The Acolyte episode 5 crushed me, ground me into tiny pieces and blasted me into oblivion

[@SheevTalks]

I’d like to let everyone know that this video was supposed to come out before the release of episode 7-and it would have, were it not for Disney making it their personal mission to never let this video go up. I had to make 16 different attempts just to push this through the copyright system, and that’s not an exaggeration. Literally 16. And in the process, I had to do a lot of filtering and other ugly editing methods just to appease the Disney overlords, which was especially frustrating because, to be honest, I consider this to be some of my best work, editing-wise (and a big thanks once again to Southpaw for helping me with it, go check out his channel) So I’d like to give my most gracious middle finger to you, Disney, for making me butcher my work. 🖕🏻 Hope you all enjoy!

[@wisdommanari6701]

Original for a Patreon exclusive?

[@_Night_Guy_14]

@@wisdommanari6701I’d pay for it👍

[@SheevTalks]

@@wisdommanari6701 Considering it

[@Garek_George]

👉🏽👉🏽👉🏽Dear long-time SW fans, Stop acknowledging this tripe. Stop watching. StartCanceling your Dudsney+ and never look back. Stay with the OT and the EU, pre-2012. There are DECADES-worth of solid entertainment out there. 👊🏽👍🏽 Don’t let them make you hate SW. Don’t let themDemoralizeYou.

[@AliceBowie]

​@Garek_George I stopped after seeing The Force Awakens, and Rogue One. I could see the writing on the walls.

[@SouthpawLP]

After the many hours I spent editing the first half of this video, I never want to look at a second of this goddamned episode ever again.

[@Avarn388]

I can’t blame you. I’d want to bash my head if I had to sift through this stuff.

[@Anonymous-rc7kq]

Damn😂😂😂😂

[@dragonshiny7321]

Im surprised you are still alive after this. Not even the biggest simps for this show spent longer than 30 minutes reviewing the episode

[@dronesclubhighjinks]

Thank you very much for your excellent work!

[@OverHeed]

I’m so sorry for what you had to see.

[@CatholicDragoon]

Every time I hear the word Osha I immediately think 'what's the government labor agency got to do with this horrid plot?'

[@AshVsEvilFred]

You really have to ask yourself what a government agency has to do with a horrible plot?

[@CatholicDragoon]

@@AshVsEvilFred ITS. A. JOKE.

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

It's there to make sure the plot’s not bad enough to mentally scar the people working on it.

[@Mortimer_RS]

They allowed this to happen so they are equally guilty for this

[@lexmyster2580]

Dooku: "The power of one lightsabre" Maul: "The power of two lightsabres" Grievous: "The power of mannn *cough cough* yyyyyyyyyy"

[@jasonnewbery]

lol underrated comment

[@anotherrandomtexan25]

Hahahaha this NEEDS to be made in to a skit!!!

[@BlackRosesRed]

Three-Lightsabre-Style

[@thegreenthunder5416]

I can literally hear his cough

[@LordVaderTyrannus]

Bro must've sold his soul to the devil to finally make it work

[@acromiss]

Honestly

[@OveranalyzingStarWars]

I've been looking forward to this

[@SheevTalks]

@@OveranalyzingStarWars Thanks for reminding me-I still haven’t watched your new video yet

[@OveranalyzingStarWars]

@@SheevTalks Oh boy, get ready to hear a rant about house assets lol. I feel your pain on the copyright. It took me 11 tries to pass

[@SheevTalks]

@@OveranalyzingStarWars Jesus. 16 for me 😂

[@OveranalyzingStarWars]

@@SheevTalks Godspeed my friend

[@donovan4222]

This is where the fun begins 😏

[@noahmaldonado5461]

If there was one good thing to come from this episode, lightsaber stabs are finally lethal again

[@donovan4222]

@@noahmaldonado5461 just wait till the finale when all those Jedi he killed survived because of their anger and then kill him with “the power of many” or something

[@PaiSAMSEN]

It's joked in several communities that the "possibly-but-may-not-actually-be-a-Sith" Master has been studying the previous series where named characters survived a single lightsaber stab, so he went out of the way to not simply stabbing them and killed the Jedis by other means even after they got stabbed and are clearly not in the fight anymore. - The Keldor Jedi, the Wookie jedi, and another jedi got a nice slashed through torso. - Two random Jedi presumably got decapitated after already being stabbed. - Yord got his neck snapped. - Jecki got stabbed 3 times for good measure.

