Why The Acolyte is the WORST of Star Wars | Video Essay

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[@MarteeArtee]

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[@BrunoDias1234]

you are the asshole tho see the star wars in the first place is like goin to jail and later complain that is terrible

[@kgrace8779]

lol the most basic content I’ve ever seen got 100K subs holy fuck. Probably because you figured out the Disney hate train appeals to bigots who love basic shit. Congrats and being a basic bitch I guess!

[@vincentjames7210]

I lost it at Darth Vader " The power of manyyyyyy" 😅

[@chasehedges6775]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@chasehedges6775]

THE POWER WITHIN! Yeah. SpongeBob did it better

[@migzydrift]

Yeah. That shit was pretty good 👏🏆

[@ALFAdog54]

😂☠️ Luke reaction is spot on to real star wars fans

[@redsoxfox]

Ded

[@raindropsonthewindowsill5170]

That intro caused irreparable, mental damage💀

[@LuisSierra42]

It gave me PTSD

[@solarmaru49]

emotional damage

[@christaylor7079]

So did the Acolyte 🤷‍♂️

[@KnightLuciferZero]

I had to skip it before I lost my mind

[@pritikinaa]

@@christaylor7079 Touche

[@Matt42MSG]

"I've got a real strong feeling we haven't seen the last of the Acolyte." And here we are, with the show cancelled.

[@dogg-paws]

And yet, the few fans of the Acolyte are causing drama by targeting three critics of their show.

[@NoNoDontTouchMeThere]

Thank God

[@blogdogs9462]

@@dogg-paws all 5 of them lol

[@YuriBoechat-ef8ts]

The acctual tragedy of Darth Plagueis is that his first appearance is in Acolyte

[@1sepriani]

ON GOD

[@Nathan-FG01]

That wasn't plagueis. It was i, DIO!

[@Theguywhowanders]

@@Nathan-FG01JOJO 😭

[@jxbuyo]

george lucas was forced to sell the ip so disney can send a message to your children, it's not about the money or the story

[@Darknesschronicle_1]

​@@Nathan-FG01you aren't supposed to be there.

[@hangoschmango]

I still don't understand how Headland is not cancelled for being the former assistant of Harvey Weinstein. If she was a man, people would freak out that someone with her past works on a huge franchise like Star Wars.

[@TheJewishAzovMember]

Cause shes progressive pro LGBT, that's litterly it. They are willing to look over disgusting people and behavior if it's from their side

[@imdinma9826]

Why should an assistant be punished for the crimes of their boss

[@TheJewishAzovMember]

@imdinma9826 I got a beautiful bridge to sell you for 5 dollars located in San Francisco. It's very obvious she knows about her bosses dealings consirding two others were charged. The fact that this nobody directed a 250 million dollar TV show proves she knows something.

[@pleased-company7676]

@@imdinma9826 maybe Because as his assistant she at least have an idea of what Weinstein was doing and she didn’t say anything, she worked for him for almost 5 years and it’s impossible that she didn’t know about his acts for almost 5 YEARS

[@GeorgeJoubert-id2cv]

​@@imdinma9826because they A S S I S T E D them 🤡

[@roscoeorginal]

To be honest, making the Star Wars universe feel small is a crazy accomplishment.

[@jonnyo2121]

Small sets and close-knit stories with good character development can be very effective in epic-scale scifi. It implies there are interesting stories and adventures anywhere you point your telescope and zoom in enough.

[@Blodhelm]

@@jonnyo2121 This...wasn't that.

@@jonnyo2121 Yeah that is not what they did, they made it so you can travel across the galaxy in moments and take a look at Coruscant scenes, there is little to no vehicles flying about. But you cope how you want.

[@amysteriousviewer3772]

⁠@@jonnyo2121Andor did this. It's a focused story that's decidedly smaller scale but it actually expanded the universe and lore considerably by showing us aspects of the Star Wars galaxy we had never seen before like Corporate Worlds, Imperial Prison Camps, Imperial Coruscant, the Imperial Security Bureau, etc. It was the first time the Empire actually seemed like a competent and oppressive government.

[@prolastmedia6171]

It's Corruscant of the past, over 100 years before the prequels, so please tell me why you expected it to be exactly the same as in the prequels?

[@SoupHahn]

Hearing that shit from Vader is devastating😢

[@seeeworld]

I almost cried

[@LuisSierra42]

@@seeeworld understandable

[@benmauger1441]

True evil

[@bluechox]

It’s now cannon and all copies of the known movie will have AI overwrite this scene over

[@rafaelcastro2591]

It was hilarious 😂😂😂😂

[@geobla6600]

The power of "Maannny" is people boycotting these awful shows by not watching them.

[@LOAF-do2xm]

Canceled Disney plus bout a year and half ago. Hurt to watch anything Star Wars related🤦🏿‍♂️

[@skeeterfinklage445]

Unfortunately, i think the few people that make up the viewership of that show are the same ones who then come here to listen to someone complain about it. Not everyone, but ive never heard anyone talk about it other than the people who claim to be "done with it". Ill listen to people complain about it, thats entertaining, but i was never at risk of watching a corny ass Star Wars show to begin with. I dont even know what he means when he says the writing is especially bad, its always been shitty writing, its just no longer enjoyable shitty writing.

[@Cap-Tomo]

Nah, 2nd biggest Star Wars show on Disney+

[@coda7994]

​@cap-tomo794 no, 2nd biggest in terms of online engagement, not views It's the 2nd lowest in views, just above Andor but trending down as of Ep 4 Nielsen ratings. The online engagement IS very high, and very negative.

[@johndeskin9429]

@@geobla6600 no what we need to do is on a certain day like May 4th everyone cancel there Disney+ subscription, everyone can resubscribe but for that one day if there were a lot of us that did it it would be not only seen but felt by them, they wouldnt lose any money (unless some people just left it off) but it send the perfect message, it says we’re tired of paying for Top Shelf and getting served from the Well, all it would take is 3 or 4 of these channels to agree on the date and push it to their viewers I’m pretty sure they if the see a spike of around 100,000 members canceling their membership on the same day, within 6 hours they would be having an emergency meeting, Then phase 2 send out our demands , I think at the top of that list should say keep earth, problems, and politics out of the Star Wars galaxy! Or else in 20 years I bet they turn Chewbacca into a female Wookiee.

[@n00bplayer72]

Regarding Master Sol, it's another mark of bad writing when the writer needs you to hate an otherwise grey, neutral character, and so rather than building it up over the story, they either: Have the character suddenly commit a bunch or war crimes, suddenly reveal a ton of closets loaded with skeletons, suddenly have the cast and narration start vilifying the character. But in the case of the Acolyte, they couldn't even do that properly. They tried to vilify Sol for casing the death of OSHA's mother and the deaths of the witches, but the plot unintentionally justifies his actions: The witches were the aggressors, and the mother decided to peacefully turn into a smoke demon in front of Sol and start disintegrating Mae. And yet the plot still expects you to side with OSHA and Mae like Sol just committed this unforgivable sin.

[@LegendaryDorkKnight]

Let's also not forget that Torbin was essentially sexually assaulted by an older stranger and wanted to do everything possible to leave the planet and get away from her. We even see him having a moment on the ship after the fact (not that any of the characters acknowledge it). Leslye Headland makes a big deal of his feelings of guilt and paints him as a bad guy...for being sexually assaulted. Harvey Weinstein's former assistant, everybody.

