The Acolyte Episode 3 - IMMEDIATE Audience Reaction

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[@dereklopez9060]

Luke: I'm not gay. Yoda: You will be....You will be.

[@Tony27654]

Yoda: LGBTQ, you will become

[@reggaesurvivor251]

these 20iq comments are the reason they wont take the critics serious, and these comments are as frustrating as the current state of star wars

[@ihavethehighground732]

😂😂 Take it up the batty you will.

[@bemeek]

Dude… I’m dead.

[@bemeek]

@@reggaesurvivor251This comment was hilarious.

[@Hedonite]

As a tolkein fan boy. My heart goes out to all you star wars folks. Corpo overlords ruining good fiction

[@Gift-Lord]

Rings of Power came to mind reading this. Don’t worry, brother, we still have Peter Jackson’s masterpieces to appreciate over and over again till the end of time.

[@Vilgax00]

Gonna be honest,you guys got the worse. Atleast we have clone wars...

[@averagejoe112]

Look at they did to my boy! (Points to Wheel of Time)

[@zerk813]

Yeah luckily they didn’t burn us as bad In the Tolkien world. We only got one show one season. But let me shut up because we know what’s going to happen.

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

Tolkien, Trek and Star Wars are all being exploited, milked and corporatized in the name of profit. Three of the greatest literary and filmed arts in fictional and Human history, watered down by greed and agendas rooted in bias and hate.

[@robbiedolack4486]

This guy eats, sleeps, and breathes the Star Wars franchise. I've been following him for a long time and can say for certain he is no hater but, just a guy who has a passion for anything Star Wars. Thanks for the great content and keep it flowing.

[@M15T3R_samsonite]

Absolutely 1000% agree! Theory is the biggest SW fan there is and has endured Disney’s SW for way too long and has reached his breaking point. Nobody can blame the man. SW has been stained and I’m afraid that this stain is permanent and will never get out 😔 RIP SW

[@TrexGrimStud]

he is always soft on criticism of star wars to the point i feel he is a chill .but i get him he is really trying to be a positive person . but even he couldn't sugarcoat the acolyte ep3 .

[@TardMania]

It's convenient that big media conglomerates can use minorities and women to profit by making shit content and blame the backlashes on racism and/or misogamy. If Disney was woke, then the lesbian kiss in Rise of Skywalker wouldn't be cut from the Chinese version to make more profit. I highly suspect this "the acolyte" show was made to f over their own investors and buy back their shares while they're low to sell them high.

[@Mattyp24]

Whoever said "klit fister" In your chat had me dead 😂😂😂

[@younggordan8748]

🎉😂

[@BarbRogersMs.SolarTerror]

"...Klo Poon."

[@greatfavbino5755]

😂😂😂

[@Daniel-hm8xq]

☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

[@Prophetofthe8thLegion]

Sandikan asswiper

[@gnomelackey]

George RR Martin said it the best “Everywhere you look, there are more screenwriters and producers eager to take great stories and “make them their own.” It does not seem to matter whether the source material was written by Stan Lee, Charles Dickens, Ian Fleming, Roald Dahl, Ursula K. Le Guin, J.R.R. Tolkien, Mark Twain, Raymond Chandler, Jane Austen, or… well, anyone. No matter how major a writer it is, no matter how great the book, there always seems to be someone on hand who thinks he can do better, eager to take the story and “improve” on it. “The book is the book, the film is the film,” they will tell you, as if they were saying something profound. Then they make the story their own. They never make it better, though. Nine hundred ninety-nine times out of a thousand, they make it worse.”

[@QuothTheRavenclaw11]

As much as I wish George would finish Winds Of Winter already, I love the man and his writing wisdom. It would be amazing to meet him one day.

[@bobana3105]

🙌🙌🙌🙌 this is getting so exhausting, even beyond Star Wars.

[@scumdog666]

Even Denis Villanueve fucked up Dune part 2

[@awesomeblossom2417]

Hollywood writers are the worse.. These losers need to get a real job and then write in their spare time. Create your own shit, don't take a beloved property and change it for the worst.

[@Aizen2468]

The thing is, George Martin was not too long ago whining at fans who hate adaptations. And now, he's pulled a full 180. The dude might need to unplug from the internet for a bit...

[@realistversion1]

Harvey Weinstein’s former assistant literally took South Parks Mocking as a challenge.

[@richalexander1138]

For reals🤣

[@Collector_Phil]

Most indeed

[@TardMania]

Maybe if we let her grape a few fanboys or whatever she's into she'll be too distracted to care about destroying the stories she hates so much. Apparently you have to break some eggs to get lemonade or whatever

[@robbiedolack4486]

Harvey Weinstein's former assistant needs to be the bigger person and learn how to ignore South Park. It's like when Ryan Johnson personally attacked a KZbinr by the name of Mike Zeroh for making fun of The Last Jedi.

[@Force_User_]

"Twice the price, double the fall"

[@michaeltrujillo7930]

This here. Spot on 👌🏽

[@CSaenz44]

never gets old to see this quote on every video

[@ThatDudeLew]

RNS

[@death2beta843]

Twice the price double the failure

[@zinney9316]

A show made by very "prideful" people comes out in a very prideful month. Literally twice the pride double the fall

[@speedypete07gnarly]

“Twice the pride, double the fall” -Count Dooku

[@srawdawg6188]

Proverbs 11:2 "When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom."

[@srawdawg6188]

Proverbs 16:18 "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."

[@marsoelflaco5722]

Was he talking about gay pride?

[@luisjosp5]

@@marsoelflaco5722 Yes XDDD

[@LOT9T]

I see what you did there! 👍 show is a woke zesty pile of 💩!

[@Hardcore6166]

So much emotion in that Yoda and Luke scene. No politics, no one cares about gay, straight or anything. Just emotion.

[@freddyrodriguez4732]

Right, just pure desire and self growth.

[@raziusx5933]

Star Wars is pure politics: democracy (good guys) vs authoritarianism (bad guys). Episode 3 is pure "fall of democracy and rise of dictatorship". The suffering of innocents at the hands of scumbags is PURE emotion, and it's what Star Wars is made of. The Empire depicted in Andor is a mirror of the communist regimes during the cold war (Soviet Union and other regimes in the communist block).