[@noahmaldonado5461]

@@donovan4222 the classic "my friends are my power" cliche

[@DigBick1337-]

I mean idk man.... they had him stab her 3 TIMES suggesting that 1 stab wouldn't be enough to do the job lmfao

[@DigBick1337-]

AND they made him do it by turning his saber on and off 😱 this shows the writers really DO understand star wars‼️because they know this is a sith technique 😱😱‼️⁉️ oh my gosh how deep

[@CyAnKS93]

Wait so, with episode 7 in mind, why did Mae ever think Osha was dead? Her half of the bridge hadn't collapsed, and she wasn't at the bottom of whatever pit Mae fell into, so the logical assumption would have been that the Jedi had her.

[@thiccythins785]

“The Logical Assumption”. Something that eludes Disney Wars eternally

[@programmedgamer7101]

The writing sloppiness just continually stacks and slurries together with this tv show. I didn't even think about that particular detail being incongruent with the professed perspective of Mae. (not that it mattered at all).

[@Sondergirl1610]

Sith lied to her probably.

[@Sizzox]

Lmfao I hadn’t even considered this xD

[@gorlack2231]

She must have believed that the jedi..... killed her.... also? She was gaslit into thinking that the jedi would kill the one fucking person in that cult that actually wanted to join the order, somehow.

[@Nyrikkio]

Seeing the iconic smiling thumbnail brought a big smile to my face. Can’t wait for the release!!

[@grandarkfang_1482]

If Qimir was any more competent, not a single Jedi would have left that planet alive.

[@mrreyes5004]

Fr that's how you know that Qimir must've injected himself chock-full of Midi-chlorians to get that powerful or something, because there's no way that someone so arrogantly _idiotic_ could've gotten that good with valid training (I.e., opposite of Maul and 2003!Grievous).

[@shotgun1321]

@@mrreyes5004q

[@CinnamonBob]

4:14 i guess smilo ren is the universal name for this guy now

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

27:13 At least. It would more than likely freak out the entire Jedi Order as they had some random dark-side user pop up and take on a group of 10 Jedi, including a master, and win. The Jedi Counsel should be panicking as they institute new reforms to ready all Jedi to be able to fight lightsaber-wielding foes. Not to mention bringing this up with the Senate to convince them to allow them to forcibly take force-sensitive children regardless of what their parents want as well as register all force sensitives to keep track of them.

[@piotrbuczulinski9369]

But it happened before. In eu there was few rogue Dark Jedi like former student of Qui Gon - Xanatos who almost killed Jinn and his padawan. And I agree that after this incident they should've sent whole council on Naboo to encounter Maul just in case. They could go there for funeral so I assume they had could've go there day earlier also

[@Bannschwert]

You forget that the *apprentice* to that Dark Side user already killed 2 Jedi Masters (through trickery, bud dead Masters are dead Masters) and the Master apparently killed Kelnacca before he could even really react. So these are crazy dangerous people from the Jedi's POV. Except if the Jedi don't mind a dozen dead Jedi, because they have thousands more. (I heard there were thousands of Jedi in the High Republic. If true, they have 100 years to go down to maybe hundreds)

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@Bannschwert Still doesn't gel with the Jedi Order we see in Episode 1 as hearing about Darth Maul made them worried.

[@donovan4222]

@@Lobsterwithinternet But they don’t know that there is any dark side user, they just think a jedi went rogue and killed people. They expected that sol did it first…

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

@@donovan4222 And that happens often enough to make it much more likely than running into a fallen Jedi or a random Dark Sider? If that's the case, why aren't they better equipped to fight lightsaber-wielding enemies if they’re that common? And why isn't the Jedi of the Prequels much better equipped and trained in fighting if that's the case? And why can't a Jedi master feel the lingering taint of the Dark Side that would obviously left from a battle with any powerful Dark Side user? The issue is that none of these things tracks in any logical way and makes their decisions look more like plot contrivances to push the plot and characters in certain directions regardless of what the previous scenes would indicate.