[@StoicSurvivor99]

Either way she's incompetent fueled by self-loathing. She couldn't overcome her stupidity

[@dustinyancey2194]

That's extreme reaching dude.

[@MarkLittle-rq2bq]

When Vernestra finishes explaining herself, Yoda states, "GREAT deception I sense in you. BLAMELESS, Sol is! Think me blind, do you? Take over this investigation, I shall - a Jedi, YOU are NOT."

[@Taylahay]

Preach it!

[@maurolorenzotongco5521]

Thats real Yoda talking. Disney Star Wars Yoda will probably say "DEI I sense in you. Replace me on the Council you will."

[@DarkWanderer149]

I haven’t read any of the comics cause I didn’t realize they were a thing. But I feel like they also gave Vernestra a character assassination as well. Though I don’t know the character well enough to confidentially claim that.

Hell the show itself stuffed itself up, Yoda can just read her mind and she is fkd.

[@gimzod76]

Na he'd just look at her with a look of disappointment before she's jumped by the rest of the council so they can sever her connection to the force.

[@billusher2265]

Basically Disney needs to take every achievement by the original characters and give it to their new ones Han Solo didn’t redeem himself, he failed Anakin wasn’t the chosen one, it was Rey Luke didn’t defeat the empire and emperor, it was Rey Plagueis didn’t discover how to create life, he learned it from the witches etc.

[@chasehedges6775]

Modern 2020 Disney destroying the past to control the future, as usual

[@lumbagoboi1649]

In that rey movie they're gonna have rey rebuilding the Jedi order instead of Luke. I hope it flops hard.

[@mar.prz10]

“ “The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own.” -J.R.R. Tolkien (Frodo to Sam in RoTK book)

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

This has been the Disney strategy from day 1 when they took from folklore, made their version of it, and then copyrighted it so their version becomes the definitive version.

[@Coramelimane]

Plagueis didn't even *succeed* at creating life. his experiments made the force create anakin as a counter-measure. The witches apparently constantly succeeded at making force spawn.

[@sharkanenoa5928]

The only lesson they learned from SOUTH PARK was to DOUBLE THE FUCK DOWN!!!

[@epiczk0n141]

Kathy saw that episode and thought it was instructions 😂

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯

MAKE IT LAMER! LAMER!

[@lordqwertythepyromancer3458]

PUT A CHICK IN IT, AND MAKE HER LAME AND GAY

[@arthurkazuya8750]

So now they will put 2 chicks in it and make it 2 times gay 😮

[@stringbender247]

This was the worst most idiotic show ever made. Even if it wasnt in the Star Wars universe. It was literally the worst writing and directing ive ever seen outside of middle school talent shows

[@ryanm666]

The real problem, and I consider myself a reasonable fan not hating it just because, or going after ever little detail i.e the whole retcon of this show of when the conehead guy says the sith have been extinct for a millennia, etc. Or go after shows or SW/Disney for race/ gender, etc. I don't care about that stuff, and it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. IMO , what is worse it that it's just really boring and this seems to be a common theme with these shows. I can't tell you a single name or anything about these characters because the show doesn't put it's characters first. I forgot about this show the next day I saw it because of how boring and uninteresting it was. This is a common trend with all these star wars and marvel shows, they are 6+ episodes, 40+ mins each episode (WHICH is way too long for any TV show if you ask me) which makes it feel that much more stretched out and unnecessary filler. You can trim these episodes to under 30 mins. Disney does this to have more viewership and longer subscriptions as opposed to keeping it short, simple, and to the point as squidward once said. And are all these shows really needed? they are just over-saturating these brands if you ask me... sometimes less is more...

[@LuciidDreamz]

I love that you actually break it down why it’s bad instead of just raging at it for 20min. Articulate analysis is really the only way to fight against this nonsense and the people defending it.

[@movieoverload]

Unfortunately, it doesn’t matter how rational and analytical you might be with your criticism, most of these people are so far detached from reality that it doesn’t matter to them. Criticising objective flaws in a shows writing makes you racist to these people. You can’t reason with stupid.

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

That's a good reason why people should stop supporting Hollywon't, Didnay, and other braindead brands and instead... they could start supporting award-winning content that doesn't have the coin, connections, crews, clout, computer code, corporate communities, etc. LOL, speaking about "the power of *one*"... 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the Universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ -- Diamond Dragons (series)

[@itszeronizer597]

Alas, Disney still refuses to acknowledge that it’s DOING SOMETHING WRONG.

[@JamesTaylor-n1u]

They're doing everything right according to the agenda goyim.

[@onEmEmbErstudios]

A narcissist will never admit that "he/they" is wrong

[@JAF2991]

Don't disrupt Disney whilst making a mistake, let them fall.

[@petergianakopoulos4926]

I won't.

[@fundhund62]

Just because you don't like something doesn't mean they are doing something wrong.

[@billscott1601]

Squid games guy is probably glad his character is is dead, he won’t have to do a second season, we hope.

[@nickcasserlie4603]

Till he comes back to life and plagueis and Palpatine steal that from him too

[@thundertower]

yeah dudes just happy to be there for the opportunity. hopefully hollywood gives him movie or another tv series or make him the lead to the american version of squid games if an american network decided to purchase the shows rights. Thatd be interesting.

[@othertalk3313]

I was gonna say, people have survived much worse in Star Wars, like being impaled by lightsabers... but those were all women. This guy is deaded for sure. 😏

[@sysavanemo]

I’ve got some news for you bro 😂

[@Zrich98]

I watched the show: Didn’t understand it So I watched KZbin deals on it: Still don’t understand it. This show is just bad. Star Wars needs to just take a hiatus

[@amstel5468]

I've had a week to process it and watched a million videos about it and I still have no clue what just happened..

[@supern0is349]

to be fair, theres not much to be understood. Its just a bunch of plot contrivances and conveniences. Character motivations switch depending on what the plot needs to happen and so on.

[@Native_Creation]

Except for Andor. They just need to give the production reigns to Tony Gilroy and Diego Luna.

[@jibb1es]

skill issue

[@lancearnedo7837]

​@@jibb1esyeah, those writers ain't got even a drop of talent lol

[@Ivbo]

The Acolyte has got me rethinking my hate for the sequels…having a real life *”Perhaps I judged you too harshly”* moment.

[@mandalorbeskar]

The Acolyte is a shit show but the prequels are a criminal attempt to rewrite the history of the classic Star Wars saga and murder the prequel trilogy. So for me, nothing is worse than the sequels. Edit: This "sequels" isn't actually a sequel to anything, it's J.J. Abrams' version of what he wanted Star Wars to be.

[@jkjack0742]

Nah they deserve the same hatred (except maybe episode 7. 8 and 9 deserve no mercy though)

[@zachmain155]

Nah just because one thing is atrocious dogshit doesn’t mean another thing can’t also be atrocious dogshit. It’s all shit.

[@generaladmiral90]

The bar goes ever lower.... Just leave

[@iosefa89]

Nah bro… those sequels are still extreme dog water

[@mco3884]

It really blows my mind how thoroughly Kathleen Kennedy and Disney have ruined Star Wars, and in a relatively brief time period to boot.

