and destroying them so that they can use them to attack men and sexually
    groom children?

    What makes these sick, deranged, fascistic, mentally ill perverts think
    that women want to watch a bunch of butch lesbians insulting, deriding,
    and demeaning men and masculinity so that they can take on male roles in society instead of them, or that men want to watch effeminate homosexuals?

    If you want to write female characters then write them in a way that men
    can enjoy, deferent, vulnerable, attractive, submissive, and obedient,
    and write male characters in a way women can enjoy, strong, masculine
    and heroic.
    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it stands for." -William Shatner

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  • From doctor@doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) to rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc,alt.fan.starwars,rec.arts.drwho,uk.media.tv.sf.drwho on Thu Aug 22 00:25:56 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars

    In article <va59qj$3uujv$1@dont-email.me>,
    The True Doctor <agamemnon@hello.to.NO_SPAM> wrote:
    On 20/08/2024 08:51, The Doctor wrote:
    In article <va1csa$39fum$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    I haven't watched the show yet, but judging by all the "Political
    Correctness" stupidity that seems to be in it, this is not really a
    surprise.


    'The Acolyte' Is Dead: 'Star Wars' Series Won't Return for Season 2
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
    "The Acolyte" will not return for Season 2.

    Lucasfilm has elected not to continue with the "Star Wars" Disney+
    series following its first season, which depicted the rise of the
    Sith roughly 100 years before the events of "Star Wars: The Phantom
    Menace."

    The news comes at once as a shock, given how much of the Season 1
    finale ended on a cliffhanger and teased several plotlines for a
    Season 2, and not much of a surprise, given the wildly opposing
    reception from fans and the less-than-robust viewership that
    appeared to drop off after the series premiere in June.

    Creator Leslye Headland ("Russian Doll"), an avowed "Star Wars"
    super fan, set out to create the first "Star Wars" story set outside >>> of the core timeline in the franchise that stretches from
    "The Phantom Menace" to "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." The show >>> followed twins Osha and Mae, both played by Amandla Stenberg, who
    were separated as children and led to believe the other had been
    killed. Some critics and fans loved how the show challenged the
    traditional perception of the Jedi as infallible and wholly virtuous, >>> as embodied by the emotionally self-serving choices made by Jedi
    Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae), who is responsible for removing Osha from >>> her family and causing her separation from her sister.

    Other fans, however, felt those creative choices were antithetical
    to the good-vs-evil nature of "Star Wars" storytelling, and
    strongly objected to the show's expansion of the mythology of the
    Force. "The Acolyte" was also review-bombed, an insidious practice
    most often employed as a form of digital protest against inclusive
    casts centered around actors of color and LGBTQ characters, like
    Osha and Mae's mothers played by Jodie Turner-Smith and Margarita
    Levieva. (The 2017 film "Star Wars: The Last Jedi" was an early
    recipient of this kind of trolling.)

    Despite these objections, "The Acolyte" also captured a great deal
    of positive reactions, especially surrounding the reveal that Manny
    Jacinto ("The Good Place"), first introduced as Mae's hapless
    sidekick Qimir, was really the masked Sith warrior commanding Mae to >>> assassinate the Jedi responsible for separating her from Osha.
    A scene in which Jacinto disrobes along a rocky coastline as a tactic >>> to seduce Osha to the Dark Side garnered a great deal of attention,
    spawning legions of thirst posts to social media. Other cast members >>> included Carrie-Anne Moss, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dafne >>> Keen, Dean-Charles Chapman and Joonas Suotamo.

    Lucasfilm's next "Star Wars" series for Disney+, "Skeleton Crew,"
    debuts on Dec. 3, and it could scarcely be more different from
    "The Acolyte," with a cast made up mostly of children and an approach >>> akin to the Amblin-style kidventure tales from the 1980s. The second >>> and final season of "Andor," the sprawling political drama starring
    Diego Luna, is set to follow in 2025, and a second season of "Ahsoka" >>> is in development.

    Deadline first broke the story that "The Acolyte" was ending after
    Season 1.


    <https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/the-acolyte-canceled-season-2-star-wars-1236111608/>





    WElcome to Disney+ .

    Good riddance to degenerate woke trash.

    When will these sexist and racist bigots stop taking male orientated >franchises like Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who and effeminizing
    and destroying them so that they can use them to attack men and sexually >groom children?