[@PepsiMan666]

"You can almost pinpoint the exact moment his heart breaks."

[@weedman0824]

ANNNND RIGHT THERE 💀💀🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@someguy342]

Simpsons, nice!

[@Aikurisu]

He choo choo choosed poorly to watch this show...

[@luispinedajr.8227]

Poor Ralph....😅

[@raen5256]

Listen. I'm a latina woman in the LGBTQ community. Technically im supposed to be the audience Disney is trying to cater to...I hate everything they're doing. I wish Theory could take over Star Wars, he would respect George's legacy and bring amazing content.

[@rickgrimes7963]

Glazing 😂

[@KeynoteWise]

🙌

[@300apes]

They can't create a good story with their own minds they steal someone else's and change shit around

[@captainrice09]

exactly. theirs so many badass fuckin women in pop culture that weren’t woke or we didn’t care about that side of their character. we just want good storytelling that’s consistent and creative and spectacular…not pandering

[@stez1699]

Stay away from children

[@IamYasha10]

I love how he went back and watch the empire strikes back to cleanse his eyes and soul after the Sh!tshow he has to endure.

[@NormanGabrin]

"For over a thousand generations, the Jedi knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the old Republic... before the dark times... before Disney..."

[@MrJaxon620]

As told by the jedi...

[@RobertVistal-jp2cw]

​@@MrJaxon620shut up they were and they made mistakes and yes they were still the guardians of peace

[@Steve-3P0]

... before the prequels.

[@notquiteherenotquitethere1475]

the scene with the chanting/ singing women makes me think the actors there are saying "finally my lesbian dance theory degree is getting put to use , and to think my parents said it was useless "

[@zzygyy]

😅😅😅

[@frostbit_sky]

🤣🤣🤣🤣I'm laughing so hard I had to send this comment to my sister.

[@healed1337]

What I find hilarious about that scene is that it unintentionally implies these witches are incapable of counting higher than 2.

[@RazSkull673]

The power of one, the power of batteries, to power on dildooooos.

[@frostbit_sky]

@@healed1337 ROTFL. 🤣I saw that on X and I was speechless. I'm glad I'm not wasting my valuable time watching this and only catching up through reaction videos.

[@Thekid_96]

The five stages of grief be like: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance…. Star Wars is officially cooked

[@ROB_LAW98K]

I’m genuinely convinced that 150 million out of the 180 million dollars to create this show went straight into Lesley Hedland’s personal bank account

[@hardbrocklife]

I think 80% of it went into reshoots, rewrites, etc...outside of Lesbian Headlamps activism, shes a VERY amateur producer. I think there was ALOT of expensive do-overs in the production of this show.

[@ASNS117Zero]

This is what people need to understand better. With the sheer cost of these shows, there's simply no way money laundering isn't involved here.

[@Daniel-hm8xq]

7:30 Nah fam, I'm not watching the rest of this season until it's over. Not giving Disney the weekly view count. This show deserves to lose 80% of its audience next week.

[@420Pugilist]

I wouldn't be surprised at all if a large portion of the budget went to lining the pockets of access media critics too

[@mikepinkman5788]

Tru 😂😂

[@theonlysaj61]

The majority of the audience is universally rejecting this project. They can no longer hide behind name-calling when it’s tens of millions of people now. Star Wars is going to be forced to address their shortcomings, or fully cater to the tourists, which will ultimately fully kill the brand within five years - it just makes me sad to see something I love so much being tarnished in such a way.

[@zeppelincraft1443]

Literally, nobody gives a damn about sexual fantasies composed by a 1% minority masquarading as being opressed when they are probably just colossal hedonists. 99% of the population cannot relate to that and its so unproductive. Like dream on about a "menless society". It's not going to happen.

[@bkkarma178]

Well put ty x

[@JH-ef6xc]

I agree with everything you said, except … this isn’t tarnishing Star Wars. It is destroying it. F-Disney.

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

They have to address their shortcomings, their disrespect and their insults toward Star Wars, George and the fans

[@bkkarma178]

@@JH-ef6xc Agree next Episode is make or Brake

[@cacophonic7]

I would pay to see Dave Filoni’s honest explanations to Theory’s concerns in this video, with him being the “mentor” to Headland and the others inspiration for the witches themselves.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

"Shut up, you bigots." -most likely

[@revengeofthesith.]

Hopefully theory realizes eventually that Dave is just as bad as the lot of them

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

A channel named “sheev talks“ has some videos about Dave Filoni, who used to be his personal hero. Needless to say, he has changed his mind about Dave.

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

@@revengeofthesith. Unfortunately true.

[@PepeToTheMooon]

The audience reaction is instant laughter, denial, more laughter, followed by “what did I just watch”.

[@reggaesurvivor251]

i actually bursted into laughter couple of times.. oh man

[@MusicAddict971]

That's so not true, it's very 50/50... Your just subbed to a channel of people that aren't big fans of abytning Disney put out live action wise. I've spoken to plenty who are enjoying the show, including me.

[@MusicAddict971]

Is it perfect? No. Is the dialogue a bit cringe at times? Yes. But SO WAS GEORGE LUCAS STAR WARS. It's not new to disney in the slightest, yet no one will let abytning slide now. Are you seriously trying to tell me the dialogue in this, is even close to now bad the dialogue in attack of the clones is? ( I love George Lucas star wars and attack of the clones, because I can easily look past it ) That seems to of gone out of the window now...

[@reggaesurvivor251]

@@MusicAddict971 hey man heads up that you are enjoying it. and i would love to know why you like it

[@PepeToTheMooon]

@@MusicAddict971 go to any Star Wars official account. It’s definitely not 50/50. Glad you like it, but try to be in reality, at least. The audience score says it all.

[@bri_____]

Whether it's star wars, the lord of the rings, or marvel. These maniacs don't "misunderstand" the lore. They actively despise it, and the people who love it.

[@MiyaSamaCo]

I think you know that it's all about connections and cronyism, not talent.