[@Jeartozer]

Ki-Adi-Mundi at least knew their was a Jedi killer out on the loose, and then lost at least one, if not two full Jedi teams in said pursuit... and was the one who announced the Sith were gone for a mellenia. Either he was never let know that close to two dozen Jedi had died mysteriously, or is lying to the High Council... so... not good either way..

[@Jeartozer]

I forgot to mention one of the Jedi that may or may not yet die is one who he has direct communication with, as part of what seems to be a smaller council, perhaps a Head of Jedi Expiditions, who is also either gonna be dead, or find some lame excuse tocfeed him on why 1-2 Dozen Jedi are now dead

[@HBstudios2005]

So we went from having a Darth Vader wannabe to a Kylo Ren wannabe XD

[@mrreyes5004]

Bruh imagine being wannabe of a wannabe, that's how you know that a villain ain't shit even if they have a flashy 1-v-many fight.

[@eshaandwivedi4921]

I mean chronologically speaking, Kylo is an unintentional copy of Qimir.

[@ResidentTarantino]

I love that you did the MauLer thing of saying "but anyway" with footage of Boss Nass flopping his cheeks

[@Biodragon882]

rewatching this video over and over to hype myself for the hopefully soon series review, cause good god

[@savagesandwich9742]

My left ear really enjoyed the commentary.

[@tadpolegaming4510]

Oh good, I thought my headphones were dying

[@vaggos2003]

Wait, was somethong wrong with the recording of this video?

[@princeLaharl2]

Your editor is a WIZARD 😮 And you are a saint 🙏🏽 27:04

[@rezz__emiya5948]

Honestly, i really liked this video comparatively to some of the more recent Sheev videos ive watched, mainly because it's full of levity. Desite it being critical it still sounds like you're having some fun, which makes watching a longer video like this a lot easier to do (opposed fo something like the kenobi video for example, which while being good was hard to get through due to the tone it took) Shout out Jason from the good place for being the best thing about the acolyte, and shout out the good place as a show for making this show better in reference to it.

[@ClintByrne]

Wait till you get to this week's episode. Tragically bad

[@jordan1savage]

Great review as always Sheev, yours is the one I wait for above all others. Keen to hear a livestream around episode 6 and 7

[@jasonfrancese8359]

4:14 I wanna defend this part of the show quick. Palpatine easily dispatched three masters, before having difficulty with Windu for a multitude of reasons based specifically on Windu’s own abilities. Qimir is facing more Jedi, but no Masters. Sol is likely the most experienced(capable), and therefore is able to survive. The others, however, are Jedi who not only aren’t masters, they’ve likely not seen as much fighting as those four masters.

[@StevenZissimos]

Yeah, that's what I thought too. The Jedi that Palpatine fought were Council masters that were considered to be among the best duellists in the Order. The ones that Smilo Ren fought were mostly nobodies.

[@wisdommanari6701]

Do we know they aren't masters

[@donovan4222]

@@wisdommanari6701 Yes sol was the only master there

[@donovan4222]

@@jasonfrancese8359 Correct it was sol and a bunch of fodder characters like those Jedi who died on geonosis

[@corruptangel6793]

That's what I was wondering.

[@ETHER3AL2205]

I find the title’s lack of an Oxford comma disturbing

[@C-Content]

Glad you finally got it out, youtube’s system is broken 😪

[@jack_5670]

Long have I waited....

[@penofficial_]

As someone who hasn’t watched this show, I don’t think I will

[@marioj6878]

@3:17 surround the domicile? dude they were parked in one group, single file about a stone's throw from the front door. at best, I'd give them like 45 degrees of the 360 needed to surround it. BTW i love this channel and everyone in it. keep up the good work!

[@HBstudios2005]

8:25 not giving it to Vader makes sense since Palpatine deliberately made Vaders suit crappy so Vader couldn't kill him

[@josiahcmiller]

Irrelevant, he could use the force to kill him as was Palp’s MO post-ROTS.

[@robinnvi]

And yet, Palpatine was without a lightsaber since before Anakin was put into the suit, so it doesn’t matter.

[@Ashguy733]

I also think letting the material itself in the Imperial era be known or see by underlings and Inquisitors wouldn't be a good idea seeing as betrayal and getting ahead by any means necessary in the Empire is paramount.

