The Acolyte Killed Star Wars

[@guygadbois3010]

Slandering Yoda as either inept or corrupt is an act of overt hostility towards the fandom. The closest comparison I can think of is what they did to Nick Fury in Secret Invasion. It's absolutely baffling . . . what are they trying to achieve here?

[@insensitive919]

I think Captain Marvel already did that, not a clue why they had to do it a second time.

[@Jaguar-s7f]

Deconstruction.

[@lordqwertythepyromancer3458]

If a season 2 gets made, and they slander yoda like this......ooooooh boy they will not like what happens

[@themissingpeace7956]

Demoralization

[@Drewpost19]

Revenge. Revenge for being born

[@Gehshme]

PSA Rebecca Henderson(avocado green Jedi thing) is there only because she is the spouse of Leslye Headland.

[@mastrsonic375]

Why am I not surprised

[@pritikinaa]

Wonder if Harvey Weinstein invited to their wedding?

[@庫倫亞利克]

What a bunch of crazies.

[@TNTspaz]

Omg. I just looked at pictures. They literally look like walking stereotypes.

[@daethalion1725]

Every time I hear that stupid "power of many" chant I have to remind myself that yes, somebody actually did write that, and yes, they actually thought it sounded cool. Good grief.

[@mastrsonic375]

How did this show get greenlit

[@Wulfyr]

It sounds like something out of the trippier parts of "The Mighty Boosh". A surreal comedy show is the only context in which that chant could possibly make sense. Even then it would have to be seasoned with a large pinch of irony.

[@waynemetheny5279]

and they got paid for it

[@endless3cho]

​@@WulfyrThe Mighty Boosh was good though.

[@dontbeorbeevil]

They no longer have professionals. With their idiotic DEI, you can no longer come and show a good script, or works you did before. You have to be of specific gender race believe. So, they just hire these extremely untalented people who are right because of people who made them or body parts they are attracted to. Of course it is so bad, the quality does not matter anymore.

[@Maybeabandaid9]

"I'm sure its a budget thing." How? Didn't they spend 180 million to make this thing...

[@MDestroyerX]

Money laundering 100% money laundering

[@robertagren9360]

They didn't spend 180 It's how anime works. Majority of cash given to the corporation to keep it working

[@themissingpeace7956]

Money laundering

[@cmac3530]

@@robertagren9360 Not comparable in the slightest. Most Anime's are not owned by the company who creates the show. They are typically owned by the Manga author or the creator of the anime who contracts a studio like Funimation to animate their IP, then they have to convince a network exec to publish their show on their network, etc. As you can see, lots of cooks in the kitchen for an anime, all of which have to be paid. Disney owns everything in this scenario. The IP itself, the network it's published on, they own the production company, Lucasfilm, everything... They legit spent $180 million on this crap. There is no other way to slice it...

[@troubleondemand7703]

That's the average cost of a season of TV. The last season of succession was $100m and has no SFX at all. The Morning Show (also no SFX) cost $250m. The budget argument for Acolyte is stupid.

[@cttommy73]

Assistant of 4 years to Harvey Winestine, she wrote a story where the Jedi were supposed to be evil. Yet what she told us in 8 episodes is A, the Jedi are good people. B, the Sith are still evil and nothing sympathetic about anything. C, that her wife can't act and if she were not a Nepo baby, or in this case, a Nepo cucumber, she would have never gotten the role. D, Amandla Steinberg can't act, is evil in the show and real life, and most important of all, E, this has to be, I really believe has to be, a money laundering scheme. Other than that, I really can't see how the show can be this cheap, yet costs so much.

[@mercerfrey6392]

You forgot F actively tries to retcon the prequels in such a way it completely breaks EVERYTHING about The Force more than The Rise of Skywalker and Rey Palpatine ever did... HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?!!?

[@mania4270]

​@@mercerfrey6392the prequels suck. Who gives a shit? The PREQUELS actively shat on the lore of the og trilogy. So I'd rathsr have disney respect the og trikogy than cater to some toxic prequel fans who only like star wars because of light sabers. If you actually regard the prequels as good movies, you gave bo respect for the og trilogy and aren't a star wars fan

[@mania4270]

How is Amanda steinberg a bad actor? She was great in bodies bodies bodies. And she was great in this show. Yall just dont like ger because she called out a bunch of racist fanboys. You losers arent getting star wars back. Its our franchise. This a black franchise now bitches, and we aint given it back. Next up, lord of the rings.

