He actually did that!? THIS is current Star Wars? Acolyte episode 6 Review

[@perplexed89]

This is supposed to be a murder mystery, but the only mystery is "What is this show even about?"

[@mbob4337]

This episode was about Smilo Ren's Johnson converting OSHA to the dark side. That's why he put all his force points into push. So that thing stretches. After she had the hots for jeckie.

[@theevermind]

Imagine being so bad at writing that you try to copy JJ's but can't even come up with a mystery box?

[@christianefiorito3204]

This is actually a trope for female audiences. The sexy bad guy who behind his hard brutality has a heart of gold. Oscha will fall in love with him probably.This is sparkling Vampires level

[@rpgadventurer32]

It's the usual adult romance novel/Telenovela tropes that are great when done right with great writing and acting, but here it comes off as stupid and extremely contrived. This whole "Reylo type" of shipping can only work if properly handled by competent writers or showrunners. In Buffy it worked very well - as just one example - or even in "The Vampire Diaries" it was done right, but in Star Wars they shouldn't do it at all because it's a classic boys brand and the romance needs to be the classic romance like the type of "Han Solo and Leia Organa" or "Anakin and Padme", not the dark "Kylo and Rey" type of female romance tropes.

[@SteveVonBacon]

Yes, exactly. It's the Reylo / hot Sauron trope all over again. ("I can change him"😂). The bad guy who has deep feelings beneath his outside anger... and he has reasons to be evil, it's probably the circumstances that made him like that, so it's not even really his fault, even though five minutes earlier he murdered countless innocent people... disgusting. And yes, the original trilogy was about redemption, but that came with a big cost, Vader ultimately sacrificed himself and died, which had an impact and created a tragic story. So it's not even remotely similar.

[@spartanhawk7637]

Can't believe I'm saying this, but somehow this is a worse love story than Twilight.

[@don.keebles]

I just vomited in my mouth a little. 🤢

[@chriskok7590]

Sparkling diamond vampires 😂

[@booshmcfadden7638]

Disney: It'll look cool. Everyone: It isn't cool. Disney: ...racists.

[@censoredbybigbrother1175]

Me: You know what... Yes!

[@theevermind]

It's like the meme that says "You can't have capitalism without racism" and then shows a pic of two people saying: "I would like to exchange a bucket of my apples for two chickens which you own" "I agree to your proposal" (and off to the side is a raging soy boy freak yelling "Racism!")

[@andrewboyd585]

Disney/Kathleen Kennedy: Put a Chick in it and make her gay.

[@Daxinar]

@@booshmcfadden7638 I dunno, I thought it was pretty cool when the non-binary beaver started humping Maes leg. Then the pip droid jizzed oil on her face. Yeah, that was probably the best scene in the show.

[@pinkwonderpower7906]

😂 well said.

[@paulfrance5059]

Doesn’t Headland have previous experience in putting women in an uncomfortable situation with a naked man ?

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

Well, this is supposed to be a deeply personal story for her.

[@AndreVeaseyJr]

I thought she liked making men uncomfortable? 😂

[@JoFa876]

You get a bit fat W for that comment!

[@jeffsmith5436]

Yes, but Harvey was more of a Hutt type😂

[@ASoberBear]

A naked evil man, yes.

[@blizzfreak245]

I love how Osha and Mae switch their motivation on a dime. Mae sees her sister and says I'm a goodie now. Osha sees a naked dude for the first time and says I'm a baddie now. I can't even type this with a straight face.

[@mikerosoft1009]

I can't wait for everyone to just die in this show lol

[@andremets]

@@mikerosoft1009I think Ohye will both survive because I heard they were talking about spinoffs for both character 😢

[@rosssoyka860]

I have to admit it’s kind of based for a sith to seduce someone to the darkside by literally hanging dong.

[@don.keebles]

Mae the Farce be with you

[@demolition3612]

I think they must have multiple personality disorder. Mae is triggered every time she sees her sister, and Osha is triggered every time she sees a naked guy. ^\_(~_~)_/^

[@vahlak6554]

Y'all overlooked something. If you can travel from Coruscant, effective center of the galaxy, to bumfuck middle of nowhere in the outer rim in 5 minutes... Then why does a prisoner transport ship even exist? When you can just stun bolt whoever, in this case twin #2, and be there before they recover?

[@penmaster003]

That whole sequence didn’t make any sense to be honest. She offed a Jedi Master. Wouldn’t the Jedi want to bring her in and question her on how she did it? And not just put her on some easily escapable ship?

[@Alknix]

@@penmaster003 Didn't you hear? Yord made a mistake. He admitted it. That makes it tots ok.

[@Daxinar]

Challenge: Write one consistent character Difficulty level: Impossible

[@cormoran2303]

Difficulty level: Impossible Challenge: Maintain a consistent passage of time

[@markgregorygacosta531]

Difficulty level: Kathleen Kennedy's thread

[@gtc4692]

They are writing what they know. Women actually do change their mind and their mood out of nowhere.

[@Likexner]

​@@gtc4692 **angry daenerys noises**

[@kaltaron1284]

Easier challenge: Write one character who's consistent in one episode! Difficulty level: Still impossible.

[@dragondrakage2402]

Me: So lets strip things down to the bare essentials... wait... why you stripping? Disney: Did u not say strip?

[@tjjordan4207]

That’s probably accurate to how things work over there.

[@fredraney]

He pulled a Harvey Weinstein

[@Sir_Persevere]

That's the modern state of Distard right there. They abandoned their family friendly persona for a more edgy approach...only to find out that Distard can't even do edgy right.

[@jockpackage1770]

He's using the Naked Man pick up technique. for when you know there's not going to be a second date. Works 2 out of 3 times and if it works you may get an awkward "i have to prove i'm not shallow" date.

[@ravissary79]

As Dark Helmet once said: "Evil will always triumph over good, because Disney portays good... as dumb".

[@suzygirl1843]

Disney is giving the girls what they want. Hot BTS Sith bad boy.

