Products from this recently canceled series appear to have been pulled from their official online store

This is quite a surprising thing. A search of The Acolyte merchandise at the official Disney store turned up nothing, suggesting that all of the products were intentionally removed. This observation follows the sudden cancellation of the Disney+ series after just one season.

A true denial

This is yet another blow to fans of the series who have unsuccessfully campaigned online to get the series a second season. The series was highly controversial during its run, being the subject of a review bombing campaign from haters, while receiving favorable reviews from fans to compensate.

Although the series had exceptional viewership at launch, with 4.8 million views on its first day Announced by the platformMaking it Disney+’s biggest streaming debut of the year, it quickly petered out and lost its spot among Disney+’s most-watched series before hitting a new peak at the end of the season. However, it is considered the least watched of all the Star Wars series Audience Measurement Institute.

“All ACOLYTE merchandise has been removed from the Disney Online Store” points out this tweet from DiscussingFilm. And the same screenshots are being reproduced on X (formerly Twitter). We ourselves made the same observation at the French Disney store.

Disney retreat

Acolyte is part of the Star Wars line of properties, and controversy among fans led to their quick end and parting ways with Disney. Solo: A Star Wars Story was met with low attendance when it hit theaters in 2018.

After grossing $275 million at the US and Canadian box office, Disney and Lucasfilm scrapped any idea of ​​a sequel and put a stop to further Star Wars-style films.

Alden Ehrenreich, who plays Han Solo in the film, said he has signed on to play Solo in two more movies, and director Ron Howard said the sequel is in the hands of the fans.

The Rise of Skywalker also saw Disney push back after the film was poorly received by critics. After releasing one movie a year from 2015 to 2019, Disney has yet to release a new Star Wars movie in theaters since then. However, other movies and a surprise bonus have been announced, so we won’t be done with the galaxy far, far away.