[@griffredux9966]

Toss Star Trek into that as well :/

[@Tyszkers]

Read about Cultural Marxism Vs The Western World you will understand many things

[@nothing-to7iy]

I have always conteted Rian Johnson not only hates Star Wars, bought thought he was bigger and better and that Star Wars was lucky to have him and not the opposite.

[@sokit2em]

they basically hijack popular franchises to push their political agenda because if they tried to create their own, nobody would watch

[@R463R]

I love the way Disney is posting Acolyte clips on Instagram incessantly, so I can immediately run to the comment section.

[@knightfallnoir699]

I’m glad I decided to refrain from watching this.

[@Man_fay_the_Bru]

You should, it’s hilarious

[@AGoodLaDD17]

​@Man_fay_the_Bru Nah, better off not even wasting our time, or giving that dumpster fire viewership

[@trevinormandy14520]

I might have to go and watch the third episode when the full series is over because I can’t deal with this shit

[@Shortdawg04]

I watched one ☝️ and I was done 😂

[@knightfallnoir699]

@@Man_fay_the_Bru I mean the show lmao not theory haha. Love our boi

[@sportsnet1997]

As Angry Joe said: "When the Jedi said "we would like to test the children....WITH YOUR PERMISSION"....why didn't the witches just say "NO"??"

[@chriswihulu]

Legit facepalm moment, just makes no sense, that they wrote this story and everything that goes in it and no one spoke up saying "does this make sense?"

[@manoz6194]

Because the "Jedi have a right" you see lol

[@YotaCaveGarage]

Cartman as K.K. : "Make it more lame!!"

[@dabalolaa]

Imagine they gave this budget instead to the studio that made godzilla minus one

[@QurikyBark32919]

They didn’t even need it. Masters of their craft, actual writers, talented actors.

[@Geekezf]

It sad to say but The bigger the budget, the less creativity there's. One of the best movies ever made (the god father) only cost 6 millions USD (or 44 million of today wich, in today standards is a small budget)

[@shapshapshapshap2829]

Honestly the amount of budget for a movie doesn’t really matter if you don’t know how to spend it, something which the directors of Minus One clearly knew and used to enhance their artistic craft while so often directors with budgets in the 100 million range typically just use it disguise their lack of talent

[@blopp6240]

​@@shapshapshapshap2829talent in film industry is at all time low. It's embarrassing

[@diiii_mond]

As the first comment said they didn’t need it and neither did The Creator.

[@gh9460]

"I felt a great disturbance in the force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly accused of ists and phobes. I feel something terrible has happened."

[@musical_lolu4811]

What force?

[@mightydigebuge]

not millions... billions... Oh w8, probably not that many people watched it or care anymore =)

[@paulwitrock8411]

Underrated comment

[@DakPrescottlol]

The Yoda laughing, was the best part of this entire video.. lmao

[@Keverember]

Bob Iger has fulfilled his promise to preserve George Lucas’ legacy. There’s nothing that could forever make us love and respect George more than the crap Disney has churned out without him.

[@Alpha_bit_co_isa_terror_org]

Boomers should be ashamed of how they bullied that sweet autistic man for daring to give them more of his wonderful stories. Now look what they have wrought and recall every time you hear one of these people say there's only 3 films.

[@chriswihulu]

The prequel trilogy is honestly a gem in comparison at this point.

[@fenris6051]

haha very funny, in reality Lucas made two great SW movies and a good one, everything else SW under Lucas was trash, and he has made the OT worse over time, I don't know a single person that likes the special editions more than the original theatrical releases. He also produced crap like Red Tails where white fighter pilots were shamed and black pilots glorified, yeah that is right a woke movie in 2012. You can also thank Lucas for all the over the top silliness in Indiana Jones 4 which he exec produced and he was also exec produced Indy 5. Oh and by the way you can thank him for Katherine Kennedy as well. Lucas destroyed his own legacy and if I see Lucas being involved with something I see it as a major red flag!

[@Aikurisu]

@@fenris6051 Let's not forget he also gave special allowances to Filoni, to steer the franchise as he saw fit. And look how that turned out...

[@fenris6051]

@@Aikurisu - haha yes, and Lucas gave us Jar Jar Binks too, so ffs can people just stop simp'ing over Lucas already...

[@MikeyMikeHq]

The power of one, the power of two , the Power of Money !!!

[@gasparcorrealeitao5607]

What money brother? The profit will be ridiculus,they are more concern in to do gay agenda than earn money😢

[@drustit2209]

Fire on bricks: I’m the most powerful fire ever. Fire in space: am I a joke to you?

[@corbind.collectibles919]

ALL OF US owe Ahmad Best AKA Jar Jar & Jake Lloyd a MONSTER APOLOGY. This shit got SOO BAD y'all forgot you even hated them. Seriously though, big sorry to them.

[@AlexGershom]

Real talk: if you can't see how all y'all bullied george away in the first place and are the root cause of this overtly politically correct stance that disney is taking then you're too far gone to the dark side honestly

[@Alpha_bit_co_isa_terror_org]

I don't, I never attacked them personally for doing their jobs. I liked young Anakin, and... Well.. Ahmad didn't write Jar Jar. Even derpmonger 'Anakin blew up the death star' in this series, it ain't his fault. He probably could play a decent Star Wars character if someone who knew or cared about Star wars was writing it.

[@talaris-uk]

I can’t speak for everyone, but for me I hated the characters NOT the actors. Not apology needed.

[@grandmufftwerkin9037]

The Acolyte isn't even at the level of bad fanfiction.

[@crucialtaunt5717]

they'd have to be fans to write fanfiction.

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

It’s more at the level of the Boys, where it’s anti-something porn

[@dreamawake2670]

It makes Obi wan look like tv gold in comparison.

[@teleportedbreadfor3days]

@@dreamawake2670 I don’t know if Disney Star Wars crap has the right to comparisons like that cause of how perversive they are to Star Wars.

[@Alpha_bit_co_isa_terror_org]

​@@dreamawake2670No, it doesn't and this half baked talking point needs to end. A 0/10 show doesn't make a 2/10 show any better. They're both terrible.

[@v8matey]

In an alternate universe we could be watching a Shadows of the Empire tv show that is true to the source material, where George lucas never sold the rights to Disney.