[@djn6962]

The story of this show hinges on each and every character making the worst choices at every turn… If the Jedi hadn’t pardoned the accomplice in all the Jedi killings, or even bothered to read his mind, sith are exposed… If Yord had followed orders and got to the ship, sith are exposed… If Ousha hadn’t convinced Sol to spare the sith, despite planning on killing him herself, the sith are done. If Sol hadn’t foolishly listened to her, sith are done. Or at the very least restrain/arrest him. Don’t just let him recover and get his saber? Just so many contrived things have to happen to allow the plot to advance the way the writers want. I don’t know how anyone enjoys this mess….

[@rosssoyka860]

Holy shit I forgot! Yord breaks rank! Lmaolmao they can’t make him worse

[@kaltaron1284]

The channel MovieAmphs uses the fun term "Dumb"-ception.

[@djn6962]

@@kaltaron1284that about sums it up haha

[@derrickm222]

Would’ve been cooler if he took the kyber crystal out of it and she clicked the ignition. He would’ve looked down, shook his head, then backhanded her into a rock to knock her out - “we’ll try again later”. Or he could even be proud of her and say “see? You’re no longer a Jedi” about her lack of honor 🤷‍♂️ Also I think Sol found out from the animal thing that it’s Mae, they were both there when he zapped her.

[@KoshoShinogi]

Master Sol's transmission: "My whole team is dead... We were ambushed." If I recall, it was 8 Jedi fighting against 1 guy. How exactly is that an ambush? This only makes sense if you're the kind of person who thinks that walking up to your target and publicly announcing your intention to kill them counts as an assassination...Ohhh.....

[@cosmickeys5766]

No greater design than building a droid with a 2 finger iPhone-style instant factory reset

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

I guess droid memory wipes aren't a thing anymore? Lols...

[@warrenmason1582]

​@BertoxolusThePuzzled organa had to order his technician to do it too. So we know you need a dedicated workshop for droids.

[@jockpackage1770]

Shepard "Remember the good old days when you could jsut slap omni-gel on everything?" Liara "That security upgrade made al lot of people unhappy."

[@haku8135]

It's amazing how Mae instantly knows how to do it on this model of droid that doesn't seem to exist anywhere else in the entire galaxy. Like it's just so convenient she knows how to reset this droid her sister owns despite never having seen it before, let alone operated one. Resetting Pip was just pointlessly killing this "character" too. Presumably she reset its memory to keep her disguise, but her disguise is blown instantly, so it was totally pointless. I mean the fucking flashlight didn't have any semblance of character to begin with, and I don't care what happens to literally anyone in this show, or even all of Star Wars anymore, so ..... Where the hell was I going with this? I don't care about Pip, but he's dead now.

[@MadHalflingInventor]

yeah, like should this not be difficult or you could do it accidentally, consider the: "ohhh... I just accidentally wiped the droid that has the schematic for my ship and now I'm stranded in space..." scenario

[@MatZee27]

Audience : how many time you are going to change your mind!? May : yes

[@dmsasquatch5761]

...the whole show has become commentary on the indecisiveness of a woman....

[@thewulfffff8853]

Padme actually makes a comment about it taking too long for the jedi to get from coruscant to geonosis, and that they should go to rescue kenobi because tattooine is much closer

[@kanrakucheese]

And when you pull up a map of the Galaxy from the EU, you quickly notice that, yes, they are *very* close there: On the 21 by 21 grid used quickly give general location, Geonosis and Tatooine not only in the same square but pretty close within that square)

[@jvazquezpr1]

Since the writers don’t know anything of Star Wars they don’t understand the meaning of seducing someone with the dark side😂

[@fusionspace175]

"A Jedi is what you make it." "Huh? What'd you say? You wanna see Jedis naked?" "No, boy! I said a Jedi is what you make it!" "All right brother, whatever. I dunno man, guy says he wants to see Jedis naked. Not my thing, but hey, Joe Dirt don't judge."

[@fencserx9423]

They seem to not realize that plot still requires set up, promise, and payoffs

[@CyborgGerbil]

So it’s okay to sexually objectify men, twice in this show, but it’s never okay to sexually objectify women…right.

[@captain_context9991]

Even tho that is the entire life of most women, so yeah.

[@TheTruMan196]

@@captain_context9991 one bad thing doesn’t justify another bad thing

[@captain_context9991]

@@TheTruMan196 Where is the bad thing??

[@erkidenknight]

It's made for women dude thats why

[@DamienDrake2940]

Thor and Disney would agree.

[@atraxian5881]

Shad: "I don't care if cortosis is in the EU..." Me: "the European Union does indeed fit the 'unknown planet' description"

[@wombatillo]

Dude, it's not cool to speak ill of the recently deceased. RIP Star Wars.

[@dunewriters3963]

REAL TALK

[@atraxian5881]

If by recently you mean "died like 7 years ago"

[@wombatillo]

@@atraxian5881 The opinions vary. My take is that SW has been a vegetable on a ventilator for the past 7 years and the acolyte finally pulled the plug on SW.

[@charlieflight6124]

Bro is 7 years late to the funeral... It's alright... We all miss star wars too...

[@HighTechWizard]

You can't have travel across the galaxy take an hour and still have lines like "Word takes a while to get to the Outer Rim." Plus wars would be so different if armies can be everywhere instantly. Controlling an Empire would be so simple if you can be anywhere in your regime within an hour.

[@asumax8]

Yep. Back in the EU, and to an extent in the Pre-Disney movie canon, travel was fairly defined. It would take days or even a couple weeks going from the Core Worlds to the Outer Rim. This could vary because ships may have to use multiple Hyperspace 'highways" to get to certain systems. And as a small counterpoint to what Tyranth said about Attack of the Clones, it wasn't clearly defined but there was an implication of time passing between the travel to Genosis from Tatooine, Kamino, and Corusant

[@kaltaron1284]

@@asumax8 There also different speeds for hyperspace drives. I don't think "almost infinite" was one of them. Maybe they were thinking of "ludicrous speed"?

