What does the end of The Acolyte mean for Star Wars?

Lucasfilm announced last night that it would not continue its latest live-action Star Wars series, The Acolyte .

The decision puts a bit of a dampener on the project as it continues its third , seemingly final, phase of books.

The High Republic transmedia initiative has been one of Lucasfilm ’s biggest projects in recent years .

A swath of Star Wars projects have been announced in that period, only to find themselves scrapped, quietly dropped, or left in a nebulous holding pattern.

Lucasfilm has confirmed and then abandoned perhaps more projects in the last half-decade than it has actually released.

The studio has been largely consistent on for the worse: its inability to speak out and defend its creative talent from bad faith attacks.

The Acolyte decision puts the Star Wars franchise at a grim crossroads going forward.

Plans will shift and change all the time, and things will be announced, scrapped, or pushed back constantly.

Lucasfilm is no exception to this rule, just as it hasn't been in the years since The Rise of Skywalker.