There were few stories with a more disappointing ending in 2024 than The Acolyte — the Star Wars series that was cancelled after one season despite strong reviews. The show even set up multiple threads to pull on in future seasons, including that of Qimir (Manny Jacinto) and Osha (Amandla Stenberg), as well as learning more about Darth Plagueis the Wise, who was teased in the show for the first time in live-action. There have been many conversations surrounding The Acolyte‘s cancelation, and while many have said that it was due to the show’s “poor viewership,” new evidence has come to light that discredits this. A new report from Luminate highlighting the year-end movie and TV report showed that The Acolyte was the second-most-watched show on Disney+, falling short of only Percy Jackson and The Olympians but nearly tripling that of Star Wars: The Bad Batch.
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