Star Wars: The Acolyte has been making huge waves online. Fans online have review bombed this show on Rotten Tomatoes (and every other movie with a similar name) and the Star Wars fandom appears united against Leslye Headland and this woke new world of pronouns and space witches.
But is it? Is The Acolyte worthy of this backlash? In this Star Wars video essay, let’s look at the hate Star Wars The Acolyte has gotten. By examining the way we react to Star Wars: The Acolyte, it becomes clear we aren’t really criticizing individual pieces of Star Wars….not anymore.