The Prequels Have A Ready-Built Audience Disney Is Starting To Inject More Prequel Characters Into Current Content There Is A Lot Of Storyline Potential From its inception, Disney Plus has made Star Wars a focal point for creating unique and original content,

This might come as a surprise, considering The Acolyte was canceled after just one season despite being pitched as a multi-season show. The reason for its cancelation was put down to poor viewership, with the final episode thought to have received the lowest viewership figure for a Star Wars finale at the time.

Analysis of a year of streaming TV habits backs up fans who think the Star Wars series was canceled too soon. It appears unnecessary complaints from that small but loud section of toxic Star Wars fandom may have influenced Lucasfilm to cut short the life of The Acolyte too soon.

The Acolyte, it turns out, was Disney Plus's second most-watched series of the year, and it still ended up cancelled. Why?