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‘The Acolyte’ Full List of Writers Revealed by WGA


Majority writers are women, lots of black names too. Several writers chosen because they never watched Star Wars!

https://www.starwarsnewsnet.com/2023/11/the-acolyte-full-list-of-writers-revealed-by-wga.html

Here’s the breakdown:

Episode 1, written by showrunner Leslye Headland (who also directs it)
Episode 2, written by Jason Micallef and Charmaine DeGraté
Episode 3, written by Jasmyne Flournoy and Eileen Shim
Episode 4, written by Claire Klechel and
Episode 5, written by Kor Adana and Cameron Squires
Episode 6, written by Jason Micallef and Jocelyn Bioh
Episode 7, written by Charmaine DeGraté, Jen Richards, and Jasmyne Flournoy
Episode 8, written by Jason Micallef

Plenty of these names are news to us, so let’s try to break it down. Headland is obviously the captain of the ship; she created the series, is the showrunner and an executive producer, and also wrote/directed the pilot. Jason Micallef is also an executive producer; he doesn’t have any IMDb writing credits since his 2018-created show Heathers. He co-wrote two of the episodes and solely wrote the finale (which we know since this summer).

As far as the directors’ list, we’ll have to wait to be closer to release, but four names have come up so far: Headland (episode 1), Kogonada, Alex García López, and Hanelle M. Culpepper (episodes 6 and 8). The cast includes Amandla Stenberg, Lee Jung-jae, Jodie Turner-Smith, Charlie Barnett, Dean-Charles Chapman, Dafne Keen, Manny Jacinto, Carrie-Anne Moss, and of course, Joonas Suotamo as a new Wookiee Jedi and Rebecca Henderson as fan-favorite Vernestra Rwoh (first introduced in the High Republic novels).

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cast is awesome , don't care about writers

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This program is supposed to be female-centric. Actors and plot are great!

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Star Wars is a MALE brand. Piss off, lesbians!

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Incels like yourself should skip this series:

"The report noted that the series will be female-centric, and that it will take place in a new part of the Star Wars timeline."
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Acolyte

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"Muh Disney Star Wars is fer everbody!" Everybody who is a man hating lesbian!

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Somebody forgot to tell us ...

I've loved Star Wars since the 80s. And I'm not a lesbian ... not that there's anything wrong with that.

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George Lucas didn't forget to tell us in this video. Do you even know who George Lucas is? https://youtu.be/EoBtasumcB0?si=lNZB-AVUXJMBGgN2

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Yeah, that's not exactly what he said. He said it started out as a story for 12 year old boys. Are you over the age of 12? Guess you're not allowed to like Star Wars, either!

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STARTED OUT? He never said started out.

I was once a 12 year old boy, therefore Star Wars is for me, not for lesbians.

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Well it was for you then, but you're not allowed to watch or like it any more. Only 12 year old boys can watch it and like it. Once you hit 13, you're a lesbian (apparently).

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Now that you know Star Wars isn't for girls or lesbians, spread the word.

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Now that you know you're a lesbian, spread the word.

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Did you just use "lesbian" as an insult?

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Not at all! In fact, I said there was nothing wrong with being a lesbian.

Why? Do you think it's an insult?

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Star Wars = 12 yo boys
Strange Magic = 12 yo girls (and did poorly)

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And Harry Potter started off as a kid’s book

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Ah, more people to get blacklisted if anyone sane takes over Lucasfilm someday.

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Does anyone remember when people cared about who wrote TV episodes? No? You people are sick in the head. Get help.

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"House of the dragon", "Watchmen", "The OA"... I think this team is pretty strong.

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