[@mercerfrey6392]

@@mania4270 dude, chill! What's up with the extreme hostility? I just think the prequels are ok and you do realize that Disney, both with their "sequels" & The Acolyte, are insulting the OG trilogy too, right? The nonsense they made The Force into is obvious on all fronts. Just because YOU hate the prequels doesn't give you the right to call those that do "not real fans", especially when you're acting exactly like the toxic extremists that idiot Ryan Johnson whined about.

[@mania4270]

@@mercerfrey6392 1. No hostility, but the prequels factually have more problems with them than anything else in star wars. They have many errors that don't align with the previously established canon. The prequels RUINED the force and made it into stupid midichlorians. That was the day star wars died for many fans because the force was better without an explanation. There's way more stuff, obi wan says Yoda was his master yet in the prequels, Yoda is more of a boss of the Jedi council. He doesn't have any Padawans. It was George making shit up and trying to sell toys. 2. Never said I hated the prequels. I love the prequels. I'm just pointing out the stupid shit that we now let slide when at first we didn't. The only reason you even think the prequels are ok is because you don't like Disney star wars. If Disney star wars hadn't come out, you'd be one of those toxic fans begging George to sell the franchise. 3. Anyone who says Disney star wars doesn't respect the og trilogy is an idiot. They don't understand star wars and I don't believe they even watched the og trilogy. Most prequel fans think revenge of the sith is a masterpiece and the best star wars movie, with that type of thinking, it just shows you don't have respect for the og trilogy. You like star wars because of cool action. Stop trying act like you like the lore because Disney added way more to the lore than George ever did. Tell me, what did Anakin learn from obi wan? You can't tell me anything because we aren't shown what Anakin is taught or any training. We see both Luke and Rey train with a master and see what lessons they were taught. That makes them relatable. Anakin isn't relatable. He's stupid, entitled, creepy, and resentful. The prequels legit ruin star wars because it botched Vader's backstory. Now most of us "real" fans have to deal with a bunch of plot holes in the og trilogy that were made by the prequels. Again, I don't hate the prequels. I'm just saying you can't complain about bad writing or acting then turn around and say revenge of the sith is a good movie. That's like saying you hate nasty food but still eat shit. It's inconsistent. Why are you giving revenge of the sith such leeway when you wouldn't give it to the sequels? It's like you folks hate on any new idea Disney has when I can think of literally dozens of plot holes and bad ideas in the prequels but again, you don't really care about story. It's just the action.

[@drlarrymitchell]

It was filmed in England, for tax purposes, and almost $13.oo of the $180 MILLION they spent on it appears on screen. It's a QUID GAME.

[@reallybig4868]

Har har

[@Therealravencry]

..... That's..... You know what I'm not even mad, that was a good one

[@GuiltlessGear]

i geddit

[@Axeolyte2903]

the entire show felt like a child playing with action figures

[@janmadsen6867]

This is the kind of stories my friends and I would make up, when playing with action figures age 8: "... In fact, I am your brother!" - "But you fell of a cliff into the river and died, when you were a child" - "I was rescued by and old man, I forgot everything, but know I remember, and now I'm back!" - "Yippie!" - "Yippie!"

[@muhibbhussain2262]

Even children playing with action figures can make better stories 💀

[@S1337theoddoneout-ip9xc]

The compelling mistery of the wokelyte is, where did $180M went? Because i'm sure as hell is did not went into the production of this utter shitte. The mistery continues, was it just good old fashioned money laundering or just sheer incompetence?

[@MDestroyerX]

Or option 3 insider trading to get Disney stock to tank

[@NathanielHellerstein]

Why not both?

[@JKBisms]

You hate the acolyte because it's "Woke". I hate the acolyte because it's just not good. We are not the same.

[@MDestroyerX]

@@JKBisms I think if it was just called the acolyte (and was not Star Wars it would be a 3.2/10 instead of a 1.4/10 yes I actually give it a 1.4/10

[@JKBisms]

@@MDestroyerX no im talking to the op cause only annoying incels use "Woke" as a reason to dislike something

[@Joe-Przybranowski]

You can't kill a corpse.

[@loke6664]

Yeah, Disney's tactic of replacing the Star wars fans with ???? Isn't really working out well for them. J J Abrams at least tried, he didn't have the talent to make something good, but he tried. Now they stopped trying but the problem is that even super casual viewers need whatever they watch to be somewhat entertaining and this just isn't (besides episode 3, it was hilarious). I don't understand what they are thinking, why spend $4 billions on an IP you want to rewrite so it is unrecognizable? And why hiring in a bunch of people with zero experience of the genre or any talent and giving them a $180 million budget show? They don't seem to understand the concept of "money", you want to get more of it, not throw it away on things that can't possibly succeed.

