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Lindelof knows the backlash is political, which makes it all the easier to block out Despite various methods trying to stop the practice, reviewing bombing and tidal waves of fan backlash have not gone anywhere. Just this month, Star Wars series The Acolyte—a new show set a long, long time before the events of the main saga—was unceremoniously canceled by Disney after its first season, becoming the first Disney Star Wars joint to suffer that fate. While it was generally well received critically—we gave it a B+—there was significant backlash from a subset of the Star Wars fandom, upset over its non-white lead actors and female showrunner.
Actor Amandla Stenberg bore the brunt of much of the backlash, both when the show was dubbed "The Woke-alyte" before it aired and via social media after it was canceled. All this to say, the volume of backlash..
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