[@LilSleepDoctor]

Sol was in the right, that was threat. He acted in self defense and to protect the child, for that to be the main reason for saying the Jedi are bad is just stupid.

[@prolastmedia6171]

Sol wasn't in the right, he invaded someone's home without doing the due diligence to understand the situation. Moreover he killed mother Anasaya because he ASSUMED he was in danger because he didn't like the way she looked, but if Sol had actually listened to what she was saying, she was the one calling for the violence to stop, she wasn't trying to hurt Sol, she was trying to end the fight and save lives and Sol struck her down out of FEAR in front of her child daughter. If that's what you call "being in the right" then you should never have any kind of position of power

[@josh23062]

Agreed. Anasaya misting herself in the middle of a tense situation between two powerful groups of force wielders is pulling out a gun while a police officer pulls you over for speeding. So unnecessary, and threatening

[@undertonebg]

@@prolastmedia6171 if you think that dark side witches turning into a ghoul specter isn't in any way signaling danger, you need to go check yourself, lmao. The show is absolutely garbage and they did Sol dirty.

[@unluckygamer692]

@@prolastmedia6171 Agree, he messed up going to there home, but do you seriously think that turning into a ghost and disintegrating an innocent child during a tense, armed standoff was a good idea? Why not just say "Guys, don't fight, Osha is free to go with you"

[@BehuraStudio]

@@prolastmedia6171 I think it’s a pretty normal reaction to freak the hell out whenever dark witches use crazy shadow magic, it usually means bad things, just ask mah boi Davos Seaworth

[@Graavigala85]

"where did this show go wrong" well it all started when Disney bough StarWars...

[@mayasanders1046]

🤣🤣🤣

[@wisdommanari6701]

Andor is great

[@ahmadpcgaming]

Damn. I thought it was when they BOUGHT it..

[@Graavigala85]

@@ahmadpcgaming would you look at tht

[@jaydenchui5948]

Rogue One is still good

[@billusher2265]

What people don’t talk about is how despite arguably being the best thing Disney Star Wars made, Andor didn’t do great either 16:46 That’s the biggest issue here, they’ve damaged the brand so much even if they made something great it can still get lackluster popularity, it’s hard to be excited for Star Wars when you’ve come to expect mediocre content and being attacked and condescended to for not liking it.

[@chasehedges6775]

EXACTLY!💯💯

[@epiczk0n141]

Uhm *sniff* ACKSHULLY 🤓 you’re a bigot and have no media literacy because you didn’t just eat up this shi- I mean ART

[@Mopark25]

So many people missed out on an incredible show because the brand is tainted.

[@inkermoy]

For me, the problem with Andor is that I don't give a crap about Andor. I didn't like him in Rogue One, and his arc has been going from shooting people in the face in S1 to shooting them in the back in the beginning of R1. The most interesting plot was the Imperial Intelligence trying to suss out the embers of the start of the Rebellion and the mains in that were much more interesting than Andor himself. Also, R1 makes the Rebellion morally dubious, and it doesn't become the good vs. evil Rebellion that we see in Star Wars (1977) by the end of that film.

[@TheDarkrebel131]

Thank god I thought I was the only one that thought andor was boring 😭

[@MADLADCOMICS]

Ozzy: "I don't think this will be the last we'll see of the acolyte" The Acolyte: "this was the last time he ever saw me"

[@reveluv11]

stop i love your pfp LMAO

[@MADLADCOMICS]

@@reveluv11 why thank you😁

[@CraigConklin-q3b]

I am protesting KK being still in charge at Lucasfilms after so many disasters by canceling Disney Plus, and I liked both Andor and Asoka. As a 59-year Star Wars fan, I just can't watch her destroy it just because she can.

[@djkailobass]

This feels like the She-Hulk of Star Wars

[@chasehedges6775]

💯💯💯💯. Accurate

[@Joe-xo4yg]

Smashed it 🎯

[@jiri6691]

ufff I am not sure if Acolyte is THIS bad

[@jedipsy]

Nah, I enjoyed She-Hulk.

[@idawg7332]

Well I did stop watching both of them after 10 minutes into the first episode

[@Xycomm]

Disney Star Wars is brain rot.

[@ParagonOlsen]

Except Andor. Gives me hope that maybe some of the suits over there still value the quality of their product, like Disney used to.

[@lennyztrobos8678]

@@ParagonOlsen Even if Andor is good, its sinking in the muck. A cinematic universe where less than 20% of the new content is even watchable while sober, why bother? That's why Andor has low views.

[@AlexRye-sv6no]

​@@lennyztrobos8678 and because it's slow burn and the tik tok watching corn syrup guzzling modern Disney crowd find that boring. God forbid they watch something like LOTR or peak GOT

[@Hanzfox1]

I always hated disney for all kinds of reasons star wars was the last straw Cannon never legends forever! And yes I'm repeating myself

[@Hanzfox1]

Can't agree more!

[@redsoxfox]

You know the writers are getting paid for hours of writing but they are inputting ideas of a story into ChatGPT

[@syatek]

Don’t diss Chat like that lmao, it would do it way better

[@happychappy492]

Yep that's what I reckon they did, they just used Ai and thought that would make a great story

[@StevenZephyc]

Nah man GPT is great on character development and consistency now, this abomination can only birth from the brainrot of a deranged k drama watcher

[@robatkins]

@@syatek ai writing is garbage, it mashes together things that humans made which generates nonsense.

[@zuriyel5368]

@@robatkins Except AI would by default create something that makes sense and doesn't contradict itself due to being a machine. Humans aren't like that.

[@vinson1445]

Prove to me that the cloud-monster mom wasn't killing May. I thought maybe they were teleporting, but then horny mom does the same thing and never returns. There is nothing that says she wasn't killing May, not even her statement that Osha was allowed to go with Sol. She wasn't killing Osha, she was killing May. I'm team Sol on this.

[@What_do_I_Think]

This show was SIMPLY ABOUT HEADLAND and her vile believes. She told us in interviews that she wants to lift the stigma on the bad guys. Also she obviously transports the idea, that it is completely equal what you do, good or bad, as long as you are "feeling right". These believes seem to spring from her own personal history. They are destructive in nature. This is for me the main reason, this show IS NOT Star Wars.

[@gianfelicespagnagatti6355]

You nailed it perfectly. If you watch this show knowing how headland & woke company view the world, it makes sense. Their aim is to justify even the unjustified in the real world not in star wars universe. SW for them it's just a medium of propaganda, they don't care at all about it. But let's be honest, they also enjoy destroying something that they hate and it's beloved by many many others they despise.

[@Mushess]

@@gianfelicespagnagatti6355you had me until you tried to say “woke” while being serious

[@chasehedges6775]

Star Wars is a dead brand. 😞😞😞

[@aaronbood1999]

I can replace Star wars with other sci fi any other day of the week

[@Romadon75]

@@aaronbood1999I wouldn’t say dead but it’s in the toilet

[@wickdaline8668]

One day, SW will no longer be the short end of the stick. One day! When Kennedy is out or something.

