THE ACOLYTE Receives Huge Number Of YouTube Dislikes Despite Breaking A Lucasfilm Viewership Record

THE ACOLYTE Receives Huge Number Of YouTube Dislikes Despite Breaking A Lucasfilm Viewership Record

Lucasfilm has announced that the first trailer for Star Wars: The Acolyte broke viewership records for the studio's Disney+ offerings, but what's the deal with the massive number of YouTube dislikes?

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By JoshWilding - Mar 22, 2024 06:03 AM EST
Filed Under: Star Wars
Source: SFFGazette.com

The first trailer for The Acolyte has, for whatever reason, divided Star Wars fans. The show, which is set during The High Republic era, boasts a female showrunner and a predominantly female cast, but it's been hard to find a specific reason for the backlash beyond the usual social media chatter. 

Whatever the case may be, this sneak peek has certainly managed to generate a big response as StarWars.com recently shared the following announcement (via SFFGazette.com). 

"Released yesterday, the trailer for The Acolyte garnered 51.3 million views in its first 24 hours. This is a new digital-only record for any Lucasfilm Disney+ series, surpassing every trailer for The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka. We’re grateful for your support, and can’t wait for you to experience the series."

Back to the backlash mentioned above and, as we write this, the trailer has received over 8 million views on YouTube. It's since racked up 162,757 likes and a whopping 337,622 dislikes, meaning 67% of viewers didn't like what they saw. 

"Review bombing" is nothing new, of course, and The Acolyte may well be a victim of that. 

Either way, it feels way too soon to write this one off. The trailer isn't overly different from the one which premiered during last April's Star Wars Celebration and it's clear Lucasfilm is keeping a lot secret while promoting this apparent murder mystery. 

You can relive the first trailer for The Acolyte in the X post below.

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 Acolyte comes from creator and showrunner Leslye Headland (Russian Doll), who also serves as executive producer alongside Kathleen Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Jeff F. King, and Jason Micallef. Charmaine DeGraté and Kor Adana are the co-executive producers, and Rayne Roberts and Damian Anderson are producing.

The next Star Wars TV series will premiere on Disney+ on June 4. 

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HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/22/2024, 7:01 AM
You know, it's possible viewers just don't like what they're seeing.
Mrnorth1921
Mrnorth1921 - 3/22/2024, 7:05 AM
@HashTagSwagg - nah this is too extreme. This is bots and a lot of toxic fans. Star Wars isn’t that hated. Ahsoka was well received and even obi wan. As was Andor. This is way too extreme to be that hated. Hell, Reddit users are intrigued by this show. Which it’s usually the opposite on there.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/22/2024, 7:09 AM
@Mrnorth1921 - The Ahsoka and Obi trailers both had fan nostalgia going into it, this show has none of that.
Itwasme
Itwasme - 3/22/2024, 7:44 AM
@HashTagSwagg - there's a contradiction there though in that the trailer wouldn't recieve record number of views if it wasn't well recieved.

There's plenty of ways to statistically determine if there's a campaign against something.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/22/2024, 7:48 AM
@Itwasme - It's Star Wars + Disney, they aren't some indie studio trying to promote their low budget film hoping it goes viral, they're Marketing giants, of course that stuff is going to be seen.
Mrnorth1921
Mrnorth1921 - 3/22/2024, 8:03 AM
@HashTagSwagg - this show has more likes then both of them combined. And even then, Andor didn’t have as many views but was beloved by those that watched it. Again, this isn’t real. Many of those dislikes are generated.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/22/2024, 8:07 AM
@Mrnorth1921 - Likes can be artificially generated just as easy dude, especially if it's coming from big corpo's.
Origame
Origame - 3/22/2024, 8:08 AM
@Itwasme - ...why? It's not like we're paying to see the trailer. There's nothing to lose from watching it. And hate watching is a thing.

Not to mention you can't know if something is good or bad until you do watch it.
Origame
Origame - 3/22/2024, 8:16 AM
@Mrnorth1921 - I'm literally scrolling through the comments of the trailer and I've yet to come across a positive comment. It's literally just people ragging on the trailer. If anything, I'm questioning the likes.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 3/22/2024, 8:36 AM
@HashTagSwagg - From Disney.

"Released yesterday, the trailer for The Acolyte garnered 51.3 million views in its first 24 hours. This is a new digital-only record for any Lucasfilm Disney+ series, surpassing every trailer for The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Andor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Ahsoka. We’re grateful for your support and can’t wait for you to experience the series."
Itwasme
Itwasme - 3/22/2024, 8:39 AM
@Origame - I have no clue why people do the stuff they do. I especially don't get internet hate, but you can't go anywhere without finding it. Maybe there's something about the anonymity that causes people to jump to conclusions and let the hate flow? Idk. I just find it ironic that a story so prevelantly based on good vs. evil, the light and the dark side, that people chose this almost never ending hate.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/22/2024, 8:43 AM
@AllsGood - Sound's like a good story to for their investor's to hear, wouldn't put much stock in actually buying into that though.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 3/22/2024, 8:49 AM
@HashTagSwagg - I have and Anyone that has Disney Plus is an Investor and Supporter. Do you have Disney Plus?

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AllsGood
AllsGood - 3/22/2024, 8:58 AM
@Origame - And you ALREADY Admitted you have or someone in your home has Disney Plus. Makes you Disney Supporter too.

