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

The year in Star Wars was a shaky one, however amid all of the stunning big-screen bulletins, the largest earthquakes may need emanated from Disney+ collection The Acolyte. The collection upended numerous Star Wars‘ most ingrained tenets, particularly in regards to 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 realistic rationalization as to why it solely obtained one season. “Because it pertains to Acolyte, we had been proud of our efficiency, but it surely wasn’t the place we would have liked it to be given the associated fee construction of that title, fairly frankly, to go and make a season two,” Bergman mentioned. “In order that’s the rationale why we didn’t try this.”

As for Disney+’s present Star Wars title, the lately debuted Skeleton Crew, he mentioned 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 development on that. We’ll see how that goes … the evaluations 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 by way of 2024. However what about subsequent yr? “We have now Andor season two, which we’re actually enthusiastic about. It’s wonderful. I’ve watched all of the episodes, and it’s a unbelievable season,” Bergman mentioned. He’s the boss, so it’s not like he’s going to say something completely 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 taking a look at quite a lot of further collection which might be in growth. We’ll see what we determine to do. As I mentioned earlier, they should be nice, and after we’re within the place the place we expect we now have what we wish, we’re going to maneuver ahead. By way of the movies, at this level we now have Mandalorian, which is popping out Memorial Day of ‘26, and we’ve obtained quite 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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