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Leslye Headland has no idea what the f*ck she is doing for the contradictions within this show is borderline insanity.

[@cormoran2303]

Two sweet old ladies reviewing episode 6 Mrs. Glenn: "He got his lad out." Father Ted: "What... What?" Mrs. Sheridan: “Yes, he got his lad out. Only, you only see it for a second but you get the message.” Mrs. Glenn: "I didn’t know what it was at first, it’s so long since I’ve seen one.” Mrs. Sheridan: “I thought it looked rather like your Billy’s.” Mrs. Glenn: “Not at all, Billy’s is rounder at the top. Cheerio, Father!”

[@ravissary79]

I'm both bemused and confused.

[@TheImapotato]

Always upvoting a reference to Father Ted

[@Alice_no_malice]

Do we really need a nekkid scene ?? Is this Star Wars or Twilight ?! Is this why Disney starwars wants to alienate the boy fans .. well, mission accomplished! This scene is just eww

[@RaymondSanders-f8c]

The Acolyte is now full on bad Twilight fanfiction. 😶😶

[@WayneJones-l5q]

42:40 yoda had his force on airplane mode because he was on vacation, so he missed the feeling in the force of 8 jedi dropping at about the same time

[@ViolentMessiah666]

The difference between now & then is now "filler episode" is code for "we don't have to try hard this week" whereas back in the day filler episodes were where all the real character work was done, that way when the plot picked back up you cared more about the characters. Next Generation was always excellent at this, it was the filler episodes where they delved into Ryker's relationships & love of jazz, Data's obsession with Sherlock Holmes or whether an AI should be given human rights, Worfs backstory about how his dad had to take the blame for something that wasn't his fault to stop the Klingon Empire looking bad & that's why their family is dishonoured etc. That made characters feel like real, multi-dimensional people that actually still exist when the camera isn't on them

[@takanara7]

> back in the day filler episodes were where all the real character work was done If they were doing all the 'real character work' then they weren't "filler" episodes.

[@Edmuresrampantmanhood-dp3jd]

Ahsoka Tano got a filler episode in the clone wars about losing her lightsaber and it was very good, provided character development and introduced us to a good mentor character that lasted (albeit in a minor role) tell the end of the series. It is ludicrous that star wars has fallen this far.

[@ViolentMessiah666]

@@takanara7 I guess it depends on how you interpret or define a filler episode, that's just industry slang that became common over time. They were originally called bottle episodes, a self-contained or standalone episode with it's own stiry that focuses on character work instead of the bigger, season long story. Then Hollywood started getting lazy

[@JoRoq1]

@@ViolentMessiah666”Filler” episodes are episodes with no purpose at all except to pad out the episode count for a contract. There is no progression on plot, and only minor (if any) character development. At the end of a filler episode, nothing of significance has changed or been revealed. Old broadcast standards were established based on a general 13-week quarterly rotation. 24-26 episodes for a weekly broadcast, or 65 episodes for daily (weekday) broadcast and for syndication. Networks and independent stations would not accept a show that they couldn’t fit into predetermined planning slots.

[@BertoxolusThePuzzled]

They were "filler" in that the larger plot did not progress, hence the laser focus on character work. It's actually perfectly consistent.

[@DeadDingoDan]

Cortosis used to be extremely hard to mine and extremely toxic as well as being exceedingly rare. Now there's just a massive pure vein of ore just found in the wall of a cave...

[@takanara7]

There are veins of mithril on the walls of Khazad-dûm in when the fellowship of the ring walked by, that doesn't mean it's "common" It's more likely the guy discovered the vein or found out about it and decided to make his base there. That's not that weird, plot wise.

[@Alknix]

So ONE vein in ONE cave on ONE planet somehow contradicts "exceedingly rare"? Maybe that's why Qimir set his lair there - BECAUSE of the cartosis vein? No? Is that woke? Lore-breaking? I'm sorry, the criteria are so effing random these days, I get confused.

[@jonathanoliveira3541]

​@@takanara7it dos not contradict much of the rare he cam be insaneli luck to found the bigest vein im ecistance the toxic part it does his base should be kilometers of the shi or he be dead

[@dariovirga7711]

Didn't know the part about Cortosis being toxic. I assumed though that it's very difficult to work in a proper lightsaber-proof craft and/or too expensive to do so on a large scale

[@asumax8]

​@@dariovirga7711yea in the EU, it was very brittle and really to be useful it had to be made into an alloy. This greatly reduced its ability to short out a lightsaber, in most cases it just made it highly resist to them. This was the form the cortosis was usually seen in. The toxicity comes from the radiation it gives off that disrupts lightsabers Edit: Correction to what I said, it was woven into the metal, so not exactly an alloy.

[@UncleBernhard]

The lightsabers are so big because the showrunner likes girth! The lightsabers are symbols! Like the Freudian cigars! You're welcome!

[@ViolentMessiah666]

Even lesbicans appreciate a sword-like weapon 😂

[@theevermind]

They look like crap, but maybe she thought that if they were bigger, she wouldn't look so fat.

[@AndreVeaseyJr]

🤣

[@CyborgGerbil]

Just imagine if the genders were reversed then he would be called a pervert, a sexual predator, a stalker & the show will be blasted for “sexually objectifying women.” It’s funny how it’s always different when it’s the other way around! It’s always okay to sexually objectify men.

[@Castragroup]

No one should be a sex object

[@VespoLiveGaming]

Smilo gets nekkid so they can overpay an intimacy coordinator.

[@suzygirl1843]

And what's wrong with that? Princess Leia had to bear a lot of skin too. This is for the girls. That man is HOT

[@VespoLiveGaming]

@@suzygirl1843 nothing, but they didn't overpay an unecessary intimacy coordinator for Carrie Fisher.