[@brokenhalo2001]

When I have tinfoil hat moments I sometimes think they really really tried hard to guilt people into being that ???? fanbase you speak of. They used political social media trends to gaslight people into just accepting to slop they are served coz you dont wanna be a bad person do you ? Like only isms dislike [insert ip here]. A bunch of talentless skilless assholes basically grifted their way into these positions of power and to cover the fact they are shit at their jobs they blame it on the standard isms overblown or made up reasons they get from the fellow grifter friends working in these made up Diversity officers lol. Im just amazed they have managed to drag this con out for about a decade now, no ip is safe its even reached warhammer 40k ffs.

[@drbjr8223]

cause they can't make anything original for themselves

[@loke6664]

@@drbjr8223 They didn't have to make anything original, Lucas had already done the story for the sequels which they ignored and there are plenty of Star Wars EU books they could have turned into shows. The problem is they they can't understand that they can't make anything original, at least not anything original and good. If they did, they had an almost unlimited amount of content they could have turned into movies and shows. But no, they are so delusional they think they can do things far better and they keep failing.

[@timbothejedi4146]

Their agenda is literally a holy crusade to them.

[@loke6664]

@@MaTe-du2lw Did I say the Phantom menace was good? It was about on par with the Force awaken, so-so. Disney best movie, Rogue one was better. Both of them were far better then the Acolyte though, if something is embarrassing it is it. Disney did something good with the first 2 seasons of Mando, they were excellent but the third season felt a lot worse written. The book of Boba Fett, Obi-one and Ashoka were boring, I haven't seen Andor so I have no opinion about it.

[@TheLondonhascalled]

I feel bad for Sol's actor. Apparently he really loves star wars, didn't deserve this

[@evanneal1039]

word is that he even learned English for this part.

[@joshslater2426]

I’m hoping the guy gets a more successful career in the future. He deserves better material, especially Star Wars.

[@JDurham4635]

Damn.... I kept hearing the $180 million figure, but it putting it perspective relative to GOT.... HOLY SHIT.....

[@triciacarr5019]

Don’t forget: they updated the number to $230 mil. Damn near a million a minute lol

[@TeensierPython]

Why is nobody comparing green Jedi to the wicked witch of the west?

[@Crim-kun]

or piccolo

[@waynemetheny5279]

because both are much better than this crap

[@Briggsby]

We don't want to insult the dead.

[@JesterDangerous]

First Disparu and now Jonny Law. What a day of days. Is that sunlight coming through your window?

[@Maybeabandaid9]

Can't be, he's English.

[@reallybig4868]

I did the same thing

[@MustertheBrohirrim]

Still throbbing.

[@BloodravenRivers]

alteori does a damn good review of the entire series shes funny af

[@T405_MN]

yes it is 🔥🔥

[@JETBLACKPRIEST]

Jonny, you really struck a chord with me when you said "Irrefutably evil actions are okay if bad things happened to you before you do them". I already disliked this show for many reasons but you just managed to relate it to an extremely shitty experience I had with an abusive partner and now I'm actually furious that those are the disgusting morals this show has attempted to push, lesbian headcase could never work on another project again and it would still be too soon. What a piece of garbage, the show too.

[@massive_legend6766]

Acolyte killed Star Wars, then it killed itself right after

[@mania4270]

How did it kill star wars? Most ppl now are coming up with new theories about darth plagueis, qimir, Osha. Did anyone actually watch this show?

[@Bob-Jenkins]

Murder, suicide in the hands of the incompetent.

[@mania4270]

@@Bob-Jenkins the only incompetent ones are the fans like you

[@Bob-Jenkins]

@@mania4270 Fan, lol. That's a little tricky seeing I've not even watched it. Thanks for the invaluable comment, you went full bell end for no reason, overreact much. Cheers for the chuckle, I needed that.

[@mania4270]

@@Bob-Jenkins you hella dumb. I meant fans of star wars in general constantly hating on the show without watching it. 😂 You just proved my point. Who puts more energy into this? You're looking up shoes and commenting on vids about shit you don't even like. Just says you don't have anything enjoyable going on with your life. Glad I can bring some interests to it

[@Clinthopanonymous]

I just don't understand who their target audience is for this show. As an old school Star Wars fan I don't feel like it's for me.