[@chasehedges6775]

@@wickdaline8668 I hope so. It needs to be given to someone who actually cares about good storytelling and characters and world building.

[@chrismarshall6956]

So true . They suck . I hate Disney and I grew up loving Disney . So sad

[@MarkLittle-rq2bq]

"I was going to let you take Osha..." "Why didn't you just say so?" "She chose you..." "That didn't answer the question..." *powerfully and bravely dies without purpose or meaning*

[@derrekclay7425]

Bad leadership with no creative sensibilities. Dune and Andor have set a bar of quality for modern sci-fi, and I will not accept less.

[@prolastmedia6171]

Then go write your own 😂 stop crying on the internet

[@timothychapman269]

@@prolastmedia6171 I don't think he was crying. Just stating an opinion which, by the number of thumbs up, struck a chord with more people than your attempt at, humor (?). I'd be careful with your attempt to belittle a fellow poster as @derrekclay7524 is spot on.

[@blakblu]

​@@prolastmedia6171 one of the dumbest counter points to exist.

[@Ragitsu]

Screw Mandor. I am sick of hearing about Mandor. Mandor is crap. "Oh, look, we made the Rebels - unambiguously good guys - morally grey! Whoopee!"

[@othertalk3313]

You're right about the show having too many writers (10). And if you read interviews from Leslye Headland it's clear that she has no idea what some or all of the writers were doing. That's why she starts off her answers with "I think" at least half the time. When she was asked why the beaver ripped wires out of the ship during that chase, she just didn't know. That's a fairly important scene in the series as a whole, and she as the executive producer / lead writer had no idea why it was written that way (and why the beaver was then left alone with the ship after blatantly sabotaging it).

[@ShannonMcElroy-f7l]

What? So she didn't even supervise the scenes that weren't written by her? I bet if someone criticized a scene they didn't like, she would just say, "Don't blame me! ______ wrote it!"

[@ryanm666]

The real problem, and I consider myself a reasonable fan not hating it just because, or going after ever little detail i.e the whole retcon of this show of when the conehead guy says the sith have been extinct for a millennia, etc. Or go after shows or SW/Disney for race/ gender, etc. I don't care about that stuff, and it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. IMO , what is worse it that it's just really boring and this seems to be a common theme with these shows. I can't tell you a single name or anything about these characters because the show doesn't put it's characters first. I forgot about this show the next day I saw it because of how boring and uninteresting it was. This is a common trend with all these star wars and marvel shows, they are 6+ episodes, 40+ mins each episode (WHICH is way too long for any TV show if you ask me) which makes it feel that much more stretched out and unnecessary filler. You can trim these episodes to under 30 mins. Disney does this to have more viewership and longer subscriptions as opposed to keeping it short, simple, and to the point as squidward once said. And are all these shows really needed? they are just over-saturating these brands if you ask me... sometimes less is more...

[@trapgxdzeus5786]

The Acolyte has its issues without a doubt. But lets not sit here and act like Episode IX didn't happen. That's still the absolute worse thing Disney Star Wars has ever created.

[@tomhaas7078]

I actually think the Acolyte is equal or worse to the Rise of Skywalker. Yes, TROS takes Anakin's accomplishments away from him and gives them to them a Palpatine to continue the Skywalker legacy. The Acolyte, though, undermines Anakin's creation through the force having Osha and Mae being concieved the same way. I can also put basic motivations on the characters of TROS. I can't say the same for the Acolyte. The Acolyte also introduces force memory erasure, which is insane. That force power alone breaks so many things in Star Wars. At least we can say that the Dyad in TROS is extremely rare and that there is a good chance that such a connection could never be made again.

[@christianmcbrearty]

Actually Episode VIII was the worst

[@hecticfunentertainment9373]

​@@tomhaas7078force memory wiper was first introduce in kotor so we cant blame disney for that. But the force birth and moral ambiguity is my biggest issue with the show

[@tomhaas7078]

@hecticfunentertainment9373 Well, my problem is how easy it looks to do, especially on a strong force user. I'm not sure how it is on KOTOR.

[@hecticfunentertainment9373]

@@tomhaas7078 in kotor it was done to one individual by a groups of jedi masters

[@farwoodfarm9296]

It felt like playing an open world StarWars game, but knowing nothing about StarWars and skipping the tutorial

[@joshuahenderson3444]

It jus had to be Darth Vader shouting “The power of mannnnyyyy” 😂

[@awestruckcardboard3431]

This is so bad, This show only added a few dead bodies in the franchise, And that the Sith were stupidly inches away from being found out and being exterminated again. Why would the Lord of the Sith allow his small order of kids to do this? Idk.

[@Native_Creation]

It had some decent ideas that were done in the worst way possible

[@NerdStuffGaming]

Bad writing. Bad acting. Bad pacing. Bad lore. Ppl can enjoy trash sure, but they deny that this is trash 😂

[@tubey84]

The actions of Bazil when he sabotaged the ship were completely inexplicable. There was no foreshadowing, no hints, no rationale - nothing. It's one of those things that didn't necessarily have to be spelled out to the audience, but at least had to have believable hints that the character would act in that way. There was nothing. It's indefensible. Headland's pathetic excuses to justify it are abysmal too, and screams that it's somebody who had no attention to detail with their own story and simply did things when they needed to happen regardless of logic. It's the same as Mae leaving Qmir to surrender to the Jedi but then completely flip that on its' head a bit later - nothing is given to the audience as to the 'how's and why's' of the motivation. A pathetic show, truly one of the all time worst.

[@SplendidSuperman122]

Seeing Plagueis show up made me shout, out loud, “OH COME THE F_CK ON!” It wouldn’t be a finale of a Disney Star Wars show without more soulless fanbaiting and also crapping on George’s story more, breaking more canon, and making Anakin’s birth even less special.

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

Plus he’s hangin out in the cave while Quimir was showin Osha how to hold his sabre!

[@SplendidSuperman122]

@@TotalKarenage-vj4oc They turned him into Darth Placuck.

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

@@SplendidSuperman122 “Have you heard the tragedy of Darth Placuck the Vile?”

[@ericsakamoto5657]

How does it make anakins birth less special….its explaining how he wasn’t just magically out of the thin air birthed.

[@SplendidSuperman122]

@@ericsakamoto5657 The whole point is Plagueis was so powerful his experiments with the dark side caused the birth of Anakin. But of course they couldn’t leave that the same! So instead he was spying on Osha and most likely got the idea from the lesbian space witches.

[@everybodylieshm]

Bad story, bad casting, bad acting. Its written by people more concerned about things behind the camera so it was doomed to fail from the start.

[@jaieregilmore971]

Venstra is the worse Jedi ever,the twins are terrible characters and writers obviously don’t understand the Jedi at all. We never learn anything about the Sith at all in this show which they marketing this show for what a waste of time.

It is the typical BS of Hollywood. They claim one thing, then just make it your usual "Men, bad, straights bad, police bad, women best, bad guys good, good guys bad" It is so boring, they keep doing it like they are some genius ground breaker. All they are doing is puking up the same crap as other DEI morons.