[@LordVaderTyrannus]

Not true. In the 2017 Canon Vader comics he asks Vader about the quality of his suit in the very first issue. In issue 6, Vader fixes and modifies his suit on his own with the Force. Star Wars fans really need to learn to stop using Legends to explain Canon.

[@swaviddenson5623]

I was hoping he would be revealed as a “sith pretender” and then the real line of bane show up and off him but now that he’s outmatched like 10 jedis then that’s out the window. He’s one of the most powerful force users period.

[@Fear_the_Nog]

Well, now because the actor is so charismatic and made the character actually cool (despite the incoherent writing), I don't want him to be off'd. However, I likewise didn't want Carrie Ann Moss to be off'd within 5 minutes and Sol's character to become utterly incomprehensibly uncool. Then ep 7 happened. I am certain that these writers really have NO idea what they're doing or what things to actually leverage. Jason Mendoza from The Good Place will likely be just another wasted talent like Trinity and Squid Game Guy by the end of the season. It's like Marrok from Ahsoka. Oh, you think a character maybe is cool did you? He's just a bunch of gas, hah! Syke!

[@DaejinTye]

I understand the delay between when video was recorded and finally uploaded, and could only think the entire time, "Oh man. Wait until he sees Episode 7!"

[@matthewchi5292]

27:04 Ok, but your Yoda impression is actually so good. wtf???

[@SLCA46]

The scooby doo reference had me rolling. I thought the exact same thing.

[@offtheshelfET]

"And I would've gotten away with it too, if it weren't for you meddling twins and your Yord"

[@sardonically-inclined7645]

27:04 I hope your desk is as bad as mine, because I was drinking something when you did this.

[@TheWorldMemeDatabase]

I kept referring to Basil as a gremlin when I watched the show. Every time he spawned in I’d say “GET THAT GREMLIN, HE’S GETTING AWAY!!” That was my favorite part of the show actually.

[@flopmotions338]

I would watch an hour of Sheev attempting to do a Yoda impression

[@tuckerthewise9647]

41:53 I literally couldn't breath, that was so unexpected but so perfect. I love it!

[@McCoyFromSpace]

Fucking love the titles of these types of videos 😂

[@trevorparker6400]

I don't even watch these shows anymore. I just think it's fun listening to you rip into them

[@ZayJayPlays]

Yord could have been cool. He could have seen how following orders to the letter got people killed, so he starts becoming a little rebellious, becoming a Qui-Gon Jinn type character.

[@joesephovide2942]

It's like this incoherent show was written by hyperactive children.

[@akashajones6079]

....Not at all. What child would write a script this dull?

[@Tigger_34]

You’re gonna waste a perfectly good Jedi by making him a security guard. Shhheeesss!

[@jonathanplooij3666]

great video

[@GOODYGOODGOOD789]

Yeah, Sheev Talks is back with him giving anthropomorphic actions to what he reviews.

[@tk-6967]

8:07 To be clear, the reason the CB3s are used a lot isn't because Dooku doesn't have much access to the material, it is because they are too dangerous to Palpatine's plans. If the CIS were to use them in too great a number, the war would be pretty much over. This actually happened in the EU, so Palpatine ended up leaking the manufacturing plant to the Jedi. However, I will say that your point about rarity is still correct since it seems that the CIS only had a few of those factories specifically for the cortosis droids and once those were gone they didn't make any more.

[@TheOwneroftheIC]

Two lightsabers had made you stronger ever since TCW came out, and every script of this show passed over a certain EP of that show's desk...

[@donovan4222]

@@TheOwneroftheIC I don’t think it makes you stronger, just a more aggressive fighting style that can take your opponent off guard

[@Theonewhoknocks408]

​@donovan4222 he was joking, in case you didn't understand but you're right two lightsabers allows a more offensive front, but at the cost of a lower defence posture, this show failed to do anything right unfortunately. It would have been cool if they showed Jeckie to be a prodigy with a saber beforehand hence why she's badass, but still have her die due to smylo being a deceptive shithead

[@donovan4222]

@@Theonewhoknocks408 Idk why the show would have to tell you beforehand, can’t we just assume since Jecki held her own against the sith better than the other characters that she’s better with a saber and had more potential/strength that was slept on? I just don’t see the problem with this. If Jecki had damaged Qimir or won the fight I could see an issue, but she literally dies after like 15 seconds of fighting, I just don’t see why people would be mad about that.