[@suzygirl1843]

@VespoLiveGaming It's not about the intimacy coordinator. Nerds have double standards. It's not harmful for a man to be aexualized and vulnerable... it serves the story because Qimir is showing himself to be vulnerable so Osha's defenses are lowered. He is manipulative and still holds all the power because he has knowledge and strength. Osha is a young girl who is isolated on an island with him with no help. He knows she will get scared but he wants to seduce her to the dark side

[@cosmickeys5766]

"OK Mae... that question you demanded I answer earlier... I've decided to put you in restraints so that you must listen to the answer you wanted to know."

[@mikerosoft1009]

"Now we're gonna have a little chat and you're gonna listen real good mewahaha!" Sol sounded evil lol I can't wait until they show him killing her entire clan when the twins were kids. I'll be like 'Ya, we know and good riddance.'

[@theevermind]

Also, did Mae want to know the answer, but was planning to kill him before he told her?

[@petriew2018]

It’s Mae, you think even she knows the answer?

[@braddl9442]

I think we found out what the intimacy coordinator was hired for. HEADLEND for no reason made him get naked.

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

Not no reason. Literally just gay and female audience fanservice. See, it's ok when THEY do it.

[@blizzfreak245]

Insert Harvey Weinstein's personal assistant joke here

[@RainrixIasant]

"So she grabs his light-saber" Ohhhhhhhhh myyyyyyyyyy

[@Alex-bz8lj]

I can’t believe SMILO REN is using Sith RIZZ to seduce OSHA

[@JustTooDamnHonest]

Darth Smiley has a better chance seducing a bantha.

[@Pir-o]

Right after he murdered her childhood friends, brainwashed her sister and tried to kill her (and her sister) just couple hours earlier... It's the Kylo Rey thing all over again. I swear disney shippers give me the creeps.

[@scarman7866]

​@@Pir-o and here i thought Reylo died years ago and disney trying so hard to bring it back and replicate it 😅😅

[@fredraney]

​@MelbourneArchviz yea I got serious Harvey Weinstein vibes from that

[@mbob4337]

She was gay for the girl he stabbed 3 times. You'd think that really matter. Guess not.

[@quintonchristie7149]

Here's what happened; The Headlander, The Green SlobGobler, and Amandlalala got together for a bit of triangular rugmunching one day, and then, post-coitus, Amandalulu said; "So.... now you owe me something....."

[@xxxlonewolf49]

If the SW name wasn't attached to this abomination, no one would care in the slightest, it would be 'just another shitty scifi'.

[@mildlyfrostedbegels]

Exactly! I think you spelled out the vibe from this show pretty well. To be fair, I only watched episode 5, and it being the "best" convinced me not to watch the rest of the series. The action is good, but the writing is dogsh*t

[@xxxlonewolf49]

@@mildlyfrostedbegels I have to watch shad instead of this dog crap, I lost too many brain cells already from 20 years in the military :😜

[@G360LIVE]

Yes, and these KZbinrs that claim to hate Star Wars and Disney are just keeping Star Wars and Disney relevant by constantly talking about them. When Rebel Moon came out, we saw the videos, and everyone moved on and allowed Rebel Moon to fall into irrelevancy. The only reason no one wants to move on from Star Wars, and let Star Wars fall into irrelevancy, is because KZbinrs are making money off the Star Wars and Disney hate. And as a longtime Star Wars fan, that's really sad to see. We know Star Wars is bad now. We don't have to keep going over it again and again. We can talk about something else. It's all just a waste of time now for everyone except the KZbinrs who are profiting off this mess. And just to be clear, I don't care for people calling the KZbinrs "grifters", but it's becoming increasingly difficult to defend against that charge.

[@TheDMan2003]

These days, Star Wars _is_ just another shitty sci-fi.

[@mikerosoft1009]

​@@G360LIVEAND we keep watching and commenting on these youtubers

[@cormoran2303]

So the mask is just cortosis. Cortosis blocks Professor X's mutant powers now!

[@WayneJones-l5q]

even better in only blocks it one way, he had no issues getting into others people minds while he was wearing it

[@MasticinaAkicta]

You can hear the winemoms and shippers SQUEEEL in the delight. The second bare chested male. Of course every female has to wear full covering clothes/body armor. Can't have the MALE gaze right?

[@suzygirl1843]

And what's wrong with that? You a little nervous about a naked man's body? Princess Leia had to bear a lot of skin too

[@Revonlieke]

For me the Jedi's actions in the prequels were only showing glimpses of their own failures. Those failures were at best hinted at, they were vague and even for the viewer it was difficult to see if what the Jedi's were doing was wrong or not. Case in point Mace Windu arresting Palpatine. but this show is 87years before the end of Revenge of the Sith. and the Jedi are already showing such arrogance, enforcement of the law and utter ignorance of the high council that it's no wonder Palpatine was able to take over. A literal monkey on the table could do that if this is how the Jedi handled their issues. For crying out loud a Vernestra hears that most of the Jedi's just died, believes it's true and still doesn't go talk to the high council. If this is what we are to believe the Jedi acted like in their prime I'm sorry, but it's utter idiocy. Even if they find a way to write a perfect explanation for all of this, unless it's a literal dream Yoda wakes up from and says; "A shitty dream, that was huh?" I won't consider any of this canon. I've read better fanfic than this nonsense.

[@MundaneThingsBackwards]

Disney Star Wars isn't canon. Not even the exceptionally rare good bits.

[@serg4310]

He got naked so we could see that his back was scarred from being whipped. Later in the show you can see a lightsaber whip wielded by Lesbian Headlamp's wife. Darth Nepo theory confirmed.

[@mikerosoft1009]

Imagine them in the writing room "Ohhhh and you can have a sexy purple whip saber *small fast claps* pass the wine! Hot damn were good writers!"

[@serg4310]

@@mikerosoft1009 Yaaaaaaaaaaas, Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas!

[@mandowarrior123]

Weird kinky padawan torture? Hmm you've regained my interest.