[@terrified057t4]

Yeah so far the show only taught me: "Don't trust Headland's wife's character, she'd throw you under the bus and steal your teeth if it got her a second more of her beauty sleep." XD

[@Novastar.SaberCombat]

Bad writing can never be saved by ANY other aspect of production. Costuming can't save it, nor could lighting, CGI, music, sound, props, fight choreography, etc. Without exemplary storytelling... YA GOT *NOTHIN'*. Nothing at all. And Headland just cannot comprehend this because she has zero experience, and even less insight. 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ "Before I start, I must see my end. Destination known, my mind's journey now begins. Upon my chariot, heart and soul's fate revealed. In time, all points converge; hope's strength resteeled. But to earn final peace at the Universe's endless refrain, we must see all in nothingness... before we start again." 🐲✨🐲✨🐲✨ -- Diamond Dragons (series)

[@ThePsychoAnon]

The girl behind this show 100% got the job because she knows a few secrets about her old boss and some Disney people.

[@patrikhelis8235]

I bet Plagueis was added at the last minute as a desperate life saver when it was becoming apparent what garbage this show was

[@hithere_1967]

Rey did go from being no one to kicking everyone’s ass in…a little more than a week.

[@wisdommanari6701]

She was already kicking ass

[@hithere_1967]

@@wisdommanari6701 Yes... In fact, by the end, with two mere lightsabers, she defeated a Sith who came back from death and Force lifted thousands of mountain-size Imperial cruisers from the underground into space. All that with five minutes training with Luke. Yes, sir! She's a woman! So what none of this makes sense? Consume product and shut up!

[@movieoverload]

Exactly, and how stupid was it?

[@30.06onaGrassyKnoll]

@@wisdommanari6701 BY YOUR COMMENT I CAN TELL YOU LACK THE WISDOM SUGGESTED IN YOUR NAME... REPLACE WISDOM WITH DUMB AND IT WILL BE MORE ACCURATE.

[@HEYMANFOODREVIEWS]

@@30.06onaGrassyKnoll

[@Tripp2136]

I called this "The Acolyte The Mystery Of Mae's Bipolar Disease." That's what they shoulda called this mess.

[@jayjay_7174]

In conclusion... for Disney the Bad are good and the good are bad.

[@chasehedges6775]

MODERN Disney. Classic Disney knew how to do good vs evil and light vs darkness very well.

[@chasehedges6775]

We are living in lawless times and Modern Disney is proof

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

@@jayjay_7174 if they remade Bambi it would be strong female hero who blasted Bambis mum away after finding her trapped in a MAN made and MAN laid trap. And Bambi, Thumper and Heroic mercy killer would murder the hunter and any member of his family cursed with a penis

[@solarmaru49]

think about it for a second, the empire is supposed to be evil and based off nazis- so, disney is taking the side of- the nazis

[@Lmaokekw975]

As a German i hope they wont make a film about WWII.

[@corey57255]

Between this and how Netflix handled the Witcher I think it’s safe to say nobody can make anything decent anymore

[@TheDarkHydrax]

"This isn't a 'sponsored by' announcement so you don't have to skip" *Skips anyway*

[@wickdaline8668]

What Thanos says to the sequels, TBOBF, OWK, TMS3, and Ahsoka. After seeing The Acolyte. "Perhaps I treated you too harshly."

[@chasehedges6775]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@chasehedges6775]

Thanos: I am inevitable Kathleen Kennedy: I am the destroyer of worlds

[@wickdaline8668]

@@chasehedges6775 J. Robert Oppenheimer: That's my line!

[@kubsons0732]

nah, don't give Disney's other half-assed shows respect just because The Acolyte was worse.

[@wickdaline8668]

@kubsons0732 Might as well. I've been mostly a Disney SW defender since 2015, and even the most half-assed media has had some redeeming qualities to a fault in my mind. But The Acolyte is probably the one show I'd hardly defend.

[@MasterPeibol]

This show makes The Phantom Menace look like it's Hamlet

[@stillbrian9448]

I live in a bubble where nothing except Mandalorian season 1 and 2 have come out of the Star Wars universe after the prequels

[@JamesTaylor-n1u]

There is Star Wars, Empire, and Jedi. That is it. And I saw them all at the cinema as new releases. Sucks to be you kids these days.

[@Dom-fk3te]

​@@JamesTaylor-n1uI wonder if kids these days do actually like it though. I absolutely loved the phantom menace as a child and wouldve slotted in behind the originals and lotr in a heartbeart.

[@KwisatzHaderach.22.]

Don't forget Andor

[@SkywalkerFoe]

Y'all should check out the Extended Universe. The Thrawn Trilogy, the X-Wing novels, Dark Empire, the Clone Wars Multimedia Project, etc... there is so much Star Wars to love that has nothing to do with Disney

[@adamH.1]

​@@KwisatzHaderach.22. I forgot andor and will always not remember it

[@StayClosedDelorean]

This whole franchise needs to be put on hiatus already. I've never seen a media brand get milked so hard to the point of complete and utter drainage of any charm it had to begin with. Let this franchise die. Remember when franchises would just die? I miss that.

[@Ragitsu]

_The Force Awakens_ should never have been produced.

[@walala14]

How to ruin a beautiful universe, I can’t watch Star Wars anymore

[@connorharnage6697]

I'll just stick to the EU

[@amstel5468]

Could you imagine if Mr White said i'm going to cook meth and then 10 minutes later said no I can't do that and then 5 minutes after that blows up Tuco's spot and then says he's going to turn himself in and then starts fighting Hank when he tries to cuff him 🤣😂🤣

[@movieoverload]

With these writers I can certainly imagine it

[@baconbitsizzle]

I ask myself how this series ended getting and made and the only thing I can think of is the headland knows where the Weinstein bodies are. Can you imagine how many couch calls she booked for Weinstein?

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

@@baconbitsizzle I believe she was there for most of the filth, he could use her flat head to keep his drink on whilst “casting”

[@baconbitsizzle]

@@TotalKarenage-vj4ocShe is trash

[@ThatSockmonkey]

I think you're right. All of my issues with this show are about the writing. I can ignore parts of a franchise I don't like, usually, but the plot, the characters, the dialogue are all objectively bad. Not the the filmcraft, not the acting, not the stunts. I have no idea what any of this story is supposed to be, quite honestly. I've seen Corman films that were better written.

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

@@ThatSockmonkey The choreography AT HIGH SPEED looks ok but please check: Star Wars THE ACOLYTE -Fight Scene Autopsy by @Shadiversity This shows not only how BAD the choreography REALLY is. Ah you need to suspend reality you say? They take this into account and prove fight can be A. Tense B. Long lived C. Flashy and most importantly D. Realistic!! Remember these are warriors trying to kill each other

[@ThatSockmonkey]

@@TotalKarenage-vj4oc I was trying to be generous.

[@Tomberculosis-q1i]

Book of boba is still worse people had expectations for that show and it failed. No one had any expectations from this.

[@chasehedges6775]

Boba Fett and Kenobi are equally worse.

[@damagecontrol1049]

Kenobi was the worst, totally broke canon left and right. That was when I stopped watching Disney trash Star Wars

[@ztr589]

@@damagecontrol1049yeah, kenobi was pretty bad

[@zuriyel5368]

@@damagecontrol1049 The first big issue for me in that show was Obi-Wan wondering about how his master, now a Force Ghost, isn't contacting Obi-Wan who cut himself off from the Force.

