The Acolyte - Episode 3 - UNLIMITED CRINGE

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

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[@brockdavid]

Derp (Darth) Weinstein and his Woke-colyte Headland cannot k¡ll Star Wars, They can only further erode at Dismay Stonk Wants (Disney Star Wars). The Fandom Menace Strikes Back the Disney Rotten Kingdom and Her Corpo-Shills are terrified, We are what They Fear, these things are akin to the ‘Brotherhood of Darkness’ era of Sith, an embarrassment, we need to go Darth Bane at this particular problem, and torch the House of Mouse, start our own Old Republic, with Black Jack and H••kers!

[@MysticTroll]

The Acolyte is a fine show, I don't know what the big deal is. I'm also in intensive care due to severe head trauma from inhaling too much copium as I fell down the stairs in Blackrock HQ, but that's unrelated.

[@Willrocs]

@@MysticTrolltell us more 😂

[@user-zq6sz2cr6g]

​@@MysticTroll For the first two lines, I thought you were serious. Phew!

[@alanperry8676]

I like the ad insert. Nicely done.

[@RangerRobin0404]

The Acolyte wasn't destroyed by the reviews of one, or the reviews of two, but the reviews of many.

[@bencarlson4300]

(*random witch cackle*)

[@Zellnov21]

Stupid. I hate it. But I'm going to upvote because it's true.

[@pauloa.7609]

eheheh ​@@bencarlson4300

[@thatdarnkitteh]

Maaaaanyyyy 🎶

[@rcarter7935]

(Monkey noises)

[@awesomehpt8938]

Its a strange world when you look forward to watching a review of a bad tv show and not the tv show itself lol

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

The review is better content. LP takes sewer oil and makes a meal.

[@GIBBO4182]

The reviews are actually well written 😂

[@MrsMacLover]

it's been like that for me for a while now.

[@asd35918]

It’s a modern mystery science theater 3000, except in real time and on demand.

[@MrsMacLover]

@@asd35918 well put

[@MrGadfly772]

The Acolyte is a mystery in the sense that She-Hulk was a courtroom drama.

[@LOAF-do2xm]

CUE THA TWERKING‼️

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Perfectly said! 🤣🎯🎯🎯

[@floridamantotherescue4740]

I like to pretend that them-hulk was just a horrible fever dream from that time i had the flu and watched Thor-Ragnarok and fell asleep on the couch with Judge Judy on in the background.

[@elmaxidelsur]

Holy crap that was accurate

[@TheAsphyx666]

It's a mystery in the sense that noone in their right mind understands how it got made.

[@seikkv4371]

"his hairline has quite clearly attempted to flee whatever disaster his eyes have witnessed" This level of poetry is why im here in every video sir.

[@pepsififa3205]

You continuing to call her Occupational Safety and Health Administration in every video is my current favorite running gag anywhere

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

The scary thing is that I’ve now done it so often I can’t *not*. I forgot her actual name the other day.

[@pepsififa3205]

@@TheLittlePlatoon character and show to forget

[@CoolHardLogic]

@@TheLittlePlatoon I'm pretty sure at this point that her name is indeed Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 😆

[@beerkiller]

I thought that was her real name.

[@Inastewpopotogo]

@@TheLittlePlatoon Dont forget about MEI: Maximally Exposed Individual

[@matthewcollins4773]

"The Little Platoon is coming here?" "That is correct. And he is most displeased at your lack of competence." "We shall double down on our nonsense!" "I hope not, showrunner, for your sake. The Little Platoon is not as *forgiving* as I am."

[@thelaughingrouge]

Nice!

[@Chris_Thorndyke]

“Yes my lord.”

[@david7522]

"but my Lord he asks the impossible. I need more competent writers."

[@LouisNothing]

"I find your lack of writing skills disturbing" ~Lord Platoon

[@VaderPopsVicodin10]

_Imperial March_ plays. (Platoon's audience all cheer)

[@LukasJampen]

The Squid game actor is a fantastic actor and seeing him being in this garbage as his first English acting role is a fucking tragedy.

[@RonCondon]

Yeah, he's as also probably the bad guy....smile ren is him

[@cherryfireice8216]

Years ago in a charming movie called the Goodbye Girl a director tells a main character he's so good in a shiite play, he gives him his big break in film. This actor will go far.

[@FredJokamotraye]

It really irritates me if it is true that he learned to speak relatively fluent and understandable English for this role. Whether he's aware of Star Wars' cultural malaise as opposed to the old reputation, similar to how some people somehow still think Disney is an iconic family friendly company as they were 30 years ago. All his scenes he is able to convey complex/nuanced emotions on his face while giving a conflicting or subtle performance in his voice. The scene where he lies to Osha where you can tell he's even trying to convince himself and the guilt is weighing heavy on his face with a mix of true sympathy for the horrible circumstance and a genuine want to comfort a grieving child with the hesitant exasperated nature of his voice. It's bizarre considering the material and the pathetic performances that he's matched with. Like he didn't get the memo that he's not supposed to care and actually attempt to breath life into his character.

[@madquack6449]

He didn’t understand the state of Star Wars or he really desperately needed that paycheck.

[@marcduchamp5512]

First to ruin

[@wrayday7149]

Nothing funnier than a group of people who can magically conceive children from nothing complaining about going extinct.

[@wmd13194]

😂😂😂😂 and nobody else kids. They could magic more kids if they wanted to. Makes no sense just to have two

[@balazsvarga1823]

They couldn't afford Han's grandpa's price for a ride to the nearest sperm bank planet.

[@xanderpiz8770]

Gives a new perspective to the phrase "Force that baby into me."

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

When men get together: Nuclear war plans and xenophobia. When women get together: Believe in magic that doesn't exist, ignore real magic, blame everything else but yourself when everything breaks around you.

[@OG-ProfessorPongo]

It's like pandas, too stupid to reproduce without help 😂

[@huubhartemink2136]

Statler and waldorf: "It's the most consistent show I've ever seen" "Yes, they get worse every week"

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Oh snap, that’s going in the episode 4 video. I love those guys.

[@ppsarrakis]

@@TheLittlePlatoon ep4 was soooo bad,even i as a casual viewer thought the dialogue was TRASH at least ep 3 had a semi interesting set.

[@huubhartemink2136]

@@TheLittlePlatoon I found where it's from. You should be able to find it by looking up the muppet labs - automatic waste bin clip, it's right after that!

[@hue_jazz59]

​@ppsarrakis if ur here ur probably not that casual anymore

[@ppsarrakis]

@@hue_jazz59 no im a star wars fan,but im casual on how to critic the movies like i get distracted by the flashy stuff to ignore bad acting and stuff but on this one i just couldnt ignore it...

[@jacey320]

Its obvious the Jedi had been secretly sneaking into the fortress for the last several hundred years, so they could stealthily replace all the stone masonry with bakelite and pine resin

[@alexhayden219]

"Patience you must have, my young Padawan. Have patience and all will be replaced."

[@professorexposition9768]

Osha wanted to get out of the witch's mountain compound because it wasn't up to OSHA's standards. Mainly the fire hazard.

[@lefteron6804]

Honestly, what kind of witchcraft did they use to make a stone cave this flammable.

