Sam Witwer REACTS to The Acolyte! (EXCLUSIVE Star Wars News)

[@kevthepoet]

"That was perhaps not the best Jedi team that they left on that planet" 🤣 😂

[@dzikuz991]

Subtle but says a lot.

[@popculturewatchtower8945]

It’s true, they did some shady stuff but I liked that it showed that not all Jedi are just pure good.

[@DocHoliday270]

@@popculturewatchtower8945 coulda done so without creating garbage

[@popculturewatchtower8945]

@@DocHoliday270 Everyone has their own opinions. I enjoyed it.

[@DocHoliday270]

..and I'm certainly not here to take from your joy, but there is a reason why this show flopped so hard even by modern disney standards. it certainly wasn't because people think it's the new ROTS. we're all allowed to like what we like, but if you want to take a franchise into the future, you better do what the vast majority of the franchise wants.. or else you end up exactly where we are right now. you see what I'm saying?

[@RDDall]

I appreciate Sam Witwer's level headed attitude toward's fans' opinions. We love Sam.

[@CaptainRockoBD]

He has no choice lol

[@j022082p]

really? we love sam? because he was on a video game from 17 years ago, and finally in 2024 we care about him? Just asking for a friend btw

[@millasboo]

@@j022082phe’s also a fan, genuinely nice guy

[@millasboo]

@@CaptainRockoBDno he did, but he also knows these people, they’re not just his “work friends “ some of em genuinely are his friends & you don’t need to publicly shit on someone else’s work unless they do some seriously bad shit

[@RDDall]

@@j022082p He’s the voice of Maul in Clone Wars and Rebels. I’ve loved him and all the voice actors since I started following Star Wars animation. He’s voiced in so many Star Wars shows in obscure roles, that he’s seems to be the voiceover go-to guy. But his “Kenobiiiiiiiii!” scream in Rebels is iconic.

[@leaprincexleia4172]

We need more Sam Witwer in Star Wars projects!

[@zshah3107]

👍

[@baldyhardnut260]

Yes we understand hes great for Star Wars but can you stop it with the unoriginal "We need so and so " comments. I see them every video with this guy in. We get the point

[@purefoldnz3070]

he was just in a Star Trek project

[@SubstanceAlchemist]

He’s done enough imo

[@TannerSmullen]

No we don’t bruh. We need a WHOLE NEW FUCKING TEAM. Filoni is the anti christ for Lucas film where as Kennedy is just straight up the devil. Favreau is the only person other than George and some legends writers to take Star Wars somewhere. Everything right now is too fucked. We need a clean slate

[@77Pictures]

Met him in LA. He is the chillest and sweetest guy.

[@Roarkengage]

SAME at celebration? Bro signed my shoes 😩

[@popculturewatchtower8945]

Sam Witwer is truly a good person and I like that he’s always honest and fair with his thoughts where as a lot of other people are either hate everything about it or love everything.

[@sofaking1627]

🤣 I remember when I was just about to lose interest in the Clone Wars series and then Maul showed up and I went nuts

[@trevturp6891]

Why were you going to lose interest in TCW?

[@CaptainRockoBD]

@@trevturp6891because he has his own opinion.

[@glenwaldrop8166]

@@trevturp6891 Once you're invested it pulls you in. There is a *lot* going on in Clone Wars so casual viewers don't get as much out of it. I started Clone Wars and Rebels with my youngest, mostly looking for a cartoon that wasn't stupid. I was halfway watching the shows and they pulled me in, honestly prefer them over the movies excepting the original trilogy.

[@tvsmarkfrancis]

And even if you dont like something, you shouldn’t be put down for not liking it

[@Dankus_Memeus_II]

But how else will I call someone a bigot if they don’t like what I like

[@tvsmarkfrancis]

@ good point

[@bigredxennial]

I'm 100% with Sam on this. I also enjoyed Acolyte even though it wasn't my favorite. TBH, I have loved far more Disney Star Wars projects than I've hated. To me, the only thing that was unsalvagable was TLJ. RoS was 50/50, and I appreciated JJ for at least TRYING to fix the mess that RJ left us with. His fix may not have been the best, and it was clear through his writing that he didn't really understand a lot about Star Wars, but the man loves Star Wars and he tried. I'm not Yoda, so I can appreciate a good try. I've enjoyed pretty much everything else. Solo and R1 were awesome. I loved Andor, got a lot of enjoyment out of OB1, Season7 of CW was amazing, and I loved Ahsoka and Mando (even season 3!) I feel like most of the problem is we've all been hurt by one or two projects, and hurt even more deeply by RJ and the producers' treatment of us outside of the projects. A lot of us have been marginalized just for having opinions, and worse, insulted and purposefully alienated. And all this makes people biased against any further projects, so those projects are judged much more harshly. But if we just ignore the big dummies at the top and simply allow ourselves to enjoy things, we might find that things are not as bad as we wanted to think. Most of the content is good IMO, just the people at the top are being jerks.

