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Pre-production of the second season of Star Wars streaming show Ahsoka cost around 30% less than the sum spent on its counterpart The Acolyte according to recently-released filings.
Released in 2024, The Acolyte became one of the most controversial instalments in Disney's Star Wars saga. Before the show even launched on the Disney+ platform there was a disturbance in the force as it was branded woke due to its diverse female-led cast. This was supposedly the driving force behind its rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes plummeting when it launched.
Just a day after the debut of The Acolyte's first episode its audience score stood at only 50% but even darker clouds soon began to gather. Overwhelmingly-negative reviews flooded in leaving The Acolyte with an audience score of just 19% which is lower than the notorious 1978 Star Wars: Holiday Special.
The low score was attributed to unjustified review bombing with the key evidence for this being that the show's Rotten Tomatoes critics' score stands at a more respectable 79%.
