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Disney and Lucasfilm continued their desecration of the Star Wars brand this year with the release of The Acolyte, the first of their Star Wars shows to be canceled after just one season (The Book of Boba Fett, which certainly won’t be returning, was technically billed as a miniseries).
Despite the fact that most streaming services seem plenty comfortable with burning through cash, the cost of The Acolyte relative to its viewership was clearly far too far out of whack for even the remarkably deep-pocketed Mouse House.
When looking into the numbers behind the series, it isn’t hard to see why Disney made the decision to axe the Leslye Headland-created show, as it reportedly cost $630,000 PER MINUTE of screentime to produce. The series also saw its viewership plummet after its second episode, with its low viewership being cited as the reason for its cancelation.
#TheAcolyte cost ~$630K per minute of screentime
• Was canceled due to low viewership
• There are no plans to remove the series from Disney+ pic.twitter.com/o2GYM1id9s— Culture Crave 🍿 (@CultureCrave) August 26, 2024
Even though she’s presided over a string of poorly received projects, reports indicate that Lucasfilm head Kathleen Kennedy is set to remain in her position until at least the second quarter of 2025 as there are reportedly “multiple” unannounced Star Wars shows currently in development.
In addition to the rumored additional series, Lucasfilm is also developing the following films, which are in various stages of production.
The most certain is The Mandalorian & Grogu, which will be hitting movie theaters in May 2026. The other Star Wars films in development are a Rey movie from director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy (who has primarily worked as a documentarian), a film directed by Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy, and a Jedi movie from Logan and Ford v. Ferrari filmmaker James Mangold.