Amandla Stenberg reveals cancelation of The Acolyte is 'not a huge shock for me' following 'rampage of vitriol' from some Star Wars fans By Kevin Kayhart For Dailymail.com Published: 03:04 EDT, 29 August 2024 | Updated: 03:04 EDT, 29 August 2024 e-mail View comments Nearly two weeks after Disney+ stunned some of the cast, crew, and fans by canceling Star Wars : The Acolyte after one season, leading lady Amandla Stenberg is speaking her mind about the decision and the backlash that followed the show from start to finish. While some people were surprised of the decision, Stenberg maintains the show's abrupt cancelation did not surprise her, she claimed in an Instagram Story video, before revealing some hate the show has received since its inception.
'I'm gonna be transparent and say that it's not a huge shock for me,' she said in the clip, while working on her braided locks in the clip. 'Of course I live in the bubble of my own reality, but for those who aren't aware, there has been a rampage of vitriol that we have faced since the show was even announced, when it was still just a concept and no one had even seen it.' 'That's when we started experiencing a rampage of what I would say is hyper-conservative, bigotry, and vitriol, prejudice, hatred, and hateful language towards us,' the actress, who starred as twin sisters Osha and Mae, described the that the show received.
She claims that all the negativity 'really affected me when I first got the job even though I anticipated it happening; it's not something you can fully understand what it feels like until it’s happening to you. Amandla Stenberg, 25, maintained the cancelation of Star Wars: The Acolyte by Disney+ and Lucasfilm after season one was 'not a huge shock for me' But in the nearly two years since production began the actress has a sense of calm about all the negativity and backlash. 'However, I feel like I've kinda moved through those feelings in various ways, including being vocal about it myself.
For me, it just became a situation where there was no option but for me to honor my sense of ethics and my belief system and my value system while being in this very unique position,' she explained of the workings within the massive IP that is Star Wars. 'On that topic, I just have to say it has been an incredible honor and dream for me to be in this universe,' Stenberg said of the Star wars Universe, as reported by Deadline . She continued.
'Even though, of course I'm very sad about the show being canceled, and I’m sad about us not being able to give people invested in it more, I still just feel a lot of levity and joy around the fact that I got to experience it and that people loved it and that people were so responsive.' She proceeded to disclose some of the interactions she's had with devoted fans over the last couple of years. 'I poured through a lot of different iterations of fan art, and ship art, and fan theories, and things that were so beautiful and filled my heart with joy,' she shared with a big beaming smile of her face.
Despite all that hate and negativity, who she called out to the the 'alt-right', The Hate U Give star told fans and supports that they are 'deeply loved and appreciated and it made this job all the worthwhile to me.' Some fans were devastated by the decision to axe the show, with some complaining that 'it had so much potential!' 'Of course I live in the bubble of my own reality, but for those who aren't aware, there has been a rampage of vitriol that we have faced since the show was even announced, when it was still just a concept and no one had even seen it,' the actress revealed in an Instagram Story post Stenberg, who played the dual roles of twin sisters Osha and Mae, claimed she and others with the show 'started experiencing a rampage of what I would say is hyper-conservative, bigotry, and vitriol, prejudice, hatred, and hateful language towards us' Created by Leslye Headland, Star Wars: The Acolyte debuted on Disney+ on June 4 But with a reported budget of $180 million, mixed reviews from fans and critics, and a fall in viewing numbers after the release of the third episode couldn't have helped when deciding whether to move forward with a season two. The news came as a bit of a shock, given how much of the season one finale ended on a cliffhanger and teased several plot lines for the follow-up episodes that will likely never come.
One day after word of the cancelation came down, fans against the move started a petition to try and save the show, and quickly garnered 10,000 signatures on August 23, as reported by Collider . But in the five days since then that number for the 'Renew The Acolyte' petition has now climbed up toward 58,000 with an initial goal of 75,000. Now make no mistake, there were plenty of people who were not totally happy with the way the story played out when it made its premiere on Disney+ with a two-episode release on June 4.
Stenberg played twin sisters who were separated by a tragedy when they were young; she is spictured in a scene with Manny Jacinto, who appeared as Qimir The final shot of season one, showing his character Qimir standing side-by-side with Amandla Stenberg's Osha, left the story open for more episodes, but now that won't be happening The following six episodes were released weekly through July 16. In the end, The Acolyte actually received lower viewership ratings than previous Star Wars series and was considered divisive among fans of the franchise. The story was set at the end of the Star Wars franchise's High Republic era, approximately 100 years before Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999), and includes 'a respected Jedi Master investigating a series of crimes that bring him into contact with a former Padawan learner and reveal sinister forces.
' Along with Stenberg the cast also featuresManny Jacinto, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, Margarita Levieva, Lauren Brady, Leah Brady, Harry Trevaldwyn, and David Harewood. Star Wars Share or comment on this article: Amandla Stenberg reveals cancelation of The Acolyte is 'not a huge shock for me' following 'rampage of vitriol' from some Star Wars fans e-mail Add comment.