[@paulmualdeave5063]

Two problems: Ep 3 shows the Jedi Master had no reason to take the poison, much less be in a self-induced force-coma for years. The Evil Twin had no reason to kill the Jedi. There is no continuity between the first two episodes and the third.

[@FFFFPPPP]

There are reasons. They will show what really happened in a future episode. It was obvious based on what was happening in the background that the Jedi were there and either caused or accidentally caused the death of the coven as well as that massive explosion which had nothing to do with the original fire. Sol came out of nowhere during this scene so obviously the Jedi were there and they probably got into it with Darth Maulette. Maulette was not amongst the bodies so I guarantee you she is zipper mouth McGee with the red saber. She has to be or the potion guy.

[@MichaelLeeHoward]

hmmm... it is almost like t hey are telling a story and have 5 more episodes to go to wrap up the story.

[@crekone92]

Star Wars fans need to be taken by the hand again to understand anything. They want the story wrapped up in the first ten seconds of Episode 1.

[@Blimbus-Blombo]

It’s obviously not a reliable narrative. Like I don’t have any hope for them to write a 5 star series but it’s even obvious from their mediocre writing that this is supposed to be from OSHAs perspective and not reliable.

[@muzien87]

@@FFFFPPPP all of you are defending REALLY SHITTY story telling. if that is the case, which i kind of think you are right tbh, but if this is the case then there should have been some hint, some bread crumb but instead they presented it in such a way that makes it out to be this is all we will see. good story telling doesnt leave people having to defend what "might" be told in the future because neither you or i know 100% sure...wouldnt it be wild if it never is explained and what we saw is what the truth is.

[@ScytheNoire]

There is a Hollywood trend when it comes to writers and existing IP. They want to re-write the popular works of others, ignoring the lore and history of what came before. Star Wars, The Witcher, Lord of the Rings, Halo,... horrible writing, all of them. The Last of Us, Fallout, Arcane, The Witcher video games. Respect the original material.

[@MyLilPwny43]

wait on last of us season 2 before saying that

[@theemperorcharlemagne]

It’s a trend of the synagogue of satan. These false jews do this with history as well.

[@awesomeblossom2417]

most folks going into these professions are gay as f. We love your art, but don't push your ideology down our throats.

[@jonSLAYR]

Fallout was solid

[@adronator]

⁠@@jonSLAYR And that’s with a female lead and black character. Goes to show how everyone respects good writing and staying true to the lore.

[@tomfox9083]

I love your idea about what you said about making your own with the characters that Mark the checkboxes and you’re gonna write circles around them. I will support that all day.

[@ImNotPotus]

REMEMBER ONLY YOU CAN PREVENT FORTRESS FIRES!!!!!!!!!

[@SecondBreakfastAndThreeH-zo3jp]

It’s like they turned 2 Girls and 1 Cup into a series.🥴😂

[@DevonRussell-ky6dz]

fucking legendary comment!

[@ultrashadow9551]

Lol

[@rodrigotm1461]

Ahahahahaha!!!!

[@ansemthetrueseekerofdarkne2730]

Three Souls One Body

[@dereklopez9060]

Lmao, I'm dead.

[@MasterIceyy]

As an aspiring director myself, shows like the acolyte give me hope that one day, I too can be a hollywood director trusted with multiple hundreds of millions of dollars

[@darthxellaa912]

Yoda explaining the Force always gives me chills. Now that's good writing, music, etc.

[@talaris-uk]

The magic of cinema that once was

[@jravage77]

The writer broke Stars Wars to make it all about her life or rather a victimized fantasy version of her life.

[@LarryJL]

Wow what an original take and totally not repeating what was said in the video just to jump on a hatred bandwagon!

[@waddleburr8048]

@@LarryJL ain't no way you are defending the acolyte.

[@LarryJL]

@@waddleburr8048 People are just jumping on a hate bandwagon. The frame of the door was clearly made of wood. I just rewatched the scene. Also the mountain wasn't on fire. The stuff (i guess the buildings) at the bottom was an 2 openings in the walls. Also clearly the fire that Mae started was not the main problem that night. Pretty obvious that Torbin & Co or someone else did something. Why wouldn't a small covenant have their own weird ideas about the force? It doesn't mean they're right. Maybe she lied about there not being a father? These complaints at this point are just lazy unbiased bandwagoning. Yeah the show isn't great, but this is just excessive.

[@Podemeister]

Seems that way. And even leaving aside all the boring culture war crap (this channel often the other side of the same coin shared by the likes of Headland), it's just terribly written, directed, produced, paced, plotted, acted...... it's bad TV in every way possible. An indulgence. Filoni, Kennedy... sorry, I know this channel and others are absolute Filoni shills, but he is very much part of the problem. SW desperately needs some adults in the room when it comes to creating and greenlighting this stuff.

[@wolfrex7567]

@@LarryJLget off the internet Karen

[@ShinSplinter]

The fire burning in space from the first episode, foreshadows what it can do to bricks.

[@Tartarus599]

They hire people who don’t want to follow George’s vision on purpose

[@jasonbenedetti5499]

Just throwing out there that Kathleen Kennedy was working under George at Lucasfilm before he sold to Disney, and ascended to her position after with his blessing.

[@ass640]

@@jasonbenedetti5499 She did not have the power she has now, that's the point.

[@Otakahunt]

@@jasonbenedetti5499 Men arent the only ones capable of years of deception and plotting.

[@davidwebb1428]

@@jasonbenedetti5499 Just throwing out there, Chancellor Palpatine was a Senator of the republic who said he loved the republic and democracy and worked with the Jedi and ascended to his position with the cheers and blessings of the people. Moral of the story, extend your hand in friendship with a smile on your face so you can plunge the dagger in deeper.

[@TheTruMan196]

@@davidwebb1428 perfect rebuttal 😂 Love it

[@its23skidu]

Yoda: "Do or do not, there is no try." Still hits...

[@Alpha_bit_co_isa_terror_org]

Iconic, timeless cinema. Thank you George for all that you gave us, you deserve your bag as much as anyone.

