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It seems some Star Wars fans are accidentally review bombing the 2008 Australian horror film Acolytes instead of The Acolyte Disney+ series. The Acolyte is the latest live-action Star Wars series to air on Disney+, premiering its first two episodes on June 4, with new episodes airing weekly until the finale on July 16. The show has earned mostly positive reviews from critics so far, but it has been incredibly divisive among Star Wars fans, to say the least.

At the time of this writing, the Rotten Tomatoes critic score for The Acolyte is a respectable 84%, while its audience score is an abysmal 16%. Without delving into spoilers, there are Star Wars fans who are not happy about some of the creative choices in the show, feeling as though it doesn't fit with the rest of the Star Wars canon. Others are not impressed with the show's quality, and are unhappy at the direction the Star Wars franchise has been going in general. There are also some people who are upset that the show focuses on female characters and has a diverse cast.

Those unhappy with The Acolyte, whether it's due to legitimate criticism about the show's quality or anger over its "woke" content, have taken to Rotten Tomatoes to let their displeasure be known, spamming the series with low ratings to bring down its audience score. However, some individuals seem to have gotten lost, instead review bombing the 2008 Australian horror film Acolytes, which has nothing to do with the Star Wars franchise in any capacity. Now, the Acolytes film was never popular with audiences anyway; from what we can see using the Way Back Machine, it's gone from about a 42% audience score to a 33% audience score. Still, it does seem as though its score has been impacted by Star Wars fans who actually want to review bomb The Acolyte instead.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (10 children)

So what’s actually wrong with Acolyte.

It’s only been 3 episodes and I’ve found it fine.

Are the “fans” unhappy because there’s:

  • Black Jedi
  • Female Jedi
  • Black Female Jedi
  • Witches (Female)
  • Lesbian witches
  • Witches that used the force to create life
  • That the fire was too quick and didnt explain why Floating Jedi with Shit Hair killed himself.
  • The witches weren’t Nightsisters
  • All of the above

Sure there’s glaring holes and dumb stuff but it’s still entertaining. Better than Book of Boba, but not as good as Ashoka and definitely not as good as Andor. The jury is out on if better than Obi Wan, that had Vader so gets automatic points. I keep seeing YouTube’s about it being “DEI” whatever that means and just derogatorily calling out the show runner forcing in woke was because she’s lesbian etc.

Are only straight white Jedi allowed? I haven’t seen anything “woke” shoved in your face that I can think of.

And you’d think people would like lesbians.

The story is still unfolding so I’m sure we will find out what actually happened to the witches, if they got youngling’d or not etc. We’ve seen the POV of one twin so perhaps the other is coming, like what’s she been up to etc.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago

Agreed. At this point in the show I'm hopeful I'm reading it right... But I think everything has been misdirection and showing one person's point of view that is impacted by their own impressions. The few YouTubers I've seen that haven't gotten sucked into the anti-DEI rage hole are actually putting out some great theories on what is happening... But I think the show runner's comments have enflamed so many of the bro-chad-fans they are looking for reasons to be mad ..

I am hopeful that my read of things is true, so I'm enjoying it so far. It is possible they mess up, but I'm gonna give it the season to fully judge.

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