Star Wars: The Acolyte

[hmt5000]

And just to point out... This show was sold as a murder mystery. The murderer was revealed in the first 5 minutes and when you thought they were going to play on the twins maybe being the same person.... nope... they tell you it's twins right off the bat too. LOL. Now they've told us who the sith is so all we are waiting on is to see how the other POV of the witch burning comes out and probably one of the moms will come back to be a secret sith.... I'd guess the one with horns so they can tie it into Darth Maul.

 

[hmt5000]

Let's introduce all these characters that may develop into interesting characters and kill them off immediately. They weren't given room to earn those deaths and for the audience to care. Oh no they killed bad haircut gen z dick jedi! Anyway....

My suspension who Darth Bullet Bill was turned out to be true. Solid. He looks cooler with out the helmet btw.


If I want to watch something where two sisters are at odds with each other yet still care deeply for each other, I'd watch Arcane again which is brilliant.

Arcane was really good. Very unique takes.

 

[Jeff Drummond]

I'd guess the one with horns so they can tie it into Darth Maul.

That's what MrsJDrum is going with.

 

[Jeff Drummond]

This new episode was outstanding. I'm not sure how anyone will take issue with it. I'm a sucker for 30 min of laser sword fights.

 

[Jeff Drummond]

Let's introduce all these characters that may develop into interesting characters and kill them off immediately. They weren't given room to earn those deaths and for the audience to care. Oh no they killed bad haircut gen z dick jedi! Anyway....

Cared about the scrappy chick. Didn't feel a thing when New Jackt City went down.

 

[ukwizard]

Cared about the scrappy chick. Didn't feel a thing when New Jackt City went down.

Looked at imdb and she is listed for all episodes. She also played Wolverines daughter in Logan.

 

[martinsm30]

 

[UK-chulo]

This new episode was outstanding. I'm not sure how anyone will take issue with it. I'm a sucker for 30 min of laser sword fights.

Shame half of it was behind a bunch of trees.

 

[Jeff Drummond]

Looked at imdb and she is listed for all episodes. She also played Wolverines daughter in Logan.

Whoa. Ha no idea that was the same actress. Does not look a thing like her role in Logan.

 

[Tony Perkis]

The writing has killed this show. The twins have the dumbest backstory of any characters I have seen. The episode about the witches was a chore to watch (stupid chanting, the two mothers conceiving?). You have a cackling fire in space and fire spreading in a stone fortress with all these force-sensitive witches around. Then, you have cringe moments like asking the pronouns of that giant rodent.

The fighting choreography and use of cortosis made last episode solid. The reveal of the darkside user was pretty predictable, but that's fine. I just get sick of Mae who wants to kill Osha and her family, kill those Jedi Masters, then doesn't want to kill her sister and Jedi suddenly despite killing multiple Jedi already? I mean, her character is all over the board and makes no sense.

The action has been solid, but I feel like an 11 yo is writing the story. I feel like the antagonist is going to be tied back to the Knights of Ren because they used Kylo Ren's music. Other than the fighting last episode, it's been pretty awful. I hope it turns around and at least becomes "meh", but the writing doesn't give me a lot of hope.

 

[funKYcat75]

There’s gotta be a big reveal of some sort tonight.

 

[hmt5000]

There’s gotta be a big reveal of some sort tonight.

You'd think. It's almost like the people who promised a murder mystery in a galaxy far far away didn't actually know anything about mysteries or Star Wars. LOL.

 

[hmt5000]

Because one of the excuses for this is that it's for kids and old white guys aren't the target audience.... Is it for kids or nah?

 

[thabigbluenation]

I thought that was a decent episode.

 

[UK-chulo]

The writing has killed this show. The twins have the dumbest backstory of any characters I have seen. The episode about the witches was a chore to watch (stupid chanting, the two mothers conceiving?). You have a cackling fire in space and fire spreading in a stone fortress with all these force-sensitive witches around. Then, you have cringe moments like asking the pronouns of that giant rodent.

The fighting choreography and use of cortosis made last episode solid. The reveal of the darkside user was pretty predictable, but that's fine. I just get sick of Mae who wants to kill Osha and her family, kill those Jedi Masters, then doesn't want to kill her sister and Jedi suddenly despite killing multiple Jedi already? I mean, her character is all over the board and makes no sense.

The action has been solid, but I feel like an 11 yo is writing the story. I feel like the antagonist is going to be tied back to the Knights of Ren because they used Kylo Ren's music. Other than the fighting last episode, it's been pretty awful. I hope it turns around and at least becomes "meh", but the writing doesn't give me a lot of hope.

I’m going to challenge a bit on the fight scenes. Headbutting a lightsaber?

 

[ukwizard]

The green jedi chick is the most boring character I've seen in recent memory.

 

[Tony Perkis]

I’m going to challenge a bit on the fight scenes. Headbutting a lightsaber?