[@exoticcarfactsofficialchan7050]

Oh wow 🤯 I totally missed that detail 👏😮 Now a darkside Nepo Whipper BDSM storyline is "interesting" 😂

[@ASoberBear]

This is not baulders gate 3 …

[@Arcexey]

The Acolyte is good. Said no one ever

[@aliquisvultteisus1012]

Had me in the first half

[@Darkwintre]

Why didn't they employ a decent writer who actually likes the franchise unlike Filoni & co?

[@Arcexey]

@@Darkwintrethat costs money. “Cash Hands” Mickey Mouse is greedy.

[@Lord_Numpty]

I dunno, there are still gibbering fanatics who attack people who criticise this drek. Also trolls who argue in bad faith.

[@wolfmauler]

There are some "safe spaces" on this platform, where some channels afford that indulgence 😂😅😊

[@rayvonvelez3129]

This show is now confirmed self insert reylo fanfic and no one can tell me otherwise, smh this show is so bad.

[@suzygirl1843]

And what's wrong with that? You a little nervous about a naked man's body? Princess Leia had to bear a lot of skin too

[@03matey]

Well he did say he was impressed by the writers incompetence, it costs a lot of money to hire a team of writers that can impress an audience that way, possibly millions per episode, its a rare talent.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

Smilo Ren: "I carry a smaller yellow lightsaber wherever I go. Would you like to see it?" OSHA: "I see your Schwartz is as big as mine."

[@wulfsbaen]

Twinkie Twilight Star Wars with 50 shades of grey.... and they wonder why it doesn't appeal to anyone.

[@willbohland3698]

They didn't learn the lesson from Master Cheeks.

[@DavidM_10]

The big thing that bugged me in this episode was Sol not being able to sense that Mae was not Osha. Osha was his padawan. They have a connection. He should have realised what had happened very quickly (like when they started having a conversation), if not immediately.

[@darthj90]

The Jedi were able to tell the clones apart through the Force so it’s really wild that he wouldn’t be able to figure out Mae wasn’t Osha. This writing is trash.

[@MadHalflingInventor]

all his friends just died, that sorta thing can cloud judgement, but the story writers don't know this so it was just dumb... or Shad's theory that he knew from the beginning? but if that were true he knowingly left the planet instead of stunning Mae and looking for the real Osha before the sith took her, still dumb

[@DavidM_10]

@@MadHalflingInventor I could accept that Sol was too shocked and traumatised to identify Mae immediately, but that should have changed when he got back to the ship and calmed down a little. I disagree with Shad that Sol knew all along. The fuzzy little alien with the good nose clearly tipped Sol off. That was his role in the story. And, yeah, Sol knowing all along would be even more stupid, because that would mean he just left Osha to die.

[@MadHalflingInventor]

@@DavidM_10 I get that but (and I'm not defending the story writers at all) when your in a survival situation adrenaline keeps your brain sharp until you reach a place of relative safety, then you can crash because of a shock/horror realization of what's actually happened. There are well written moments like this in other movies, but saying this is what happened here would be doing the writers work for them because it's not clearly shown your logic of the fuzzy alien tipping Sol off has to have been what they intended to have happened, because the fuzzy alien discovering the truth lined up fairly well with Sol finding out. but they still didn't actually clearly show the fuzzy alien communicating this to Sol, we just have to assume that he did Also I'm not even sure the fuzzy alien did smell that she wasn't Osha, because he seemed to communicate with the pip droid after turning it back on, so maybe he was meant to have been suspicious and then learned it from the droid? the fact were even having this discussion seriously questions the story writers skill

[@shaunholt]

💡 Lightsaber nunchucks. There's an easy way they could have resolved the time issue. Begin with Coruscant person learning bad thing happened and getting on ship (so they begin traveling). Cut to Sol and evil twin on the planet repairing the ship (may be hours after the battle). Cut to other twin waking up (may be a day later). Cut to Sol leaving planet and Coruscant person arriving (maybe a day and a half after the battle). Cut to twin and Smylo scene. Cut to Sol scene. Also as to the whole individualism vs socialism thing, many better than one. The show shows ONE taking on eight simultaneously, and he does it for his own "survival". So obviously the one is greater than the many, and the needs of the one (to live, etc) outweigh the needs of the many. And notice it's the Acolyte, not Acolytes. It's one, and they wanna make her a girlboss, and (want to) make a bunch of money on it. So they can't even do socialism right. ... OMG I just realized something. Major plot hole. Sol deduces that the twin is evil twin, but she cut her hair and stole her sister's clothes. So why would he think for a second that Smylo took her? He KNOWS evil twin cut her hair and STOLE her sister's clothes. The obvious conclusion here is the twin MURDERED her sister. But he completely looks past that and concludes ah, Smylo (who was presumably killed by moths) has her. Why!?! It's moronic. The number one suspect here would be the evil twin.

[@Lemmiwings]

Sol knows, because he has read the script. And the one is the big evil and the many are the goodies, so socialism good and individualism bad. That's as far as the writers think, I guess.

[@Vaelosh466]

Someone told Leslie Headland Star Wars is a space opera and she misheard it as soap opera.

[@heikira438]

You're not supposed to be literally seduced by the dark side.

[@rosssoyka860]

His shoulders and ding dong said otherwise

[@Bluefiree]

The Acolyte: Episode 1: Incompetent Jedi Episode 2: Incompetent Jedi: Part II Episode 3: Star Witches: The burning Concrete Episode 4: Welcome to the Jungle Episode 5: Revenge of Smilo Ren Episode 6: Accidental nudity

[@Arcexey]

@Bluefiree it's almost like you had a camera in my room when I was watching episode 3 and said, "wait how is all the concrete burning like that."

[@MatthewLoom]

"That's me just making stuff up!" - The Writers probably

[@thepaxbisonica4742]

I have a hunch that we are going to find out the Sith Lord was once Master Venestra’s padawan, and the scars on his back are from her lightsaber whip 😝

[@mandowarrior123]

Ah, kinky pederasty? You've gained my interest. Disney will go with that?

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

Obviously. The only surprise in the episode was that OSHA didn't physically point at the scars, break the fourth wall and talk directly to the camera about them, just to make sure everyone gets it.

