The Trailer for The Acolyte - Disney Star Wars in a Nutshell

The trailer for The Acolyte has been out long enough for the people that I trust as movie critics to tear apart this insanity. I thought a couple of links were in order.

Trailers are supposed to tell you something about a movie. Something about the characters. Something about the story. They are supposed to tell you why you should spend your money to see this film. The trailer for the Disney Star Wars show The Acolyte tells us that there is going to be a lot of diversity, and that good and evil, and right and wrong, are 20th Century concepts that you should no longer be concerned with. It is all about what you feel, and what you have the power to do. And probably - though this is a guess on my part - that what ever you feel like doing, and you have the power to do, you should do.

First up is The Critical Drinker with his video The Acolyte - The Message Is Strong With This One.

Aside from some classic memes (see below) we get the following.

The trailer is less of a primer for The Acolyte, and more like a series of disconnected scenes carefully chosen to tell us ... nothing at all. I mean I definitely had fun playing a particularly challenging game of "Spot the White Guy!" with this trailer, because damn man, this one show's enough to fulfill Disney's entire DEI quota for the next two fiscal years. For example check out this collection of Jedi Padawans, and see if you can identify the one demographic that's mysteriously left out.

Next we get a selection from Nerdrotic, with Everyone HATES The Acolyte, and That's A Good Thing - RIP Star Wars

This one's gonna be COMPLETELY different. It's gonna be female centric with Diversity AND Inclusion.

In which we find that the show-runner, Leslye Headland, who's claim to fame is that she was formerly Harvey Weinstein's personal assistant, (no comments from the peanut gallery please), describes the concept behind The Acolyte as Frozen meets Kill Bill. And no, no one really knows what she means, except that the two main characters are sisters.

Which leads Gary B. to ask some questions...

I mean, why not Will & Grace meets RoboCop, or Modern Family meets Saw, or Sesame Street meets Scared Straight? I don't know, maybe I'm crazy to suggest that Disney might want to try Star Wars meets Star Wars, but we know they can't do that; I digress.

All of this brings to mind an episode of The Simpsons from 1999, "Homer to the Max." (Season 10, episode 13) It brings up a show idea of Titanic meets Fraser. (OK, so Critical Drinker gets the hat tip on that...) Star Wars has literally become a parody, and they just don't know it.

A few more videos of note...

• First up is Alan Ng and Chris Gore with an expression of apathy: THE ACOLYTE TRAILER REACTION | Film Threat Reviews
• Robot Head has a few comments on hairstyles and design choices: Put A Chick In It Star Wars - The Acolyte Trailer
• YellowFlash has a story about Social Media. Disney BUSTED using bots to boost The Acolyte! Tons of fake users praising Star Wars EXPOSED!
• Critical Drinker After Hours brings us a short discussion of the trailer. Drinker's Chasers - The Acolyte Trailer Gets Destroyed

The Memes are Strong with this one...