From its inception, Disney Plus has made Star Wars a focal point for creating unique and original content, which has led to some fantastic television shows. They have focused on different timelines, some bringing in Star Wars characters that people know and love, while others have featured more obscure or completely new names.

The Acolyte was Disney Plus 's second most viewed show of 2024. That's according to findings by Luminate, shared by Deadline. Per the report, Percy Jackson and the Olympians was the top performing show of 2024 on Disney Plus with over 3 billion minutes viewed, while The Acolyte was slightly behind it with 2.7 billion.

Shortly after The Acolyte arrived on Disney+ last year, Disney+ and Lucasfilm announced the Star Wars TV show's cancellation. However, they did so despite it being the streamer's second-biggest

The Acolyte, it turns out, was Disney Plus's second most-watched series of the year, and it still ended up cancelled. Why?

After four younglings discover a derelict spaceship buried beneath the surface of their home planet, they find themselves wrapped in an interstellar adventure involving lost planets, deadly secrets, and dangerous pirates.

It’s hard to make sense of Lucasfilm’s decision to cancel . While it didn’t click with me, we now know that the show was actually pretty popular. According to data shared by Deadline from Luminate’s 2024 TV viewership report,

After nearly a decade of brand-new Star Wars movies and shows under Disney, which are the coolest new starships flying across the galaxy?