[@kayebee4794]

He's just being polite. 😂

[@boomieboo]

Thanks for sharing this. Can't wait for the full interview!

[@markkuykendall5475]

I was online and "lived through" the hate and discontent of the Prequel Trilogy. The pitch, tenor, and ferocity of the drama was quite similar. okay. that being said, whatever mistakes Ole Man Lucas might have made with the PT are less, IMO, than the problems that afflicted the ST. Luucas's PT had one solid and consistent team of creators and a very clear vision. The ST did not. Lucas was working for love, in a weird environment that featured big studio money but indie studio creative freedom. Abrams, et. al. might love Star Wars, but they had none of that. The creators of the ST repeatedly did this annoying thing that usually made them look like idiots: They'd try and make the 1st Order more impressive and crazy than the Empire. The Death Star? We'll top that with a WHOLE PLANET turned into a weapons that vampire leeches off the stars themselves to work! Yeahhh, that's the ticket! The Star Killer weapon isn't just a planet killer, it has hyperspatial range, the energy bolt will split into multiple "prongs" and can destroy several celestial bodies at once! Yeahhh, that'll impress the fandom! SSDs? You thought they were big an impressive? Suck on Supremacy, baby! Yeah, yeah! And a bunch of other stuff like it. Like the magical super fleet of Star Destroyers with their ridiculously huge underslung genitals just magically coming up from underground, fully armed, provisioned, and, presumably, crewed, actually, this complaint can also be filed under my next big problem with the ST, but for this part of this post, we can just note that those big uhhh, "Death Star style 'weapons' " hanging down there is another egregious example: "Yeah, yeah, let's make every Star Destroyer as badass as the Death Stars were! Yeah!" I'm JFC, how much more impressive than the Death Stars do you really need to be? They went into stupid-land and rubbed mud and dog-turds on their faces. Lucas was guilty of this a couple of times, but the ST creators did over and over and over again: They did stupid patronizing stuff that might be okay with 12 year olds but made older fans feel like they were sloppy and had a low opinion of our intelligence and discernment. Little nickel and dime stuff that would stack up, hokey stuff: Bombers in Ep8? Bombers in zero G where bombs can't fall? C'monnnn, don't treat me like I'm a moron. While you're at it, when Supremacy was chasing the Resistance ships, her batters shot blaster shots that arc'd, again, like there's gravity in space. Y'all know that Finn and Rose would have never ever made it into that casino. Dress code. Security would have never let them in. In Ep8, Maz Kanata took a phone call when she was in the middle of a firefight. What? GTFOhere. As noted, also, the Exagol fleet coming up out of the ground....incredibly dumb. Really, everything about Exagol and the return of the Palpster was super dumb. As far as I'm concerned, everything about episode 9 pretty much sucked except for the good chemistry between Ridley and Driver and that I liked both of those characters. I didn't mind when the ST filled itself up to the brim with "rhymes" or inverse rhymes, like mirror images of either the OT or the PT. Lucas did that a lot with the PT rhyming or inverting the OT. Fine. That's fine. It's traditional SW to do that. There was a lot of stuff in the Sequel Trilogy that, had it been worked over differently, would have been cool. Cool ideas. Cool characters. All of it ruined by a vision that was shoddy, lazy, patronizing, and superficial. I have a sense that the kids were mostly fine with the ST. But damn, y'all, kids don't stay kids for very long. All of your OT and PT fans are still hanging around, even if they're just casual fans. All your super fans are definitely in their 20s or older. Not all of us are geniuses or have the trained eye of a media critic, but we don't NEED to when you serve us up low effort mediocrity like the ST. We're not going to be sold on stuff like the ST and accept it uncritically. F that.

[@vybhaveswaraiah7114]

This is really so amazing Meg. His voice work for Darth Maul simply absolutely brilliant 👏👏👏

[@patrickwhaley1026]

Your not crazy on Rebels it was awesome

[@kevthepoet]

Yeah, I'm an aging OT fan and I loved Rebels, it had everything I love about Star Wars, comedy, adventure, war, space battles, lightsaber battles, mysticism and romance. And an epic plot and story. It's just underrated by the people put off by the animation style and when it came off people were salty cos they felt like it replaced our final season of Clone Wars.

[@dillonroberts9945]

One of my best friends that I've known for over a decade LOVES the Acolyte, I disliked 90% of it. We saw each other for the first time in a few years and we both love star wars so we started talking about it and found out we are on totally opposite sides. We talked about our opinions on it and it got "heated" we were talking so loud and laughing so hard the whole time. Just a friendly debate and joking around, but when i told my gf and dad that he liked it they asked "is he a real star wars fan? Like how much does he know about it?" I told them that he doesnt dive extremely deep in the lore like I do but that doesnt really matter. I basically told them that just cause he likes it and that he doesnt care about the small things that break canon (he says it doesnt) and he just enjoys it for what it is and I can support that. I have seen movies where I look at it and say "this is bad, but i still love it"

[@todd312418]

Thought it was mostly mid but enjoyed it more than I didn't. I know ppl that hated it before it even came out for culture war things. That I don't really respect. But it you watched it & didn't like it, I do respect that. I personally can't remember anything that breaks canon & I didn't feel it in the moment. I'm pretty deep into the lore, I have a feeling it's more on the side of interpretation & not so much what's on the screen but I'm open to being wrong about that.

