Talking Acolyte Theories - Star Wars Explained Weekly Q&A

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Today we're talking about theories for The Acolyte and catching up on some other Star Wars news we missed!
0:00 Introduction
6:49 The Acolyte Theories
22:46 Hopes for The Acolyte
28:19 Will we see Korriban/Moraband?
31:50 Sigourney Weaver in The Mandalorian & Grogu?
34:44 Ahmed Best wants to play a John Wick Jedi
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[@nathansheldahl]

The long awaited RETURN of Pippin! He’s hanging out with dad too and throwing a classic kitty fit. Love it.

[@Jurassiccanonking]

Consider if you will. Not twins, they have a moon knight arc.

[@Quandryification]

Oh. They aren't ready for that!

[@RougaFang]

Always love it when the pets make an appearance

[@SailorDisco]

Agreed! The only bad thing about the new set up is we don’t get to see the pet as much.

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

I am so excited to see a Star Wars story set before "The Phantom Menace" that am I prepped to love "The Acolyte". I have all of my fingers and toes tightly crossed that it's good. 😊

[@malphasblackwing420]

I’m not trans myself but I sincerely thank you for wearing the shirt! Trans rights are human rights!

[@ballstothewalls69420]

I don’t understand, can you help explain to me what rights they are fighting for?

[@brianswst]

Another TV spot just came out today.."I didn't do it. Believe me!"

[@Elvisbackpack]

If we're talking "off the wall" names showing up in Star wars, you don't get further away from the wall than Jack Black and Lizzo as royals. Sigourney Weaver makes not only the most sense, I'm amazed it hasn't happened yet.

[@bullebakb.v.8622]

love the message on your shirt mollie! 🌈

[@adpirtle]

I don't want The Acolyte to be like Andor. I want it to have its own unique feel.

[@Metaymaug706]

"We've been to sports before" is my response. It's usually wrestling... but I can get down with some soccer.

[@Shawn-363]

The definition of Truth: that which is true or in accordance with facts or reality. True: in accordance with fact or reality Fact: a piece of information presented as having objective reality

[@josephhenderson6709]

The Revenge of the Sith movie poster had Anakin and Darth Vader…

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

To be fair, Vader considered himself not Anakin

[@paal0288]

Vader has already gotten enough screen time. the next movie could come with Darth Maul instead.

[@nadyaakins8202]

I would love to watch Sigourney Weaver on the Mandalorian movie, she’s great! I love your tuxedo kitty, what a cutie 🥰!

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

Weaver was such a terrific villain in "The Cabin in the Woods". 👍

[@lilyj6643]

Great ep, love Molly’s shirt!! 🩵

[@auntvesuvi3872]

Many thanks to Mollie and Alex! 🌌

[@TheTravis780]

I met Alex and Molly at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, dressed as Kylo Ren. They are the most kind and engaging people I’ve ever met.

[@HyperspaceOddity]

I've heard the Sith in the trailer could be Darth Venamis, who was a second apprentice of Tenebrous alongside Plagueis.

[@mangrove]

I would like a Star Wars show with Tony Jaa as a Tusken Raider who travels the galaxy in search of his stolen Bantha. Mum Jokmok could be his Jawa sidekick.

[@miragewizard]

All right.. Here we go, Kelleran Beq as the John Wick of Star Wars.. He has his own place, his own house on Arvala-7, and Grogu is with him. In his basement is an underground tunnel that leads to a control tower not far from his house where he can communicate from time to time with Source, who has just recently started his operations and come into contact with Beq. Source and Beq have developed a secret code that Beq decrypts each time he receives a message, and each time, Source gives Beq information on a 'hot point,' or person, that is important to the Empire, and someone who Beq could take interest in. Beq is not sure who Source is or where he is from, but he figures that he has to be close to the Empire. Instead of just taking an interest, Beq begins to take out these 'targets' in full Jedi array, at some times bringing attention to himself from the Inquisitors and Darth Vader. But as Beq continues to knock out targets, Source gains confidence that they can make a dent in the Empire's plans. Beq usually leaves Grogu at his place in secret and out of the fray. Being only active as a Jedi when Kelleran is around, Grogu spends most of his time in meditation and in his egg shaped bed, which explains why most of his time is in darkness. As Beq hits 'targets,' he becomes more and more wary of the Empire tracking him, and more and more concerned about Grogu. He eventually finds out about Quinlan Vos and secretly makes plans with Grogu to move him to Quinlan's more secret location. But as the "Sabered Hand" continues knocking out targets, the Empire gets more of a lead on him, his ship, his astro-mech droid LX-R5, and eventually, his location on Arvala-7. Beq breaks off communication with Source completely and successfully gets Grogu to Quinlan Vos. But once he no longer has Grogu with him, he gets in a showdown with the Inquisitors..

