In the days since the announcement that Lucasfilm was canceling The Acolyte, fans of the show have galvanized online. Sure, this often happens whenever they cancel any show with a devoted following prematurely. But when you’re dealing with Star Wars fans, they tend to bring the Force as their ally. So of course, there’s already a Change.org petition to sign to renew the show for a second season. So let the folks at Lucasfilm and Disney know we want more of The Acolyte. Here’s the link, should you wish to make your voice heard if you want to see more of the High Republic world on Disney+.
Although much of the main cast of The Acolyte would not return for a second season (we won’t spoil why in case you have yet to see it), the adventures of Osha (Amandla Stenberg) and the dark side warrior known as “the Stranger” (Manny Jacinto) are just beginning at the end of the series. Also, after his first appearance in canon, many Star Wars fans are dying to see more of Darth Plagueis. How does he connect to the Stranger and, eventually, to Palpatine? How does the Stranger connect to the Knights of Ren? Fans deserve these stories to get their resolution on screen, not in spin-off materials.
Although some people might doubt them, sometimes these online petitions do indeed work. Paramount+ execs have said that petitions from fans to spin-off Captain Pike from Star Trek: Discovery led to the creation of Strange New Worlds. Revivals of both Futurama and Veronica Mars eventually arrived because of online fan outcry that never let up. Going Back to Star Trek, long before the internet was a glimmer in anyone’s eye, outraged fans poured close to one million hand-written letters to NBC to save Star Trek. That campaign, the granddaddy of all fan campaigns, got the show greenlit for season three, and the rest is history. Since “hope” is a key theme in Star Wars, fans should not give up just yet.