[@Pub2k4]

Sam has a heart of gold, and he understands Lucas’ vision better than most. Acolyte is going to age like fine milk. We all know it.

[@millasboo]

3:59 This part to you and that’s fair

[@katieartist94]

Great interview!🔥

[@mojosabien]

Sam is being very diplomatic. As I’ve said before there was nothing wrong with so many aspects of the Acolyte, the production, the cgi work, the set work, so many of the actors involved, they all did a great job with what they were given but to me the problems lay with the writing and the direction. How the director and the producers can let the budget spiral out of all semblance of control whilst not noticing the the writing, the core on which the whole production is based, was way below par, is a monumental failure that Headland seemingly refuses to take accountability for. There’s an old business saying, ‘the basic principle of management is that everything is your fault’. She was the linchpin for the production, most of the decisions that govern the flow of the narrative are purely down to the director. Most of the business decisions that govern how money is spent on a project is down to the director. Ensuring that the writing is strong enough to support such a monumental production is very much within the remit of the director. Which is why I get very angry indeed when fans are blamed for not liking the acolyte and Headland effectively gets off scot free for ‘f***ing it up royal’ (in the words of the Emperor from robot chicken). It’s not the fans fault that the story and the writing are weak, it’s not the fans fault that this multi million dollar project couldn’t deliver, it’s the director’s. And to allow her to suggest that the fans reaction to the project was down to a sexist or homophobic sentiment is just plain toxic. She is projecting an attitude onto the fans that I argue, is no where near at the level that she claims it is , purely to sidestep the accountability of not being able to do the job she was hired to do. I have every confidence that the Acolyte would’ve been much better received in the hands of better writers and a more competent director. But according to headland, ‘it’s because the lead is female and I’m a lesbian’ Oh get over yourself.

[@CasualCatOfficial]

Love your theories! Keep up the good videos!

[@RJ-wo4oc]

Totally agree Star Wars Rebels was my favorite. Filoni at his best.

[@pop-culturecinephile8144]

I’m so glad he wasn’t a part of this project. The only problem with Dave is the likelihood of not having complete, creative control over his projects

[@ancienttartan3509]

I semi-liked the Acolyte. I actually enjoyed it more than Episode 8 and 9. The long saber battle was awesome, and made the Jedi look extremely inept and ill-prepared for a Sith encounter. With that said, I felt the plot was weak, and the use of witches inside a Star Wars plot has been beaten to death. I think it was a tool by Disney to work in more women into character roles. I've said it before, give us a series going back to the Old Republic. I don't care if a series from the Old Republic revolves around Revan, but please canonize Revan and his stories.

[@bigredxennial]

And Nomi Sunrider too!

[@LukiKruki]

"And let them be called Witches, screw Nightsister lore" Damn writing of the director.

[@zachrohler1047]

Do you really think Disney and Kathleen Kennedy will do revan justice? Or do you think hed be a bumbling idiot like all the Male characters in recent star wars media?

[@ancienttartan3509]

@@zachrohler1047 Disney inherently can't do Revan justice because they're too woke to cover Revan in the first place.

[@debbralehrman5957]

Thanks Meg I agree about allowing each person to enjoy what they liked. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@DaleESkywalker]

I knew we could count on you for the news today!

[@TheLeatheryman]

If I was going to say something diplomatic, I’d go with; “I really enjoyed the fact that Lucasfilm went back to the traditional independent film aesthetic and ethos, while using a tent pole movie budget for a TV show. It was certainly different and unique for Star Wars”.. I still think the Jedi trio of Yord, Jeki and Sol was a winning combo. They could have really taken those guys the distance as protagonists.

[@Elidrys]

Agreed - Yord Jecki and Sol were actually great. I was super pissed when they were so casually killed off so early. The show would have been better focused around them adventuring and surviving the whole show.

[@imperialinfiltrator4851]

He's not going to say something that bad of course, he wants to continue to work for Lucasfilm. They would blackballed him if he speaks bad.

[@TimDaco]

Man, I Love Sam Witwer. He's such a Cool Guy and you can tell He really Loves Star Wars. I Wish every Star Wars Fan was like Him. It's fine to not like something, but at least be Respectful to the people who did like it.

[@octaviovaladaoferreirinhad2689]

The Acolyte's original premise was very interesting, but the final product was aimed at a minority and said minority wasn't enough to sustain the show.

[@marknovak6498]

Do not think lightsaber design would chand all that much in 100 years given 25,000 years of design history. I think the show was caught up in gimmick

[@ronanscreed]

Turns out the Lightsaber size was due to the logistics. They wanted sabers that could be moved around well for choreography and visual effects, this meant they had actual light up sabers in hand, which meant they had the power source for them inside the handle. For that, it required a thicker handle. It had little to nothing to do with lore.