[@RenegadeGamer89]

This was my literal reaction to seeing Plagieus: "Oh my god, you're going to introduce Plagieus now! What's the point?"

[@twowords.1041]

That intro was 10/10 😅

[@Ninyth]

At the moment the best thing for star wars, is no more disney star wars at all

[@joelroamsaround7728]

Second hand embarrassment is so real. Like, this was seriously made by adults???

[@prolastmedia6171]

You think you could do better Mr "15 views on a vlog"? 😂

[@Jrevo77]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@prolastmedia6171man you spamming in every comment section attacking people for there views are you sure your not lesley headlamps burner account or something

[@ztr589]

@@prolastmedia6171he probably could, and even if he couldn’t, that doesn’t invalidate what he said. This shows writing is absolute trash.

[@ztr589]

@@prolastmedia6171that’s like saying you can’t critique artwork if you don’t draw, which isn’t true

[@Romadon75]

This makes killer klowns from outer space writing look like academy awarding winning writing.

[@cameronpritchett8300]

Killer klowns is an awesome movie, don't drag its name thru the mud

[@Romadon75]

@@cameronpritchett8300 lol sorry I love it too.

[@davidbeveridgejr7089]

The first episode, an innocent person is accused of committing a horrible crime. It was done by her twin, who was believed to be dead. But they reveal that she is alive too early. Then the big plot twist in episode 3 is that the twin is alive. But we knew that in the first episode. Osha gets off the hook too early. wasted opportunity.

[@Prezboy98]

One thing I don’t understand is modern Star Wars fixation on having 20 writers on a singular show I think Mando might have done this and gotten by but it does not seem like a replicable recipe for success

[@davidthewhale7556]

Andor S2 can’t come soon enough

[@jacquelineking5783]

Lol, you think that one is going to escape the bad writing curse? They torpedoed shit people cared about and should have made them money. They are going to go after the thing most people who watched it enjoyed and ruin it. They did it with the Mandolorian they will do it with Andor.

[@hthee3rd]

@@jacquelineking5783it was said that Gilroy has complete creative control, which is why Andor S1 was so different than all the other SW shows. I have hope in him and his creative team to put another great season together without the higher ups ruining it

[@JustHereToLurkYT]

@@hthee3rd Andor show did not feel like starwars

[@Isaacisaperson4677]

@@JustHereToLurkYTwell it was the best star wars we've had in years so if it doesn't feel like Star Wars, good because it was great

[@itzYonko]

Why do you people just not find something else to like? Or is star wars just a tool to push the culture war agenda?​@@Isaacisaperson4677

[@gooner70_ns]

Darth saying "the power of manyyyyyyy" is the best piece of star wars since George sold it to Disney - Bravo 👏 👍 🙌

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

This was meant to be a show about the Sith, why not just have Plagueus training Quimir in secret and telling him to try and get Osha as an acolyte. Someone to take the apprentice mantle Quimir has when he either kills or is killed by his master (way down the line, there’s at least 50 years to play with) No twin, no witches, at most 2 or 3 Jedi , barely seen till last 2 episodes and ALL killed in a way that incriminates a murder/suicide without literally saying “this good guy turned bad and killed his mates, then himself) kinda like Darth Zahna did in EU

[@Dom-fk3te]

I agree, but it would still be lore breaking or completely pointless because they would've all had to die so Plagueus can train Palpatine

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

@@Dom-fk3te This is set 100 years before the OT, soo I’ll even if neither attempted to kill Plagueus which Quimir would probably attempt soon and fail, Osha would then become apprentice to Plagueus with same results or die of old age. Plagueus was alive when Sidious trained Maul.

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

@@Dom-fk3te the 50 years that I had said they had to play with were before Palpatine was born

[@prolastmedia6171]

​@@Dom-fk3teThe show didn't break any canon lore. Give me specific examples and I'll tell you why you're wrong

[@Dom-fk3te]

@@prolastmedia6171 I'm not really interested in what's cannon and what isn't, you'll have to lecture someone else

[@Hoopaugi]

Redditors clapping their funko pops and demanding a second season based on 5 seconds worth of keyjangling never stops being funny.

[@CxerRy96]

there is a difference between writing the Jedi as flawed and writing them as an evil patriarchal order that long long ago destroyed some powerful women, and there is only a certain type of person that would intentionally create the latter

[@sab3redg333]

Homer Simpson: uh uh uh, worst star wars show ever, for now.

[@StoneyGamerNetwork]

That not Homer, that’s comic book guy bro.

[@sab3redg333]

@@StoneyGamerNetwork kzbin.info/www/bejne/mJfTgXSom6mHfdkfeature=shared

[@chefref5027]

He says “worst day of your life, so far.” Then the other guy says it wasn’t Homer. What is going on here folks…

[@sab3redg333]

@@chefref5027 no idea officer just doing my part to keep the mandela effect alive

[@chrismarshall6956]

We all must unite and call out this garbage . It's sad that I want no more star wars Star wars because Iam afraid they are just going to crap on the fans more . They just don't care

[@prolastmedia6171]

If you don't want anymore star wars then stop crying about it and move on 😂 like jeez you're more emotionally dependent than a woman. Maybe Star Wars just isn't for you anymore, I on the other hand enjoyed the Acolyte

[@dismaltenedor3979]

​@@prolastmedia6171 That's right. When you watch all of the things you love and cherish get systematically destroyed for the sake of diminishing profits, just give up. Star Wars can never be good again, so people who used to enjoy it should just quit and resign themselves to its demise.

[@ryanm666]

The real problem, and I consider myself a reasonable fan not hating it just because, or going after ever little detail i.e the whole retcon of this show of when the conehead guy says the sith have been extinct for a millennia, etc. Or go after shows or SW/Disney for race/ gender, etc. I don't care about that stuff, and it's not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. IMO , what is worse it that it's just really boring and this seems to be a common theme with these shows. I can't tell you a single name or anything about these characters because the show doesn't put it's characters first. I forgot about this show the next day I saw it because of how boring and uninteresting it was. This is a common trend with all these star wars and marvel shows, they are 6+ episodes, 40+ mins each episode (WHICH is way too long for any TV show if you ask me) which makes it feel that much more stretched out and unnecessary filler. You can trim these episodes to under 30 mins. Disney does this to have more viewership and longer subscriptions as opposed to keeping it short, simple, and to the point as squidward once said. And are all these shows really needed? they are just over-saturating these brands if you ask me... sometimes less is more...

[@Liam-nw8bo]

It went wrong when it was greenlit

[@chasehedges6775]

All the bad Disney Star Wars stuff in a nutshell

[@chasehedges6775]

The only good Disney Star Wars stuff we’ve gotten has been Mandalorian S1 and S2, Andor and Rogue One. Star Wars is truly tarnished

[@iangarcia1585]

​@@chasehedges6775and Clone Wars S7 aswell

[@chasehedges6775]

@@iangarcia1585 The 2003 clone wars is better.

[@iangarcia1585]

@chasehedges6775 Yeah, but S7 was a great way to end off the show

[@Giraffasaur]

"Are we serious? Do we just not want to give these characters time to develop? Is it that hard to do? Is it not deemed necessary by these writers? This is like Rey going from nobody to whooping everyone's ass in less than a week." Absolutely savage.

