Yeah, it’s wild when you consider that The Acolyte had a massive $180 million budget (compared to the other Star Wars Disney+ shows that sit around a $90-110 million budget) and still ended up being the least-watched Star Wars show on Disney+. With that kind of investment, they were obviously banking on it being a hit, but the numbers just do not justify keeping it around it seems.

It’s like Lucasfilm is just throwing money at these projects without a clear plan, then acting surprised when they don’t work out. What’s really missing here is someone spearheading the ship creatively. Without a clear leadership role to define the vision and direction, we’ll just keep seeing more of the same: big budgets, weak execution, and a string of missed opportunities.

Lucasfilm has an untapped goldmine in The Old Republic era, a chance to right some of the wrongs of the ST with a The Clone Wars-style animated show featuring the OT characters on adventures post-ROTJ, as well as a bunch of different bounty hunter and Jedi characters that they could make content for. Why they don’t just write and develop more stories around these characters just blows my mind…