[@Avarn388]

I have to commend your patience Sheev. This show really tests one’s patience and sanity with how stupid it is. A lot of these problems could have been fixed or resolved if she redrafted and actually thought about her choices. It’s funny because Arcane I learned it took six years to make. The first half was for the animation and the other half was spent redrafting the script. These writers when they do stuff like not redrafting and hide behind identity politics they don’t realize they hurt their own agenda in the long run. They aren’t forwarding anything. Arcane had LGBT representation and female characters but was very well written. The acolyte could have been that. But nope; we are getting something that superficially plants a flag and expects folks to kiss the ground around it. No thanks. All in all, it’s sad to see what state Star Wars is in now.

[@colm9419]

Star wars is trash Unfortunately so is Arcane

[@DigBick1337-]

I can't watch any type of star wars media anymore unless it's made by an actual fan, the jedi survivor game is great though

[@GabesEdtiz]

@@colm9419Me when I lie:

[@RevanReviews]

@colm9419 Arcane is amazing dude what are you talking about?

[@lsixty30]

One point you made that I’ve only heard here is that any Sith after Bane *should be* a renowned and influential person. This show aside, that’s a cool thing to keep in mind about the sith, that they played a long con, gathering power and increasing it from one generation to the next.

[@alexkerr1762]

We need more sheev yoda impressions

[@sean4929]

I hadn't watched the episode and listened to your live stream. Watching this was realy good, because even though it's the same arguments being put forward by you, having the visuals of the show alongside is very helpful and highlights how incredibly dumb this show is.

[@ashen-one--x]

yeah!!! cant wait!!

[@baronjutter]

Star wars fights are entirely based around the idea that the audience isn't allowed to remember to think about anyone who's off camera.

[@yurikendal4868]

42:00 Ineffective force healing

[@charlez7416]

Hot take, Jason should have been the founder of the Knights of Ren, I think it would be cool if the first and the last Master of the Ren Order would be an fallen Jedi. He even looks like Ben Solo after a year in Belarus.

[@dracu9833]

are you gonna cover the rest of the acolyte with videos like this as well, or is this a one-time thing?

[@daniquemaxwell5070]

He said he might do it but because this episode had a lot of issues for him that it would be bad for the pacing if he cover the entire season so he just decided to get this out the way

[@bigdoubleu117]

...Ok, no other reviewer noticed the Force Healing... Which I literally just don't understand the decisions at this point regarding it. If anything, arguments could be made that Force Healing is fine in the Sequels because it takes place so far into the future that it doesn't affect Anakins' story... But with Disneys constant additions with Grogu being able to Force Heal, and now it appears before the Prequels... It's so dumb. That was one of the main points for Anakin turning to the dark side.

[@Mortimer_RS]

I still remember when people justified the force healing in the sequels because it was a thing in the expanded universe (in KOTOR for example) but then Disney made all of that uncanon so it didn't even matter in the end. Good times.

[@isucktrustme8672]

occupational health and safety administration is better than the ex jedis real name😄

[@Backfisch5927]

Maybe jason avoided being stunned with the force, like how vader blocked han shooting at him in empire? Although I don't know if that is how vader blocked the shots, maybe his gloves are just blasterproof, in which case this explanation doesn't work

[@BearthatBaresFoodinBelly]

Vader used the force on the blaster bolts (at least that's how it was thought of for a long time) thus Rey catching blaster bolts in TROS

[@offtheshelfET]

The Reiner and Bertholt twist from AOT absolutely embarrasses this Qimir bs

[@Avarn388]

@offtheshelfET I have issues with the reveal but yeah it’s leagues better than this one.

[@offtheshelfET]

@@Avarn388 What issues do you have with the reveal?

[@donovan4222]

AOT is peak

[@stefanmilovanov3398]

​​​@@donovan4222 Started really strong but aything after S2 was just the creator pulling shit out of their ass. What a fucking terrible downfall that show had. Don't get me started on the final season and ending.