[@bluemoondm8629]

@@ronanscreed Funny thing is the original lightsabers also had a battery in them to power the spinning motor for the metal rod. That's where the classic flickering comes from. And those were 1977 batteries; definitely no lithium ion or graphene-silicon. Other than the ambient glow from the "real" lightsaber, they just look worse than the post processed ones IMO. And nowadays with the AI lighting tech we have available, you can add colored lighting in post quite easily. So yeah, they managed to downgrade the 1977 tech, somehow.

[@ronanscreed]

@bluemoondm8629 I personally did not mind the thicker sabers. 🤷

[@marknovak6498]

@@ronanscreed I just hate it when every detail of a Star Wars show has to have a reason in the beginning and becomes 'canon'. They just needed to apologize and move on.

[@guillaumep7660]

​@@bluemoondm8629 yeah. The original effects are what make lightsabers more than just long glow sticks. The white core and faint colored halo are a key part these newer ones are missing.

[@mattmillie007]

Imagine if Disney woulda done this show the way it was meant to be done.. like all they had to do was hire Witwer to play a live-action version of Starkiller & boom! U have an ACTUAL Acolyte/dark side themed series.. not whatever the show we got was… but ya know.. no source material n all😂

[@DoneBrokeDatBack]

Starkiller was such a shit character. It would've made no difference. He was more stale than cardboard.

[@mattmillie007]

@@DoneBrokeDatBack you’re the first person I’ve ever heard say that tbh. We’d be lucky to get something like his character in this day n age. Do u not remember all the hype from the Ahsoka show when everyone thought he was gonna end up being the Inquisitor? That’s what Disney’s Star Wars is missing imo.. a solid anti-hero & he’d be the perfect candidate to expand further on.

[@JW-dp4we]

Only if your head’s in the sand lol. Everybody and their mother has spoken at length about what a shit character Starkiller was. Witwer portrayed him very well, but at his core he is an avatar meant to be OP and ridiculous. He would absolutely never, under any circumstances, work outside of a video game. The Acolyte was shit but live action Starkiller would have been 100 times worse.

[@heebiejeebies4625]

@@DoneBrokeDatBack I understand he's overrated, but he's certainly not a bad character. His character at least makes sense even though TFU is not lore heavy. And believe me, there's some really bad characters in universe that are way worse or at the very least more stale.

[@heebiejeebies4625]

@@JW-dp4we Not really, it's scaled back for the novels and he never really fights anyone outside of his reach. I hear people say this but never provide a reason as to why he's so bad. He was force sensitive from a young age and went under grueling training by Darth Vader of all people for nearly 20 years. His character is not op at all, people just can't separate the easiness of the games from what the lore around him actually says. In reality he'd probably wouldn't even beat prime Obi Wan in a fight.

[@BallPlayer17127]

With the prequel it told a consistent story, where the sequels changes each movie bc u had writters with different views

[@chrisorrill7183]

I remember an interview with J.J. where stated that he won't be doing the sequels due to other projects and that he left a jumping off point for those who follow. Then he came back and made a fan service movie, which made totally no sense at all. Looking back at the whole sequel trilogy now it has some merits. Is it a perfect ending to the Skywalker story? No, but we all can't be armchair writers and directors can we. It is a shame that when we see the title "Star Wars," we get blinded. How many of you actually paid attention to the crawl? Didn't you notice certain clues like Luke disappearing or what about the trailer when Rey gives Luke his light saber back on a far off world? It gave me warning bells right then and there. Yet the fans never raised that point on youtube, but wondered who Rey was?

[@miragewizard]

So glad that Crashdown watches STAR WARS.

[@DevoFett]

Sam is just a positive guy all around. Really glad Star Wars has him as a fan, he’s just so knowledgeable and passionate about it

[@milowadlin]

I was there for the 1977 release of Star Wars, and it had the advantage of the "Wow!" factor. It was so different (mostly technologically) than anything I had seen before, it blew me away. I think that the prequels could not duplicate that particular effect, but otherwise was just as good, and in a few ways better. The sequel trilogy had a lot of weaknesses, primarily continuity of goal. (other than to make Disney money)

[@oilerfreak]

Beautiful words Mel. Thank you. I am quite jelly with your links to the lore. Good on ya. =D

[@OfficialRaveBlitz]

More fans need to be like Sam Witwer. He's so humble, and kind.

[@NikFromEarth]

Right. People keep saying "He's just being polite"... As any reasonable adult should be... People think it's normal to whine like pissy preschoolers. Get a grip

[@ImperialActivity9487]

Absolutely Fantastic to listen to a couple thoughts from Sam Either on questions of yours Meg ! Grateful that you shared ! I've a handful of thoughts on things in today's video but ... I'd've written a novel if I put them here.

