Disney Says Price, Not High quality Considerations, 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 a number of 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 subjects, Disney’s Alan Bergman acknowledged The Acolyte‘s achievements (it was a hit, keep in mind?). However he additionally had a practical clarification as to why it solely obtained one season. “Because it pertains to Acolyte, we have been pleased with our efficiency, but it surely wasn’t the place we would have liked it to be given the price 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 do this.”

As for Disney+’s present Star Wars title, the not too long ago 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 critiques have been wonderful on Skeleton Crew, so we’ll must see how that every one performs out because it strikes ahead.”

That catches us up via 2024. However what about subsequent yr? “We’ve got 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 a lot of further collection which can be in improvement. We’ll see what we determine to do. As I mentioned earlier, they must be nice, and after we’re within the place the place we expect we have now what we wish, we’re going to maneuver ahead. By way of the movies, at this level we have now Mandalorian, which is popping out Memorial Day of ‘26, and we’ve obtained a lot of movies that we’re growing. After we’re prepared, we’ll be making bulletins as to what these are.”

The takeaway from that’s that a number of 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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