[@shundy00]

What if its not a twin but a Claudite posing as her

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

I just hope it's not another one of Soong's androids...

[@Pinkorchid72]

Awwh I love the kitty!!

[@EM-lz4rb]

0:00 CAT!!!

[@cjwoliver1647]

Badme (evil Padme) merch should 10000% be a thing now.

[@ScottyHolidaySW]

I also think we're getting twins in The Acolyte, but I love the Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde idea as well! Dark Legends is one of my favorite Star Wars books & I really enjoyed The Dark Mirror story in it that yall referenced. Love the Trans Right shirt 🖤🏳️‍⚧️

[@ReySkywalker2]

On the subject of seeing Korriban/Moraband, I’d really love to see Exegol!

[@meswoopnoseenothing]

Love Mollie’s shirt ❤

[@bribriman]

Elite video thumbnail .

[@chewysaiditfirst]

15:51 can it be a sith relic type of thing? ex "Shadow of the Sith novel" mask? They could even tie into the sith relic vault mentioned in the "Dooku Jedi Lost"novel.

[@cardellmorgan1316]

The High Republic Initiative isn’t ending next month.

[@billsimpson2197]

Playing off of the multiple personalities theories, what if we're looking at a Manchurian Candidate scenario where Mei was kidnapped by the Sith and conditioned to do absolutely horrible, atrocious things that she's not even aware she's doing. 🤔 I'm sure this has already been proposed elsewhere, though...

[@elketerbentzadik]

I swear when this show was announced the story was described as being about a pair of sisters, one of whom becomes a Jedi and the other who falls to the Dark Side.

[@lukelee7967]

You mentioned the movie The Fugitive, and I'd like to mention something about that movie that isn't really Star Wars related, but still fun to know. That film, based on the tv show, is largely inspired by the case of a man named Sam Sheppard. After he got out of prison he couldn't find work as a doctor, so he became a professional wrestler. And during his time as a wrestler he invented the hold the Mandible Claw, made famous by Cactus Jack wearing an odd mask. I know, it sounds like I'm making crap up.

[@StuartLugsden]

The only time you see the council speak almost as a whole on screen is the 2003 clone wars. Plo Koon and Sassee Tin said nothing.

[@djorankeil]

A necklace with a vial of green... NIGHTSISTER MAGICK!

[@djorankeil]

Controversial t-shirt! That High Republic crest is triggering...

[@jonbooz]

Q and A: Whats the likelihood that we see someone cool from the EU, like Dorsk 61, in the Acolyte?

[@djorankeil]

Weaver being a villain would be fantastic. An Imperial Remnant Admiral, maybe?

[@johnlamonda3514]

I think its going to be a situation where the jedi took one twin because of power and the others power wasn't so pronounced. So later that twin turns evil and turns dark and the power becomes larger. So kinda revenge against the jedi for leaving her alone maybe because something happens to her people.

[@mobev08]

I wonder if at the end of the show the Jedi take Mae back into the fold but the twist is turns out to be the evil twin sister instead. Thats starts the deep infiltration of the Jedi Order by the darkside.

[@StuartLugsden]

The poster for Wakanda Forever showed Shuri 2x to hide that shes the new Black Panther. Dunno why because it was too obvious.

[@marjoe32]

Here for May having a Dark Pasanger monologue Dexter style lol

[@garywilson2512]

What if it is like “The Mother” from phase 2 High Republic, the sibling left behind that turns bad

[@gabrielrangel956]

I love Mollie's shirt

[@Gabrigattin]

Thank you Molly for supporting my community 💙🏳️‍⚧️

[@Me-zl3ef]

“Trans rights are human rights”. Love Molly’s shirt

[@SailorDisco]

That’s one of the reasons I love Star Wars Explained 🥰

[@stevenbrudie3175]

Agreed! Thank you Molly!!! 💜

[@optabam7942]

@@UscruOutlaw well said

[@davidalan528]