[@DayneWilson-y3p]

I think Sam Witwer should return as Galen Marek in Ahsoka season 2 and the mandalorian movie. Besides, the acolyte did great with really good lightsaber duels and we need to see the first Skywalker in the acolyte season 2 or a sequel movie. I wish we can tv series in between the Empire strikes back and return of the Jedi and a movie between the last Jedi and the rise of Skywalker.

[@hylianchriss]

They shouldn't keep building upon this new canon. I don't trust them with any great characters anymore, and I don't want more stories building upon the canon that's been established in the Acolyte, or more stories going with Rey "Skywalker". I don't want Disney to attempt Galen Marek, or any of the beloved Legend stories. We need at least a soft reboot to find the way back to what makes Star Wars great

[@kevthepoet]

Honestly Galen was so overpowered in the games I don't think it would work.

[@regansimpson1930]

Do you know what Star Wars really needs out of anything? Good written stories that don’t contradict any of the established lore before it. That’s it. Look at Andor for example they didn’t need Starkiller or boba fett or a cameo from Luke Skywalker. It was just about a man on the run from the empire and it’s the best thing Disney has put out so far and it’s not even close.

[@marco19699092]

i love your channel and love the fact that you respect fans that love the acolyte even if you didn t like it.Respect is the word.Good job

[@dianesinger9729]

I love him in any role

[@issiahsilva]

“I don’t want to put words into his mouth” right after saying you’re sure he had issues with the show lol. Let him say that if he does, which he didn’t say that. You’re projecting your opinions onto him

[@GoldenPug14]

I agree with everything in this video, honestly. I feel like as someone who also grew up with the prequels, we really think alike and see many things through the same lense. Thank you for this. Also, Sam Witwer responded though!

[@jamesleewashington9264]

I’m not comparing one against the other because it’s another time period. If the bring it back I will be nuts. I watched the entire season in two days. Please bring it back you’ve been great on the voices. Continued success. May the force be with you.

[@DaleESkywalker]

Great show today! We don't have to agree, and still get along. When Sam Witwer's opinion is twisted to throw a wrench in the fandom again and again, it makes me more angry than a badger.

[@GodspeedSuperbeast]

Heck yeah Sam!

[@grahamjones3259]

First of all, the Acolyte was a real mess, with one or two good ideas that were poorly executed. I’m a surprised LucasFilm actually thought6 that was what we wanted from the franchise. Someone should’ve said something, and while people point to Filoni, he was put in a corner, where he had to allow others to write their versions and let them burn for it. There’s nothing wrong with the idea of other witches, but the version they gave us was ridiculous. It all comes down to the execution. How can you spend similar money on Andor and Acolyte and get such contrasting results? The answer is down to those running the shows and writing the scripts, and nothing to do with the actors. The issue that George had making the prequels was that he had much more technology and a lot more practice at creating this world that it looked strange for the past to be much more refined in many ways. Had her the technology he had from the prequels for the originals then they would’ve been very different films. The same with the choreography for the fight scenes, where he had to build a whole new culture and hierarchy around lightsaber duelling. He created this system where it came down to different styles being better suited against certain opponents. Let’s be honest that first lightsaber duel in the originals looks odd compared to the prequels. They simply hadn’t thought5 deeply about it, and so they had to evolve that side of things. When you think of the sheer amount of Jedi around and a couple of Sith in the prequels at all times, then there has to be more emphasis on that practice. We sometimes forget, and maybe we need to stop and remember that the story of Star Wars was influenced by how they evolved the way they made the movies. There are tow stories with the franchise, one is the story we see on secret, and the other is the one of those people creating and making it all happen. Having said that, the sequels were not planned properly, and had so many voiced in what happened that it became a contradiction in terms. Even The Rise of Skywalker was to be different from the one JJ Abram’s wanted and the open we got because Disney thought they knew better.

[@shanegingras9903]

I am a fan of the acolyte. I thought it was well done. It had its issues but I enjoyed it. I also enjoy SWM.

[@isaackim7675]

It would be nice if we get Maul back somewhere in Kenobi Season 2 along with young Ezra Bridger

[@kalancosta7650]

We won’t his death in rebels as awesome and it would cheapen it

[@NikFromEarth]

I surely hope not. We've had enough Maul. His final death was perfect... I do think Starkiller should be revisited and should have long ago...

[@jimtomasko3838]

Great video and interview! Sam is amazing, but I can also see that he is being smart by not badmouthing his coworkers. Gina Carano is a cautionary tale for everyone. It's wiser to be diplomatic and just have your own opinion. I'm sure he thought the Acolyte was terrible as he was screaming at his TV (like many of us). Still love Sam!

[@isaacrebellion9893]

I doubt that Sam Witner will played voice as Starkiller in new clone rebellion series as a villains of Commander Cody's story, which Cody need watch out for starkiller who will hunted him after he left the empire.

