Disney Says Price, Not High quality Issues, Killed The Acolyte

The year in Star Wars was a shaky one, however amid all of the shocking big-screen bulletins, the most important earthquakes may need emanated from Disney+ sequence The Acolyte. The sequence upended numerous Star Wars‘ most ingrained tenets, particularly concerning the Jedi Order, and poked the feels of followers who have toxic ways of expressing themselves. Then, not lengthy after its season ended, the show was announced as cancelled—a uncommon stroke of finality for Lucasfilm.

Talking to Vulture in a wide-ranging interview that additionally touches on Marvel’s streaming future, amongst different matters, Disney’s Alan Bergman acknowledged The Acolyte‘s achievements (it was a hit, keep in mind?). However he additionally had a practical rationalization as to why it solely obtained one season. “Because it pertains to Acolyte, we had been pleased with our efficiency, but it surely wasn’t the place we wanted it to be given the price construction of that title, fairly frankly, to go and make a season two,” Bergman stated. “In order that’s the explanation why we didn’t do this.”

As for Disney+’s present Star Wars title, the just lately debuted Skeleton Crew, he stated it’s too early to see what’ll be subsequent. “Skeleton Crew is in course of now, so we’ll see. We’ve seen some progress on that. We’ll see how that goes … the opinions have been wonderful on Skeleton Crew, so we’ll should see how that every one performs out because it strikes ahead.”

That catches us up via 2024. However what about subsequent 12 months? “We now have Andor season two, which we’re actually enthusiastic about. It’s wonderful. I’ve watched all of the episodes, and it’s a improbable season,” Bergman stated. He’s the boss, so it’s not like he’s going to say something totally different—however that’s good to listen to, isn’t it?

There’s additionally Dave Filoni’s second season of Ahsoka, Bergman continued, and added, “We’re a lot of further sequence which can be in improvement. We’ll see what we determine to do. As I stated earlier, they should be nice, and once we’re within the place the place we expect now we have what we wish, we’re going to maneuver ahead. By way of the movies, at this level now we have Mandalorian, which is popping out Memorial Day of ‘26, and we’ve obtained a lot of movies that we’re creating. Once we’re prepared, we’ll be making bulletins as to what these are.”

The takeaway from that’s that numerous confirmed particulars about Star Wars‘ future are nonetheless up within the air—simply the best way Star Wars appears to love it.

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