[@harryflashman4542]

@@lefteron6804 cow farts.

[@greebj]

Physics is just a point of view

[@lefteron6804]

@@greebj Newton killed an entire deathstar.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

No fire escapes.

[@Serph2006]

"Is it possible to learn this cringe.." "not from a jedi.."

[@jesustyronechrist2330]

100% the writers room was just filled with exchanges like: - "Oh my gosh! Yaaaas! That's great! You're just a good writer! You're so badass, look at you! Now completely ignoring that, here's what I kinda wrote down. Now it's super bad, so please don't be too mad!!" - "Noooo! You are to talented! You are such a strong and brave writer!"

[@liamrichardson6830]

​@@jesustyronechrist2330I can hear their valley girl voices saying this in-between sips of whatever bullshit name of their overpiced coffee is.

[@footthumb]

Visions is a ‘What If…’ style series where different animation studios are allowed to do whatever they wish in whatever style they want with the Star Wars universe. No rules, no canon restrictions, just pure creative imagination. Not a single one of those Vision episodes are currently considered canon in the Star Wars universe as far as I’m aware. That’s why no one had a problem with it: no one thought they were canon.

[@MajorSmurf]

Honestly I think the only reason Disney let them have free rein and allowed to do anything is because if these studios were constricted by canon and were allowed to make canon stories. They would inevitably make stories within the Star wars universe better than anything Disney has put out. Don't forget how much praise Trigger who did the twins story in visions got for their Cyberpunk story. They can do it and they would make it look easy.

[@MrAweeze]

"You will not take canon from me!" "Your anger and your lust for power have already done that."

[@Ramsey276one]

And Sith la Sith was AWESOME XD

[@michaelloomis711]

Every episode of visions is superior to this show!

[@haku8135]

That chick got roasted in her comment section for thinking it was canon.

[@jimmydasani8922]

The Acolyte is literally SO BAD were referencing scenes from Phantom Menace to show good writing and dialogue vs horrifically bad writing

[@TheKnightOf0]

Visions is not CANON. Disney even said so. They’re just stories that get to use Star Wars as a playground and experiment with different animation styles.

[@ddhurry4168]

Exactly, the whole purpose of visions is to explore transporting a story idea to the the star wars universe in a sandbox and enjoying what that mix might make....totally outside Canon...it's not a complicated concept.

[@alexhayden219]

It's "Do whatever dumbass _or cool_ ridiculous anime thing you want that somewhat resembles Star Wars."

[@jimbelaco4]

I actually kind of like the idea of there being many religious cults attempting to grasp the same supernatural force but arriving at varying conclusions, but the show isn't self aware enough to do anything interesting with it. A genuine Jedi theology argument would be HILARIOUS and I want to see it done by someone who isn't a moron. I guess we already kind of had this in KOTOR but...

[@PrometheanRising]

I think you nailed it there. It isn't as though the Jedi and Sith somehow figured everything out. Both are clearly a mess. Unfortunately, these people have spent their lives checking off boxes, and then when the moment of truth arrived discovered that creation requires more than being born in the right skin.

[@nathanjora7627]

@@PrometheanRisingNot sure what you mean by « both are clearly a mess », they clearly are not, they have a comprehensive understanding of the nature of the force, both in its composition, its source, its effects, the way to wield it and how it operates by itself, basically the only point where they differ isn’t on what the force is but what to do with it, and how best to master it.

[@PrometheanRising]

@nathanjora7627 It isn't the understanding of the Force, per se. Both the Jedi and the Sith have bonkers philosophies of how to live your life.

[@jacquelineking5783]

Which largely worked for the Jedi for a long ass time until they took in Anakin.

[@balazsvarga1823]

She wants to direct Kotor2 series with crowdfounding. Kreia solo singing?

[@jeremielebrun3637]

pff, at the same age Anakin had allready won a pod race and built his own droid ... while all they have done is torturing space butterfly...

[@DangerZone200]

well of course they are they are woman-i mean bitches- i mean witches after all that live in the woods and do nothing but drugs and complain about the universe while doing cringe rituals

[@jeffjones7108]

And you know the butterfly is only there as a vaginal metaphor. Because lesbians.

[@robertharrison1058]

you forgot blew up a trade federation ship on anakins list of that age deeds.

[@jeremielebrun3637]

@@robertharrison1058 Yeah! exactly! And he was a slave! not the little precious princess of some space witches!

[@PrincessStabbityPLS]

Sometimes I forget the name of the street I live on, but 3 episodes of this made sure that "Occupational Health and Safety Administration" will forever be taking up a portion of the limited storage capacity of my brain.

[@gavingreenhorn]

You already mixed it up. :D

[@AlphaOmega1237]

Occupational Safety and Health Administration 😅

[@PrincessStabbityPLS]

@@gavingreenhorn >.< welp, those neurons are already taken up. I guess it's going to be wrong forever

[@happyzahn8031]

And why did they 'choose' that name? The writing is so bad, I'm guess they needed a name and saw the OSHA bulletin on the wall and said, yeah, lets go with that.

[@m4anow]

The ironic part is none of these whamens would ever be in the realm of the auspices of OSHA unless they get a job constructing the RULES of osha😂

[@DeadDingoDan]

Your dedication to saying "Occupational Health and Safety Administration" every single time is quite admirable

[@blockboygames5956]

Agreed.

[@sanctumofficium]

In the writer's room: "The power of one. The power of two. What comes after two again?"

[@selenajensen532]

🤣

[@soral94]

""uhhh..... Many?"" ""Perfect. Run it. Give that WOWman a raise.""

[@DEATH-THE-GOAT]

A duck!

[@ticktaeck7783]

Imagine you are a raccoon. You've just woken up and are now taking a crap on a branch on to the anthill below you, and suddenly a bunch of lunatics start screaming for no apparent reason.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Terrifying.

[@SuperVolsung]

Do raccoons live in trees?

[@ticktaeck7783]

According to Wikipedia they sleep in hollow trees, so apparently yes

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​@@SuperVolsungThey can. Currently I've got a female raccoon and her babies living in a tree in my front yard.

[@swa7169]

Say what you will about Madame Web, it felt like they were trying, however incompetently, to make something people would enjoy. The Acolyte seems genuinely spiteful.

[@tubey84]

Madame Web is 'funny' bad, but not in a cult classic way. It's funny at how so many mistakes can be made in one movie, to the point of failing in every regard to make a piece of entertainment, but it never feels deliberate; more lazy if anything. The Acolyte Episode 3 is different - it feels wrong. You watch it, you know it's very, very bad, but you can't get any enjoyment from it's awfulness because the motivation behind what made it awful is so insidious that it leaves you feeling 'icky' watching it. As you say, it's spiteful, a product of hatred.

[@GilesMcRiker]

Unfortunately the Spate of terrible recent movie and TV productions have really really lowered the bar for the recognition of redeeming features

[@ackyfacky4332]

The Madam Web writers are hacks, I'm pretty sure. (They wrote Morbius and Dracula Untold as well, for Pete's sake.) But The Acolyte actually seems a bit vile.