@@UscruOutlaw no, see, shhh….that’s not how gender works. Okay, real quick-and-dirty: biological sex is assigned at birth. (Did you know that there are more than two options? Look it up!) Transgender persons are not confused about what their biological sex is, so I’m not sure what you think is helpful about ‘calling out’ what you think their biological sex is. (Did you know that sometimes it’s harder to tell than you might think? Look it up!) Gender is what is called a social construct. This means that it does not directly and immutably correspond to any biological reality. Race is another social construct. We spent centuries certain that gender and race were biological realities. Turns out, biology is simply not complicated enough, not varied in the right way, to ‘mean’ all the things we ascribe to race and gender. Transgender persons come to understand that gender is, sort of (I’m oversimplifying) ‘all in our heads’, and what’s in their head doesn’t align easily or obviously with their chromosomal makeup. Again, you’re not like revealing some deeper truth to a deluded person when you ‘call out’ what you think is some case of mistaken identity. You are merely confusing biological sex and socially constructed gender - then proudly proclaiming your ignorance as though it deserves equal respect and validity as someone telling you in their own words who and what they are. It’s a little arrogant, isn’t it? To have someone tell you who they are and for you to think you know *better* than they do, and to demand respect for having the gall to say “nuh-uh, no you’re not”…

[@louiseandrews7546]

@@davidalan528👏👏👏

[@thegrahamdalorian185]

Given the hair similarities between Ridley and Peli… MOM?!?!?

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

I assumed that was a cult thing. Like uniformity?

[@TheMarkMaster101]

39:00 add Achk Med-Beq and you got the Best Batch, or the Gungan, the Bad and the Jedi.

[@davidalan528]

12:31 why don’t we think it’s a chronological split, between when she was a light Padawan and ‘now’ that she’s a dark acolyte? 38:57 okay now you’re just talking about Steve Urkel / Stephan Urquel.

[@darthclueless9372]

Would be so down with a tales from the Jedi type game with levels from clone wars to mando era: 2 grogu rescues (beq and skywalker), order 66, jabba’s palace, Naboo courtyards etc

[@lordzeeb]

My only hope is that the actual Sith are involved in some way and it’s not just another “non-Sith dark side user with a red lightsaber”

[@wilmeech]

Glad to hear you like football/soccer as an english football hooligan

[@Kubacca]

Alex, what a news you love soccer! Who will u be supporting in the UCL final? 🤪 greetings from Europe 😅

[@calebguyton2007]

What about the comment earlier said by the director that this is like Kill Bill meets Frozen, makes perfect sense

[@tdog3859]

I’m hoping the Acolyte doesn’t have any spoilers for the High Republic series. I’d really like to finish it in the books. And really? No one has heard of Darth Venamis? I think that’s who we see in the trailer

[@raveniscooldarksider2765]

She could play Admiral Daala

[@libidinistlyn]

mollie i literally love u and that shirt

[@ItsBumbleBoy11]

Based molly as always🎉

[@haydencollins6361]

So powerful to see Molly wearing that tshirt whilst absolutely killing the Starwars talk ☺️☺️☺️☺️. It means alot to see my favourite Stsrwars community stand so strong and proud on human rights ❤

[@caravaggio2012]

Isn't it time to grow the 'stache?

[@vaishi67]

If Amanda is playing twins in the acolyte do you think it was an attempt by the sith to create a force dyad?

[@MCLegoboy]

What if it's not twins, but a character with dissociative identity disorder?

[@SKRicochet]

VAMOS Atlanta United!

[@andrewdesko4359]

Q&A: What’s your hot take on your least favorite character? What would change your opinion?

[@shundy00]

You guys should see if the Braves are having a Star Wars night. They usually have star wars music and sw themed Braves bobbleheads. I am a huge White Sox fan and I was out there in Atlanta last year to see them play the Braves and that stadium and the area around it is very cool.

[@BryanRainey]

Probably has already happened this year. Star Wars nights across MLB are usually around the weekends of May 4th and May 11th

[@shundy00]

True

[@mikaelamoody4005]

Just a reminder to everyone that Amandla Stenberg uses both they/them and she/her pronouns, and for those who use both, it's worthwhile using both to refer to them! (i.e. alternating)

[@Unavailable_Username.]

What are you? A hutt?