[@DemetriDarakos-ip3wc]

Everyone watching this episode: How could this episode get any worse… 2 seconds later: then I’ll kill you Also everyone: wtf

[@Nairb1007]

Maybe they should hire Ryan Johnson to direct the ACKolyte movie? Give the twins a dad, kill off a main character or two, have the main character quit the force and become a speeder salesman on Kanto and get into gambling debt.

[@EmongTheFew]

More vegan alien blue cow milk LOL

[@ShowLSWH]

Bloody brilliant mate. I'd trademark this before Disney steals it.

[@FormulaZyn]

ACK

[@swa7169]

The big reveal: "Mother, you're alive!" "Too bad, YOU...will die!"

[@PhillipCalvin627]

Annihilation'd

[@LARGO125]

This director: "From my point of view the Jedi are evil!" SW Fandom: "THEN YOU ARE LOST!"

[@ihavethehighground732]

Not only did they ruin Luke but they have also ruined Anakin. Power to the Woke I suppose lol.

[@Rickydiculus]

But Anakin blew up the death star ..

[@VideosGalacticos]

They've ruined Anakin since the time they brought Palpatine back

[@jasonmoore7223]

​@VideosGalacticos right. Ruined his whole arc

[@ihavethehighground732]

@@VideosGalacticos Yes I suppose but even more so now to the point you don’t even dwell on that.

[@yeti1682]

​@@VideosGalacticos ???? How so Palpatine always had the clone himself plan?

[@trent_pearson]

That clip from Empire Srikes Back is better at explaining the force than anything than “new Star Wars” ever could do.

[@emeraldsayles8025]

R.I.P Star Wars 1977-2012

[@R463R]

*A large piece of me died that day.* I had just finished reading every last book from the Expanded Universe (~185+ novels), owned & read every Dark Horse Graphic Novel & Omnibus ever released, and had thoroughly picked clean of detailed, pre-established lore through the decades from every single reference book ever released, and I actively kept up on purchasing every new Dark Horse Comic released each month. After the release of “The Rise of Skywalker”, I lost all hope. I tried as hard as I could, but they are just so terrible compared to everything released up until 2012, I could find no redeeming qualities to remain actively engaged in my devotion to knowing every single aspect of the entire 25k+ thousand year storyline. I lost all interest in learning about the events leading up to the Sequel Trilogy, or any continuation of the storyline set after their conclusion. I sold off my entire Star Wars print media collection in despair. Two completely filled to the brim 6-Shelf bookcases, and multiple boxes full of comic books with absolutely nothing, but Star Wars Lore. All thrown out the window as non-Canon, along with the total, complete, and utter destruction of my childhood. The only piece I have remaining is a Dark Horse Graphic Novel release of the canonized story arc from Clone Wars called “The Son of Dathomir”. Even then, it was only because the resale shop would give me pennies¢ for it. Then it was rereleased by Marvel, and is worth just as much. I know all I have said sounds overly dramatic, but Star Wars was all I had growing up as a means of escape from the world. I have never been so invested into knowing something by researching every single detail over the course of decades as completely as I did with Star Wars in my entire life. I probably never will be again. 😢

[@svenstefansson4022]

Been 12 years damn

[@gehrigstory6674]

What about the last bits of Legends content that came out between 2012, and 2014? Are they not considered Star Wars?

[@svenstefansson4022]

@@gehrigstory6674 Like Star Wars Legacy, of one of the best SW ever made

[@gehrigstory6674]

@@svenstefansson4022 Or, Crucible, and Dawn of The Jedi: Into The Void? If Star Wars died in 2012, then those books (Published in 2013) should be zombie books! Also, I go with the belief that May, 1977 wasn't the birth of Star Wars. Rather, November, 1976 is (Because The Novelization for A New Hope came out six months before the movie).

[@RazSkull673]

I would like to add that Star Wars does not work without EVIL. Nothing Disney does feels EVIL enough to give a shit about. In other words, in order for good to prevail we need some serious challenges and Disney keeps throwing soft balls. The only things Disney has done which were respectable were Rogue One, Andor, and parts of the Mandolorian. Bobafet could have been amazing and they chastised any balls the character could have had. The Mandalorian should have remained a bounty hunter for a much longer time.

[@OrangeyTangerine]

I think you might have hit the nail on the head on what I was thinking and couldn't really explain. They've done exactly what I thought they would do the first time I heard Star Wars was gonna be sold to disney, which was the disneyfication of Star Wars.

[@_Asvaria]

She and Old Republic? SHE AND OLD REPUBLIC? Oh hell nah, keep this woman AWAY from by boy Revan. I’ll protect, attack, scratch, even bite if I must - take your cringe hands from my dear boy. I liked how Force was seen in originals, sequels, clone wars, hell even books - like, you could feel a connection with a Force in different ways, like some Jedi felt it like a music, some like waves, even vibrations, but don’t miss the main point - It doesn’t change what Force is, it will always be the same thing, you just feel it a bit different. Their interpretation has absolutely no sense 😂

[@theredroadofthegamer3716]

Gotta thank the Acolyte for turning anything before it into good shows and the prequels into absolute masterpieces.

[@PaulusAlone]

That prequel hate was never truly justified though and kinda became an edgy meme for those wanting to be different to new kids who grew up with the prequels as their Star Wars. But that meme led to some idiots raging so hard against George Lucas that he sold his creation to Disney and these same idiots were on the internet at the time saying this was a GOOD THING and that Star Wars would be SAVED by Disney. That attitude lasted up until The Last Jedi dropped and the meaning of “beware of getting what you wish for came home to roost!

[@miloaqutic357mag8]

I mean Leslie was harvy Weinstein's personal assistant and defended her boss when all the allegations coming out abot him were proven true so.

[@Jadty]

Oy! Stop remembering!

[@emreeren13]

Seeing how Tolkien and Star Wars fans giving each other the support they need warms my heart. The patience and team work pays off folks.

[@Gileum]

They put so much effort into THE MESSAGE, but the only message anyone is getting is that they can't write

[@Mr.PR2000]

Lol!!!

