I Know This Is A Hayden Fan Account But Really Quickly I Wanna Speak On How The New Show The Acolyte

I know this is a Hayden fan account but really quickly I wanna speak on how the new show The Acolyte is being received by a very loud group of toxic fans.

For the past few weeks I've seen nothing but hate, mockery, and complaints about this show. But with Tuesdays episode 3 that just came out, I have never in my life of loving Star Wars and almost every project that's come out seen so much genuine hatred, sexism, and racism towards a show/project, it doesn't even have to be Star Wars.

In Episode 3 of The Acolyte, It goes back some years to when Osha (Main Character so far) and her sister Mae are young and their origins on how they got to where they are in the present day of the show. They were apart of coven of witches and were created from their mother manipulating the force.

I can understand not being happy about the fact that they were created through manipulation of the force, since Anakin was also created through the force but in my opinion, it does not de-canonize or "ruin" the prophecy of the chosen one.

Anakin was created by the force itself in retaliation to the Sith trying to manipulate life. I can understand the frustration of thinking that different people who were less powerful than the Sith would be able to also manipulate the force into creating life but the bigger picture here is that Anakin was created solely by the will of the force, While Mae and Osha were created by manipulation.

The next thing I'd like to comment on is the absolute hatred and close mindedness that fans are giving out to this show. Mae and Osha in the show have two mothers and live within a coven of all female witches. I've seen nothing but sexism and homophobia about it, and terribly unsavory comments.

Also within the show there is a lot of diversity which In my opinion is very important to have in shows like this where it could also be meant for children to learn from these shows and feel represented. At the end of the day people need to remember that Star Wars is meant for people of all ages. It's meant for young little kids to enjoy and learn good life lessons and see themselves in the characters, but it's also for adults who've grown up with the films and it gives them a sense of nostalgia.

All I've been seeing online are comments like "Star Wars is dead" "This show isn't canon" and many other things I wouldn't even like to say on here because it's just blatant racism and sexism. It's absolutely ridiculous hearing comments like this about a fictional universe with endless amounts of stories within it. It really shows people's true colors and their perception of reality and it deeply saddens me.

If you don't like the show, don't watch it just to complain online about how "Disney ruined Star Wars" etc. Let the people who enjoy the show, enjoy it without absolutely tearing them apart online. Also it's absolutely not okay that people are going after the actors apart of this show, those are real people and I feel sometimes fans forget that.

Star Wars isn't dead. It's just expanding and changing the boundaries that it used to confine to and it should be! If you call yourself a Star Wars fan but all you do in recent years is hate on every single project that comes out before it's even finished, you are not a Star Wars fan.

I don't care about her killing people. She is just a baby fox to me

And when we'll get this tired and sweaty and bloody and Yord on screen then what??? (I'm not ready 😳)

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