[@akizaki4076]

Even Holiday special is more consistent 😂😂

[@Riqq44]

There actually people on twitter trying to defend this show even saying it was great. 😂 this is definitely a top 3 worst Star Wars project ever. Only kenobi and last Jedi are above it.

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

Boba Fetts worse than Kenobi in my humble opinion although I am drunk

[@Riqq44]

@@TotalKarenage-vj4oc lmfao 🤣 I think boba fett is bad but I put kenobi over because of the hype surrounding it and just dropped the ball

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

@@Riqq44see I always loved Boba Fett as a character cause he’s mysterious, all we know is Vader finds his means to aggressive and Boba takes no shit from him. Then what do we get, somehow he gained a (poor) sense of humour and morals (must’ve found them in the sarlacc pit). Was never a big Kenobi man, as a child of the 80s the OT rules and old Ben only makes it to act 2 but I can see your point we BOTH got shafted by Disney in the same way for 2 totally different characters. At least they’re consistent in wiping their arse with anyones favourite (male) character

[@prolastmedia6171]

Boba Fett, Kenobi, maybe Ahsoka, the Christmas Special, Filonis first Clone War movie, Mando s3 are all worse than the Acolyte.

[@Riqq44]

@@prolastmedia6171 no

[@amarkalelkar5307]

Marvel, Pixar, and Disney animation are better brands than Star Wars. I never thought that would happen

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

Star Wars had a higher fall but they’re all in the gutter together, congrats Disney!!

[@TotalKarenage-vj4oc]

And Pixar used to be hit after hit for like 15 years straight till Disney got its grubby DEI hands on it. Same for Marvel, people would’ve paid to see the Bruce Banner Hulking out just squeeze out a dump for an hour and a half. Ain’t saw any recent Disney animation but THAT used to be top notch

[@mydreaminorbit9297]

Sol was a creep who was obsessed with his padawan and Indara was an incompetent fool. These were the Jedi at the height of their power. Jedi masters walking around a forrest for 7 weeks.

[@solarmaru49]

indara was an incompetent fool Who could destroy 30+ C ult sisters in 1 shot lol

[@mydreaminorbit9297]

@@solarmaru49 she sucks just like all Disney Jedi

[@mydreaminorbit9297]

@@solarmaru49 she sucks, these Jedi suck expect for Jecki.

[@prolastmedia6171]

The High Republic Jedi aren't at the height of their power within the force, they are at the height of their power in the Republic, which means they are at the height of bureaucracy, the height of politics, the height of influence - but not the height of being in tune with the Force.

[@prolastmedia6171]

Also, Endara wasn't really foolish, once we got the full context she was actually a pretty competent leader, it was more Sol and Torbun who lost the plot and went insane lol

[@SheldonAdama17]

The power of losing moneeeeey

[@BobMoore-tb9co]

The space beaver cost $170 million. Disney is bouncing around a space beaver movie.

[@surfcarlo]

Evan thou Rise of Skywalker story is awful. At least the CGI and costumes looked on point (to me). But Acolyte’s CGI looks disgusting and costume looks like they got them out of a dumpster Edit: I did one of those pause at start while typing bit but yea the that chase scene does look good

[@adamH.1]

The reddit page for this show feels like an alternate universe where the show turned out amazing

[@SwordOfThruthfulness]

The amount of copium they smoke is incredible, I worry for theyre lungs. Any point of bad writing or bad acting is immediately removed, they just can't handle the criticism.

[@DainRiffgin89]

This whole show is an exercise in spite: for George, the fans and Star Wars itself. KK encouraged Leslie because it was just the show she wanted, filled with "powerful women" who commit atrocities and are seen as being the victims, while actual victims (like Torbin who had his mind invaded and was permanently scarred for life) are killed, and they want us to applaud that. Leslie even said that in the Finale Osha and Qimir are staring out over the ocean, ready to "burn the galaxy down" but the fact that they can't is a tragedy. This show's moral compass is completely wrecked, and yet there are still people who think that Star Wars is thriving. The only good thing is that, for its $180 million budget, after the 3rd episode it disappears from the Nielsen and Luminate charts for the rest of the season. My only hope is that, not only does it NOT get a 2nd season, but the numbers are so bad that Bob decides to Willow this show (purge it from D+ and get a tax write off). Now will that happen? Unlikely, but at this point Star Wars isn't going to be good any time soon, so long as KK and her ilk are running things.

[@ivorytorea]

Yes, this is an important comment, there is damage done to the canon and the idea of George Lucas. And Disney absolutely is wild about destroying civil public discourse with their ideology over who has sovereignity over interpreting art. And obviously mostly this kind of filmmaking seems only like an exercise in the art of tax write-offs. But there this is a topic that far too few critics and literally none of the defenders of the show actually pick up on - the messages it wants to send out. Imagine someone struggling with those thoughts seeing Torbins end and having the show paint it as an act of justice and the sole solution for his state of mind. Or the way this show takes away all hope from Star Wars just to spite George Lucas and misinterprets Jedi as balancing good and evil while the whole point of why kids could look up to the Jedi was because living up to the name of Jedi was all about casting out the dark side from their minds. Meanwhile the main character watches someone commit unforgiveable crimes and joins him in an act of self liberation? because he dropped his pants? That´s enough to ditch someones moral compass? Well yes, appearently, if there never was one to begin with, but in real life we call those horrible people or the hollywood crowd. And then in the final episode, with both twins, it basically sends the message of how to get away with murder and how self serving justice is somehow a triumph for the...for the who exactly? Because those characters are basically self inserts for the actors and the showrunners, they sacrificed the Star Wars ideology to write their multi million dollar behinds into the show to have people applaud their "tragic suffering", so they definitely want to send out a real life message, but what is that message other than "not having a moral compass rules, making other people suffer is and doing crimes is not bad, it´s just a matter of opinion". This show is actively sending out harmful messages and far too few people pick up on that.

[@theraveniswatching]

i aint reading all of that💀 shut your dumbass up💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@ephor4095]

Jesus lord that intro, now I get to clean all that coffee I spat ^^

[@PrincessFionaYT]

The show cost 300 million. When the tax documents come out, you can come back here and thank me. 2nd. The reason the twins were in the show is because Leslye Headland wanted it to be frozen for some reason. The reason the acting is so bad is that she actually wrote the part for Amandla who she was stalking for five years while she was under age. This is from her own words by the way. My supposition is the apology for having the affair with Stenberg was the part of Vernesta for for Headland’s extremely untalented wife. This entire production had NOTHING to to do with telling a good story.

[@shootermcgavin2067]

Well said, the writing and character development is an absolute joke. Too, Mae and Osha’s characters were so lame I couldn’t even keep track of who was who

[@humanrich]

Why is Plagus hiding in the dark like a scared animal? Isn’t he meant to be some scary Sith villain?

[@mitkoogrozev]

In Legends yes, but they are making up their own new lore now, which for now is infinitely inferior.

[@romanwagner8709]

They killed Star Wars with TLJ and ROS, RESURRECTED IT with the first two seasons of Mando, only to kill it AGAIN with Mando s3, Kenobi, Acolyte, most of Boba… Even when something solid like Ahsoka comes out or awesome like Andor, it’s hard to be exited when the whole canon is so very ruined.