[@wolfmauler]

It's an attempted replacement of the fanbase, a great reset 😏...And it's failing miserably 😆

[@LalaDepala_00]

As a woman, I don't know either. The overt feminism in American productions is painful to say the least.

[@orboakin8074]

As a relatively new Star Wars fan, I can tell you it ain't for me either. I've been watching Star Wars since the mid 2000s as a kid in Nigeria and I don't care for this slop. I'll stick with Lucas era shows and movies and EU novels I have been buying.

[@matthewalves3855]

There was a KZbin critic, who said he thinks it’s made for young kids not us Original Fans sadly. He made some interesting points, and mentioned his youngest (I think) was enjoying the show while one of his older kids had no interest. Idk it’s a terrible show either way and I don’t intend on watching it anymore to check his point anyway 🤷🏻‍♂️ 😂

[@Clinthopanonymous]

@@matthewalves3855 that actually gives me some perspective. at least some kids are getting enjoyment out of it

[@Zeromus5555]

I swear, if we get a 2nd season its out of pure fucking hubris.

[@SandraOrtmann1976]

That one sentence "The more Star Wars the better" sums up the fundamentally wrong assumption by Disney. No, not more quantity. More quality. And quality takes time, research and effort. All things Disney does not understand.

[@mastrsonic375]

Or Ignores

[@paulmurgatroyd6372]

Also maybe don't hire writers and directors that don't understand the franchise.

[@mania4270]

​@@paulmurgatroyd6372 they do understand the franchise. The peoblem with star wars isnt content, uts the fanbase. So i understabd why disney wants to seek out a new fanbase. All you losers do is complain about everything. Why disney should focus on is catering to ppl like me. Notmal individuals with gf that dont obsess over this nonsense wvery day like you losers do. Im sure you cant go one day with out thinking about Disney or star wars. You losers are obsessed with this shit

[@jogregg6442]

I've heard they spent the money on 5 Star hotels and Michelin restaurants for the crew. It was a long running extravagant party. The Disney way.

[@DaNinja60]

Makes sense. They had to waste the money on something because it sure wasn't on the production itself.

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

Why can't females handle money? It like "wow, how can I spend all this money on things that I shouldn't spend it on!"

[@JKBisms]

@@DEATH-THE-GOAT no bitches?

[@Bob-Jenkins]

Leslie's mentor taught her all the skills when it came to spending a lot of money on hookers and blow and… and nap time helpers that mix well with adult beverages. EDIT Allegedly

[@cynderfan2233]

Oh god... They looked at a picture of the zygerrian electric whip from The Clone Wars and thought it was a lightsaber, didn't they...

[@JKBisms]

Not to glaze this dumpster fire but the lightwhip already existed in legends

[@waynemetheny5279]

i thought it was called an energy whip or it was in path of destruction

[@robbiebonham]

I haven't watched a single episode of this and I'm STILL sick of her face.

[@johnwendland7908]

The fact that KK remains in charge of Lucasfilms means there is non such thing as the patriarchy in Star Wars

[@NocandNC]

One thing that really bothers me about the whole “painting the person a different colour” thing is, especially with the green woman - her inner flesh, such as her eye tissue and inner gums, are still a normal pink? If she’s truly alien, couldn’t they at least add a bit of VFX to change it to something more fitting like blue??? The contrast just makes it look so cheap as-is.

[@live22morrow]

The movie Godzilla Minus One won an Academy Award for VFX and cost less than $15 million to make...

[@Minifig_mocs]

Worse than the Christmas special even

[@Minifig_mocs]

Damn he got to it before me

[@BloodravenRivers]

that beaver was a shoutout to the furry fan base that leslie was targeting this too. i mean he literally sniffed the wookies loincloth wtf

[@Richard-From-Richard-And-Clark]

What?

[@ViperChief117]

I’m pretty sure Star Wars was dead when The Last Jedi and Obi Wan Kenobi was released? lol

[@yahya_elistinsary]

the moment disney bought star wars it was DOA.

[@applejuicejunkie316]

@@yahya_elistinsary I think you mean when "fans" watched Phantom Menace. Star Wars fandom has been neckbeard crybaby central ever since.

[@NefariousKoel]

@@applejuicejunkie316 Ehh, the Phantom Menace sucked but at least the prequel series improved as it progressed. Dis-Wars is levels below that.

[@dontbeorbeevil]

They had so many plans for continuation of Kenobi. Well, Reva one Kenobi to be more specific. But after the show was trashed by fans, the plans were ended. The actor, Ewan, made a video telling fans to keep asking Disney for more if they want a second season. I laughed. Like, what fans, what show, this hubris was hated by anyone who managed to sit through kid actor scene and Ingram's wooden face.