[@Carrie449-xyz]

As an OT fan since I saw it in theaters when it was replayed the following summer in ‘78, I can assure you I had very few issues with the Prequels. Yes JJB was annoying, I prefer real sets and practical effects, but I enjoyed every second of introducing my son to SW at nearly the same age I was. It was a magical time, and he became a huge fan of it and Star Trek as well. We went to our local cons, and discussed the games I can’t play cause I suck ha, but I tell ya, we both had a hard time with the Sequels. So much hope in 2015 to just let down. 2017, just flat out betrayed, and 2019, just going through the motions and shrugging. I told him he’s probably better off not watching Aco as I had to beg him to watch Mando. There is zero way those films and that movie will have better reviews in time, totally different animals.

[@supreme84x]

My biggest issue was with how they showed bleeding of the kyber crystal. As they made it into something that just happens as a consequence of being part of the dark side rather than an active intentional event/ritual.

[@TheMancalorian]

I'm a Star Wars fan in general, so i love everything that has been released in the comics, cartoons, series and films. Sure some could of been done better in areas but i don't care i love all Star Wars and i carry the same love for Marvel, DC Comics and other comics turned into TV and Cinema.

[@womanfromthenorth1]

A FAN! Me tooooo

[@GodspeedSuperbeast]

1:14 omg I hope it’s Starkiller

[@DeanBradtke]

Not canon

[@tykefinch710]

i just love star wars....

[@aramisone7198]

I think he was being very polite .

[@IggyStardust1967]

5:10 - I completely agree with him. First of all, even if YOU don't like a particular project, why try to "take that away" from those who do? Second, I personally LOVED The Acolyte. However, I can see why some wouldn't, and I don't berate them for that. I just happened to have a "special connection" that many other fans didn't have. You might say, a "unique perspective". That doesn't mean I'm "better" than those who didn't... but my life experiences differ very much from most people. I can also acknowledge the flaws in the series, without allowing those flaws to diminish my enjoyment of the series. Star Wars is LOADED with flaws, if you really want to expend the energy and find them all. But if that's the case, why bother? Just say, "That's not for ME", and don't watch. Are you REALLY that devoid of things to do, that you have to shit on what other people enjoy? That's why I like you, Meg.... you can freely speak your mind about whether you enjoy something or not, calmly discuss WHY, but without judging those who DO enjoy what you do not. It's that brazen judgment of others that caused me to unsubscribe from Star Wars Theory. He just started being so negative with his opinions, and drifted into judgmental territory. The longer it went on, the worse he got about it. I don't want or need that kind of negativity in my life. I don't mind honest criticism,

[@Snackattack1138]

This partnership is amazing!

[@ianhenry1031]

Hi Meg, great video, we need more Sam Witwer, thank you SWM

[@williamatrinidadarroyo7932]

I just finished watching Acolytes for a second time and to be honest I am not a fan of it however in my opinion Disney should give it a second chance. I really wanted to see what is going to happen with QIMIR and OSHA. What was the meaning for Yoda to appear at the end and what is going to be his response

[@killablackmambakbm7593]

Only logical thing that is supposed to happen is for Plagueis to eliminate Mae, Osha and Qimir. There shouldn't be anymore sith or sith like characters in that timeliness. The writers forgot how star wars is written. Qimir would be 1 of the sith that tired to betray him by taking on another. I'd be fine with that if Plagueis took everyone out during the series finale

[@quantumpineapple1111]

Acolyte was a new idea, which is what Star wars is about, expanding the imagination and universe. Loved it for what it was. True fans enjoy the Art & do not conjuncture their imagination to limits placed by others.

[@JW-dp4we]

The reason The Acolyte frustrated me so much was because it had things I really, really liked but it was all sandwiched between a bunch of garbage I couldn’t get past.

[@notmephisto1375]

Thats pretty cool. Appreciate what both you and Sam are saying.

[@carolbriscoe9337]

We have to appreciate his diplomatic answers.

[@Combustibleporcupine]

The fact is if Disney didn't fuck up with that show so bad, they wouldn't be in the position to have to take it away from anyone. They are taking it away because it didn't make money. Things that suck typically don't make money. This is a very simple thing that many can't seem to wrap their brains around...

[@Forrealnow09]

Man, I love Sammy Dubya!

[@alanbalcom9654]

Do you listen to Katee sachoffs podcast regularly or only when she is talking with someone about star wars?

[@mr_eeeez]

Excellent video Meg! Thank you! Ten or a thousand years down the line here, The Acolyte will be one live-action show among many dozens. I doubt it will ever be regarded as the best Star Wars, but will most likely be remembered for some of the more thought-provoking ideas presented in Star Wars. Have a blessed day.

[@stop736]

That’s how I feel also. I’m not a fan of the Acolyte, but 10-20 years from now I think most people will just see it as one small story that went on just before Phantom Menace. It can be appreciated just for that alone. A show that took place during a time that’s not really explored on the screen in live action at least. It won’t be seen as a great show maybe. But it is unique perspective of what was happening in the time period the show was covering. Just my opinion though…🤷🏻‍♂️

[@joeystvincent]

I just can't watch it Meg... I'm sorry but the Acolyte is a dead horse and I already know your opinions. I'm leaving a comment so that you'll get some kind of algorithmic credit... but I just can't watch - yet another - video about a dead horse and a bad show.