[@minkalampinen9519]

True! Disney needs to lose Star Wars, this is just so ridiculous.

[@ryanm666]

IMO Mando S1 and S2 are so big and successful because of baby yoda and how cute he is. Without him, Mando would NOT be as big

[@tmac731]

3:11 what is that face?? lol I’m suppose to believe she’s angry force choking her former master?

[@bossredd-77]

If anyone is interested in Sith lore, I recommend the KZbin channel Order of Rage. Disney simply hands out hundreds of millions in money to undeserving people. The company cares more for the merchandise that Star Wars sells over actual historical lore that fuels the merch. I thought the show would take place centuries before The Phantom Menace, not during times of peace and stability but during the height of the Sith Rule over the galaxy. It could've been ambitious and given the director room to create their own narratives. Instead, they decided to step on the toes of those who came before them and try to add on to what is already established lore. What's so terrible about that is, they did it in the most uninspiring way imaginable. The Acolyte was meant to showcase the power and seduction of the Darkside of the Force while showcasing just how dangerous a threat even one Sith is to stability. None of that was on display throughout this series. It wasn't made for people like me who've followed Star Wars most of our lives. I'm sorry I ever believed that Disney could get that right, and I'm sorry I ever watched this show.

[@mrreyes5004]

Gotta love how people at the turn of the century just hated on the Prequel movies for introducing stuff that _supposedly_ ruined the world of the Original Trilogy (despite the fact that Midi-chlorians are _actually good_ and in fact fix several worldbuilding issues - Sheev Talks went into more detail on that), yet The Acolyte - a prequel _TO the Prequels_ - thinks that it deserves praise for doing exactly what the Prequel Trilogy was falsely accused of doing. Man, oh man...

[@xposhboyx]

What about those of us who think the prequels and the sequels and the Acolyte and most of the other shows *all* suck? Represent! 👋

[@studentt6064]

I don't think midichlorians were needed to explain much at all, however the prequels get memed on because most of the individual dialogues aren't great, and honestly padme accepting that anakin just commited mass murder is incredibly out of character for a character that is portrayed as a steadfast protector of the people. The overall idea and vision of the prequels was alright, just the execution in certain parts was a bit lacking. Which is the exact reverse problem the sequel trilogy had, which had good visuals and individual scenes work out decently well but the overarching plot of the trilogy (or even within one movie) is just straight-up non-existent or nonsensical. Basically if the sequels had a director that actually had a clear-cut vision for a trilogy, or Lucas listened a bit more to some editors for individual writing in certain scenes, both would probably have been massively improved.

[@mrreyes5004]

​@@studentt6064 Unfortunately, the Midi-chlorians were needed. Because without Midi-chlorians (I.e., going by purely what we know from the Original Trilogy films), you have MASSIVE worldbuilding problem that Palpatine should have raised ARMIES of Force-sensitive soldiers before Luke got involved with the Rebels. Before the introduction of Midi-chlorians, there was really nothing saying that all random people couldn't just train to be as powerful in the Force as Luke or Vader (I.e., Han, Lando, etc). It also proves that lots of Star Wars "fans" were idiots for claiming that Midi-chlorians were racist or eugenics or whatever BS. Because, the fact is, the introduction of Midi-chlorians was necessary to explain why only a small portion of total characters are able to use the Force. Without Midi-chlorians, it becomes a gaping plot hole that Emperor Palpatine didn't raise a whole army of Force-sensitive Stormtroopers in the OT, as well as why Obi-Wan said that Luke specifically was the only one who could train to defeat Vader instead of just training any other farm boy from countless other planets. I completely agree about the Sequels, though. They could've been great... but it was such a waste.

[@studentt6064]

@@mrreyes5004 Why? Even in fantasy it's a popular trope that not everyone has magical affinity, it doesn't need to be explained at all.

[@mrreyes5004]

@@studentt6064 Yes, it does. Because unlike most magic fantasy, the Force is _EXPLICITLY_ not abstract magic. People meme about "mAgIc SpAcE wIzArDs", but both Yoda and Obi-Wan in the very first movies explained clearly that the Force is connected to ALL living things in the form of tangible energy. And "all living things" includes Han, Chewie, Lando, Ackbar, etc. Before the Prequels were created, there was literally no explanation for why any fodder Rebel or Stormtrooper couldn't be a great Force-user like Luke. Even then, just because it's a popular trope _doesn't_ mean that it's a universal trope. In One Piece, anyone can learn 2/3 types of Haki by just training. In Fairy Tail, literally everyone is born with the potential for magic, and it's just that only a few actually train to become capable wizards. In The Witcher, anyone can use simple witchcraft spells such as Signs, with only Sources being allowed to go further. Before the Prequels were made, Star Wars readily appeared to fall into this “everyone should be able to use the power system” category since no further limits about Force-usage were given. It made no sense why Palpatine didn't have an entire army of Force-sensitive Stormtroopers or why the Force was considered just an old legend in A New Hope. *TL;DR* If only specific characters can use the power system in fantasy stories, there does in fact need to be an explanation for it because that trope is not universal, and the Original Trilogy failed to deliver on that. Hence why the Prequels introduced Midi-chlorians to settle it, and it works greatly to explain why some characters can use the Force while other characters plain can't. Like I said, the channel "Sheev Talks" went into way more detail proving that in his video "The Phantom Menace - 25 Years Later" (1:26:11 - 1:30:19).

[@Burns_RED]

Shills will fall for any member berry 😂

[@prolastmedia6171]

At this point I think MovieOverload and other content creators are shilling in the other direction. This show isn't nearly as bad as they are saying but they have to push that narrative to make the most money. The people I see "defending" the Acolyte usually give it between 5 and 7/10 which seems pretty reasonable as opposed to the Hate Grifters calling this the worst thing to ever exist in Star Wars, which is just blatantly not true lol.

[@Burns_RED]

@@prolastmedia6171 You're utterly addicted to copium 😂

[@timothyjudge4807]

I took a shot for everytime you said "bad/shit writing" and now I'm dead and writing from the grave. There are some things worth fair critique, but this goes wayyyyyyy overboard and forgets a lot of the answers that were presented within the show already.

[@hyr1972]

It's CANCELLED 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@MattiaMMM]

Thank god

[@vertigo2894]

I disagree, the sequels are worse.

[@dylanhentch9719]

This show was made for someone that loves the prequels, but also hasn't seen them . . .

[@TOFKAS01]

16:05 And this let to the meme of the "40 year old padawan". Thank god that they didnt brought old Natalie Portman back...

[@derekb2405]

The Jedi didn't do anything wrong? The Jedi broke into their home on 3 different occasions. The last time they broke in was explicitly against the mandate of the High Council and resulted in the slaugher of 50 women and a small child. Then they covered it up and placed all of the blame on one of the victims. They were NEVER supposed to be there. Are you SURE that you turned your brain on?

[@YT_Writer_007]

No, ”Rise of Skywalker” is worse. ”Acolyte” is as bad as ”The Last Jedi".

[@arnavnigam9259]

Acolyte is simply the worst. Go sign a petition to Disney to sell back SW to George Lucas.