Disney+ Cancels Star Wars: The Acolyte After A Single Season

Earlier this year, The Acolyte debuted on Disney+ with impressive streaming numbers. But despite an open-ended conclusion for the first season, Disney+ has reportedly canceled The Acolyte and the Star Wars series will not continue.Via Deadline, the decision to end the series comes just over a month after The Acolyte wrapped up its first season. The show was the first live-action Star Wars project set in the High Republic era and featured Amandla Stenberg in a dual role as twin sisters Osha and Mae. While The Acolyte was an apparent victim of audience review-bombing, that isn’t what ultimately did in the series. The show’s two-episode premiere in June had 4.8 million viewers on the first day, which was the highest Disney+ premiere this year. In the first week, it climbed to 11.1 million vie…

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Return To Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Series Next Month With 1,648-Page Comics Omnibus

Can you ever have too much Batman in your life? Science says no, even if you’re planning to read this gigantic 1,648-page hardcover collection of comic book stories based on Rocksteady’s brilliant Arkham trilogy. Now available to preorder for $150 and scheduled to arrive on September 24, Batman: The Arkham Saga is an essential companion piece for anyone who’s a fan of the Arkham games developed by Rocksteady and Warner Bros. Montreal. And the new omnibus edition compiles the whole saga in one volume that may or may not require Batman levels of strength to carry around. Preorder at Amazon If the price sounds high, just tell yourself it only costs 11 cents per page, which is a pretty great deal. Joking aside, the omnibus could realistically be split into five volumes (at least) at …

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