[@joshslater2426]

I love the prequels and I don’t mind the sequels. Everything beyond that I’m not really bothered about.

[@Kudzai2010]

Back in May that bint headlamp said “The Acolyte Will Be Free From Star Wars Film and TV Show Cameos” it seems the lack of any creative talent became so apparent in desperation they turned to stealing dialogues from the OT and also bastardising beloved characters created by George. Ay carumba 🤦🏾

[@cttommy73]

Remember, the Acolyte has a budget of a 180million USD. A 180million USD. I think that's enough said.

[@ge2719]

18:30 not only is it ridiculous that the seatbelt saves her in a spaceship crash. but when she wakes up she's no longer even strapped into the seat. meaning she must have been flung out of the seatbelt in the crash. so she should probably have some broken bones at the very least. possible head trauma since she was knocked unconscious somehow, which doesn't just happen. people don't get in a car crash, get saved by their seatbelt and just lose consciousness for no reason. the writing in this show is seriously bizarre. its like its written by someone who has lived in a bubble their whole life and don't know how basic things work.

[@benstanfill363]

"Star Wars is so much cooler than it used to be 🙃" god that cracked me up 😂

[@mania4270]

It is. The prequels were considered dog shit. If you had told someone you liked star wars before disney bought it, you likely got bullied in school

[@joshslater2426]

I still love the prequels. They have some issues, but they’re very enjoyable, and they do have most of the same dedicated people involved.

[@IgnisNatus]

About the trees, you forget they fall in the wrong direction xDD

[@JoeyP946]

How can this be fan fiction when it insults star wars at every turn

[@JGburneraccount]

It didn't kill starwars, its been dead for a while It just danced on its grave

[@himayamata]

The Power of Many chant might have worked if it was chanted by Orcs.

[@orboakin8074]

Glad I avoided this trash show. I refuse to even pirate or hate-watch it. I have been a Star Wars fan since childhood in Nigeria and I refuse to waste more time on disney star wars. I am done with toxic identity politics, garbage writing and antagonism towards fans. I will content myself with Lucas era shows and movies, like Clone Wars, and the EU books I am currently buying. And games like KOTOR and Fallen Order. There is a lot of good Star Wars out there, even before I was born, and I would rather enjoy that instead

[@JKBisms]

Rebels is Disney Star Wars, but it's definitely worth a watch. I think Rebels might have been the first thing out of Disney

[@mudcrab3420]

"being a real fan means you have to blindly enjoy everything..." Wait - but I enjoy everything from Jonny Law... Am I doing this wrong?

[@JesterDangerous]

No, but you possibly don't know what blindly means.

[@default_doppelganger]

How many times does Seoul of the South get knocked out by other characters?!? They guy is narcoleptic for Pete's sake and needs therapy.

[@TheBrotherdarkness9]

Average Acolyte enjoyer on reddit: "i never watched any other Star Wars media but i watched the Acolyte and i enjoyed it and i really dont know why people hate it so much." I honestly dont know if these are bots or if people are really THAT stupid. € in the finale the jedi needed that fucking truffel pig Bazil to find Osha and Mae but Qimir still found them first without any help hanging around at their tree.

[@dontbeorbeevil]

With modern shows, if a character is a black woman, you can guarantee at the end she will be not a bad person but rather a wronged misunderstood person who did a couple of mistakes (like strangling her foster father) and is the one a viewer should root for. I can imagine Leslie watching the scene in episode 8 where sisters hug, and I can see her be like "this is so sweet, my poor babies." This is more than just wrong. Someone who has this way of thinking very possibly suffers from a condition when they no longer understand and feel human emotions. They are Frankenstein monsters born of Hollywood.

[@cosmicmuffin322]

Actually, yes. Hollywood is overrun with narcissists - an overused word but it accurately describes what you're talking about. A lack of empathy, self-centred, manipulative, predatory, sees the world in black and white, us vs. them; self-righteous, hostile, superficial, creates a facade of morality and superiority while being morally bankrupt underneath. Etc, etc, etc. Personality disorders explain so much of Hollywood, and people in power in general.

[@foxylover9250]

"Star wars is for everyone" except for non fanfic writers it seems

[@bottlethrower1544]

Love you work, but why hate on the on holiday special? At least it never broke lore

[@JonnyLawYT]

Appreciate that my friend! You speak the truth 🫡🤣

[@Elayzee]

It was dead long LONG before The Acolyte was even thought up.

