The Acolyte Finale - The Nightmare Is Finally Over!

[@mikewaterfield3599]

The stupidity of one, the arrogance of two, the hubris of Disney!

[@xopath9204]

This wins the internet today.

[@mattpovah5952]

Awesome

[@streetridersss8360]

Introducing Plagueis the cheater, a final nail in the coffin!

[@genzboomer-sv3pl]

goated comment 🤣

[@DanielKwan]

disssneeeeyyyyyy

[@StriderAnarchy99]

Don’t smile because it’s over, cry because it happened.

[@inactivehorse9753]

On God!

[@lukeyznaga7627]

ahahahahahhahahahaa!

[@arekpetrosian4965]

I say do both.

[@ereini0n]

😂

[@deejay8ch]

😂😂

[@Scottdg93]

Turns out the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise was him being put into the Acolyte.

[@leomulholland3]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@spiffygonzales5160]

Is it possible to learn this power? "Not from a Jedi..." Thank God! For a second I was actually considering joining you! Jedi it is!

[@palpatinethesenatehog7086]

For the last time, this show never happened!

[@ipostthings4996]

Best comment 🤣🤣🤣

[@nicholasmurray7505]

They destroyed the EU and the entire Plagueis Novel which is my favorite book of all time to put him in this piece of shit. FUCK OFF. For what so now he can no longer be the wise and powerful sith he was originally but now instead got his idea to create life from witches and threads great love to see it.

[@MarioB87]

Squid game guy in my opinion, delivered the best acting out of the whole cast. And he had to learn English to play the role😂

[@DOOMStudios]

I don’t even go watch Star Wars products anymore I just watch KZbin videos on it.

[@someonesome-h8f]

Part II kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4LIkq2qjbebf68

[@Usergirl1989]

same :D

[@ereini0n]

Same

[@StressLevel100]

Doesn't everyone now hahah

[@scientist1417]

Same

[@grumpyweds443]

Both Maye and Osha are flippant, gullible traitors who switch sides based on their own selfish needs. The most unlikeable "protagonists" ever.

[@LOCATION_REDACTED]

Strong women, every decision they make is right.

[@GreyDeathVaccine]

@@LOCATION_REDACTED Right.... for themselves. 🙂

[@Captain_Mulligan]

Sounds about like every woman Ive ever known hahahaha. Points for realism, Leslie

[@Shooopdawooooop]

Not to mention the actor in laying their characters doesn’t have a single ounce of talent to differentiate between the two. God she was dreadful I found myself laughing at her tears and rolling my eyes when she does/says anything serious. Talentless doesn’t begin to describe It.

[@FrancSchiphorst]

Xtagonists?

[@HeathenSWolf]

I'm so sorry for the Squid Games guy. He didn't deserve starring in it.

[@CoolHardLogic]

Indeed, he put in the effort to learn a new language, and seems to be a decent actor compared to the lumps of wood he was alongside.

[@fruitloops2058]

I knew I recognised his face... he was great in Squid Game too... (Hope S2 is good.)

[@nasis18]

Lee Jung-jae is a good actor. He was the only decent actor in this stupid show.

[@62swordsmen]

I feel so bad for him, imagine learning a whole language just to have his first experience with the language being a giant dumpster fire like the Acolyte

[@segalliongaming8925]

@@nasis18 Exactly. I'm sure Lee Jung-jae's international career isn't over just yet, as the professional reviewers on Rotten Tomatoes are still very positive on this series.

[@hydraulichydra8363]

The furry's betrayal made the least sense. He literally risked his life to stop her in the previous episode and had absolutely no reason to switch sides.

[@AETERNA-PASSIO]

they got their episode count slashed so they had to tie up all loose ends, no matter how poorly, due to the ending episode.

[@goldenhaze6880]

Exactly 😂😂😂

[@lokithecat7225]

It realized, as a Furry, that it could get some discount Twin Puss. Isn't that why anyone works with Amanblah?

[@Duomaxwell02M]

@hydraulichydra8363 Any way he's related to General Hux?