[@Zebrahhh]

At the end I was expecting twin 1 to say, “I’m evil now…” lol what a joke.

[@thatdarnkitteh]

Wouldn't put it past them 😂

[@theshawnmccown]

I agree with Shad. I'm a huge OT fan and EU fan but I think light speed needs to be consistent. I don't mind cuts/swipes that indicate time has passed while in light speed. A New Hope was able to use the jumps to have character building scenes and added dialogue. Like Luke getting a little training and the group talking about the Force.

[@toodlepop]

in no way am i surprised that the show that they told us would be "the gayest star wars ever" had a naked man in it and smug, clothed lesbians that think they're better than everyone else.

[@durchhalter]

How does a lightwhip work when it's weightless but a whip's functionality is guided by it having mass and thus having impulse, inertia, momentum???

[@bethpowell5824]

Graviton doping? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graviton

[@Anyone_Else_Think]

I’m calling it now, lightsaber nunchucks!

[@MuljoStpho]

I remember a webcomic years ago that used sprites from the first Final Fantasy on NES and started out loosely following its story until it found its own voice and went off in its own direction, and the meathead Fighter character in it was ALWAYS going on about "swordchucks". Massive obsession, constantly trying to convince others that they were the best idea ever.

[@madvulcan8964]

8:13 I recently looking that up. Just going by the movie run time, the Millennium Falcon *Travel-Time between Tatoonie and Alderaan is 6 Minutes & 17 Seconds.* 11:32 There nearby systems to one another.

[@TARMHeLL]

The rule of 2 was made, because the Sith always destroyed themselves with infighting before the Jedi could. With the rule of two there is only the one who has power and the apprentice who craves it, no infighting.

[@ItsQuiteCool]

Here's a what if, because I don't see why he'd just leave the dead jedi like that. He still wakes up from being stunned and calls her by her sister's name and they go to leave. He stops and quietly says "wait." She thinks the gigs up and he knows. He looks back away from her, the camera shows her getting ready to fight ( a fist clench or show the sheathed dagger) he looks at her "I... We can't leave them like this. I need your help" They go back amongst the dead jedi and he bends down and feels the ground and gestures her to do the same ( now I don't know their power levels, but an untrained Rey can twirl boulders so the force can do whatever) He gives a Yoda like speech about feeling the force in the trees, in the rocks, surrounds us, binds us etc etc. time slows for some nice shots of the ground starting to shift, rocks rolling, dead bodies starting to sink into the earth. She has never heard any jedi teachings, only knowing/thinking bad things, they killed the witches, a skewed view by her "sith" master etc (She seems hesitant and conflicted, because hey she keeps flip flopping all over the place so might as well show it and not tell it for once) she feels the ground and the force moving and shifting speeds up with the power of two (the power of manyyyyyyy) She sees some of the random jedi masters sinking into the ground and she almost smiles, like good riddance, but then she sees the girl who was arresting her before. Unblinking eyes staring back at her (opportunity for some creepy shots as the face sinks) She's conflicted again, what if she had just given herself up like she said she was doing? Would she have been killed? As the bodies disappear under ground the lightsabers float above where each are buried and then sink in with them, the emitter sticking above the ground like a small grave marking (also so green lady can find them later for whatever BS reason Disney's doing) It starts to rain and close up shots of rain falling on the ground. The final drop is revealed to be a tear, with the streak still on her cheek. Before he sees she wipes it away and her face stiffens as she gets up. Sol has a moment and thanks her, little bonding moment with what he thinks is the good sister and they leave towards the ship with him in front. Then show some conflict in her again, with looking back towards the graves and back at him and pan down to show the dagger sheathed. Cut to black.

[@MuljoStpho]

A writer worth their paycheck might have considered doing something like that. Too bad this show doesn't have any of those on the payroll.

[@marklepe12]

The sun is out, buns come out!!!!

[@moontoadz]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@GeekOwtLowd]

I don't think it would be illegal to kill palpatine after he slaughtered 2 or 3 jedi in front of Mace Windu. At that point, he's stopping the equivalent of an "active shooter".

[@KenshiroMLT]

I was half-expecting smilo-ren to start singing "Music of the Night"

[@swizzamane8775]

They've got the "Power of" dynamic literally backwards. The Power of Many *(Sith) = Internal Conflict The Power of Two *(Sith) = Order and Control The Power of One *(Sith) = UNLIMITED POWAH!!!

[@asumax8]

To back up what Tyranth says about the Rule of Two, yea big part of the reason for it was because the Sith were so power hungry that a group of them was more than likely to destroy themselves than an enemy dedtroy them. So Bane created the rule to consolidate power and to focus on a single long term plan than the conflicting, self serving plans that would exist if there were more Sith

[@hermitcard4494]

Hollywoke: Male gaze wrong! Feminist and gay gaze awesome!

[@Aml-dr5oz]

I guess that's what a meeting with Harvey Weinstein looks like, and she wants to immortalize that moment through star wars lol

[@nuclearmedicineman6270]

That's what KK apparently told her. "That's a good SW script you wrote, throw it in the trash, and write one that's all about your personal life".. that's why we have Harvey Weinstein's former personal assistant putting a young actress in front of a naked, older, powerful, evil man. It's very meta.

[@gogroxandurrac]

12:10 that was hours, which is consistent. It's like car travel, getting everyone in the car is the longest part for the vast majority of times you use a car. Hyperspace wasn't instant, but it wasn't a matter of days or weeks of travel either. The difference between getting from Tatooine to Alderaan is that she gave the message to R2D2, they went to the planet, got lost, picked up by Jawas, bought, worked for a few days, found Ben, found Solo, found Deathstar. There was a significant passage of time, but it wasn't spent in hyperspace travel.

[@valkyriegremory]

This is how it going to work. Eps 7 be another flash back. And eps 8 it will lightsaber whip fight, with it ending on a another stupid ending, and they announces another season yet the show dead on arrive with more shit happens in that. Honestly star wars eps 1 to 6 and clone wars was the best star wars before disney did this shit.