[@iirgendsonTyp]

Nothing can kill Star Wars. Just ignore Acolyte, it has nothing to do with star wars

[@Maybeabandaid9]

Need to add a flashbang warning before you run that Trainwell ad Jonny. ; )

[@h-dawg969]

Jonny Mootash! I’m worried about Yoda. If they follow up on that tease scene between Yoda & that green, Bad Actor chick, then it’s more than likely that they’ll destroy the one who is the only character left from the originals that they haven’t had to destroy. He’s all we have left.

[@grimklang]

i'm sorry, but we have to talk about his avant-garde pc tower stand.

[@NefariousKoel]

That's the "Semi-Portable PC Stand Deluxe". Not the best regarding sturdiness, but easy to break down and move.

[@CodexEvans]

​@@NefariousKoelmore generally known as a 'Computer Height Adjustor, Incapable of Reclining'

[@Veryy_Victoriaa]

12:46 the problem with this is when venestra comes to the site and is looking at the bodies, we hear echoes of what happened so I’m guessing she knew what happened? But no context in this show is given at all. We still don’t know the rules, limitations of the force according to this show. We don’t know if venestra only heard what happened or if she can see it too. I wish this was based off a book. Not sure if I can handle another season being more confused after watching than from the start.

[@merrylderrickson3147]

there are several intelligent and funny and highly entertaining commentators on youtube these days. you're certainly amongst them. Tho i'd confidently say you have a much better understanding of the bigger picture than most of them. You've clearly educated yourself on the who's, what's, how's, and why's of the occultist marxists You don't ask inane rhetorical questions like: "when is Disney going to figure out that people don't like this?" or "Don't they know going Woke is going Broke?"

[@ge2719]

20:30 the story they use to coverup the corruption is even worse than the original corruption. They could have just blamed it all on an "Unknown sith", instead they made it so a high ranking jedi just murders a dozen other jedi to cover up murdering a whole group of random aliens... seemingly for no reason.

[@dewulfe9913]

I was so thinking it would be... "If a Wookie, lives by itself in what looks like a vault from Fallout New Vegas...and no one sees it get killed....did it wish Disney had never bought Lucasfilm from good ol George??"

[@Kaileigh_Broko]

Millions of cries from fans and then nothing because Disney made crap and the fans didn't care anymore.

[@dmac3183]

And Mark Hamill and his Jake Skywalker behaviour on Twitter over the last few days killed it dead. I can no longer see the hopeful Luke anymore just the Jake he turns into in real life.

[@fightingpanic]

and now they removed Lesley Headland from future projects

[@b.w.22]

For something which aspires to be so novel and a “new take on Star Wars,” they really do seem to be trodding the same ground as before, but this time SIDEWAYS! The notion that there’s no good and evil in Star Wars is wrong, but the notion of a deluded Jedi doing the work of a corrupt system is Day 1 prequels, that the choices a Jedi makes in good faith can inch them toward evil is Anakin’s story and also Luke’s, though he perseveres (disregarding the sequels), and that the Jedi are to a large degree are where sith are recruited, like Dukku. It’s the being themselves which are flawed, not “good and evil” and not the Force. As for this modern Star Wars, the singular issue, to my view, aside from bad writing, is this desire by the producers to “educate” with the material. Using these stories to show the viewer lessons like “girls can be competent,” or “what if the hero is gay??” are all so hamfisted and arrogant. It implies not just that the writers are appropriately “educators” about something, but that the audience is ignorant. If not ignorant, then slavishly interested only in seeing themselves “represented” in a story set in the distant past of a literal other galaxy. These are not earthlings and it is nearly completely inappropriate to meddle with these modern legends and myths to advance some agenda to reflect this moment in time, thereby instantly dating it. We wouldn’t ask that Arthurian legend be retold so that Gawain was Native American and it was really Guinevere who drew the sword from the stone, but now it’s Rey who defeated the Emperor. Okay… The writers and producers and Disney as a whole seem dead-set to destroy this thing they find so abhorrently “male” or “Lucas” and it’s tough to witness. I so dearly wish that the entirety of LucasFilm be ejected and in 5 years time restarted with careful stewards.

[@eddybronko7945]

22 million per episode. Embezzlement, incompetence or both.

[@JoeChillton]

200 million for this, is a crime.

[@salsaman]

The real villain of the show was Darth Basil, who would later go on to train Darth Jar Jar.

[@peddypeoples941]

Those downvotes are very weird man.