[@StreamTeacher]

The plans for continuing the Mary Sue saga (Rey movie) with a feminist activist documentary director, make it abundantly clear that a “course correction” is not even in consideration by Star Wars 🤷‍♂️.

[@FelixValentiCh.]

it's like how the fallout tv show nuked the NCR, screwed up its only depiction of the Enclave, and made Brotherhood of Steel weird and cringe

[@nobodyfromnowwhere7510]

41:40 ALso, note that Amosai claims SHE is the important one, because SHE made them, and the "mother" only carried them. So, according to the show, the "father" makes the babies and the mother is "just the carrier." I was really taken by them saying that, because they sure as shit don't realize what they are saying by that.

[@SuperVolsung]

I'm glad someone else noticed this

[@liliesaregoodfortheliver2954]

Ancient Greeks: "ah what wisdom these writers have"

[@Clownbabyworldtour]

Benefit of the doubt: Maybe lesbian just don’t understand how babies are made irl

[@angryhermit4291]

​@@Clownbabyworldtourbasic biology thinks otherwise. Lesbians just pretend not to know or understand

[@gryffen9608]

As nonsensical as it is, the real point is that comment shows one thing. "This is about POWER. And who USES it." Remember when "Yas! YAS!"-Queen gloated about how she's playing, "A powwuhful leedah!" What it really means she's playing a bully. She has "the power," so she gets all the final say. "I carried them!" "So what? I have the power to kill you, so obey and lick me, my plaything!" This is what these "writers" and "showrunners" want, a world where they have all the "power," and everyone else has to shut up, bend over, and take it for their amusement.

[@RMV1560]

Exactly for everybody saying we’ve never had a mystery in Star Wars. They’re forgetting the entire first half of attack of the clones. Obi-Wan did way more police and investigative work so far than all three episodes.

[@darthgamer9861]

exactly

[@alexhayden219]

Even though I don't think the details of the investigation of his case are very well thought out from a plot perspective, Detective Kenobi is maybe my favorite part of the prequels.

[@Haplo699g]

A Rage Session? When I was growing up, we called it a tantrum, and it was free.

[@epidemicmagick]

But it is more valuable if you pay for it...

[@alexhayden219]

still is

[@theelder4797]

Since they're mentally/emotionally children forever, they're trying to feel like a BIG girl because they paid for it...rather, were grifted out of THOUSANDS of dollars, because throwing a tantrum in a group doesn't make them feel childish.

[@tipsyXtwo]

Grace Randolph has a voice made for the silent film era

[@aredjayc2858]

And a face for radio

[@user-zq6sz2cr6g]

And fashion style for a 1980s revival.

[@alexhayden219]

and a personality for an open palm in swift horizontal motion

[@theelder4797]

​@@alexhayden219Looks like she's taken many palms already, and that's why her eye is stuck in that weird squint. She has Sylvester Stallone's mouth on her eye.

[@johnallen6665]

Grace Randolph's voice slices through my brain. I understand cutting to her; I just wish there was some one to supply a ridiculous, over-the-top voice to shield the masses from her ridiculous, over-the-top voice.

[@evergardenxox]

attack me! with all of your lesbian strength

[@alexneff]

✂️✂️✂️✂️✂️

[@ashen-one--x]

kamehameha!

[@anthonygordon9483]

I rolled my eyes when she said "No Jedi draws their weapon without fear of defense". I am like really!? How many times did Mace Windu threaten someone with his blade. Count Dooku, Palpatine.

[@alexneff]

@anthonygordon9483 say sith again I dare ya I double dare ya

"Fierce Ruling Diva Activate!!" "pew-pew!*(1) Zamm-zoom-zwing*(2)" 😺 *1. Blaster *2. Lightsaber

[@valuablehummus7997]

I dare a film-maker at some point to ret-con the "immaculate births" by saying that the only way they accomplished it is by having the two women steal the souls of 2 jedi that landed on their planted previously and implanted them into the one woman that gave birth. If anyone complains, just tell them either: "In a universe with spaceships, magic, and giant talking dogs, THIS bothers you?!" or: "It's Star Wars, it's always been silly!"

[@hellboundchaoscommand7567]

Yes

[@StarWarsomania]

Wdym by “immaculate births”? Are you referencing immaculate conception? Because that Catholic doctrine is about Mary being free from sin from the moment of *her* conception, not about the conception of Jesus Christ. And it is one of the many, many reasons I cannot take Catholicism seriously.

[@PrometheanRising]

I figure they just used a turkey-baster and lied about it.

[@valuablehummus7997]

@@StarWarsomania Yeah whatever the best phrase that represents how a woman would become pregnant and give birth to children without a man being involved at all.

[@pascalsimioli6777]

​@@StarWarsomaniaYes, I agree. The idea of Mary being an immaculate virgin is silly but the idea of a white middle Easter blonde haired midget who got drunk on water and came back from life because he had to kill himself to please himself for rules he created... Nah that's totally legit.

[@itsraventm]

Using Star Wars Visions as a defense is baffling- has anyone told her that none of it is canon, and not only that but the show was SPECIFICALLY made to break the boundaries of starwars to see other artists... _visions?_

[@N3G4T1V3_]

She also pronounced "Alive" as " a liv"

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

Her takes are awful.

[@scottski02]

"You'll never catch me, bigots, not when I shift into MAXIMUM OVERCRINGE!" --Lesley Headlamp

[@gallonzoffun3880]

The Canadian health care option made me laugh and made me sad lol

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Careful, you know what the cure for sadness is in Canada.

[@gallonzoffun3880]

@@TheLittlePlatoon dude 😂😂😂😂

[@matthewwarlin7421]

I was looking through the comments to see if anyone else noticed that line. So dark. 😂

[@theelder4797]

​@@TheLittlePlatoon"Stubbed your toe? Best we can do is u alive you." --- Social Healthcare, the same thing they want for the states!

[@TheNoonish]

A big problem is that this story is clearly supposed to have allegorical subtext, it just doesn't work because there is no textual level. The Jedi don't like "women like us," which is meant to be read as some LGBT analogy, and the jedi are meant to be the patriarchy. But that's not what this is actually about since the jedi masters include several women and we have no ideas about their sexuality. So whatever disagreement this group and the jedi order have is about something else, something concerning their practices or underlying ideology, but nobody bothered to write what their ideology actually is and where there is a conflict. Allegory doesn't work if there's no actual story it's being graphed onto. It also doesn't help when you have massive contradictions in the things people say and do constantly showing up. It's not just that it's contradicting obscure lore. It's not even that they're just contradicting what's happened in other episodes, as if the writers didn't communicate at all how to plot out an 8-episode arc. They contradict what they're doing and saying in the course of the same episode, even the same scene. It's like the writers are trying to gaslight us. "The Thread is not a weapon," she says, then uses the word "Attack" when she uses it to push over two small children. You're just lying. You're gaslighting your children, woman, and it needs to stop.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

I actually read that as a much more specific nod to the supposed experience of women entering Star Wars, per KK's silly statement. As you say, there's simply not enough actual story present for it to be allegorizing anything broader than that. And yeah, the contradictions are wild. Even *within* the episodes. I'm sure it got chopped to pieces and stuck back together by a clown before release. God knows what it originally looked like.

