‘Star Wars: The Acolyte’ Cancelled After One Season by Disney+

(L to R) Vernestra Rwoh (Rebecca Henderson) and Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) in Lucasfilm's 'The Acolyte', exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

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‘The Acolyte’ has been canceled after one season.
The series, set during ‘Star Wars’ High Republic era, was a mixed bag, critically.
In other ‘Star Wars’ news, Boba Fett may not show up in the ‘Mandalorian’ movie.

Bad news today for anyone who enjoyed the vengeful, High Republic storyline of ‘The Acolyte’.

The series, which aired its first season on Disney+ this past June and July, has not been renewed for a second, according to Deadline’s sources. Neither Disney nor Lucasfilm has made an official statement on the matter, but the companies generally tend to let underperforming shows quietly fade like a Jedi becoming a Force ghost.

While ‘The Acolyte’ received mixed-positive reviews from critics, it was the target of hate from certain toxic portions of the ‘Star Wars’ fandom and didn’t seem to gain the attention of the wider community that other series have.

“In an age of light, a darkness rises.”

TV-141 SeasonsJune 4th, 2024

What was the story of ‘The Acolyte’?

Mae (Amandla Stenberg) in Lucasfilm's 'The Acolyte', exclusively on Disney+. ©2024 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All Rights Reserved.

Created by ‘Russian Doll’s Leslye Headland, ‘The Acolyte’ was set in a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era.

It focused on Osha Aniseya (Amandla Stenberg), a former Jedi padawan-turned-engineer, who is unexpectedly reunited with the Jedi who was training her, Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae of ‘Squid Game’) when a mysterious assassin starts killing members of the Jedi order.

As it turns out –– spoiler alert for those who haven’t watched the show –– the killer is her twin sister Mae (also Stenberg), who is on a vengeful quest to track down the people responsible for her community’s destruction.

The cast for the show also included Manny Jacinto, Jodie Turner-Smith, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman and Carrie-Anne Moss.

What’s happening with ‘Star Wars’?

‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ will be premiering on Disney+ in 2023.

Despite the loss of ‘The Acolyte’, the wider ‘Star Wars’ universe is still thriving on big and small screens.

Fellow series ‘Ahsoka’ has already scored a second season, and the latest series set in that galaxy far, far away, the ‘Goonies’-alike ‘Skeleton Crew’, docks on Disney+ in December.

Darker, and more morally grey show ‘Andor’ will be back next year.

And what is still the most successful Lucasfilm TV effort to date, ‘The Mandalorian’ is headed to cinemas, with Jon Favreau at work on ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’, due in theaters on May 22nd, 2026.

What about Boba Fett?

(L to R) Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen in ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ on Disney+

While ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ offers the chance for the TV characters to make their movie debut, it doesn’t appear everyone is along for the ride.

Spilling some Boba tea at a panel at Fan Expo Chicago at the weekend, actor Temuera Morrison indicated that bounty hunter Boba Fett seems unlikely to show up.

Here’s what Morrison said (via Screen Rant):

“I’m still waiting for a phone call to be quite honest. I think we’re just on the shelf for a little bit. Maybe we come off the shelf later.”

It’s perhaps not too surprising given that Mando spin-off series ‘The Book of Boba Fett’ failed to capture the public imagination (at least not until it effectively became ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 2.5).

So, ‘The Acolyte’ has been cancelled. Perhaps Boba Fett is cancelled for now too…?