Amandla Stenberg Says The Acolyte's Cancellation Was 'Not a Huge Shock'

[hewontgo]

Amandla Stenberg Says The Acolyte's Cancellation Was 'Not a Huge Shock' After Star Wars Fandom's 'Hatred' and 'Prejudice' https://t.co/I822WL9QIM
- People (@people) August 29, 2024
Amandla Stenberg is sharing her honest reaction to The Acolyte’s cancellation

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[lydzi]

She is right and honesty, I'm done with some part of the SW fans. We can't have nice things. Was the show with flaws ? Yes. But everyone needs to remind themselves that most of the so called beloved tvshows have weak first seasons. We should have time to settle the environnement, the characters and the storylines. Also, it was very obvious that lead pocs, queers characters and grey morally ones were not going to cut it within the conservative and very vocal part of the fandom.

Between Netflix's cancelling the shows with good premices, the Acolyte getting cut and Andor announcing that the second season will be the finale because they don't want to risk being cut before ending or getting axed randomly, I'm mad af. They want us to pay for fucking garbage ? They want to build cults from nothing ? no effort, no time, no respect for everyone working on a show ?

[smilla_sini]

Where did you get this about Andor? Do you realize that at the current pace of production 5 seasons of it means that already nearly geriatric Diego Luna will be playing a guy in "late 20s" till he's like 60?

[pseudonygma]

But isn't the production schedule part of the problem? You can't reasonably milk a franchise by drawing it out this much. People in television had more stable employment when shows had yearly 28 episodes running one episode a week. They literally shot episodes as they were being aired so there's no reason for studios to be releasing 8-episode seasons the way they are now. It shouldn't take 2-3 years per mediocre season, and I feel bad for all the people involved because what the hell is an actor even suppose to say during a promo tour about a project they did 2 years ago?

[smilla_sini]

I agree with you on all this, but this particular case of Andor is different, it has a precise timeline because they set it to be the 5 years leading up to Rogue One. The only problem is that, even with them retconning Cassian's age trying to make it look less ridiculous(as he was 26-27 in Rogue One), he still looks his 45 or whatever, and even if they shot it fast and made it in 5 years, him playing this role would still be laughable.
The industry has no problems recasting actresses as soon as they turn 35, meanwhile here they played themselves (specifically Diego, being a producer).

[bluestoplights]

I never paid attention to ages tbh I didn't realize he was supposed to be like 25.

I think more shows should be comfortable making their point and getting out. Andor is a very intentional show, it's not like Mando and Baby Yoda's Thing of the Week. Small output but very high quality, I'd much rather have that than all of these IPs overstaying their welcome.

[smilla_sini]

His age is important though, just as his original backstory was as well. His current setup cheapens (and retcons) some of his scenes and lines in Rogue One and makes him a huge hypocrite. I wouldn't give a damn if it wasn't assassinating his character in the original movie (and he used to be in my top favorite characters, but not anymore). Anyway, I've been enjoying The Mandalorian, which did indeed rewive the franchise and broadened the audience, not to mention all the technical advancement it helped create through the R&D ILM did together with Epic. No other show gave me such excitement as season 1, but The Acolyte, while flawed, is up there with how they broadened the narrative of the visual media part of the IP. Anyway, it's all up to our personal tastes.

[bluestoplights]

I'm not a good representation of Star Wars fan because tbh the only Star Wars media I've ever loved is Andor

[bluestoplights]

Andor was only ever planned for two seasons fwiw, season 2 is going to end right before Rogue One.

It is also imo the only good Star Wars show....