[@wigglemd]

Thanks Meg! Have A Good Week

[@piplup10203854]

Lmao! 🤣 the intro

[@arbknight12]

Starkiller: “Pfft. I could’ve lifted both sides of the bridges AND the two kids at the same time.”

[@kyr_taap]

Just stumbled across this video and your channel.. The way your looking at the whole debate is really how it should be: calm, reasonable and sharing arguments to undermine your pov. The way social media is nowadays is just awful.. we need to learn again that people with different opinions have those with good reason or because their pov. Talking and sharing each others opinions will lead to new insights and maybe to other conclusions as well. There's no reason to hate on others just because they have a different opinion..

[@apeman505]

OK, Sam Witwer, more importantly, please show us your dog. He/she is over there, licking his/her paws, and obviously being awesome. PLEASE SHARE DOG.

[@CullenRick]

I doubt that The Acolyte will be remembered much more fondly, as the present-day toxic politics of division will, I hope, soon be consigned to little more than a footnote in history - taking much of the associated media with them. However, the further we move away from the main issues, which were caused by cast and crew members, the better the chances that the show may, in some way, manage to distance itself from those issues - so, who knows. The last three films, however, are much tougher to salvage as they are technically so flawed as to not really work as a trilogy. Their only hope (haha) is if someone like Filoni can create enough supporting material to create any form of narrative to explain them. Regardless, as you say, if people enjoy them, let them enjoy them. There are enough grifters feeding on the divisions in society and fandoms these days without any of us needing to join them.

[@colbyentzminger217]

What a stud. I may not be a fan of TCW, or Filoni… but the dude is a legend

[@VengeanceN7]

Really glad Sam shares opinions on this, although I did get dollar store Starkiller vibes when the sith was fighting,

[@elijahtronti8574]

Sam Witwer is filled with so many good ideas and creativity, and he’s so good at logically looking at the lore and playing by the worldbuilding rules already set in place by Star Wars: does anyone know if he’s just, I dunno, written a whole novel or something? Either Star Wars related or something completely original? Because those are the kind of skills it takes to do that

[@tedsmart5539]

Happy Lifeday Meg!

[@likeluptid]

I came up during the original trilogy. I saw the first movie when it came out. Return of the Jedi is still the best of the 3 movies to me. But the original trilogy is monumentally inferior to the prequel trilogy. The Phantom Menace is on a completely different level, and it remains as one of the best written movies ever. Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith were just as thoughtful. And The Clones Wars took the prequel trilogy to an event higher level than before. There will never be any science fiction fantasy in the foreseeable future that can be as epic as the Star Wars prequel trilogy and The Clone Wars.

[@EthanBSide]

Calling the acolyte "art" is a stretch though...

[@SraMacaco]

Art is in the eye of the beholder…

[@simongervais9302]

I personnaly believe that the Acolyte would indeed have a big ressurgence in perceived value with time, especially if it gets granted some other seasons. It brings so many things to the table; exploring the Dark Side perspective, diving into the flaws of the Jedi as an organization, the idea of a cover-up conspiracy and the mystery of Force immaculate conception, displaying Force-Fu, Cortosis, and the bleeding of Kyber, but ABOVE ALL finally getting the story of Darth Plagueis!! As fans, I'm sure we could have forgiven the teen drama vibes and the lukewarm visual effects and value all of those things it brought to live action. I hope it will eventually get a follow-up.

[@killablackmambakbm7593]

The issue is the writers forget the sith are clearly displayed as selfish , power hungry and evil. Anything that tries to change that premise deviates from starwars. Sinestro core members are evil. That is written into cannon. A green lantern sinestro core always works but the moment that yellow ring comes on he is evil. Star wars is black and white in that regard. There is corruption in periods of time with the jedi and plight of some sith is understandable but once you go down that path it ends in pain, suffering and death.

[@simongervais9302]

@@killablackmambakbm7593 I think it could be argued that the Jedi vs Sith is a metaphor for the Christian Church vs Satanism (hear me out here) the christian church puts foreward all of these Good-seeming values, but has corruption running through it. Modern satanism is critical of the subserviance and fakeness of the church and preaches self-determination and the embrace of animalistic impulses. I think there could be a case for exploring the value in Sith doctrine. Must I also remind ourselves that Darth Tyranus (Dooku) was a very calm and collected sith while Mace Windu was a jedi who harnessed anger and agression to increase his power. Even Luke harnessed his anger when fighting Vader. It's not as black and white as we might see at a glance. There is space for nuance and there always was. It's actually a point that is made throughout the lore, that this dichotomy of Light vs Dark, this segregation put in place by the Jedi, is part of what enabled the Empire to rise. I think ultimately the franchise should lead us to see the value in both what is considered the light side and the dark, by removing these distinctions and accepting the Force in all its nuances.