[@frankrizzo7746]

Indeed. Bots?

[@brandonscott9747]

Disney buying bots to downvote anybody who talks about the Acolyte

[@NefariousKoel]

Disney brigading has been a thing for awhile. The ones who actually post in critics' comments say almost the exact same things : "Old crybaby SW fans" or "Grifters" is their staple. Almost as if they got their comebacks from the same source.

[@TheGreatSteve]

The Acolyte can't kill Star Wars because The Acolyte isn't Star Wars.

[@crystalbepsis]

I've always wanted a film/TV adaptation of Shadows of the Empire. I don't think I want that anymore lmao

[@mikevas5247]

The only SW that matters are episodes 1 - 6 (Phantom Menance thru Return of the Jedi).

[@Jan07191]

How can you kill something what is already dead 10 years?

[@adika4707]

U almost passed out in that trainwell sponsor video 😂😂😂

[@yesus9980]

Excellent work Johny! Always hits good and tastefully executed. If i can leave a to my fellow Star Wars fans is, Just like Johny said, just because it’s SW logo is on it. Doesn’t mean it is. They can never change the OG Trilogy, and the Prequels. We can always go back and watch them again 🖤 Just ignore whatever is coming out and enjoy the good times. Love you all! 🕺

[@lordreavanplays43]

Alright, so let’s be clear on one thing about Star Wars. The Jedi have been depicted as “corrupt” in the past. But that being “corrupt” was usually some mix of misinterpretation due to the Jedi order not being able to pay attention to a side character that subsequently became someone who would get angry and turn evil, or a literal misguidance because of the plots of Sidious. Acolyte can barely claim that first one I guess??? But the second one is completely out of reach for the show given the time it takes place in. So the entire theme of the show of calling the Jedi “corrupt” is not even accurate historically, especially considering there’s no real reason to call the Jedi corrupt in a time of what was mostly peace where the Sith War didn’t quite exist AND Jedi wouldn’t have been sent on petty crime stopping missions or anything else, because yeah, it’s a religion. Also anything that has come out of the mouths of the people involved in making this show has been plane disappointing. Disney, what have you done to my boy…

[@wolfbane7497]

15:09 Disney: " it's down there somewhere let me take another look. "

[@Clonebot_productions]

Then… the internet came toghether to kill one common enemy

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

Whelp, that's it I give up. I'm going back to the Clone Wars where things make sense and never looking back

[@yahya_elistinsary]

why is your pc sitting on a chair, very distracting...

[@grimklang]

two chairs!

[@chencho3041]

😂😂😂😂 my first thought

[@Wicked1TN]

Why was there a ghost working out in the garden? hehe Love your videos, I have been watching you from the start. You're building a great channel!!

[@stevenalexander403]

G'day it's Steven from down under Thank goodness it's all over, this painful, boring outrage is done. My beloved Star Wars has been intentionally murdered, how incompetent are the creators at Disney/Lucasfilm? It's unbelievable that Lucasfilm approved its ridiculous production I now know why it's called the "EJACOLYTE", doesn't Mae/Osha get squirted in the face with wet stuff, TWICE? How dare they introduce Plaguies and show Master Yoda, how dare they! "May the Force be with us"

[@KoolAidBuzz]

Someday you'll get a nice end table with some wobbly legs to put your pc on instead of some fucking folding chairs.

[@avatrusentertainment9366]

These shows nowadays feel like some kind of money laundering scheme

[@emorsi]

It would really be nice that productions like this HAVE to show the positions where the money went into, you know by law, so that we understand what is going on. At this point the episodes are looking more like a fan project, made with very little money.

[@AlleyKatPr0]

I think we are talking around the issue of why it does not look good: DIGITAL FILM-MAKING. Digital cameras, digital sets, and plastic replacing metal surfaces wherever possible. The thing that really stands out is the lightsabers themselves, as they are coloured from tip to bottom. IF you have a lightsaber, the way it should be coloured is the centre is white, and the outside 'glow' is the colour you want it to be, but their lightsabers look like plastic glow-sticks, that do not glow. This is cheapness, and I suspect they gave a lot of the money to the people running the show, instead of putting the money in front of the camera. God, I really miss celluloid photo-chemical film production and optical effects...they truly always looked odd, uncanny, weird and ethereal - unlike this show (and post GL Star Wars) where the lightsabers look like toy glow-sticks.

[@HamannGeorg]

Am I the only one who sees a reminiscence to Alien in the Helmet? That's also why I find it so cheap and just unfitting for Star Wars.