[@Yiladan]

I support your rebellion. Its time we take back star wars

[@FelixzWrath82]

Got a couple billion laying around? Cause short of buying it back from Disney, nothing is going to change

[@ggggg77273]

Why? It's been almost half a fucking century. Why not just let things go and move on? Watch something else. Read a book you haven't before. Literally anything but MORE Star Wars. This garbage will continue to flow until we put our toys away.

[@Alpha_bit_co_isa_terror_org]

​@@FelixzWrath82I'd rather burn it to the ground than watch these corporate slop peddlers continue to masquerade around in the skin suit made from my old friend.

[@ControllerSupported]

I’ve been watching this channel amongst others as it’s relevant to content that I truly love being destroyed by current developers and titans of the industry. This channel has encouraged me to watch the original 3 movies, and working on the 3 prequels from early 2000s. Btw, I’m 39, so this is long overdue. This past weekend I binged on all of it and I truly love this series now. It’s a shame what’s going on with the franchise. Keep up the good work, and passion. Thanks.

[@legoteenbuilder]

acolyte episode 3 makes madam web and morbius look like masterpieces That’s not how the force works - Han Solo

[@Redtaperacer]

It's Morbing time....:)

[@boutstaxx]

I couldn’t even watch Madam Webbe I gave it a good 15 minutes before I cut it off

[@blopp6240]

​@@boutstaxxproud to say that I never watched morbious and madame web but I must admit that I put morbious after work and got 10 minutes in before falling asleep. Never gave it a proper chance but don't feel a need to

[@Redtaperacer]

@@boutstaxx You didn't miss much, she Webbed over everything.

[@captaindan3456]

By now we should all know, THE MESSAGE comes first and the story comes DEAD LAST.

[@Gillymonster18]

Bold of you to assume “story” is on the list at all.

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

The Message comes first because The Idea is to piss off The People who will vote for The Idiot who will give The Executives a nice tax break come January 20.

[@bogosbinted1]

I hated the fact they're putting LGBT in star wars

[@SkylerE]

But are any of us surprised at this point? It’s Disney. It was bound to happen

[@mrchainsaw8320]

Got chills listening to Yoda describe the force to Luke in just that one clip you showed. So much weight and meaning. Almost like it was real in our reality. Felt confused and distain when they tried to explain it as a “thread”. Why do they have to ruin everything.

[@stilldisorder]

I'm an overweight brown dude. That hasn't stopped me from relating to well-written characters. I've never needed to see a specific demographic on screen to be able to enjoy and profoundly relate with what I'm seeing. This is a proven fact that creatives who chase "the modern audience" will never understand.

[@jons.4918]

What Disney has created is people doing their research before watching their garbage.

[@maltelarsen124]

Disney: our writing have doubled since the last time we met, Fans: twice the price double the fall.

[@petew.7870]

Makes The Last Jedi an absolute classic

[@andrewlevin6331]

Nah, TlJ is still worse

[@Perkele_foxtrot_oscar_bravo]

​@@andrewlevin6331wrong. It didn't ruin EVERY single thing established in 30 minutes. Both are shit but this.... this is fucking waaay worse.

[@NC-cf7kl]

​@@andrewlevin6331no, I might be a TLJ supporter as well as a sequel hater, but no one can say this is better than tlj. I haye what they did with Luke, but I hate EVERYTHING this show has done. It's god awful. I will say it's on the same level of dogshit as tros

[@undiscoveredtruths4175]

​@@andrewlevin6331 naw last jedi better

[@jakebirdinaz]

The acolyte is adding depth to the sequels.

[@chrxs61632]

Anyone defending this show in these comments….. get help

[@VikingGaming617]

Identical twins, but not as children has to be the funniest thing I’ve ever seen in any film or television complete idiocy.

[@VengeanceN7]

I could barely pay attention to the kids , was too perplexed by the adults over acting and that they even put the kids in the same exact outfits all the time, that alone was reason for the Jedi to come and take the kids let's be honest. A Padawan gets to have a choice of clothing, a knight has a choice and a uniform

[@Stegibbon]

Just a full episode of flashback in episode 3 is horrible structure for a series. All the good series give snippets at most and the best series elude the past events without spelling them out completely. Nevermind the content, the decisions on structure make the series bad by themself.

[@VengeanceN7]

@@Stegibbon who are we even seeing that from the perspective of, the Jedi sister I guess, but why not have a scene where either Sol or Jyord and Osha as the frameing and starting point.

[@uJemai]

How about an open space camp fire? By space I mean not on a planet with atmosphere.

[@Stegibbon]

@@uJemai I've never looked to star wars for scientific accuracy, there's plenty of other things to pick up on.

[@stopdroproll7258]

Vader to Luke on Bespin: "If you only knew the power of 1, the power of 2 and the power of many!"

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

And if he sang it, I would literally die!

[@DarthMasiah]

😄

[@MrRobot1984]

Apathy. I can’t even get the energy to be angry anymore. I had hope that they could pull out of this nose dive and was angry watching it repeatedly get worse only to now realize it’s already crashed and I’ve just been yelling at the burning wreckage. All I can do is focus on the victories of the past and look for other interests while walking away as Star Wars burns itself to ashes.

[@greendusk93]

I feel like Leslye only watched the "there was no father" scene and watched nothing else.

[@blopp6240]

Nah, she saw few tik tok videos before taking on the project

[@Howlingburd19]

“Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is… doing the exact... same f**king thing... over and over again expecting... sh*t to change...”

[@bls13thmember]

Even if you seperate the story and say it’s not Star Wars, it’s horrid writing, crap execution, and contradicts itself at times. Now put Star Wars back into the equation and it shows how clueless anyone writing for star wars has become. How is this passible to anyone let alone Disney executives?

[@O1OO1O1]

Capitalism. Ever worked in a bad company? Then you know how it's possible.

[@ryanbartz7776]

The problem is that Disney is writing based on the LGBTQ community… they could care less about Star Wars lore… if Star Wars Theory wrote a story and casted Blaire White as the main character it would be good cause he cares about story and lore…

[@RhythmPlanetMusic]

Lol.. wtf does plain bad writing have to do with lgbtq? 😂 it's just bad.. no homophobia necessary.

[@Vilgax00]

Which is bad. Since this also hurts the reputation of non-politicall lgbtq characters.