[@barrybend7189]

Add to the fact Lesley Headland "Said" she liked Kriea from Kotor 2 yet she is writing the exact opposite of what Kriea teaches you. Kriea teaches you to take your own destiny but there's always a cost, more harm comes with an open hand than a fist. What does the Witch cult actually teach you? 40:00 also in Kotor 2 the player character and Kriea are the main link but the circumstances are different from just being tied by destiny.

[@PrometheanRising]

It's actually a perfect allegory for Leftists who scream to high-heaven because the world isn't perfect, and therefore they should be in charge. All the while, they themselves are awful and have nothing to offer.

[@theelder4797]

Don't ya know? Western/ized nations are the WORST and the MOST oppressive to the hew-UUimminsAndTheGheeyzis - so they HAVE to tell their story here, brilliantly, subtlety hidden in a space fantasy show. Unlike other countries, not these awful 1st world locations, where they can just flat out say whatever they want about the subject.

[@psyberdelicxp6042]

"Somehow Star Wars is stupid." Saying "Occupational Health and Saftey" every time is the best

[@Ölorg3926]

Administration, you forgot administration. Occupational health and safety administration 😂

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Somebody discovered that Osha Mae is a brand of boutique soap. Which makes the twins names even funnier to me.

[@jayrawd]

@@MediumRareOpinions that’s seriously fucking hilarious

[@jackthenarrator4735]

Personally, the joke wore out halfway through the Ep. 1 critique. These videos would be a half hour shorter if he didn't say it every damn time.

[@toddrodd3170]

@@jackthenarrator4735 shorter but I for one appreciate it. I very much enjoy it

[@melissar4612]

Platoon's little, "Here we f*cking GO!" is so adorable. So much joy. Love it!

[@Mar1o_640]

Gotta love how this show took the “telling” part of “Storytelling” way too literally

[@GarionDAdkins]

Truly, Disney has brought me so much joy by, indirectly, introducing me to KZbinrs like The Little Platoon. I won't plug others in this comment section because it could seem rude, but I swear, I can watch three different guys all review the same episode into smithereens and enjoy every one of them. I haven't had to go to the movie theater or subscribe to a terrible steaming service in years!

[@TheHatShallDie]

While I realize it was a typo, calling it a "steaming service" is still pretty funny

[@matthewcarroll2533]

@@TheHatShallDie May as well be a whole-ass laundromat with the way Disney's been laundering money lately with these god-awful shows.

[@GarionDAdkins]

​@@TheHatShallDie hahaha. Yeah, it kinda works. If people laugh I'll try to coin the phrase and take credit!

[@izenheimreborn6390]

The true joy of Star Wars now is how people tear it apart

[@kurtiswacko]

Agreed

[@ericgarcia4745]

I instantly recognize the sisterly love in this show just like seen in Frozen. Especially the part where Fanny Mae threatens to delete her already scared sister, occupational safety health administration

[@TheNoonish]

This is supposedly inspired by Lesley’s relationship with her own sister. Kinda fucked up, I wonder which one she thinks she is.

[@aidancalfee2634]

Well considering they are rewriting the force from good v evil to “from a certain point of view” you know exactly who she thinks she is

[@tubey84]

Will go down in history as one of the most blatant examples of IP murder. This one episode. The first two episodes were bad, but this was just jaw-droppingly awful, to the point you're left wondering if the people who made it actively hate the IP they're working on.

[@samuelademeso9041]

i think they do otherwise they wouldnt be making many dumb choices they did on star wars IP

[@PrometheanRising]

I think is the most outwardly nihilistic that I have seem them in interviews. Having said that, a big part of it is clearly what happens when you engage your Didn't Earn It credentials to land a job. It is hard to sustain what you haven't earned.

[@liamrichardson6830]

Evil cannot create, it can only destory.

[@destrukktokonn5271]

40:00 Big issue with the Starwars Visions comparison is that those shorts weren't canon. The animation studios were allowed to use Starwars to tell fanfiction basically, so there was no canon they needed to stick to. So by using that as an example she's basically saying; "When this fanfiction did it you didn't have a problem. Why are you mad now?"

[@jaryl13]

39:45 In that same episode of Star Wars Visions, one of the twins cleaves a Star Destroyer in half with a lightsaber. A STAR DESTORYER. IN HALF. WITH A LIGHTSABER. While he's standing on top of a X-Wing. Without a spacesuit. THAT'S GOING INTO HYPERSPEED. It is absolutely fucking hilarious how she brings up their ethnicity as if that's the reason people are ok with them and not because it so absolutely ridiculous, that no one can seriously think it is adding to Star Wars canon. The entire point of Star Wars Visions to begin with was letting some Japanese animation studios create fun works based in Star Wars however they want. It is literally fanfiction from professionals in the Japanese animation industry. An incredibly cool project and the only good thing Disney has done with Star Wars in my honest opinion.

[@cdos3884]

They PAY to go into the woods to scream and break sticks? They can't just... you know... go into the local woods and scream and break sticks for free?

[@kylekatarn5964]

Gwyneth Paltrow sold vagina scented candles. We're well past asking questions about the spending habits of future spinsters.

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

If you don't pay for it and don't do it under supervision, you would just look like an insane person.

[@samuelademeso9041]

Nah if do that the locals may considers them real witches and decide to pull a Salam witch trial 2.0 on them which would be lot more interesting than Acolyte anyday

[@NefariousKoel]

In order to gather victimhood clout, they must do it in a like-minded crowd. Same on social media. Gotta get those nebulous points!

[@sakrowley]

Misery loves company….

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

Yes there were force twins in Star Wars Visions. But that episode also had the protagonist cut a star destroyer in half with a gigantic rainbow lightsaber by riding his x-wing and jumping into hyperspace so, you know, suffice to say it was taking a few liberties. As terrible as the Acolyte is, I have nothing but respect for Lee Jung-jae from Squid Game. He’s a great actor and he learned English for the role, which is more effort than anyone else in the show has made. I’m just sad Disney failed him this badly.

[@42Mrgreenman]

Yeah, the force twins in Visions was more a play on the same good/bad bro/sis trope that is even MORE overused in anime...but yeah, it's an amazing spectacle as any good anime is, but it was more of a What If...kind of thing... Before someone else does it, he actually already knew English, just not fluently enough to do a lead role in a big IP...still an amazing feat, but since he's basically the only one anyone is praising, I don't think anyone would balk at seeing him come back, hopefully with someone competent in command...

[@TylerDurden-yk4dh]

I feel like we're under reporting Luke and Leiah were force twins.

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

@@42Mrgreenman yeah I enjoyed the episode for what it was, over-the-top action and all. But it’s definitely not a Star Wars mainstay, more a fun romp.

[@42Mrgreenman]

@@dearthofdoohickeys4703 Yeah, that lighsaber umbrella made me chuckle...

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

@@TylerDurden-yk4dh We’re talking about twins created _through_ the force. Luke and Leia were conceived normally.