[@widexawake_]

AoT is not "Peak." It's completely fine to enjoy it, but it is by no means what fiction should strive to be. The series contrived itself to keep a mystery hidden from the audience, and then when the reveal happened ALL intrigue abandoned ship, and then the final act enters the room like stale fart, overstays it's welcome, not unlike a stale fart, and shits the bed with that horrific ending. Like I said, it's completely fine to enjoy it, but definitely not "good."

[@Den9d]

I understand your opinions and you looking at it critically is very interesting to me and I enjoyed the video however I still enjoyed this episode while I watched it

[@pascalsimioli6777]

That's fine, someday you'll turn 13.

[@Den9d]

I am 13

[@kabirarya5381]

that's alright.

[@merikmalhads1676]

Omg I just figured out the vision that she is seeing. Remember in the flashback episode of 7 they say the girls are one entity split in two? Osha is seeing the original individual

[@SWANSWAN-nc7ds]

Jedi feel like they just get random guy a robe and call them Jedi the only guy seem to act like a Jedi is Sol.

[@TheGalacticNerd19]

This is where the fun begins

[@andrewcosta5001]

Release it now, i wanna watch

[@Bello-xe1dd]

For the comment you said about Palps being the culmination of Sith power I agree with, but the Jedi 'Smilo' faced weren't Jedi masters, let alone the finest swordsmen the order had to offer. If for example, Mace Windu were invoved, the fight may have been more skewed against him or just outright in a loss. Not to say that 'Smilo' isn't powerful, just that the Jedi he was fighting were more towards the weaker side, and Palpatine was probably more force-power sided and physically past his prime. I have no doubt that Sheev would have owned him if both of them had to fight each other, even in a lightsaber duel, where Palpatine is at a significant disadvantage.

[@Bello-xe1dd]

Also, this for the comment around 3:55. Overall, I agree with most of the points presented, and I appreciate the criticisms you present, although it is harsh at times.

[@Procyon-j7e]

The one defense i have for the helmet and qimir is that : The helmet made him more intuned with the force but it drained him faster physically and mentally. Meaning he wasnt all powerful without it .

[@ShadowOfTheSPQR]

Fuck me, this mind reading crap has really gone off the rails hasn't it. The bar ever lowers.

[@nracryz8231]

It's out! Now I gotta catch up on the damn show

[@daniquemaxwell5070]

No, save your sanity it's not worth it

[@nracryz8231]

I enjoyed it so far tho! (watched episode 4)

[@alexiserlexcc]

@@nracryz8231did you watch the fucking video or not

[@nracryz8231]

@@alexiserlexcc No Ill watch it after I catch up man

[@Unbeatablekingdm]

Love that Yoda impression!😂

[@rileyhedrick9651]

"only defining character is that she's a good person." We would thing that wouldn't we? No. she can be whoever she wants and date hot sith dude.

[@macsmith2013]

Boy, I'm sure you absolute loooooved episode 7. 🤣

[@Itsjustavy]

Good video.

[@blazingtoken1162]

Glorious

[@harrambou9468]

Ohhhh shit here we go

[@Starlit43]

Sheevs top 5 bad takes ranked! 5. Acolyte episode 5 - He doesn’t like it because he hates how a woman has a lead role. That’s all he talked about. 4. Phantom menace review - While not better then the sequel Trilogy its still a 9/10 movie. Dual of fates and pod racing were the worst parts though. 3. Bad batch S3 review - the most depth I have ever seen from Star Wars. Insane character Arcs, plots that have so many layers and characters with so much personality. 2. Clone wars review - obsessed with the EU and the lore. Complaining about every pixel on the screen 1. Andor review - easily the worst thing Star Wars has ever done. A complete snooze fest. Let’s hope S2 gets canceled!!

[@weyjosh5213]

andor was good. too intriguing for your pea brain

[@weyjosh5213]

whats wrong with andor? didnt sheev like andor

[@theeviloverlord7168]

Huh?

[@Lobsterwithinternet]

This is your brain on Disney Star Wars. Any questions?

[@macree01]

Disliking a character and actively discriminating against someone because of their sex are two very different things. My suggestion to you is that if you're going make such a serious accusation you better have more than a bullet point accusing said person of it.