[@williamflowers9435]

The best explanation I can come up with is Bazil was trying to prevent Sol from shooting Mae down

[@TheLeadElite]

Millions of dollars down the drain all to satisfy the ego of a rich man’s daughter who wanted her own propaganda fanfiction flick.

[@samuelademeso9041]

as well as a Lesbian version Harvey Weinstein

[@martindenham2207]

I haven't watched the show but what you said is the impression I got from the criticism of it.

[@SunnyLovetts]

Accurate.

[@desmondjefferson2127]

Almost like LeBron telling his son he can play at a level he clearly can't. Bronny & Leslie Blockhead need to go back to school or some minor league places, because they aren't ready for the pros, no matter HOW rich their daddies are!!

[@Will21st]

excuse me LH is the member of an oppressed minority, don't you know....

[@StarWarsTheory]

Thank the maker it's finally over

[@sunmaw108]

Hi Theory

[@TrashCanBananas]

I need to re-watch the prequels to cleanse my palate

[@Technotroni]

I pretend its a fan made series, and thats it.

[@markgeorge2200]

You gotta do a video on how this messed up star wars lore even more!

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

You mean you’re NOT excited for a potential season 2?? 😱 Yeah me neither

[@BD-iu1wh]

“What was the point?” C’mon Drinker, there were 3: - ruin Jedi. ✅ - ruin Anakin. ✅ - launder $$$. ✅

[@fitz3691]

I think you missed some…make the force female/gay…use they/them pronouns and force dei instead of good story telling/acting

[@graphixkillzzz]

huh... in that case, it's a success 🤔🤷‍♂️🤣👉

[@M53614]

​@@fitz3691 lmao what. None of that is accurate. How has the force been made gay?

[@MelbourneArchviz]

I also no longer like diversity in real life. Thanks Disney!

[@hernanreipp3321]

Mostly launder. Because the first two are already done years before.

[@Mr._Anderpson]

Seeing the lightsaber change colors like a fucking mood ring makes me happy I didn't waste a minute watching this show.

[@IsaiahNasby-x6x]

I was laughing so hard when I saw that. It's great how technology just does whatever you want it to, and then never does it again.

[@BotFisherman]

The fuck does Mace Windu's saber mean in this context then lmao

[@Mr._Anderpson]

@@BotFisherman Reach in that bag & hand me my lightsaber. Which one is yours? Its the one that says 'Bad Mutha Fucka".

[@ericgoen6154]

​@@BotFisherman😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 u got dam point there..

[@r1sing_prod1gy84]

Which is dumb because with that logic, anakins lightsaber would’ve changed colour A. When he killed the Tuskan Raiders B. When he attacked the Jedi temple C. When he fought obi-wan on mustafar Yet, somehow, it remained blue through all of that. Hmmm.

[@spleenm]

Darth Plagueis became The Wise by briefly observing the shiteshowe and wisely staying in the shadows.

[@penske_material]

he was taking notes from the shadows on what not to do lol

[@DREADEYE_KNIGHT]

How exactly do we know that was plaguies?

[@XgoodbyeX]

​@@DREADEYE_KNIGHTbecause of lysley headland saying if she could make a second season it would have plaqueis and palpatine. Also disney does dumb shit like this all the time so it wouldn't be surprising.

[@chocolaterain5097]

Jeremy Jahns said it best. Disney buying Star Wars is like the Joker in the museum in the Keaton Batman. You've got this beautiful gallery full of lore and you just have your sticky paint covered hands of insanity all over the place.

[@Lonovavir]

It's like putting a fox in the chicken coop.

[@bobdole3804]

I'm honestly surprised by how much damage they managed to do in just the final episode alone. Like after the first seven I thought my expectations were rock bottom but they bought a drill and took me on a trip to the center of the earth with this one....

[@some_random_guy_mk2]

​@@Lonovavir while the foxhound is asleep apparently... 😮‍💨

[@BearPawSwipe]

That song slaps so hard though!

[@PotatoePC]

Nice analogy. I get this one!!!

[@kingDowahs]

Palpatine: Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise? Anakin: What that Homeless Guy who lived in a cave?