[@reaps912]

What I'm starting to appreciate about this episode is the show is _so_ progressive that it can't actually portray *either* side as 'the baddie'. I know people are already concluding that the Jedi are going to turn out to be the 'bad guys' but consider that Leslye Headland seemed pretty insistent on this show being some sort of gay analogy for her own childhood And here you have a very traditionalist and conformist religious sect forcing their children to be raised to follow them in their traditions, with _one_ of these children feeling like she's 'different' and wanting to break from those traditions and 'find herself' - and now a group of outsiders has arrived to help her escape from her deeply religious family So, by trying to be _so_ progressive, the writing trips over itself being unable to portray _anyone_ in the way they likely desired.

[@atrane365]

So the show will end, not with a bang, but with a meek whimper because Headspace couldn't make up her mind?

[@balazsvarga1823]

No, the villain will be a secret reveal, a businessman white guy with orange hair who is revealed in the last episode. If you can only have diverse groups, the villain will be loner white guy, like in the She Ghostbusters remake.

[@DaMaster012]

An astute observation! If Lesley Squareheadland, former personal assistant of Hervey Weinstein, and her scissor sister coven of the traveling pants suits wanted to straw man the Jedi as evil, then Occupational Safety and Health Administration and her twin(?) sister Villain Sue should have started out as padawans of the Jedi, taken from their parents before preschool age, then were "saved" by the coven of communist lesbian space witches, only to be slaughtered by the Jedi for their troubles. But Lesley Squareheadland, former personal assistant of Hervey Weinstein, and her circle of yaaslighting feminazis _just couldn't _*_fkn HELP themselves_* to not make The Acoshyte veer into their gynocentric fantasies about women being able to asexually reproduce as a magical thinking balm for their own inconsolable cognitive dissonance between their interminable hatred of men and their baby rabies. As it turns out, trying to say "good is evil and evil is good, so it is evil's right to exterminate good" and "there is no good and evil, only power" are fundamentally incompatible and irreconcilably contradictory beliefs. Moral relativists are nothing but evil people trying to intellecutalize self-serving rationalizations and justifications for their vices and sins to exempt themselves of repentance and print themselves "Get Out of Hell FREE" cards.

[@isidoreaerys8745]

I don’t think the show is trying to say partriarchy is inherently bad. I think they’re saying countercultural movements can be just as suffocating and oppresive when forced on people against their will in a violation of their personal autonomy.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

We’ve come full circle.

[@KaNoMikoProductions]

"The Power of 1, the Power of 2, the Power of Many" legit reminds me of a Terry Pratchett joke. In Discworld, Trolls are notoriously stupid, as their brains are adapted for very cold climates, and most of the stories take place in temperate or hot climates, meaning that the brains of most trolls encountered in the Discworld books are, quite literally, overheating. One of the running gags throughout the series is that Trolls cannot count conventionally, so they have their own numerical system. It goes, "One, Two, Three, Many, Lots." The writing in this self-serious Disney Star Wars show is one number away from parody.

[@boobah5643]

Probably because I ran across it first, I instead go to the gully dwarves of _Dragonlance,_ which were just as limited with counting.

[@ml4173]

I respect that Platoon continued to call her the full Occupational Safety and Health Administration all the way through

[@bilson7523]

I am officially tired of "Actually Jedi are bad" stories. It was a huge part of the prequels and the Clone Wars series, TLJ put it front and center, and plot threads in Kenobi and Ahsoka dealt with it. Its just getting old, particularly when one considers who even are the High Republic Jedi? Are they the same as the Prequel-era Jedi? If so, didn't the prequels effectively make them "take their Ls?" If not, can we investigate what the heck the Jedi are in this era before we start deconstructing them? I just feel like the story here would be better served by establishing why the Jedi may care so deeply about dark-side users, so much so they are willing to risk conflict over stopping it. Maybe getting more clarity around what the dark and light sides are through the lens of two interpretations of the force clashing. Or maybe digging into how Republic law around force use actually works? Like why do Jedi need to take kids? Is it because there is major concern around training force-users and the Jedi are the mandated "gatekeepers?" Its just frustrating that the doctrine for the modern writer has become so reliant on deconstruction that most writers start deconstructing something before it has been built, when in this case I feel like building would have produced a much more interesting tale.

[@gs4011]

No, we cannot do any of those reasonable things. We have a "men bad" story to tell and by joe we're going to tell it.

[@utumnope]

Dude, that was one hell of a clever comment. Crazy how random dudes on YT have more interesting thing to say about SW than current SW writers. Anyway, we're to shit on The Acolyte pal, not to be smart and analytic. Keep your constructive inputs to yourself pal

[@MikeTsBees]

But what if Superman is bad?

[@bilson7523]

@@MikeTsBees I know right? That was so great when Zach Snyder, The Boys, Injustice spent the last 15 years telling that story! That definitely isn't a tired cliche now too

[@isidoreaerys8745]

@@bilson7523 The Jedi actually remind me of “the Boys” in this series. The way everyone tenses up when they come in the room. Like they are about to have their brains laser-ed out the back of their head at any second if they say the wrong thing.

[@ionface]

The memes this trashfire has spawned almost rivals the prequels at this point. This show will live on.

[@ILikeBleachItsTrue]

Everytime you use clips of Grace stringing random combinations of letters together in an attempt to form speech I shudder.

[@Bob-Jenkins]

Finger nails on a chalk board seem like relaxing ASMR compared to her voice. I find her literally painful to listen to. Give her a loud speaker and she could be used tactically for crowd dispersion/riot control.

[@NefariousKoel]

The imitation of sincerity coming out of her mouth with a hefty nasal tone sets off multiple levels of "uncanny valley". Who the hell watches her stuff and enjoys it? They must have deficient BS detectors or enjoy creepy robots.

[@blackscorpionstinger]

OH MY!! Why tf does she talk like that??!! My ear hurts

[@hughmongus6959]

​@@Bob-Jenkins I listened to this episode on my soundbar and I had to lower my volume whenever her incessantly loud ramblings came on 😂 She's got to be doing that on purpose!

[@Tsirapo]

@@Bob-Jenkins Exactly this. I never thought I would experience misophonia but listening to her makes me cringe so hard. Like cochlear cancer.

[@Mister_Clean]

"Wait, it was Leslie all along!" Jesus Christ, you can't do that to me Mr. Platoon. I choked on my muffin and almost died. Good to see sponsorships on this channel

[@sk8rboy177]

Platoon writing a better show just by reversing the order of events is absolutely nuts. Everyone involved in the project should retire. He boomed them.

[@theelder4797]

Nah, he's wrong, he's a fan, and the media said he's wrong by that fact alone. For the people who DO view this as a mystery and are genuinely curious as to what the first five episodes mean, are the ones with room temperature quotients of intelligence.

[@ILikeBleachItsTrue]

At Disney this week: "The viewers are meme-ing episode 3 to death for how awful it is!" "How many memes are there?" "There is One. There is Two. ... There is MANYYY!"

[@skdKitsune]

I just wanna say that I really appreciate the work that must go into the small edited clips of characters almost "lip-syncing" your commentary. Most of these even have the characters' body language fit very well. It really adds a lot to these videos :)

[@markiangooley]

I didn’t realize how annoying Grace Randolph’s voice can be. Has the woman ever listened to a 2-minute recording of her voice? She would change how she talks if she did, unless she has a tin ear.