[@TK421Collectibles]

*they *couldn’t* care less about Star Wars lore

[@Tumorcoach]

@@swooshie4749not at all what a smooth brain comment

[@andreix123]

@@RhythmPlanetMusic Saying they're writing based on the LGBTQ people Is homophobia? Christ, grow up

[@retro_gamer8587]

Not just clean house for Star Wars, but change houses completely. The house of mouse has already killed Star Wars, now they're just pissing on its grave at this point. Maybe Universal, or Paramount. Even WB (If they don't interfere in production) should buy the rights to Star Wars, and bring it back to where it should be. 🤷

[@Lemon-zn8mb]

I feel compelled to share with the community here that the LGBT fans don’t want this ridiculous stuff in SW either. We grew up with these movies just like every fan has. So to the comments that are saying something along the lines of “lgbt ppl wanted this and now look what they’ve done!” Or the comments that say “lgbt ppl don’t even watch Star Wars!” are inaccurate. We’re normal people too. It’s the evil corporate overlords that are annoyingly throwing the “gay card” everywhere and it’s all entirely performative bantha poodoo. Most of my lgbt friends have already abandoned Star Wars because the disingenuous pandering is nothing but salt in the wound that’s already there from consistently delivering poor quality content. Peace, knowledge, and serenity fellow nerds

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

I think people mean the activist LGBTs want content like this. Not normal Star Wars fans who want a good story. The activists don't seem to actually watch it either. They just seem to approve of the concept. That is what I discovered with She hulk and feminists. They were really glad a female superhero was "taking up space in a male-dominated world" but nobody has a favorite episode or favorite character, favorite dialogue, etc. "Just enjoying fanboy tears haha." 🙄 They didn't seem to notice that fanboys were making fun of She hulk episodes, which was a lot more entertaining than the show lol 🖖

[@nickrosasjz]

The witchcraft singing scene was the cherry on top for me

[@scorptarget]

Same 😂😂

[@Blimbus-Blombo]

Yeah I have friends who are legitimate witches and Wiccan…. The “manic” laughing was cringy 😬

[@dreamawake2670]

It was very feminist and brave, they like mentally insane stunts/behavior.

[@Alpha_bit_co_isa_terror_org]

​@@Blimbus-Blombo"legitimate witches" 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 🤔🤔🤔

[@Blimbus-Blombo]

@@Alpha_bit_co_isa_terror_org yeah- people who take it seriously, just like any religion.

[@Umahn]

This is what happens when you cater to remember, their version of Pandering, Inclusiveness, Political ideologies, and what they believe is the "correct way." Not only has it contaminated Star Wars (I saw this years ago, and called it before it was going to take place, and look at where we are now), but other things like Tolkiens work, with Amazons The Rings of Power, Star Trek, Dr. Who, the M-She-U...oh wait..MCU. It just doesn't end there, but even video games now have become completely tainted by their nonsense with the demanding of inclusiveness and their ideals, and it's gotten so bad, that they are now directly attacking Eastern gaming companies because they do not pander or accept their "inclusiveness" into their games. Examples are games like Elden Ring, Stellar Blade, and now Wukong which is being extortioned by these same people with their agendas like Sweet Baby Inc, etc. Arguably my favorite fighting game (or game period) of all time is Street Fighter, and in Street Fighter 6, even Capcom pandered to these individuals to ask what they wanted in the game and they said "We want a strong, and powerful woman"...despite the fact that Chun-Li, Cammy, Sakura, Karen, R. Mika, Elena, Ibuki, Juri, Menat, Rose, Laura etc, etc all exist in SF...what they "meant" was that they wanted a "Man-Woman" who was "female" but with a physique that was completely masculine in the game, because the other females were too "feminine" to be considered strong and powerful. As for Disney, it is filled and flooded with it, and I even called it years before, by giving the warning that they are going to make characters insufferable, they are going to try and race swap, or in their eyes "Black people" is what makes it diverse (even as an Asian, I'm not considered diverse enough for these people) and will shove it all down our faces again, and again. They have not only destroyed Star Wars, but all of Lucas's franchise series, and moreover, even destroyed their 100th Year Anniversary Movie, Wish, which from all those who originally worked on it BEFORE it was ruined by these activists was something completely different. Everything I said back in 2016, 2017 onward has been proven 100% right with the direction that they were going to go down (Make "strong powerful" insufferable women leads, make these women masculine, while degrading feminine qualities, adding diversity for the sake of diversity and even when it's not even canon to lore, destroying and demasculating men, etc), with everything that has been released, and pushed out into our faces. Only thing I disagree with Theory on is that the negative attention has not helped The Acolyte, in fact it's the Least Watched Star Wars on Disney + for all time, I believe it's either 13% or 17% watched only by those who own Disney+. Be WARNED, the next episode if the leaks are true will now start pushing "gender terms" into the Star Wars universe, so this isn't over yet. The entire train wreck that is The Acolyte is far from over, and until Kathleen Kennedy, and her entire group of political activists and Bob Iger are all gone, this will continue to drown Disney into the abyss...and honestly, I'm loving it. Let them kill themselves from within, and I'm happy to start seeing people finally uniting together to say "We've had enough!" Thank Goodness I quit watching anything Disney Star Wars a long while back, and do not plan to return until it's actually, you know...Star Wars again. "May the REAL Force be with you all!"

[@Piratequeen010156]

It never ceases to amaze me with how a multi-billion dollar company cannot hire genuinely good writers who know their content. Dune was able to do it and it came out beautifully- no hidden agendas, the acting, CGI, dialogue and world was astounding while sticking closely to the source material and respecting it. Disney has so much money, I don't think they care about losing profits, I think they only care about pushing an agenda and hiring people due to inclusivity instead of skill.

[@erickillian313]

Boggles the mind to think about. Even hiring a screenwriter-channel youtuber that breaks down why some content is good and other ho-hum or horrible would have improved this for $100, much less than 180b

[@ishhodcollins5220]

The writers are too young, or under educated on the source materiel. It's actually very simple. Kids young enough to be my kids , now writing on the fly with little back or for-knowledge... same with Doctor who.... I'm right. Fight me. Watched all of it from the 80s....

