
It's safe to say that "Star Wars" as a franchise has been in a rough spot for a while now. Despite my early optimism about "The Acolyte", the Disney Plus show turned out to be just the latest of the franchise's mixed efforts.
Sure, the wuxia-style fight scenes were fun, and it managed to dish up one of the very best lightsaber duels in a long time, I'll happily admit that "The Acolyte" didn't end up becoming the killer "Star Wars" show I was hoping for: "Andor" is still the high point of the Disney years so far.