[@ge2719]

who apparently is like smeagle because he just awkwardly leans against rocks, touching them as he peers at people. i thought he was supposed to a powerful intelligent being. they have him acting like a cave troll.

[@Dansgretski]

@@ge2719 you just about said it, Plagueis would be intelligent and it would take an intelligent writer to do it properly, so they chose Smeagol

[@streamsofarrogance4167]

😂

[@tma2001]

hey Gollum the Amazon sound stage is over there!

[@347Jimmy]

He could even influence the a TV show to create... ...'memberberries.

[@What_do_I_Think]

The point of this show was to destroy Good and uplift evil. The opposite what Star Wars was.

[@robertofernandez7773]

Well. It kinda goes with the current state of society. Nothing surprising anymore ! At least the nightmare is over. Although star wars has died with it. Sad, very sad.

[@What_do_I_Think]

@@robertofernandez7773 When you refer to the MAGA movement, yes, they want to destroy what is good.

[@What_do_I_Think]

@@robertofernandez7773 If you refer to MAGA, yes they are trying to destroy society.

[@What_do_I_Think]

@@robertofernandez7773 Yes Trumpf and his cult try to destroy society.

[@ithinkiknowwhatiamdoing102]

They really killed Sol, possibly the best performance in this total disaster of a show, AND they blame him for EVERYTHING. Man, fuck this show.

[@aleksander8497]

The only semi-interesting character. Condemned for being male.

[@laraq07]

I was mad enough to SPIT. I wasted hours of my life for this utter betrayal of the only decent character on this show. The twins are ... I have NO words for these 2 characters that switch motivations and characters at the drop of a hat. No, I'm wrong. They HAVE no characters.

[@DramaticPizza]

you seriously believe he was the best pfffffff they were all dogshit xD

[@fullinventoryproductions]

@@aleksander8497 I don't think he was condemned for being male, I personally think the show would be a lot better if Sol apologized for his mistakes and Osha still killed him. That would make a more interesting story, that Osha was so angry that she couldn't accept forgiveness. Idk tho.

[@CrowRobo-Z]

But it was hinted that he was a PDF file so they gave that as an excuse to kill him off.

[@ArchangelExile]

Her lightsaber turning red while activated is so stupid. So, at that moment, she "bled" her kyber crystal by using anger and the dark side which turned it from blue to red. If that's how it works, then why did Anakin's lightsaber stay blue the entire time he was fighting Obi-Wan on Mustafar? I'd say he was even angrier and in much more despair, so much so that he lost control and choked the one thing he loved the most and tried to save and tried to kill his mentor and father figure immediately after. This is another reason that Disney's bleeding the crystal BS is stupid and I dislike it so much.

[@tsevgamesalot]

They have no idea how anything in star wars works. They just keep making up crap. I'm glad this travesty has brought us all back together as a fandom though.

[@zzzzzzzzzz_me]

Pretty sure that's some Filoni BS though

[@frizen9328]

Probably because the crystal was exposed. That's all I got.

[@takuid]

@@zzzzzzzzzz_me Filoni Star Wars is not real Star Wars. Helicopter lightsabers, force teleportation and invisibility, "bleeding" crystals that choose the wizard, I mean the Jedi, time travel in Star Wars and many other travesties are all from the mind of that hack.

[@kraptastic333]

I made a much less articulate comment regarding this, thanks for using the lore accurate words and citing an event like Anakin on Mustafar. Totally grossed me out seeing that reach. That was the best way to visualize internal struggle? Looking through the whole IP we find loads of lessons of how to demonstrate a character's inner conflicts. Sad

[@HungryHaskins54]

They really made the two black fatherless female children turn to the dark side, nice message.

[@Stefan-he8cf]

Well, at least some sense of reality in a big cluster fuxx.

[@kenjohnston1257]

The real message is shame on the patriarchy for forcing black fatherless female children into unspeakable vices

[@danicorvin]

It ain't really dark anymore. It's fluid now. Like Disney genders.