[@Yorus_Simp]

loved the succession clips

[@Theonewhoknocks408]

Never seen this channel, literally first 30 seconds the energy and character you bring has earned you another sub good man, do not be seduced by the dark side of the Woke

[@EmperorsWrath]

Rest In Peace Yord, you will be missed. Give my regards to Wade.

[@supercellcyclone6468]

8:09 re: Why not give Grievous/Vader/anyone else cortosis armour, disregarding the obvious out-of-universe answer of "It didn't exist yet", the in-universe answer I would give is that Sith are selfish and paranoid. As much as Grievous is loyal to Dooku, giving armour to a 4-armed guy with 4 lightsabers that you have personally trained just seems like a recipe for getting yourself killed if you ever need to fight him. The same goes for Vader, Palpatine always intended to trash Vader for a better apprentice, and Vader was well-aware of that fact because he was the one who trashed Palpatine's previous apprentice; hell, even the suit is designed to hold him back, so why would Palps then give it a bonus? The current Disney comics show that Vader mods his own suit and prosthetics, but he's never added cortosis either because he was unaware of its existence, didn't know how to get it, or just didn't want it because he's proud of his own abilities. The short of this is that I think Sith not using cortosis can be explained in-universe through a mixture of pride and fear. And before you say "Well Palps should have worn some as the master, to protect himself", my answer to that would be that Palps doesn't seem to put much stock in lightsaber fights because he's so strong in the Force he can just lightning anything and everything. This is the dude who wears nothing but robes all the time and didn't draw his lightsabers in the OT, so I think I'm fairly safe in this assertion.

[@skyslasher2297]

8:06 isn’t cortosis also more brittle than normal armor materials?

[@hqer]

Yep. Pure cortosis is brittle and short circuits the lightsabers. Alloyed cortosis is resistant to lightsabers and is also strong against other weapons but does not short circuit the lightsabers, iirc.

[@corruptangel6793]

It's used as weapons and armor throughout the old EU. The Imperial Knights, for example, had bracers, chest plates, greaves, and shoulder pouldrens made of cortosis. The video shows a dagger made of the stuff shorting out Vader's lightsaber, and in the Bane trilogy, it was mined to near extinction (it's why it's so rare) to be used to enhance armor by the Republic and Brotherhood alike.

[@cjh.1920]

Basil is single-handedly the most annoying Star Wars character of all time. Headland essentially outright said in interviews he exists solely for contrivance.

[@Kaweebo]

37:14 I THINK what they’re implying here is since the helmet can dissolve lightsabers, it can probably do the same with blaster shots, including stun blasts? Which raises more questions because that implies stun blasts primarily only work to shut off the brain because otherwise Qimir’s body should be paralyzed at least, right? So they’re just taking a fat shit on even the most basic stuff from the very first movie.

[@exzession4919]

The Acolyte feels like a fanfic somebody had written while sitting in a strip bar, being on multiple drugs, and having sex with multiple people. Normally, I can enjoy Disney Star Wars Content for shutting my brain down after work. But at this show, my brain sends me to sleep because it has to many questions about why the characters have done the next stupid thing.

[@wartex28]

-technically a witch Ritual is Not a Vergence in the force because it is a Event where the force Shows by itself - Sol Bond to the Twins makes No sens because they Are just two Girls he saw once and act‘s Like he watched them growing up -Torbin literally killed himself for something he did start himself -Why did the mother use a weird Force Power the Jedi Never have Seen and can be easily be Seen as an Attack

[@donovan4222]

@@wartex28 The scene where the witch mother died made me laugh out loud….Mae runs up to them while they are talking and says “help” then for some reason, the night sister takes a fighting stance and Torbin draws his saber (why? Who knows), then instead of diffusing the fight, the witch mother starts screaming and doing what looks like some kind of black mist attack, so Sol stabs her for some reason (lol) and then she gaslights him like “I wasn’t even goona do anything bro!” And just dies. What a star war.

