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The critique highlights the alleged disconnect between storytelling for commercial success and storytelling for artistic integrity, claiming that the current strategy prioritizes marketing and identity politics over quality or coherent narrative.
The Future: A Show Not Meant for Core Fans
Finally, it concludes that The Acolyte is not designed for the traditional Star Wars audience but for a “mythical audience”—those who don’t genuinely care about the franchise but want inclusion and progressive narratives. This audience supposedly believes in moral ambiguity and rejects traditional notions of heroism, which critics argue undermines the very essence of Star Wars.