    What makes these sick, deranged, fascistic, mentally ill perverts think
    that women want to watch a bunch of butch lesbians insulting, deriding,
    and demeaning men and masculinity so that they can take on male roles in >society instead of them, or that men want to watch effeminate homosexuals?

    If you want to write female characters then write them in a way that men
    can enjoy, deferent, vulnerable, attractive, submissive, and obedient,
    and write male characters in a way women can enjoy, strong, masculine
    and heroic.


    The ads did not impress me.

    --
    The True Doctor https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCngrZwoS0n21IRcXpKO79Lw

    "To be woke is to be uninformed which is exactly the opposite of what it >stands for." -William Shatner

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  • From Daniel@me@sc1f1dan.com to rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc,alt.fan.starwars on Thu Aug 22 19:28:28 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars

    "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> writes:

    Your Name wrote:


    I haven't watched the show yet, but judging by all the
    "Political Correctness" stupidity that seems to be in it, this
    is not really a surprise.

    Not a surprise based on all the feedback, plus it also means I
    will never have to bother watching the last episodes of S1 after
    giving up on The Acolyte mid-way through the season... win/win!

    I stopped watching Red Letter Media after their tryhard review of this
    stupid show. It sucks because they used to be so honest - but it's so
    clear now that they've been paid off to try really hard to explain why
    the show is worth watching.

    I buried star wars a few years ago. All I have is memories of the past.

    Daniel
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  • From Blueshirt@blueshirt@indigo.news to rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc,alt.fan.starwars on Thu Aug 22 20:24:57 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars

    Daniel wrote:

    "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> writes:

    Not a surprise based on all the feedback, plus it also means
    I will never have to bother watching the last episodes of S1
    after giving up on The Acolyte mid-way through the season...
    win/win!

    I stopped watching Red Letter Media after their tryhard review
    of this stupid show. It sucks because they used to be so
    honest - but it's so clear now that they've been paid off to
    try really hard to explain why the show is worth watching.

    I buried star wars a few years ago. All I have is memories of
    the past.

    Well, we do have the new Rey movie to look forward to in 2026...
    or whenever. Surely Disney, KK and Lucasfilm will have learned
    their lesson and make that movie a bit more fan-friendly?!

    I won't be holding my breath though... ;-)
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  • From Your Name@YourName@YourISP.com to alt.fan.starwars,rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc on Fri Aug 23 08:39:26 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars

    On 2024-08-22 20:24:57 +0000, Blueshirt said:
    Daniel wrote:
    "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> writes:

    Not a surprise based on all the feedback, plus it also means
    I will never have to bother watching the last episodes of S1
    after giving up on The Acolyte mid-way through the season...
    win/win!

    I stopped watching Red Letter Media after their tryhard review
    of this stupid show. It sucks because they used to be so
    honest - but it's so clear now that they've been paid off to
    try really hard to explain why the show is worth watching.

    I buried star wars a few years ago. All I have is memories of
    the past.

    Well, we do have the new Rey movie to look forward to in 2026...
    or whenever. Surely Disney, KK and Lucasfilm will have learned
    their lesson and make that movie a bit more fan-friendly?!

    I won't be holding my breath though... ;-)

    Like the entire silly "Sequel Trilogy", it's about Rey ... the
    Politically Correct-erised rip-off of Luke Skywalker, so it's already
    crap. :-(

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  • From Daniel@me@sc1f1dan.com to rec.arts.sf.starwars.misc,alt.fan.starwars on Mon Sep 2 07:50:02 2024
    From Newsgroup: alt.fan.starwars

    "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> writes:

    Daniel wrote:

    "Blueshirt" <blueshirt@indigo.news> writes:

    Not a surprise based on all the feedback, plus it also means
    I will never have to bother watching the last episodes of S1
    after giving up on The Acolyte mid-way through the season...
    win/win!

    I stopped watching Red Letter Media after their tryhard review
    of this stupid show. It sucks because they used to be so
    honest - but it's so clear now that they've been paid off to
    try really hard to explain why the show is worth watching.

    I buried star wars a few years ago. All I have is memories of
    the past.

    Well, we do have the new Rey movie to look forward to in 2026...
    or whenever. Surely Disney, KK and Lucasfilm will have learned
    their lesson and make that movie a bit more fan-friendly?!

    I won't be holding my breath though... ;-)

    Let me know how it is. I am considering a re-view of clone wars and do
    an episode-to-episode review.

    Just got to get unlazy enough to do it.

    D
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