[@calvinmcfalls9801]

I have an image I took of Yord in episode 1 where he has his shirt off and looks like he peed himself when Jaqui and Sol entered… his death just made me yell out in frustration and confusion and fear of whatever else was going on at that moment, was praying they’d do another “his head wasn’t snapped, he just twisted it and gave him a good massage!” But I think he’s really dead guys… the only guy who cared about the mission and he’s dead…

[@calvinmcfalls9801]

The image I used as a meme template for wondering what Disney’s thing is for Shirtless male actors… then Episode 6 or 7 came out… and I wondered what even was going on in Headland’s mind… perv (if you’ve seen the episode you’ll know why I’m saying that)

[@corruptangel6793]

Here's the problem with opening a fight scene between force uses with telekinesis. Telekinesis is an instant win ability, and when you show that it can be used outside of special circumstances, it begs the question why he didn't just snap all their necks, rupture organs, or literally blow their heads off. I had the same issue with episode 1.

[@gooder-s1x]

I think he doesn’t like the acolyte

[@GerardMenvussa]

Oh wow! Almonda actually had a facial expression there for a moment 😲

[@twicejaeger6997]

8:25 only thing I disagree with so far, why would Palpatine give Vader an armor that makes it more likely for him to win if he ever tried to kill him as the sith usually do to their masters? I know lightning counters Vader but it kinda feels like an unnecessary risk on his part, and if sheev was fine with it i don’t think Vader’s pride would let him use it regularly

[@DreadMaximus]

You can’t blame Sol for not killing Smilo Ren when Kenobi had two chances to kill Vader and didn’t…😂

[@davedavis2132]

When he showed the director's quote talking about the 'twist', that everyone should be able to figure it out etc... Pained me so much when I think of all the shows that subtly give hints such that you can miss it on the first watch but watch it back and everything the character does starts to make sense... and you can see everything that you missed not hidden, just subtle please Disney get some people who actually know how to do this shit

[@donovan4222]

@@davedavis2132 There’s literally a scene in episode 4 when Qimir accidentally says “I” when talking about “the master” lmao as if they couldn’t make it any more obvious

[@nanashi4147]

More like Palpatine or what? 😂. They’re doing a great job it’s you guys who need contacts and your ears cleaned.

[@mac1991seth]

Smilo Ren, Jason, Discount Ezra Miller, Asian Ezra Miller, Thirst Trap... but you may call him "Sith".

[@donovan4222]

@@mac1991seth lol wtf he doesn’t look like Ezra miller

[@darksideorseid0066]

During the trailers, I remember all the people trying to damage control keeping the Disney brand when the scene of the jedi being pushed back alive saying, "Oh It was something else" "it's a misdirection, they're not gonna fight!" Guess they were wrong, lol

[@mow_cat]

man, the "Occupational Safety and Health Administration" be getting feisty...

[@chekhovslasergun9175]

Haven't watched the show, but I'm guessing they are going to have this "Sole" guy be the real Acolyte, and someone else being the master, like the green Jedi. They'll kill him and then say he was just some rogue so he's not really a Sith.

[@Sondergirl1610]

That force push isn't that crazy man. Cal kestis does about as much

[@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS]

Not on force users

[@Sondergirl1610]

@@CRYSTAL_CUSTOMS works on 9th sister in fallen order. Heck, by looking up the boss fight I realised sheev is doubly wrong , ninth does the same ground pound attack. I'm pretty sure trillas final boss form does too .

[@donovan4222]

@@Sondergirl1610 yeah regular Jedi padawans/knights aren’t that strong…like on geonosis hundreds of them die to battle droids

[@tsusmildrides4937]

>Sheev couldn't do anything like this to half as many jedi Mace would have brought some of the best Jedi in the order with him to arrest Palpatine, meanwhile Sol would not even be able to get the cream of the crop since he didn't want to talk to the high council.

[@capitalcitygoofball1987]

Yeah the magic helmet material is in the league with "why doesn't Tony Stark have vibranium armor" or "if the super soldier serum is so easy to make..." I need an explanation. anyway I assume Vader did have Beskar armor at least in his shoulder armor. He didn't take any real damage from Luke's saber.

[@cheesegreater5739]

I can't believe that this would happen to the Occupational Health and Safety Administration. Truly sad to see

[@deslardesslok]

26:27-27:13 The voice impressions 😂 😂 😂 😂 5:37a.m. 8/4/2024

[@yurikendal4868]

22:20 Sol could have pulled smilo s lightsaber from him