[@theequalizer9154]

"SOOOOOOoooooo" SAY THAT AGAIN, & I SHALL RIP MY EARS OFF!

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

The "Yass,yassss" grates on me worse

[@DangerZone200]

she also doesn't know shit about star wars shes just reading from a teleprompter the entire time that should explain everything about her

[@kingbaby8761]

YASS, YAASSS!

[@theelder4797]

A tin ear and a Sylvester Stallone mouth on her permanent squinting eye.

[@johngreenwald2954]

The fact that Grace Randolph had to reference Visions for another set of Force Dyad twins shows how far reaching they have to go to defend themselves. Anyone who has actually watched Visions would know that it is NOT canon. As much as I would love to see a series based on the “The Ninth Jedi” or “The Duel”, they still would not be canon to mainline Star Wars.

[@fractaljack210]

When you brought up the fact she stopped the ritual at 98%, but could have muddled through the rest, I thought of Ash in, Army of Darkness, and his fake recitation for the Necronomicon.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

*Calling it now: OSHA and Mae are not in fact born from the Force but are instead the illicit love children of the cult leader and Master Squid Game.* It might not be the case, but it’s at least more inventive than whatever they otherwise have planned, yes?

[@MysticTroll]

Maybe the real Occupational Safety and Health Administration were the friends we made along the way.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Bold of you to assume heterosexual people are allowed to have sex in this show.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

@@TheLittlePlatoon What can I say? I’m a rebel. Rogue One told me that means I rebel!

[@electricbayonet2]

I’m sure they’d screw it up, but I almost wouldn’t mind a paternity twist where Smilo Ren is their father and the cult is just that: _a cult._ He’s just a power-hungry asshole that rounded up some impressionable yahoos with minor Force sensitivity and fed them some pseudo-philosophical nonsense to keep them convinced he’s all that and a bag of chips. Then for the big ‘miracle,’ he told Lesbo Prime that it was totally her stupid ritual and connection to ‘the Thread’ that got the Darth Mail chick knocked up...instead of just what he did the night before after he Force-roofied her or whatever.

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

That would require actual creativity, imagination, and the will to take risks. None of those things exist at LucasFilm

[@oscarb4822]

I hate the Disney version of balance. It used to be that the dark side was perversion, a cancer, that upset the balance. Now you literally need an equal number of users on both sides. The force has become an algorithm spawning players to keep the teams even in a never ending team death match. "Oh no there's a Mr. Rogers, quick spawn a Stalin." Never once considering a community of Rogers sounds rather pleasant while a community of Stalins sounds like your average school board meeting.

[@andrewmckinney389]

Not to defend Disney, but what you are claiming is not entirely accurate. The idea that the dark side is, as you say, a cancer is relatively new. If one looks back to the old EU, the force and the meaning of balance is not as straight foreword. Revan, Kreia, Jensaarai, Je"daii, etc.

[@jacquelineking5783]

I think the dichotomy is that George tended the Force to be more black and white and people at least in the creative fields find that boring and childish so they muddy the waters. Which was happening in the old EU as was said. The issue is to often the waters are muddied by making the good guys complete assholes while the bad guys only redeeming traits are either they are a demographic that isn't straight white male or they occasionally will pet a puppy and give a kid a nice pat on the head after which they go back to stabbing people in the chest repeatedly.

[@oscarb4822]

@@andrewmckinney389 In my defense Kreia's dalliance with the dark side helped create a literal cancer driven only by hunger who would have left the galaxy a dedicated husk. But you and the other comment are correct Lucas started with an incredibly basic good versus evil system in which the triumph of good was the balanced result. But the EU added complexity and nuance to explore the dynamism of light and dark. Different authors had different takes and things to say. May Disney never get their paws on them.

[@nobody2996]

@@andrewmckinney389 "The idea that the dark side is, as you say, a cancer is relatively new." No, George has been quite explicit on this front since Empire Strikes Back. The dark side is a parasite designed to be the narrative representation of temptation and self-destructive cycles, requiring the user to ground themselves in selfish, toxic mindsets to use even if they start with the most noble of goals. It's why almost all dark side techniques surround some manner of torture, perversion or sacrifice of the target. Even shit like Kreia didn't really argue about this, they argued about how the Jedi's solution to combating the dark side only made them inefficient in dealing with it.

[@DaMaster012]

Evil desires equitable balance between good and evil because when the forces of good and evil are at 50/50, it takes less than a 1% swing to tip the scales in evil's favor, and evil WILL run that advantage for all its worth to snuff out as much good as possible: all good if evil got to have its way. That's always how it is with the collectivists who reee about "eQuAlItY;" they don't actually want equality, they want the power to determine the outcomes, which they will abuse so long as they have it. They're all just evil liars and tyrants at the deep, dark cores of their black hearts, every single one of them.

[@antoncaligari1818]

He's not the chosen one, he's a very naughty boy.

[@ymca4547]

Blessed are the podracers

[@derywade9131]

Lol. I love that I look forward to watching a snarky British cigarette telling me the story of The Acolyte way more than I look forward to actually watching that disaster of a show. I can only hope that he keeps doing what he does, and can make it through the absolute cringe unscathed, and without PTSD.

[@johnstarks7759]

He's not snarky. He's a pedant. Much lamer.

[@aredjayc2858]

Grace Randolph ignores that Visions is basically "What If?" As in non-Canon hypotheticals

[@TheNuclearGeek]

Remember kids, cults are GOOD, religion is BAD. Thanks Leslye!

[@alexhayden219]

Some might say that a cult is a small, publicly unaccepted religion and that a religion is a large, publicly accepted cult.

[@theelder4797]

​@@alexhayden219Yep, a cult is what a big religious organization calls a small religious organization. Not to defend this show in any way.

[@TheNuclearGeek]

@@alexhayden219 Some might, of course some people might say the world is flat. There is a distinct difference in what differentiates a cult and a religion. Now if you want to say religion and mythology, then perhaps since the only difference there is whether its current or past.

[@alexhayden219]

@@TheNuclearGeek So, you're going to disagree but not explain why you disagree? Just "There's a difference." If I'm wrong, I'm happy to be educated.

[@ondrejmedelsky4416]

"you don't want to look like Kel Naka, you want to use Manscaped" ...already dead laughing🤣 that's what I call an advertisement!👌

[@PrometheanRising]

"The thread is always Right!" --some witch in Numenor.

[@itsalongwaytothetop100]

To be fair to the "planet not being a big enough gravity well to influence a star", the way possible planets are detected in far off solar systems is by the movement/alterations they cause in their star. And for movie magic, I think it's OK to shorthand this... So Obi-Wan in the prequels made sense.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

You're right that you can discover a planet by looking at the perturbations it causes on it's sun. However, Obi Wan says "pulling all the stars to this spot". For that to happen the planet would have to be so massive it would be a star instead of a planet.

[@theelder4797]

Movie magic explanations are = to NASA magic explanations.

[@boobah5643]

@@BiggieTrismegistus It's not that planets don't tug stars. It's just that you're not going to measure that tug across interstellar distances. I'm not even sure if we've observed Sol being tugged by planets, and that one is only eight light-minutes away. Sol is, however, 99% of the mass in the solar system, so it isn't going to be moving much. Also: generally, they don't detect planets by they're gravitational effect on the star they're orbiting; they detect the star dimming as the planet moves between the star and the viewer.

