And in the end, the rankings simply weren’t strong enough, specifically for a Star Wars task. The Acolyte amassed 11.1 million views over its very first 5 days (and 488 million minutes seen)– okay, however listed below Ahsoka‘s 14 million views over the exact same duration. Those numbers decreased dramatically over the occurring weeks, with the ending making the suspicious difference of publishing the most affordable minutes seen (335 million) for any Star Wars series ending.

Composing at Forbes, Caroline Reid kept in mind that The Acolyte was hindered from the start by a difficult post-pandemic monetary environment at Disney. It was greenlit in 2021 in addition to lots of other rather pricey series to enhance customer numbers for Disney+, adding to $11.4 billion losses because department. Bob Iger returned as CEO and focused on cutting expenses. The Acolyte‘s heavy VFX requirements and star casting (most significantly Carrie Ann Moss and Squid Game‘s Lee Jung-jae) made it an expensive proposal, with rankings expectations to match. And obviously the program didn’t produce as much retailing earnings as anticipated.

As the folks at Slash Film explained, The Acolyte‘s puffed up production expenses aren’t especially eye-popping compared to, state, Prime Video’s The Rings of Powerwhich costs a massive $58 million per episode, or Marvel’s Secret Invasion (about $35 million per episode). It’s expensive for a Star Wars series; The Mandalorian acquired around $15 million per episode, on par with Video game of ThronesProvided the flagging scores and lukewarm evaluations, the greater expenses showed to be “the final nail in the coffin” for the series in the eyes of Disney, per Reid.