[@RN1441]

Questions were being asked about the grotesque budget overspend so they had to contrive a reason to pay the 'intimacy specialist' they've been carrying on the books.

[@FFFFPPPP]

You couldn't swim out to that island in 10 minutes. That was a rough water, strong current situation. You'd drown or never make it there because you'd be swept out to sea.

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

If I ever get remarried and my wife is a {pre-Disney} *STAR WARS* fan, I am DEFINITELY using that *_"Grab My Lightsabre"_* line in the bedroom! 🤭🤭🤭

[@merakimelodies8931]

I agree completely about cortosis--I've often wondered the same about it, and questioned why it's not more commonly acquired by the villain. There was enough for the C.I.S. to plan a smaller line of battle-droids with a cortosis-carapace (which would be a ton of droids and a ton of cortosis, nonetheless: a small line of droids is a lot of droids, but is smaller by-comparison, to my awareness); Cad Bane acquired cortosis-bullets (though they were challenging enough to get and he was aware of enough other Jedi-killing tactics that he stopped carrying them, if I recall properly); and various other malicious-figures across the galaxy used it. I would love to see cortosis be a viable tactic in that universe, but for it to be authentically-rare: for it to be so rare that maybe only a few pounds of it are found a year across the galaxy, and even those take so much to refine that it is not very accessible and takes forever to even make in a finer form (maybe the pristine, unrefined form, while still super-rare and rather-inaccessible, could be a bit more acquirable, but it only blocks lightsabers and is a bit heavier and more unwieldy or challenging to wear; and the refined form, while lighter and capable of blinking-out lightsabers and deflecting blaster-bolts, could be more brittle and more easily-destroyed, shattered by traditional-arms and conventional-damage-it couldn’t stand up to strains such as staves and metal-swords and clubs and fall-damage). That would make cortosis a viable consideration for Jedi and Jedi-slayers, alike, and would be enough for very talented, very resourceful, or very cunning enemies of the Jedi to get their hands on in small levels, and would be enough for potent factions (such as the C.I.S. or the Galactic Empire) to make some special-forces units who use it. That would sufficiently-challenge the Jedi with new opponents, ones other than Sith or witches. Bounty-hunters and Jedi-hunters show that the field is already level if one doesn't play by the Jedi's rules and fight on their terms, but the cortosis would level the playing-field even in open-combat, to a degree (especially if used, or, at the very least, integrated, into weapons, armor, and/or projectiles). I especially loved Tyranth's idea about a cortosis-crossguard. According to Disney, lightsabers are not too heavy for non-Force-wielders to handle, so it would be cool to see a team of typical-people who are super-highly trained engaging Jedi in open battle, and getting a lot of satisfaction in standing toe-to-toe with Force-wielders: guys who were low-key jealous or viewed the Jedi as smug or unfair, and who are personally-invested (even if so in a somewhat-petty and/or evil fashion). I want to clarify that I'm coming up with this based on cortosis as it is, but this is not, to my awareness, the way cortosis is portrayed: what I’m getting at is keeping the base-properties the same, but changing the substance mildly and changing its rarity and integration into the universe substantially.

[@Alknix]

My favorite random minor but still pointlessly baffling moment was when Qimir told Osha: "If you want to get to the ship before evening, you should start swimming.", and the ship is, like, ten meters away. She could've rolled her pants up and walked to it in a few minutes! I have to wonder - do the script guys not communicate with the CGI guys at all? Why not draw the ship 100 meters away?!

[@wassal]

what about the big waves?

[@Alknix]

@@wassal They weren't that big.

[@hapakidyo]

In order for this show to be a tax write-off, Disney has to be in the black. Otherwise it’s just another L added to the list… I do find it funny that the characters that EVERYONE likes the most are the 2 male ones. Even though it’s supposed to be about the twin girls 🤣

[@wedgeantilles8575]

You guys know that even if something is just a "tax write-off" it is still losing SERIOUS money for the company? Because your tax will only be something like 25% for a company, so if something that costs 200 million and is labeled as "tax write-off" it is still a netto loss of 150 million for the company...

[@wedgeantilles8575]

@@DeagleGamesTV Well, then it has nothing to do with taxes, then it is just money laundering. Which I consider to be a very real possibility, considering how much all the new hollywood projects cost.

[@Jigglysaint]

Drinking game: Take a drink every time Shad says Re****ed. You are either going to black out, get, diabetic, or get water intoxication.

[@frostfang7670]

um they did explain in Episode 2 that Geonosis was within the same sector as Tatooine and Padme insisted they go since they get there much faster then the council.

[@terberusp7030]

You guys are missing the point. Star wars is girl brand now. One of the most common tropes of girls brand is girl falling to a "sexy bad boy". That's why those "sexual" scenes are for.

[@mansfieldtime]

. 6:00 "Cross guard Lightsaber." Question, Wouldn't making the cross guard out of beskar be far better then a mini lightsaber? I can thing of 2 reasons, 1; it's beskar, so no chance of cutting yourself with it. 2 more obvious and important, the lightsaber needs a "vent thing". So when in the bind you could easily slice through the vent thing and destroy the lightsaber.

[@mansfieldtime]

. And then you had to drop that at 6:30.

[@derrickm222]

Also watch the ending be osha killing Qimir and then her and Mae take over as the sith twinsies boasting about the power of one, the power of two, the power of the dark siiiiiide

[@jmgonzalez4]

With the bathing scene, it reminded me immediately of the Sawyer & Kate scene from the first season of LOST. With Sawyer the scene was used early in the episode to convince the audience that he was shameless and degenerate, with no barriers to his methods of manipulation & no fear of consequence ... but this was only to set up the later reveal that he was still a man-child in arrested development who is ashamed of becoming the monster he's hunted, and embarrassed by the easily-manipulated weakling he's become. In the acolyte, the scene is only used to (1) reveal physical, outward scars, and (2) show how macho and fearless Smylo is. Popular media used to be much more sophisticated and anti-mysoginistic -- even while being outwardly voyeuristic. Modern entertainment, in trying to be anti-patriarchy, using the same basic methods, ends up being unabashedly misogynistic.