[@doomsdayrabbit4398]

​@@ishhodcollins5220It's not even that they're too young. It's that they're given a directive by their bosses and don't question it. If they're "true believers" in progressive causes or willing to say whatever for the money, it doesn't occur to them that the big bosses are using them to make progressive causes *look bad* so that the birthday clown gets reelected and gives them another tax break.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

Nope there definitely was a hidden agenda with dune. They were pushing woke politics because they made Chani a girlboss. She's not like that in the books at all

[@Jadty]

Cool it with the antisemitic remarks.

[@MarcWeavers]

acolyte series witch: "the force is a thread to pluck on and manipulate" everyone else: "you are entitled to your opinion, except when you are plain wrong" :D

[@JJ-fb4ud]

I don't know you anymore! Disney... you're breaking my heart! You're going down a path I can't follow! Disney

[@three_mr_three]

I have always been a Star Wars fan, and no matter how many bad shows and movies Disney makes, I will always be a Star Wars fan. And I’m glad that many people feel the same way

[@jpkenny8205]

This show is just the most expensive therapy session ever! 😂

[@thiagooliveira5235]

It's just hilarious how she says "Star Wars changed my life", and one second later she's changing the entire foundation of the franchise, changing the very thing that was "so important" to make her a fan.

[@kumikohirasawa8126]

The sinking into your chair got me good 😂😂 this look on your face like please just shoot me with a blaster and get it over with! lol 😂

[@Muh_laki]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen a show that makes me wanna instantly turn off my tv the first few minutes I get into it😭😭

[@dreamawake2670]

But the power of the one, and thew two of the mannnnnnnnnnnnyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

[@Ratchies]

Theory pushing back against the hate accusations at 12:47 onwards seriously gave me chills. So well said for all of us suddenly waking up to what's happening.

[@overlydorkishdude8400]

I love how people say STAR WARS theory hates SW when he named his channel after it, made 100 videos about it, has a room surrounded by Star Wars, made the most recognized SW fan fiction and is making lightsabers. Like yeah he sure does hate Star Wars

[@mister-x2]

If Leslie gets her paws on Kreia I'm gonna twist my neck Peter Griffin style.

[@bobsap1723]

Kotor 1 & 2 were a masterpiece of stories … my heart would explode if they did that wrong 🤣

[@jon8234]

This is why I watch Theory, he's able to articulate most of the fans' sentiments without putting anyone else down or being afraid of anything 'woke' like all the twitter 'fans'

[@Gabedudley1]

Yea i like watching sell outs who let stsr wars turn into this

[@chrispygoatsman2199]

You worded the part about "going over George lucas" really weird, but I totally understand.

[@Mr.NoodleHair]

They literally explained the magic system from Wheel of Time and the way they "weave threads" to make magic happen.

[@troylight1750]

The first Star Wars show I refused to watch...AT...ALL. And I'm so glad I stuck to my guns.

[@ngabel8956]

The Acolyte has such disdain for Star Wars. Let's make the Jedi immoral, what an original idea. They were the guardians of peace and justice for over a thousand generations. Yet nobody ever said they were perfect. The PT explored their flaws with actual earnestly. Even in the OT they're flawed: Yoda and Obi-Wan lie to Luke about his father and ask him to abandon his friends. The Acolyte has the Jedi going around mind graping people (unless it would actually be beneficial to the plot), allowing innocent bystanders to be threatened, stalking children and starting conflict to abduct them, and acting generally as bumbling idiots whom fail to capture a girl while she is surrounded, fail to keep prisoners in custody, fail to arrest an accomplice to murder, and fail to prevent murders. Creating force sensitives is a huge deal in Star Wars. Anakin's lack of a father was evidence of him being the chosen one. As stupid as the Palpatine's clone storyline is, it took the Empire decades to figure out how to clone him. And he was a Sith Lord and he had the resources of almost the entire galaxy. And it's worse than that. The Acolyte has disdain for the art of story telling. Every conversation is a plain, boring, exposition dump with information the characters should already know. They skip past any opportunity to have nuanced developments. Maybe Squid Game's new padawan is self conscious around Osha, since Osha was his beloved previous padawan. Maybe the other Jedi are still apprehensive about Osha. Even though she's been proven innocent, she's still a civilian interfering in Jedi affairs, continuously acts suspiciously, and could very well have a conflict of interest regarding her twin sister. It is absolutely ridiculous that decades later the twins have the exact same hair styles. It is completely unnecessary to the plot, because all that matters is recognizing her facial features and assuming she got a haircut to disguise herself, as criminals often do. We've visited a few new planets already, and there has been no attempt made to make them visually or culturally distinct. It's always generic market place with enough alien diversity to fill a space port. Osha trusted the Jedi enough to remain on the prison transport, but a few minutes later she's running away from them, and it's when they're her only chance off the ice planet to not freeze to death. They marketed this as a murder mystery, but the first murder happens in the very first scene in the show, and happens before we can establish the world and the characters and build any sort of relationship with them. And then the primary suspect, Osha, is captured in the very next scene! Tracking her downs across an entire galaxy sure was easy. And who cares that she's got an alibi and checking the Trade Federation's logs would prove she never left the ship. By the end of EPISODE ONE, not only have we the audience already discovered the identity of the true killer is Osha's twin sister, but so has Osha discovered this, and the Jedi believe her.

[@sgzlfiregaming9272]

As a wise old retired jedi master once said *"Apathy is death."*

[@larrygarms7230]

This makes the Last Jedi look like the Godfather.

[@MeatSwingKing]

It’s crazy how many people on Reddit trash this guy and I truly don’t understand it. He’s completely right on every account. Star Wars is dead and Disney killed it.

[@johnkalba4056]

When he slides down in his chair with disgust, hilarious!! It’s a real shame honestly what they’ve done to the Star Wars story. I’m all for people that want to tell stories with characters that they can relate to, why don’t they come up with their own stories and their own movies instead of bastardizing movies or stories that are already created .

[@joerents7902]

Not even Grogu/Mando can save Star Wars.

[@TheFlizash]

It'll start in the middle of a pride parade on Onderon.