[@TheStDaniels]

Dont forget about lesbian space witches cult with no idea, how to handle fire hazzards

[@cityboychad]

@@HungryHaskins54 😅

[@justsomeslimewithoutalife8500]

Why is Plagueis peeking out the cave like a shy anime girl? 😭

[@theepicdude0002]

Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Peeping Tom

[@jowilltellthetruth5525]

I'm proud to say I've not seen a single episode of this, a moment of silence for our brave soldier, The Critical Drinker, for taking one for the team! Salute to you good sir!

[@oildalejones567]

The Drinker suffers so we don't have to.

[@jowilltellthetruth5525]

@@oildalejones567 not all heroes wear capes, some drink copious amounts required for their service!

[@aldunlop4622]

Same, I'm boycotting Disney and loving it!

[@Osprey850]

I like how, previously, Bazil was suspicious of Mae, even attacked her and seemingly told Sol so that he could stun her. Then, as soon as she woke up and she escaped, Bazil sabotaged the ship so that she could get away. So, he was responsible for both her capture and her escape, all seemingly only hours apart.

[@theluckynumberis7]

They can't write consistent characters.

[@franciscodanconia4324]

Does the space gerbil even talk? Do we have any idea of his motivations? Was there some scene where Mae Jedi mind tricked him? Or is it just complete utter bullshit writing?

[@Zontar82]

​@@franciscodanconia4324possibly the second

[@parbonmadhu9766]

that rabbit fucker has some split personality discorder

[@OskarErikssoon]

It's like they forgot what happened the last episode, or even the last 10 minutes...

[@ignaciomoreno9655]

09:35: I can explain it: LH: I have an idea for Star Wars. KK: Ok, tell me. LH: Jedis bad, Sith good, man useless, woman the best evar. KK: Take this 180 millions.

[@joshuasoobra2562]

Put a chic in it and make her gay!

[@ThePsychoAnon]

Per episode 😂😂😂

[@terencejay8845]

I'm happy I saw the first three Star Warseses, then called it a day.

[@romandaniels2415]

LH: Thanks! I’ll pocket about half of it, and use the rest for the show!

[@funnybunnyh8303]

Responsible authorities should investigate the entire production team, this has to be some kind of money-laundering scheme.

[@allenchance3200]

"Whomever had a hand in writing this show should not be allowed within a nautical mile of a writer's room for the rest of their natural life." That's BIG facts right there!

[@SeaOfTides]

Microsoft Copilot will never work in Hollywood again!

[@FastNCurious88]

A lot of people are seriously beginning to consider whether all of these major "blockbuster" movies/series that have these MASSIVE budgets, are absolute TRASH, always flop... and are completely void of heart and soul... it is actually money laundering we are witnessing. I've seen some explanations and breakdowns that have me pretty much *certain* that is in fact what's going on here. Make it make sense. Change my mind. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@chucksenhowzen9740]

To the “fans” that think they treated Rian Johnson & TLJ too harshly after Acolyte…no it’s still awful

[@someonesome-h8f]

Part II kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4LIkq2qjbebf68

[@lightningleopard]

No no he’s got a point. TLJ looks like a masterpiece compared to this😅😂

[@palpatinethesenatehog7086]

​@@lightningleopardnever

[@SecondBreakfastAndThreeH-zo3jp]

Mark Hamill didn’t even have to act in it. He’s a miserable deranged hermit who thinks of Trump 24/7. Star Wars is more cooked than Vader on Mustafar.🔥🗑️🌋

[@thenaturalpeoplesbureau]

TLJ is not an inch better now. It is just that these kinda trauma cause the basal ganglia to fire more diffusely. It slips into subconsciousness but if you rewatch it, you will again feel that sting in the heart when characters make no sense.

[@dearthofdoohickeys4703]

Asian Ezra Miller went from discount to premium. _That’s_ character growth.

[@GiftSolomonTDI]

Damn! Beat me to it. 😂😂😂☠️

[@MajinLordVegeta]

Crazy thing is, if this show was about him, it might have actually been better, maybe not good, but better than this shit.

