It Appears Some STAR WARS Fans Have Now Resorted To Review-Bombing Merchandise For THE ACOLYTE

It Appears Some STAR WARS Fans Have Now Resorted To Review-Bombing Merchandise For THE ACOLYTE

With The Acolyte over and done with after a single season, some angry Star Wars fans have now resorted to review-bombing merchandise for the divisive Disney+ series. You can find more details on that here.

By JoshWilding - Aug 28, 2024 07:08 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: SFFGazette.com

When The Acolyte was cancelled by Disney+ earlier this month, many people noticed that merchandise for the divisive Star Wars series had seemingly been pulled from the official online Disney Store. 

We're still no sure whether it was a coincidence, an error, or a deliberate move on the House of Mouse's part, but several items do now appear on the site. However, it seems that came as a blow to the show's detractors as they're now review-bombing...t-shirts?!

As we first reported on SFFGazette.com, there are "fans" giving this merch for The Acolyte the lowest scores possible and leaving comments clearly unrelated to the quality of the items. One example reads, "The failure of one, The failure of two, The failure of Disney." How clever!

Of course, this comes as a petition asking Disney to renew The Acolyte has passed 53,000 signatures. Its rival petition, "DON'T renew The Acolyte," sits at a mere 8,200 signatures in comparison. 

Neither of those is likely to change the studio's mind as it's been widely reported that the series was expensive to produce and a dip in viewership after the first couple of episodes essentially sealed its fate, anyway. We may get other continuations, though, such as comics or novels. 

Lee Jung-jae, who played Jedi Master Sol in the show recently addressed the cancellation when he said, "As you know, my character had died already in the first season. So I wouldn't have appeared in the second season if there was one anyway."

"But personally speaking, I really loved Leslye’s writing. I thought that she was a great writer and director who was very talented in the storytelling, as well as creating characters and creating meaningful structures within the story," the Squid Game actor continued. "So I was actually personally really looking forward to watching a season 2 with her at the helm."

How much merchandise for The Acolyte is in your Star Wars collection? Let is know in the usual place.

In The Acolyte, an investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior from his past (Amandla Stenberg). As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems...

The series stars Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Manny Jacinto, Dafne Keen, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner-Smith, Rebecca Henderson, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, and Carrie-Anne Moss.

The entire first season of The Acolyte is streaming on Disney+.

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FireandBlood
FireandBlood - 8/28/2024, 7:09 AM
Guys, the show’s been cancelled.

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HerrmanM
HerrmanM - 8/28/2024, 7:12 AM
People need a life. Seriously.
Blergh
Blergh - 8/28/2024, 7:35 AM
@HerrmanM - Right? The dedication some have to hate stuff inconsequential to them is astounding
Moriakum
Moriakum - 8/28/2024, 7:15 AM
To all Star Wars “fans”:

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philinterrupted
philinterrupted - 8/28/2024, 7:16 AM
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DravenCorvis
DravenCorvis - 8/28/2024, 7:18 AM
They should let it go; it's over.

Same with you, sir.

Getting the vibe that this is bugging you a bit.

It was a dull show, and isn't worth all this hoopla from these folk or yourself.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/28/2024, 7:21 AM
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Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/28/2024, 7:23 AM
@Matchesz - it’s actually inspiring if you think about it to see a community come together but ofc they have to gaslight us into thinking we’re the bad people when they pretty much instigated all this
SPQR
SPQR - 8/28/2024, 8:32 AM
@Matchesz - lol Exactly.
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/28/2024, 9:09 AM
@Matchesz - spoken like someone who spends his time giving bad reviews to clothes he doesn't wear. Truly inspiring.
xfan320
xfan320 - 8/28/2024, 7:25 AM
The Acolyte had some interesting ideas and connections to the greater Star Wars Lore, but the execution was pretty awful and they wasted an entire season working towards something mildly worthwhile.

Disney+ shows biggest problems are usually down to pacing and bloat. I'm surprised the Fandom hasn't edited the show's content into a movie format or at least a miniseries to eliminate all the excess and filler.

Whoelsebutkevin
Whoelsebutkevin - 8/28/2024, 8:53 AM
@xfan320 - You've put my thoughts into words, I completely agree. Interesting idea but badly executed. Starting with every scene you can easily tell they used thar wrap around screen in the worst way. Mandoloarian at least at depth to its set pieces.
Spoken
Spoken - 8/28/2024, 9:23 AM
@xfan320 - Hmmm...that's not a bad idea to attempt actually. Thanks!
Ryguy88
Ryguy88 - 8/28/2024, 7:29 AM
Does this upset you, Josh?
DravenCorvis
DravenCorvis - 8/28/2024, 7:30 AM
@Ryguy88 - So, I'm not the only one that's picked up on that?
SPQR
SPQR - 8/28/2024, 8:33 AM
@Ryguy88 - The excuses they make. 😄
TheFinestSmack
TheFinestSmack - 8/28/2024, 7:34 AM
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RealTurner
RealTurner - 8/28/2024, 7:40 AM
Is the stance of this site that this was good or not? Because, I mean, it was trash. Just storytelling trash.

There's lots of simple examples, like characters literally just shouting "what did you do?!" at each other, in a scene so comedically bad that they actually cut is short when flashbacking to the same scene a second time. But let's dig a little deeper. During the first flashback episode we see things from the perspectives of every character involved. The Jedi, the mothers, both twins. So we aren't seeing what one of the twins, or one of the Jedi remembers; we are seeing what happened, from a neutral viewpoint. Right?

