Imagine a world where the owners of an IP actually appealed to the fans of the IP. I know sometimes you can expand your customer base with certain products but certainly not when you try to do it at the expense of loyal customers.
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If Disney had a few braincells left (and that's REALLY up for debate) The Acolyte hopefully served as their 'all in on leftism' example where they didn't hold back so they could go 'well, you make use no money whatsoever so why bother listening to you?'
Compare that with Deadpool and Wolverine, they KNOW the winning formula and they can easily make a Gambit and Wesley Snipes Blade films for massive money if they basically follow what Ryan Reynolds does instead of Kathleen Kennedy.
The question is: can they even ditch the woke shit or has the rot reached too much of the head of the snake?
Personally I hope they continue down this path and crash and burn.
No, they literally cannot. Because the woke shit is now important canon in the story. So even if they change course, the woke shit will still require being acknowledged and worked with in every future property.
To retcon it, would require a full admission of wrong doing (something these companies will never do) and a massive PR backlash from the people who control social media (making it seem far more powerful and deadly than it is). Which is the only actual option for course correction.
To be fair, that also sounds retarded and awful in its own way. Not everything needs to be time travel and multiverse stuff. Most stories are better off without it. Hell, even the medium famous for it (superhero comics) would probably be better off if it was used a lot more sparingly and more consequentially (although the "internal consistency" and "consequences" issues with superhero comics are basically a hole with no bottom at this point. Overuse of the multiverse and time travel is hardly their only issue). Star Wars of all things is not a property that time travel and parallel universes belong in.
Also, Ahsoka is a fun character but she does not need to be in literally every Star Wars plotline.
It's still a step up from the sequels, but that's hardly a high bar.