[@TheTriforceDragon]

@@BiggieTrismegistus We are dealing with a star. It is not just the planet Kamino that was removed from the database, it was the Kamino system. Yoda's exact line is "gravity's silhouette remains, but the star and all the planets, disappeared they have." Now I am not big enough into science to know if that changes anything regarding how easily visible the effects of gravity would be, but it is the effect of a missing star system they are looking at, not just a single planet.

[@naylte6448]

The Pokemon 2000 reference was an unbelievably deep cut. I remember watching that movie so many times as a kid that the cassette stopped working. Still love the soundtrack.

[@jaceyking47]

I actually just rewatched it a couple of weeks ago for the first time in YEARS. Perfect timing for this video!

[@justinbowers2749]

I want to point out that Jedi master squid game is correct, the Jedi do not take children, in both cannon in Legends. It is specifically stated that the Jedi always ask for their parents permission to test them in the force before sending them to the Jedi temple. Just because the Jedi said that when he was four years old when he was tested, does not mean he was taken away from his parents they probably ask for consent, and was given it as many cultures in this universe believe that being excepted into the Jedi order is a great honor

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

There is even a story arc in Clone Wars about it where Cad Bane steals a jedi holocron with the locations of force sensitive children the jedi have been keeping an eye on.

[@alexhayden219]

I believe there's some real world inspiration here, as there often is. Firstly, correct, the Jedi do not forcibly take kids and, yes, they do have a list of potentials that they may approach but haven't (and likely a list of people that either they didn't approach or that rejected their invitation that they keep an eye on). They likely scout the highest potentials and put more emphasis into convincing them, like college sports scouts do. There's definitely MANY low level force sensitives out there that either weren't discovered or weren't pursued. Secondly, there's probably other historical influences, but I think it's very likely influenced by child Buddhist monks. There's often not a complete and permanent cutoff from the parents/family, but the separation may last many years at times as the child goes off to the temple to learn and meditate. There's various reasons why the child becomes a monk, as the reasons for becoming a Jedi are likely also numerous. Some are orphans. Some are poverty stricken and becoming a monk/Jedi provides them with. abetter life than they'd otherwise have. Some find honor in it and/or think the child's service to the temple brings blessings to the family. Some will receive a better education. Maybe some belong to a cult of lesbian witches that are devoted to the dark arts that are abusively brainwashing their kids and need to have their own temple flame broiled. There's a whole range of potential reasons why a child might become a monk/Jedi, and it's not always the child's choice. But it IS usually the parent's choice to allow it. Unless the parents got murdered and aren't anymore around to give consent. But that only happened the one time. Several dozen times, tops. I swear. Okay, maybe that's just what they always do... 😇

[@dfrenchinski2230]

If the Acolyte creators and writers were even partly as nifty and nimble with words as our affable and erudite host, this show might almost be not quite bad.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Though it would be at least three times longer.

[@marcbraun5342]

​@@TheLittlePlatoon I guess there wouldn't be any kind of chants in your version, so at least it wouldn't feel longer. And since a lot of time in this review is relegated covering mistakes no one would have thought would be put on screen, like contradictions in the same sentence, I think the lenght (and probably the girth, ha, ha) would be reasonable after all.

[@Mobius118]

I would have agreed, but a show pushing societally destructive lifestyles and behaviors is poor whether or not it is eloquent. 😅 But I see what you’re getting at

[@Ally5141]

More people waiting for this video than episode 4.

[@zcagey]

I'm all for Little Platoon merchandise as long as it includes a t-shirt with the slogan 'Calm the fuck down, Phyllis' written on it.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Unironically that’d look great.

[@jondavis5368]

I spent 3/4 thinking Grace Randolph was saying "virgins" and thinking this was a damn strange line of reasoning and I couldn't for the life of me recall any lore association of virginity per se with force potentiality (though that could of course be extrapolated).

[@markukeley2924]

Every motivation is ass-backwards. Osha is the scaredy-cat, and Mae is the trouble-maker. Osha should have hid under the bed when Jedis showed up. This is an onion--start peeling its skin, and it stinks.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Indeed!

[@OrionJA]

@@TheLittlePlatoon I think the basic idea that the fiery and arrogant child wants to stay and the timid/thoughtful wants to leave is salvageable, but you need to show the coven putting a *lot* more pressure on their little saviors. If they're being pushed to develop their powers by activating using them in cruel or violent ways, then it makes sense for Mae to be thriving on the attention and opportunity to give her whims free rein, while OSHA shrinks away. I wouldn't have her specifically know of and want to join the Jedi, but simply want any escape into a more tranquil and harmonious life. The easiest way to give this situation some depth might be to have the witches be maintaining a Spartan-like domination over enslaved/enserfed helot villagers. Mae can accept her dominion over the villagers as natural, while OSHA feels compassion for them. Whatever we do need her to know about the outside world can come in the form of tales slipped to her by kindly serfs while her mothers aren't looking.

[@bottlethrower1544]

Start peeling this onion only results in tear 😂😢

[@blazichaos7181]

I like to call it chestersons troupes/stereotypes, it is mind boggling how often people don't want to do troupes/archetypes, without even knowing WHY said troupes are used. Because OF COURSE there isn't a very good reason why most stories have the rambunctious troublemaker, someone who could be intuited as not being satisfied with their life, one they feels chained to it and will happily make that known, might want to go with a mysterious yet interesting group of people in a sense of adventure or something greater, instead of the shy and tame character wants to simply accept what the group/home town tells them. Right?

[@Lantian99]

I. Love. How. He. Says: "Occupational Safety and Health Administration." I laugh SOOO MUCH!

[@MrsMacLover]

he struck gold with that one

[@TylerDurden-yk4dh]

I didnt get it.... 😢😢😢 until I did 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Craplatte]

I might be the only one who's incredibly tired of it 😅

[@walterHonwana]

It will never get tiring. It's amazing!

[@person405]

"The boonta tree can be dangerous if you eat it." "A kiss can be even deadlier if you mean it." 😂

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

"That's why I never kiss 'em on the lips."

[@DangerZone200]

also why would people eat trees? has that been established? 😂

[@Escorducarla]

Oh my gosh, I'm so glad I'm not the only person who thought of that.

[@person405]

@@Escorducarla haha...I was wondering if anyone else caught that too! Nice to see others get/think up the reference! Haha...

[@person405]

@@DangerZone200 total disregard for world building.

[@Vixis6]

I love how every single clip is used as a visuals for the narration. Down to body language and facial expressions. Even lipsyncing for the most part. Whoever edits this together it doesnt go unnoticed

[@jerrythemudkip522]

That Science bit was 100% personal.

[@fionnaitsradag5152]

😂

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Confirmed.

[@nunyabiznes7446]

"Twin diades are already in Star Wars Visions, ur just racist-" Start Wars Visions? The Star Wars Visions that was just studio trigger dicking around and having fun in Star Wars? That had people running around in space without space suits? That welded two star destroyers together? That used hyperspace ramming as a _melee tactic_ to cut a star destroyer in half with a lightsaber? I dunno chief I'm maybe not sure that one was 100% canon

[@jaceyking47]

I hate that she used Visions as an example, because Disney explicitly stated that Visions _wasn't_ canon. It was just some animations by studios given creative license to do some vaguely Star Wars-ish things.

