'The Acolyte' canceled after one season

Lucasfilm has struck down the prospects for a second season of The Acolyte .

The Disney+ show, starring Amandla Stenberg and created by Leslye Headland , launched on June 4 with two episodes, generating 4.8 million views for the first two chapters, enough to rank at #7 on Nielsen's Top 10.

As the series progressed, it continued to divide fans and viewership dropped, and the show that also starred Squid Game 's Lee Jung-Jae , Manny Jacinto , Dafne Keen and The Matrix 's Carrie Ann-Moss , ended its eight-episode run on July 16 with the lowest finale viewership numbers for any Star Wars series on Disney+.

The $180 million show scored decently with critics, but even with a seemingly endless campaign of coverage from geek sites, the majority of Star Wars fans didn't respond, according to its Rotten Tomatoes scores .

The aggregator lists The Acolyte 's Critics Score at 78%, but the Audience Score at just 18%.

The Acolyte was set 100 years before the events of Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace , and centered on the mystery behind the murders of a group of Jedi. Stenberg played the dual role of sisters Osha and Mae, and Headland said in many interviews she was eager to continue the show for a second season.

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