[@shipmcgree6367]

Remember when disney/star wars was loved and cherished? Future generations won't remember that. 🚮

[@random-unbreaded-commentor]

Most relatable part of this episode : "Well, if you aren't going to join me in here, then I'd like like my cloths". Like woman this waters cold. We can continue this convo AFTER I PUT PANTS ON!!"

[@weareharbinger914]

Nepo lady is a good title for her. Funny in episode 1 if i recall, Sol/Saul(I don't care) was apparently so valuable that she initially denied his request before letting him take a half dozen people with him, now they're all dead, so people would notice, it would be questioned why a bunch of knights and padawans vanished, even if the group that went after them also died, that would just generate more questions. Their friends, comrades etc would wonder where the hell they went.

[@asfameni]

Cant wait for the season to end with Osha saying 'Its Acolyting time'

[@mrchambers31]

Is this the worst show Shad has ever seen? Worse than Willow

[@ViolentMessiah666]

He hasn't been on any wagonist rants or shown any anti-wagon bigotry yet so I'm guessing Willow is still worse 😂

[@ian8477]

I actually enjoyed Willow. It's a wacky fantasy adventure, where they simply swapped the prince and princess, to make one gay, and the other preyed upon by an old crone rather than an old wizard creeping on some girl. I can ignore that or roll with it, and it was still honestly so much better than The Acoyte that I can't believe it didn't get a season 2... but we get this? THIS!? It's so abysmally bad that Disney should have simply said there was a power outage and all the files, and every backup file, was deleted. Gone forever; then follow through and actually delete it. Hell, side with some cloud data backup storage company as a publicity stunt to get some of that money back, because OMFG.

[@kaltaron1284]

@@ViolentMessiah666 I mean at least the characters in Willow were somewhat consistent if one-dimensional and not very interesting. To honest I've mostly forgotten about it by now.

[@willbohland3698]

Worse than Master Cheeks?

[@JoFa876]

Velma exists, so...

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

it's the same question: why did master chief get naked too?

[@jackmesrel4933]

Tbf, a MC naked scene could work in a body horror sense, cus at least in-game lore, it's pretty well know that the original Spartan procedure was ghoulish and seeing the results on screen would be neat. I'm guessing they didn't go for that tho, cus I'm not watching the show XD

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

@@jackmesrel4933 they didn't. it's for cortana to check up his whole body. and for him to have a sex scene with the enemy spy.

[@jackmesrel4933]

@@cheeseburgersuperior1874 Ew, imagine lore accurate MC having sex.

[@jackmesrel4933]

@@cheeseburgersuperior1874 ... why...

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

@@jackmesrel4933 yes. why indeed.

[@DeadDingoDan]

This show is gonna end like Raiders, with kiati mundi saying he has "top jedi" looking into this whole acolyte business, cut to a box of dead jedi and the twins being wheeled into the jedi archives storage warehouse

[@NarvT86]

How can a 8 episodes show has filler?

[@kaltaron1284]

The Acolyte: Why only one?

[@DouglasLippi]

"Nothing happens" basically describes all chick flicks ever.

[@e-satan9032]

I thought Sol knew it was May in the last episode. He said "where is she? Your sister?" Instead of specifically calling names as if he was unsure that was osha and already suspected she's an imposter.

[@edwinsuijkerbuijk5106]

Eyes becoming red on a robot when they go evil is such a trope in sci-fi movies . Do all bruid builders build in the red option for the eyes just in case their robot goes evil ?

[@johngalt3969]

Your comment on why she and others have been given opportunities based on what they know on others is I think 100% on the nose

[@discipleofdeath2517]

50 Shades of sith is the vibe I'm getting haha.

[@buckduane1991]

One reason the “Malevolence” worked so well was that General Grievous was forced to chart a hyperspace route around a nebula in order to attack the Republic hospital station, and it took so long to do this that Anakin and Plo Kun were able to fly through the nebula at sub-light speed and intercept him. All of this despite the ship being very fast, as the impatient Grievous complains. Turns out, the ship had a .5 hyperdrive, the same speed as was revealed to be on the Millennium Falcon - since a freighter having a drive that fast was considered impossible by most - but still he had to stop, change direction, then jump into hyperspace again several times and n order to get the shortest route, a big upside-down horseshoe. It added tension, hoping Anakin could make it in time. In my head, I’ve always assumed whatever field shapes the blade either sticks when slamming into another one (hence the grinding and clashing noises in the fights) or they repel to a point, forcing you to press harder to try and push your opponent away-and is why blaster bolts are reflected without having to swing at them. That, and whatever field contains the blade also repels other blades to the point you can’t push them down the beam and into the hilt of another blade, so acting like an invisible cross guard in a way. Of course, my ideas give too much credit… and are infinitely better than any idea Disney has ever come up with.

[@jaybees5734]

The sabers have the led light inside of them instead of the way it used to be done that's why they are clunky

[@digiblak997]

Why do they send 5 jedi as a rescue party. Smilo just killed 8, wookie jedi too, wouldnt you think youd need a larger number then the force before. I like how the jedi asks the master if Sol could have done this and shes says that a wild accusation. Dudes next question "well master sol is powerful"..... Bro she just said no. I dont get how Sol doesnt notice the big ass symbol on Mae foreheard that Osha doesnt have. Also do their lightsabers look thicccc af to anyone else lmao. One of the problems with the modern day BS show is that they are making the villians more likeable then the main characters. That might be ok if this was a story about the villians. They constantly make the main characters so unlikeable that you want something bad to happen to them. I think the sith guy is the best actor on the show. I hope him playing in this series doesnt ruin his career.

[@beowulfsrevenge4369]

An eight episode season of a show shouldn't have filler episodes. You have no time to waste in a short season. Now, if you have a 24-episode show, a filler episode or two is fine.