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The story of The Acolyte will not continue, with Lucasfilm opting not to proceed with a second season of the Star Wars offshoot starring Amandla Stenberg, sources tell Deadline.

Word of the decision comes more than a month after the eight-episode first season of the series from creator, director, executive producer and showrunner Lesley Headland wrapped its run on Disney+.

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[–] wjrii 21 points 3 months ago (2 children)

If this was ~~Jason Mendoza’s~~ Manny Jacinto’s only opportunity to play Darth Bortles, I will set fire to a god-damn space-witch castle. That man is a treasure and absolutely stole every scene he was in.

Otherwise… 50/50. I liked it enough that I wanted to see what would happen, and I feel like the pacing will work better for those who get to binge it, but some of the criticisms about script, budget, etc. were more than fair.

[–] MimicJar 5 points 3 months ago

Manny played my favorite character (I liked others too, but they clearly won't be in season 2.)

I hope they can find a story for him in a few years and he can continue his journey. Just have the Acolyte story "not work out" but bring him back with someone new.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Oh wow. I don't believe I didn't recognize him from the Good Place. I think the show had good potential. There was some issues, but nothing unforgivable.