[@dejabu24]

I’m never go into a video about the acolyte we all know what it is and what’s not , fortunately we killed it and is not coming back , but I was curious about Sam’s options about it , fine he is playing safe, fine give him a cookie , well what really matters is that is gone and we must continue this stand against that type of content till Lucasfilms got the message they did it for the Acolyte

[@ernstfrutphlinguhr2494]

He notes something important - Venestra and Sol were absolutely not the right Jedi to be dealing with the situation, but the corruption and lack of awareness that plagued the Jedi meant that Venestra’s first move was to try to silence the problem.

[@kellyishikawa]

Sam is so awesome. Want to see more of Sam’s Darth Maul!!!!!!!!!!

[@TheLeatheryman]

I’m the OT generation and first saw IV & V as a double billing. Mind blowing for an 8 year old. But I have I have also gone very deep on the prequels because of the lore and lavish effects. The sequels are just lacking, on everything, especially good story and imagination. I felt more pissed off as I left the cinema with each one. I’m not going to pretend they were good. They were not. Same goes for the Acolyte. Learning of the immense budget just makes them even worse. I feel a crime must have been committed they were so so so bad.

[@Pansapistolas]

I took the Qimir and Jedi fight as a Star Wars version of the future cops getting owned by Simon Fenix on the movie Demolition Man. They werent prepared for that kind of fight.

[@donnicholas7552]

Interesting video!

[@dawnkladerman598]

Utidiiiiiii ❤😂🎉 Sam's the best 😅

[@davidbrandt848]

I love this! Sam's words are "...as wise as Master Yoda and as powerful as Master Windu." Gotta love Sam Witwer. Sure he's being polite but there is depth in what he is saying that goes beyond that especially in today's society that society could do well to learn from.

[@Darthdeej]

Maul in the third Jedi series game could be possible...

[@Swenglish]

To me, The Last Jedi and The Acolyte both brought depth to Star Wars as a whole that was only hinted at in the original trilogy and the prequels. The Jedi *were* imperfect, and complicit, and Obi-Wan *was* biased, and lying to both himself and to Luke. The Last Jedi showed the aftermath of Luke not being given the big picture (those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it) and The Acolyte explored the earlier days of the flaws that existed within the Jedi order and Jedi philosophy the whole time. I appreciate that, because Lucas never really tackled it head on even though he's the one who put it there. I don't need to look at the Jedi through rose tinted glasses. They're cops, and clergy, and they have the inherent problems of both, and their efforts to shut out the dark side can become the very thing that lets it in. I'm all for acknowledging that alongside the good that they are also capable of. That's nuance. I like that. I don't think The Acolyte is a perfect masterpiece by any means, but it's a piece of the puzzle. And The Last Jedi is a misunderstood and underappreciated gem that was only undermined by what came after it. And I don't mean Solo: that was fun. Rise of Skywalker, on the other hand, was just a glorified filler episode and shouldn't have been rushed into production just to meet a release date.

[@ashleyellis8875]

The force unleashed as a film or series that’s what’s needed

[@The_Rising_Ape]

Sam Witwer as the voice of Revan in a KOTOR animated series. That's all I want.

[@PlutoDividesByZero]

Sam Witwer as starkiller made me love Star Wars again back on PS3. Then Disney happened.

[@JimmyTheGhost16]

Sam has class and respect. He isn’t a toxic child.

[@Unclenickvta]

2:58 nothing crazy about preferring Rebels over TCW or Bad Batch. My best friend loves Rebels. I thought it was great . Crazy is thinking Resistance is the best animated SW show but again, it's just another opinion

[@Brandonweeks19]

Facts Rebels got me into Star Wars so yeah it’s my favorite over a lot of things but again it’s My opinion

[@TheStigification]

I love Rebels too, and I don't want to be all my star wars is better than your star wars either except the creator of the acolyte and various supporters are saying their star wars is better than the rest of star wars and the only reason this argument is going on for so long is because they just ignore everyone's opinion and never care to try and see another side to things. Disney began their Star Wars era by lying to George Lucas' face and locking his ideas away for no one to ever see and then saying "we have no source material" they have no respect for anything and can't make a popular franchise to save their life so they bought someone else's and try to mold it into what they want.

[@c.r.broken_human]

I am just a Star Wars fan. Yes the acolyte wasn’t the best but it is Star Wars. I just love the Star Wars universe. People have their right to love or hate it. I just love Star Wars.

[@nicklang6798]

We need to Stop comparing lightsabers 😂

[@apeman505]

TBH I thought the Acolyte was okay, just with a few really, really bad parts. Thing is... why make a show about Osha and Mei when you could make a show about Plagueis and Qimir? No one cared about Osha & Mei, before or after the show!

[@choppingpenguin]

There are things known as standards, and if the material doesn't meet said standards, we don't need to pretend it does.

[@WilliamFenwick-ll8hd]

If he appears as Maul in current shows itll probably be Skeleton crew or Andor