[@sethmeyer2443]

is it possible that the master and the apprentice could be twins

[@adamdonofrio1654]

Was sio bibble actually trying to trick padme in episode one? When obiwan says it’s a trick send no reply

[@HeyItsSteveTime]

❤❤❤

[@KG242722]

I mean she's definitely playing twins, pretty sure in that same Vanity Fair interview she said that she was playing two different characters. I didn't think it was a secret or even a twist.

[@sethmeyer2443]

she wrote russian doll. so the twins reveal is just layer one.

[@fabriciorodas4961]

I Loki just hate how short the eps will be

[@Lijahtx210._.]

I’m here for the cat, not Star Wars 😂.

[@CloneScavengerVulpin8389]

I want dex to make a cameo, somehow.

[@axocuddl]

Yo Molly, where can I get that shirt

[@daniloa.ferreira2298]

Is it true that the second season for The Acolyte was canceled?

[@SailorDisco]

I haven’t seen anything yet to suggest it’s more than one season let alone canceled.

[@Stablemable2]

I'll say it again, I actually hope Mando and Grogu is set a year after Order 66 and teen Mando meets Jedi Beq and Grogu in hiding.

[@Elvisbackpack]

That would make Mando and Grogu's eventual meeting in the show mean less if they had a history neither remembers/forgot.

[@Stablemable2]

@@Elvisbackpack Mando in his teens would have a different impression but maybe the Grogu encounter would be minor.

[@bengeldinger]

I was thinking maybe she has multiple personality disorder and that's accound for not knowing if she did it

[@MechaTrekAD]

Didn't they say she was playing twins? Like, in the very beginning long before we saw anything? I don't know, I remember that. None of this seems a surprise to me.

[@ryanjohnson3392]

Wait… didn’t she talk about playing twins in an interview?

[@papayacatproductions]

Gonna need you two to address the Jenny Nicholson vid

[@elketerbentzadik]

Molly, I love your shirt! ❤

[@tommylongbox]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@zimmyisa]

Love the shirt Molly 🫶

[@DarthVages]

👍

[@RecoveryHacker]

Support Trans Futures!

[@Metaymaug706]

I've avoided the Wick movie just because of the puppy scene. I can't. I won't.

[@djashovel]

I would prefer a star wars what if series And some scenarios could be multiple seasons like the yuuzhan vong Invasion happened during the clone wars

[@djashovel]

I think in this scenario, Padma would of been lost when the vong the siege of Coruscant And if The twins are still born during this time Anakin would not be able to Take care of them He would be too Involved in the conflict And he would be The greatest weapon But anakin would mentally Not well He would become increasingly more dark As the war progressed He would probably have a lot of nightmabecause of what's happening in the Galaxy and the conflict And Really the only person That could take care of the twins And be like a mother to them would be ahsoka Which would be awkward and sad when they call her mom But it would be interesting because she would Bond with them emotionally and also throw the force And The chancellor would probably send Obi wan with grievous To keep him. Away from Anakin But that would lead to fun interactions between grievous and Obi.Wan😅

[@djashovel]

I want a rated R/MA series like One interesting scenario and starting point would be what if the yuuzhan vong Invasion happened during the clone wars

[@user-zl9sh9mz6h]

NO! No rated-R Star Wars! I still can't get used to the fact that Star Trek started dropping f-bombs a few years ago. 🙄

[@djashovel]

​@@user-zl9sh9mz6hI wonder how many people remembered How many lost there lives in the yuuzhan vong Invited/ war It was 365 trillion people Think how many Earths that is I wonder how many people know how many dark things live in Star Wars I mean we have to Different versions of the flood from halo

[@Jurassiccanonking]

This is getting out of hand

[@BigRedDiscGolf]

Mollie, do you have a new perspective?

[@JokersQuartet]

*football

[@amaranthpaean]

I’m sure you were aiming for a pedantic sort of humor, but it’s actually association football, commonly known as football *or soccer*. So…

[@buzzyboy6505]

I know it’s speculation but man, I kinda feel like you’ve possibly hampered my enjoyment of this show.

[@kandy1515]

I love mollies shirt🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

[@carlyle9931]

I love you guys to death, so this is meant with so much respect. And this comment is late, so you may not see this, but the wide shot of the both of you is not flattering. I feel that you should raise the camera a bit. Love your content love this video!

[@christopherbryant-stitt3094]

Every time I see that girl, I think about how stoked the showrunner looked in the pics she took with her… looks like she was thinking “time to do what Harvey taught me!”

[@luismcanally]

Loving the "Trans rights are human rights" shirt :)