[@h-dawg969]

Is there any trainwell stuff available on the growing of Mustaches? I doubt you need to train as it obviously comes naturally but I’m sure there’s millions of us out here that would love and appreciate the sharing of such an impeccable ancient knowledge.

[@ProdAlarick]

for 180million dollars they could have just give the money to headland and say go buy gay merch or something and disney would have been less in the shitpile than it is now.

[@insensitive919]

Thanks, dough-boy! *pokes belly

[@daben7145]

first season of GoT cost 5-6 million per episode, absolutely insane how disney burned through so much money and get the acolyte as a result, if they stick to their path they deserve to go bancrupt, sadly capitalism doesnt work that way if you reach a certain amount of market share.

[@MarineCorpzor1]

"Seasoned Star Wars fan", there are fans still for this trash dump?

[@daben7145]

yesterday when I was watching the critical drinkers review I thought to myself: "why is disney doing this?", you gave me an answer, thx for that. makes sense that they wanna get rid of us because we expect a quality they cant provide. rough, but its fine, I havent watched anything disney star wars since episode 9 and its not that bad, star wars ended with episode 6 and If I want to get more involved some day, theres always the legends stuff which seems to be pretty cool from what I've heard from channels like eckartsladder, star wars theory and all these. fuck disney. Have my sub tho, well deserved!

[@antonyapostolov8252]

what baffles me the most is how a genius show like Andor managed to happen in the middle of all the rest of crap, like Kennedy somehow didn't have any saying in its script/production or something...

[@Five0f5even]

Id argue the different colored human-looking alien thing was more of a Star Trek trope.

[@LeeLeeBellePBJLee]

I'll happily watch the Holiday Special on repeat, for the runtime of the entire Acolyte series if the choice is between that or watching an hour of the Acolyte.

[@LeeLeeBellePBJLee]

Also, I painted my cousin green for the Renaissance Festival back in... like... 2010-ish... so she could be an orc... not to toot my own horn but I did a better job on her makeup than the Acolyte did on the gender-swap, Dollar-Tree, Shrek.

[@BloodravenRivers]

that labowski meme about disney thats what kathleen kennedy and leslie headland want to do to us real star wars fans and the ones reviewing the show and saying how great it was they are the ones in the toilet

[@Oceanus5000]

Bro I will die on the hill that Han Solo DDR is possibly the greatest single thing we’ve gotten from Star Wars.

[@tomdadada]

You said it, man - this aint no Star Wars! Its simple as that.

[@The24Gamer]

Glad to see you're back, love your videos ysob

[@Animefanboy4life]

13:40 i watched Andor when it came out. Haven't watched it since because i dont have D+ anymore and let me tell you i still remember the Music from the show lol when they were Riding away from town on the speeder bike, when andor was on the beach planet and One way out where my favorite themes lol

[@p.bckman2997]

Actually, Disney _can_ make decent Star Wars. Rogue One was made under Disney. This means that they _choose_ not to make good Star Wars.

[@JJ_6036]

It seems Disney values their immediate power and reach to peddle ideas over success of their company. Bit odd that. Bit odd that its part of their mission to take great works of art (even their own) and deface them or spit on them. They want us to think its "new and fun" but it feels kinda wrong... almost evil even. Self-destructive at the very least.

[@SimonPodolak]

where u at? wee need your opinion on s2e1 because for me personally it didn't look up at all.

[@patriot639]

I had never heard of "life day" before this video...and notice the lack of actual star wars fans in that crowd.

[@pritikinaa]

Time for all of us to recover from the collective trauma known as Acolyte. And I stopped after 4th episode. Not sure how anyone could finish this series.

[@MarcoT-ir2gi]

Hedland's assumption of "anybody can be the good guy" is THE fundamental problem. That is NOT Star Wars. There are different points of view in facts, but not in morality/good and evil. There is a non-Star Wars debate on this for sure, but bringing it into that fictitious world just breaks it and turns it into something it was never meant to be...thereby pissing off all the actual fans who understand that.

[@madwellmusic8995]

Not only 20+ million per episode, but aren't the episodes notoriously short as well...so really, for 30 minutes of television..I cant imagine credits and intro are that expensive since it should be copy and paste

[@UncensoredScion]

Yeah the Yoda bit did get me to actually react in anger for the first time ever on this show, everything else has been sort of an ambivalence to it because I know Star Wars is dead, it's been dead since 2015 but that part, with Yoda being there, yeah that angered me to no end those hacks included Yoda in the series just to jangle keys at people.