Star Wars Television

How tf is Andor the least watched Star Wars Disney+ show?? Maybe viewers is the wrong metric we should be measuring.

and you have to wonder where much of that money went.

Not into the script...

I'll be honest, I hated Acolyte at first. I decided to keep watching, since I hated the first three episodes of Andor but it got really good later on. I've been enjoying the story so far in Acolyte, but it has so many flaws that it's really difficult to love.

The biggest issues to me were the stilted dialogue, trying to shoehorn in a kung-fu gimmick that makes no sense, and the fact that the show constantly not only goes against Star Wars canon, but can't seem to even keep its own facts straight within the context of the show itself.

I think what frustrates me the most is that I can tell there is a great story going on and it just seems to constantly be getting lost under a mountain of junk to make the snow more marketable. It's like someone at some point wrote a great Star Wars story and then 30 other writers all tried to add stuff to it.

I really do enjoy the story though, and I think all of the actors are well suited to their roles.

If they do make a second season I would probably still watch at least the first few episodes if not the whole thing though. Especially if they fix some of the problems the first season has had.

I just can't get into Force witches. The Force is such a simple concept - you become one with your environment - and sometimes produce lightning from your fingers. Force witches and spells just degrade it all into traditional halloweenesque bullshit with no rules. It's on the same level as midichlorians for me.

Just completely burned out of the over saturation. Not just Star Wars either, Star Trek, Marvel, DC, etc. just too many shot gun approaches and not enough focused well written content.

So the few Gems that do get made I haven’t even paid any attention because I’m just so done.

I just really have no desire to keep up with the mountain of mediocre just to find a few diamonds in the rough.

$180 million for a 4 hour Star Wars project doesn't seem out of line to me.

As far as viewership goes, I wonder how many people are like me? I watched the first two episodes, went "this is fine", then noped out until all eight episodes are available.

Once the show is actually completed, I expect viewership will go up.

While I am enjoying it, I haven't seen anything in The Acolyte yet that would validate having a second season.

Just that elements of it will likely feed into other High Republic-era media.

They give a few good reasons why it might get a season 2 and I think they are more important than sheer numbers - Leslye Headland does have more story to tell and is going.to.fight hard for this and Disney are all in on the High Republic - the Acolyte may be more recent than the other HR media but it's placement is key as it bridges that period and the GR, with the opportunity to drop in key building blocks of the.period (we know Yoda is around and there are two actual Sith Lords beavering away in.the background - the unknown planet may be a link.to.the Darth Plagueis books). So I think these reasons are why I'm optimistic.