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newhire13
newhire13 - 3/22/2024, 9:04 AM
@HashTagSwagg - Don’t be naive. Once it’s that excessive it’s obvious the reason. There’s nothing in that trailer to dislike to that level , unless you’re a bot or a person who has issues with a certain type of people. Petty, stupid stuff like that and the people who buy it is why people still ridicule fandoms like this.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/22/2024, 9:04 AM
@AllsGood - An investor invest's generally for the purpose of making more money. Paying for the service makes you the consumer.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 3/22/2024, 9:12 AM
@HashTagSwagg - Disney, Star Wars, Marvel Studios, Pixar and National Geographics Justs wants your money. Hate Away you Paid for it :)

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HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/22/2024, 9:14 AM
@newhire13 - "unless you’re a bot or a person who has issues with a certain type of people "You left out the showrunner's connection with Harvey Weinstein, for the ones who are aware, I don't think that's a thing most would be willing to overlook. People are tired of Disney pushing their sh1t and that trailer looks like Disney pushing their shit and that's not people making assumptions. The interview's prior to the trailer's release weren't exactly subtle about it.
HashTagSwagg
HashTagSwagg - 3/22/2024, 9:14 AM
@AllsGood - Paid?
Origame
Origame - 3/22/2024, 9:18 AM
@Itwasme - when I said why, it was in response to your comment that high views made it unusual to have that many dislikes. This is literally the ad populum fallacy, except you can't even say that it's well liked. All you can say is that it's been seen by a lot of people.

Why can't you wrap your head around the fact plenty of people saw the trailer and didn't like what they saw? Especially since the comments are also mostly just ragging on it.
Origame
Origame - 3/22/2024, 9:19 AM
@AllsGood - not anymore.
Matador
Matador - 3/22/2024, 9:21 AM
@AllsGood - I'm sure paying $21 bucks for Disney + & Hulu once a month is not enough for Disney to profit that's like Disney finding pennis under the couch seats.

So even if you 100 people paying for the service that's $2,100 in paid service hell that's just enough to pay for one of there cheap employee's bi-weekly salary.

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And then you have subscribers unsubscribing in droves recently they are definitely not making a great wealth on the streaming service.
marvel72
marvel72 - 3/22/2024, 9:21 AM
@Mrnorth1921 - How is too many when it has millions of views and some likes, many bots liked it also.
AllsGood
AllsGood - 3/22/2024, 10:01 AM
@Matador - That's NOT how Go Woke Go Broke Works. :) Ha Ha Ha Ha

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marvel72
marvel72 - 3/22/2024, 10:02 AM
@HashTagSwagg -

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Itwasme
Itwasme - 3/22/2024, 10:36 AM
@Origame - but the level of tracking and data online is significant. They know where these are coming from, they know who is doing it. What I mentioned was very superficial in terms of analysis.

But I do get what you're saying.
Matador
Matador - 3/22/2024, 10:55 AM
@AllsGood - At no point did I say anything about woke just informing you on how financial budgeting works.

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SalemCat
SalemCat - 3/22/2024, 11:01 AM
@Mrnorth1921 -

"This is bots and a lot of toxic fans. Star Wars isn’t that hated."

Oh, please. You love playing the blame game. Keep this in your childish mind... Star Wars can never be hated! The fandom is always there, we will support the original merch for sure and we will always fondly re-watch the original trilogy over again and again. The only thing that is toxic is you and all the nasty usual suspect 'commenters', the same old self-righteous, narcissistic bullying jerks on this ComicBookMovie site using their pathetic emojis, clown emojis and memes to lame words that end in, "-ist" or "-phobes."


Remember. The fans are passionate. Fans are not "toxic". You are toxic. You are describing yourself.


"....Ahsoka was well received and even obi wan....andor...."

Right, keep trying to sell that opinion. Anyway. Walk into any retail store, ones sells toys etc, in the toy aisles and you will see plenty of unsold "Disney's version of Star Wars" specific... toys and merch for weeks and months that just won't sell. Why is that? Unsold. There is continuous enough evidence in the action figure / collectors online community having proof with their images and videos over the years.

I remember (not just myself) there were plenty of unsold Porgs on shelves for many weeks to months. Even at discount prices. It is obvious.
Origame
Origame - 3/22/2024, 11:37 AM
@Itwasme - ...I mean, you clearly don't. The only data you provided was total viewership compared to likes and dislikes. And quite frankly 300,000 dislikes is something that sounds reasonable when talking about a video with tens of millions of views.

Unless you're saying the total number of views is questionable, which i can get that considering how the viewership of disney star wars in general has been dropping. However, that would be more so due to disney using bots to make the viewership count higher, rather than individual trolls review bombing the trailer.

Ffs, the dislikes are only double the likes. So for this to be the case of review bombing, wouldn't that also show people are also review bombing the other way, just with one being more successful? Or, instead, can we just use occams razor and say this is the natural course of a trailer being generally disliked with a lot of views? Especially due to the comments which reflect most people don't like it.
JuanRGuijarro
JuanRGuijarro - 3/22/2024, 11:38 AM
@Mrnorth1921 - nah is not extreme at all... It's been proved to death that toxic fans are just a minority. Is it possible that you can assimilate that after so much turds like Asoka, Obi Wan and Mandalorian s3, Star Wars fans are also tired of Disney?
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