[@TheRedGauntlet]

Jesus that Grace Randolf clip gave me a jump scare

[@Ramsey276one]

Thank EFAP for giving me a controlled exposure so I was tolerant enough for THAT... XD

[@ermac6466]

You would think a bunch of witches would have some sort of fire prevention protocol.

[@markiangooley]

And if we take the Wizard of Oz view, another for improper use of water…

[@davidpa9266]

No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!

[@dawnsrayz]

😂 we give birth to OSHA; we don’t follow it. Those who follow it are deranged monks

[@DangerZone200]

i for one am assuming they didn't die from the fire and just from a spice overdose since they give the shit to children without a care

[@merrylderrickson3147]

cant get over just how impressed i am you've managed this long to keep up the 14-sylllables Osha. also, calling mae Fanny Mae is a stroke of thematic genius paired up with osha

[@robertlake7965]

I appreciate that you call OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, instead of OHSA, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. I've heard other reviewers call her the latter, but the correct order is the former.

[@s3.14dervision]

There's no mystery because Acolyte isn't interested in storytelling, it's interested in hurrying up and getting to the content that was created just to piss off the fans.

[@MrBonified66]

Lesleye and the writers got the advice for presentation mixed up with advice for writing. Tell them what you're going to tell them, tell them, then tell them what you told them.

[@user-zq6sz2cr6g]

And tell them with very simple words, because if you treat them like idiots, they'll end up getting used to it.

[@doltonnoak2656]

These people should try writing a new heist movie/show, because they are pulling off the biggest heist in history on the disney shareholders without raising an eyebrow.

[@dclobberandreik4376]

39:44 So, the comment from Grace Randolph on Star Wars Visions also makes no sense because Visions is non-canon. Of course people didn't complain about it breaking canon, because it was never canon to begin with. The Acolyte is canon, which is why people care about its impact on the lore so much.

[@orio_edible]

Plus, Visions played with the lore outside of canon like a kid playing with toys. It was fun, and that's all it aspired to be. The Acolyte breaks and discards pieces of lore while still trying to be canon. It isn't even fun. It's boring at best and annoying at worse.

[@kreese-yi2nb]

Thank you for good laughs, Platoon. And the commendable sponsoring part efforts.

[@germanxmascookie]

Star Wars fans are such inspiring people! Kathleen Kennedy explicitly wrote off the existing fan base as the "old generation" at the construction of Galaxy's Edge, and the content since then openly hates the OT universe. Yet here are the fans. Keeping Star Wars alive despite the desecration by the actual IP owner. Kudos!

[@oRnch199]

Next, Disney will argue mustache man from the 30's and 40's was misunderstood.

[@markiangooley]

Stalin? Or the guy from Austria?

[@oRnch199]

Hell, possibly both.

[@theequalizer9154]

Clark Gable???

[@Whereisthearmynow]

I highly doubt *Iger* would attempt to rehabilitate the memory of the leader of the Great Goy Revolt

[@crocadillius6418]

Charlie Chaplin?!

[@GoblinKnightLeo]

It is a constant, hideous element of Modernity (tm) in that those who follow it simply cannot abide the idea of a higher power than their own ego. The Jedi are humble before the Force - these witches have no concept of humility, and no respect for those who do. I know which side I'm on.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

I think Postmodernity (tm) would be a better way to describe it.

[@ArgentWolf95]

@@BiggieTrismegistus This is a story written with the philosophy of Postmodernist Marxism. So that's a good description.

[@hundredfireify]

Here's an hypothesis: 1. they've showed that the witches can somehow "mind-control" people. 2. We've seen a dream sequence where Mae's eyes turn black, like Tommen Baratheon's did when he got possessed 3. Mae seemingly doesn't realize she's the one who set the castle on fire somehow (2nd "what have YOU done?") Conclusion: one of the witch turned Mae into a psycho-sis-killer by mind-bending her.

[@theelder4797]

And Smilo was clearly their first attempt at a force baby, but he came out wrong (by having an X AND a Y chromosome), so he was discarded so they could try again, and they got it RIGHT this time! 🤦

[@thecasualdiyer6729]

"The Canadian Health Care Solution to Sadness" You got that right, brother. "Olympic Stupidity" Love that one. Star Wars: The Only Content on TV where the CRITICISM IS BETTER THAN THE ACTUAL CONTENT Roast 'em Little Platoon!

[@hatuletoh]

In every Little Platoon video there comes at least one moment that causes me to laugh uncontrollably, something to which I am not accustomed, and which, depending upon my location and activity at the time, has put me into situations that were socially awkward, physically uncomfortable (whiskey inhaled into one's sinuses is uniquely painful), and on a couple of occasions in heavy traffic, momentarily dangerous. "Lesbianic eudaimonia" was the moment today. The consequence was that my dog thought something was wrong with me and came running over to nervously lick my face. She's 80 lbs of pure pit bull sweetness.

[@awesomehpt8938]

Apparently anything is possible if you can scissor hard enough

[@MrsMacLover]

Timbers? 😂

[@AmeliaBodilia]

Is that what they mean by “The Force Is Female!” 😳

[@jmcoelho7]

Scissors is how you cut the Thread

[@Baseballnfj]

Scissor me timbers!

[@ravissary79]

​@@Baseballnfjno timbers were harmed... involved or even invited in this... travesty.

[@RichiRichi]

May the thread be with us, always.😭

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Learn to use the dark side of the thread - Home Ed Teacher.

[@PrometheanRising]

Certainly explains that whole 'get back in the kitchen' thing.

[@bingobongo9521]

The thread is strong with this them/their!

[@edgyhegi9547]

somehow ppl forget that star wars visions is not and never was cannon to begin with so the argument that it was already done there doesnt work.

[@ryanp.7284]

This is a work of art! Your video, Platoon. Not the actual show.

[@Silas-Serdar]

One episode, to break them all One episode to anger them all One episode to gather them all and in their common pain unite them.

[@varamies2039]

The Power of One to rule them all, The Power of Two to find them, The Power of Many to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them; In Disneyland where the shadows lie.

[@theclassicalhomeopath]

Fly you fools!

[@Audioversearchive]

*random witch noises from the lady in the back*

[@casually_lurking]

I love how lyrically expressive the fandom has grown in their dismay. Seriously, you lot are great- please keep up the good work in these dark times.

[@blockboygames5956]

Well said!!!

[@PACEUK22]

Thank the Sith lords for KZbinrs who have turned this travesty of a Star Wars show into content that is truly entertaining and worthy of our time.

[@justinbotkin]

Rarely do I actually "lol" to these kinds of videos. Sure, a chuckle or a grin but a legitimate LOL? Yet, in your ad no less, you've manage to surprise me! Well done, good sir!

[@YourAverageSaladTosser]

Fr Chewy caught me so off guard 😂

[@pilgrim9593]

All I can hear now is "Use the thread Luke" and how much better it would have sounded 😂😂😂😂