"The Acolyte" Was Cancelled and Star Wars Fans Rejoiced

After it was repported that the latest Star Wars show, "The Acolyte", had been canceled by Lucasfilm after only one season, a deluge of fans took to the Internet to express their happiness with the decision. It seems that supporters of the show aren’t the only ones speaking out now, though.

The detractors of the series are sharing their opinions as well, and they’re not mincing words. The result ultimately seems to be a significant amount of spot-on criticism at the expense of the axed science-fiction series.

A very high amount of these posts can be found across social media platforms, which is where fans and critics alike shared their thoughts on the series regularly during its eight-episode run.

In the aftermath of the cancellation, though, it would seem that a number of detractors have taken to the Instagram page of Amandla Stenberg – the lead of "The Acolyte’s" cast. The commenters specifically took to the comment section of Stenberg’s post about the show's finale. Examples of these can be seen down below:

• Your character sucks. Stay away from Star Wars please - @stationofsevastopol
• Finally this hell is over. - @bgan.bng
• Congratulations on the cancelation of this TERRIBLE THING. Now I hope you do something of value without identy politics. GET WOKE GO BROKE, BABY!! 🔥 - @pabloarcadia
• Thank god this show is cancelled 😂 - @coop__nyc

During (and before) the Star Wars offshoot’s premiere, various users took to Rotten Tomatoes, where it was review-bombed. Some of the people who commented derided the show for being "woke," in a similar fashion to the post-cancellation comments shown above. With that, the series currently holds a 18 percent audience rating on RT, which marks a stark difference from its 78 percent critics score.

Amandla Stenberg notably received backlash throughout the show’s run. Back in June, she was trolled after a resurfaced interview clip was circulated by critics of "The Acolyte". Said video was taken from Stenberg’s 2018 appearance on "The Daily Show", with pundits sharing a specific moment in which she seemingly mentioned a goal of hers being to make white people cry.