His helmet is made from a material that temporarily causes lightsabers to short out (cortosis was something invented before this show in Star Wars lore), so it's like a surprise defense.

Episode 6 was a snooze-fest. I'm admittedly a Star Wars geek as you can tell, but this series has been awful.

 

[Mike-McD]

Mandalorian was great until season 3. I tried watching Andor but just couldn't get into it, probably because my wife has to ask billions of questions about paint drying, and really turns it up a notch when it comes to sci-fi.

Disney just absolutely pillaged what little value there was left in that franchise. Sad, I guess, but it wasn't like George Lucas is Werner Herzog or anything.

Andor got really good. You should finish the season.

 

[hmt5000]

His helmet is made from a material that temporarily causes lightsabers to short out (cortosis was something invented before this show in Star Wars lore), so it's like a surprise defense.

Episode 6 was a snooze-fest. I'm admittedly a Star Wars geek as you can tell, but this series has been awful.

That is true... But when you introduce something from a book, that only 100000 people read, into a $180 million show... You might want to introduce it first before showing a dude headbut a lightsaber. Maybe if SmiloRen had given angry chick some to fight the first Jedi and explained it's properties and how rare and valuable it is... It might not come off as laffably funny.

Also, Disney has said the EU was out as canon. They selectively pick things to bring back in and it just makes everything so impossible to keep up with as to what is lore and what isn't. It's like the whole argument over Ki Adi Mundi age debacle. Dude shouldn't be alive. He was allowed to marry multiple women because his species has a short life span and he was the only male in his family... and they just made him 70 years older for no reason.

Dave Feloni has to go too. KK is horrible and is terribly unqualified to lead Lucas Film. But Dave running story group has been a debacle. He's shown that he will crap on Lucas to prop up his crap.

 

[MidseasonTweak]

I pretty much drown out any review that's negative if it hinges on "wokeness" as the driving force.

That said, this show really isn't doing it for me.

 

[hmt5000]

I pretty much drown out any review that's negative if it hinges on "wokeness" as the driving force.

That said, this show really isn't doing it for me.

Even if the people making it basically say that's what they are going for? Shouldn't the goal be to tell a compelling story and develop characters and have interesting dialog?

 

[UK-chulo]

That is true... But when you introduce something from a book, that only 100000 people read, into a $180 million show... You might want to introduce it first before showing a dude headbut a lightsaber. Maybe if SmiloRen had given angry chick some to fight the first Jedi and explained it's properties and how rare and valuable it is... It might not come off as laffably funny.

Also, Disney has said the EU was out as canon. They selectively pick things to bring back in and it just makes everything so impossible to keep up with as to what is lore and what isn't. It's like the whole argument over Ki Adi Mundi age debacle. Dude shouldn't be alive. He was allowed to marry multiple women because his species has a short life span and he was the only male in his family... and they just made him 70 years older for no reason.

Dave Feloni has to go too. KK is horrible and is terribly unqualified to lead Lucas Film. But Dave running story group has been a debacle. He's shown that he will crap on Lucas to prop up his crap.

Feloni has done well on the animated side of things IMO.

 

[hmt5000]

Feloni has done well on the animated side of things IMO.

Yes. But he is horrible on live action. It doesn't translate and he clearly has a vision that is different than Lucas. Doing some of this stuff in animation is OK but when you do it in live action it just looks weird. Ahsoka was a good character that almost everyone liked. Dave did a live series with a great actress, Rosario Dawson, and it fell flat on it's ass. Why get an actress like her and just have her stare and look bored?

Also, GL had what has been termed "gear porn". The Millennium Falcon was like a 1960 hot rod. Light sabers were cool future tech. The robots were actual characters. I still remember the "chess" board on the original Falcon. I remember the gun turrets. I can't remember a single ship or droid in this series. The whip saber was a cheap way to get people excited for a story with no plot.

The people running this are saying that the Jedi aren't good and that the Sith need to have their story told..... WHAT? Lucas clearly stated the Jedi were morally good and they always tried to do the most good.

 

[ukwizard]

Idk man Ahsoka was good. The worst thing about it is Ray Stevenson died and won't be able to reprise his role.

 

[UK-chulo]

Idk man Ahsoka was good. The worst thing about it is Ray Stevenson died and won't be able to reprise his role.

Rosario is a bit long in the tooth for a physical role like Ahsoka. Was like watching the old folks in the park with parts of the fight scenes. But I liked the series overall.

 

[hmt5000]

One thing to notice in the writing.... House Of The Dragon did a twin swap the exact same week that Acolyte did it. Nothing more needs to be said than to watch both episodes and realize that one dealt with all the issues of a twin pretending to be the other and how that plays out and one just....didn't.

Also... Ahsoka lost viewers. This show has fewer viewer than Ahsoka. At what point does Disney stop trying to force Mary Sue women into a boy brand and actually make a good show/movie?