But then, in the second flashback episode, further information is revealed to the viewer that was simply left out the first time. When Emo Twin starts the fire, we see her outside the door in the first epsiode; but then, we only see her panic and try to stop the fire in the second flashback. This kind of "ahah! gotcha!" story twist simply doesn't work when Emo has been a perspective character during the original episode. The flashback should have originally been from the perspective of Dumb Twin; what she thinks she remembers happening, not a broken digest from an unrealible unseen narrator.

That kind of deep-seated narrative failure runs through the entire series. I couldn't tell you what either of the twins really wanted, or what the Jedi think went so wrong on Witchy Planet that two of them basically become hermits. Emo Twin literally changes her mind about what she wants 3 times during a single episode, with little explanation why. The trained Jedi Master who takes the wrong twin back to his spaceship, seemingly without even realizing it for ages! My God! The only way to save the character was have him spot the switch immediately and play along; if that's what happened, it was not even hinted at. That Emo Twin even thinks such a dumb plan could work--or why she even does it?! MY GOD!

Ah well. Enough. It proved that some great light saber fights and "ooh let's do some GoT twists, that was a good show!" storytelling can't save a narrative and characters you just don't care about. Great action needs stakes behind each swing of those swords. Here I couldn't tell you what anyone wanted, or why.

mountainman
mountainman - 8/28/2024, 7:40 AM
Why would someone waste their time review bombing merch? The abysmal merch sales should be doing that well enough on their own.
Matchesz
Matchesz - 8/28/2024, 9:05 AM
@mountainman - I just see it all as a form of peaceful protest. Fans making their voices heard etc.
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/28/2024, 9:16 AM
@Matchesz - second post defending it. So you're clearly one of these knobs.
BigPhilbowski
BigPhilbowski - 8/28/2024, 7:46 AM
Fans? Nah, anyone going to this much effort to hate on something they don't like are nothing more than trolls
PantherKing
PantherKing - 8/28/2024, 7:50 AM
It’s so toxic these days. People always have to dedicate their life to hate for them to feel ok with themselves.
GameOn
GameOn - 8/28/2024, 7:50 AM
The internet was a mistake
Izaizaiza
Izaizaiza - 8/28/2024, 9:06 AM
@GameOn - I often wonder if the internet was one step further than our little monkey brains can handle.
dragon316
dragon316 - 8/28/2024, 7:51 AM
Way to show how mature you acting your age give bad reviews on stuff on show that has been cancelled it’s official Star Wars fans are worst
TheyDont
TheyDont - 8/28/2024, 7:54 AM
No news? Then we'll just post rage bait. Right, Josh?
Batmangina
Batmangina - 8/28/2024, 8:03 AM
Review Bombing FOR THE WIN


Welcome to the internet.

What a bunch of pussies.


GOATSE sends his love.
Odekahn
Odekahn - 8/28/2024, 8:03 AM
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

🧂 🧂 🧂
harryba11zack
harryba11zack - 8/28/2024, 8:04 AM
the power of many!!
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WhatIfRickJames
WhatIfRickJames - 8/28/2024, 8:22 AM
Garbage people doing garbage people things again
SPQR
SPQR - 8/28/2024, 8:35 AM
@WhatIfRickJames - Psh. It’s deserved but it’s also bs coming from the guy making a fuss out of nothing.
newhire13
newhire13 - 8/28/2024, 8:26 AM
It’s sad to be that pathetic
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 8/28/2024, 8:35 AM
salt of the earth
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Uspatriot77
Uspatriot77 - 8/28/2024, 8:37 AM
You Libtards live in a world of denial. No one wants the Woke crap. Besides that the show was horrible in so many ways. Bad acting, weak dialogue, boring plot, gay shit. Accept the fact this is rejected by a majority of fans. And yes real Star Wars fans are the ones genuinely turned off by this garbage. You Woke pukes came in and treaded into our territory and were denied. Quit your crying.
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/28/2024, 9:18 AM
@Uspatriot77 - What is your avatar?
Fogs
Fogs - 8/28/2024, 8:57 AM
OR... The majority of people don't like / care about the series and are showing that.
SATW42
SATW42 - 8/28/2024, 9:19 AM
@Fogs - it's already cancelled. Hanging on to it is doing what exactly?
DrReedRichards
DrReedRichards - 8/28/2024, 9:01 AM
To quote @DarthOmega:

8/24/2024, 11:59 AM
I think review bombing is real.
I think those YouTube reviewers go too far
I think the hate for the show is overstayed.
...
I also think the show was just bad.
I think it was poorly written
I think it was poorly acted
I think some of it was nonsensical


Was this show cancelled? Yes.
Did it deserve to be cancelled? Maybe.
Does those «fans'» proven behaviour continue to invalidate them and their celebrations? Absolutely.

This is the true "salt of the earth", @HashTagSwagg (and others); your collective transparency, which the sane among us can only thank you for.
TheVisionary25
TheVisionary25 - 8/28/2024, 9:08 AM
@DrReedRichards - comments like that seem fair

However given the petition and the outcry on social media , it obviously did connect with others (myself included)

Obviously it had flaws , very few if anything does not have them but the good outweighed the bad for me.
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