[@csmith4892]

@@MajinLordVegeta he was good in the good place, best part of that too tbh

[@NazarusGG]

the only character growth in this series

[@danielbroome5690]

Smilo Ren was legitimately a better character than Kylo Ren

[@TheManofThings777]

I think the most interesting part of this was watching the number of people defending the show gradually go down with each episode.

[@kbahrami346]

Yet there are still a number of folks defending it and it seems to focus on the people like us that don't like it all being "sexist". I know I am not sexist. I just am frustrated by the poor storytelling and bad cinematic characteristics. It is like arguing against a wall so I just don't bother. I am quietly going to move on. Healthiest thing one can do. To the "Drinker": thank you for giving us insightful yet very entertaining reviews. That was the "best" part of watching "The Acolyte": looking forward to your reviews!

[@chriskni2821]

People defended this show???

[@thomaskositzki9424]

@@chriskni2821 Thought the same. 😂

[@thomaskositzki9424]

@@kbahrami346 If you need a new Sci-Fi story/IP to be proud of and fascinated by, try "The Expanse". Best-s**t-ever in my book.

[@FabsHF]

They defended while they thought there was still hope and they could still help Disney.. Once they say there was no hope and it was a sunken ship, they immediately changed tone to try to save their credibility

[@westfield90]

It’s so hard to believe people actually wrote this script, got paid and they actually filmed it.

[@tommcewan7936]

Actually, I'm not entirely convinced people did write it; the whole thing feels like something vomited up by some mindless AI trained on literary tropes with literally no idea what it's saying, let alone how those tropes must be restricted by things like physics or causality, particularly the stuff like stone buildings burning down, people travelling half-way across the galaxy and back as casually as if they were just walking into an adjoining room, and literally motiveless grand betrayals.

[@SeaOfTides]

@@tommcewan7936 It's true. I asked Microsoft Copilot to "create a woke film script in the style of Star Wars" and it printed out stuff that's indistinguishable from Disney Star Wars. Everyone should try. We can laugh at the results here. My favourite part of the script I got out of Copilot was: "Ayla and her team return to the Galactic Alliance, where they are honored for their bravery. The film ends with a hopeful message about the power of diversity and unity in overcoming challenges." I also liked: "Ayla confronts Darth Vex, emphasizing the importance of unity and understanding."

[@CelestialShaman44]

This. Goes to show. Education system for learning, writing and nods to "critical drinker" critical thinking concerning character, plots and endings. All gone.

[@SeaOfTides]

Here's another excerpt or two from that script I got out of Microsoft Copilot: Star Wars: The New Dawn, Scene 3: Assembly of the Team. Ayla, a young Jedi Knight of mixed heritage, is sent on a mission to investigate the disturbances. Ayla meets her team, including Kara, a non-binary pilot, Zara, a Twi'lek engineer, and Ryn, a former stormtrooper seeking redemption. (I asked Copilot which heritages Ayla has, and it came up with half human half Mirialan. I asked for a picture of that, and got a black girl with a giant afro. I asked for Ryn's description and got "hispanic"). Kara: (Smiling) “Hey, Ayla. I’m Kara, your pilot. My pronouns are they/them. Ready to take us wherever we need to go.” Ryn: (Nervously) “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” Scene 4: Mysterious Force. Ayla's team travels to a remote planet where they encounter oppressed locals. Scene 6: Sith Battle. Darth Vex seeks to exploit divisions within the Galactic Alliance. Ayla and her team stand at the entrance of a dark, foreboding temple. (I asked for Vex's description and was told "Human White Male, Late 40s". I asked for a better Vex and Copilot gave him a combat droid). Ayla: (Determined) “We stand united, stronger than you can imagine.” Kara: (Raising their blaster) “We won’t let you tear us apart.” Ayla: (Focused) “I fight for peace, for unity. That’s something you’ll never understand.”

[@ChrisSmith-tu9bu]

Exactly!

[@Katetengen]

I honestly feel bad for Lee, as he was apparently a Star Wars fan as well. Even though English isn’t his first language he manages to be one of the best actors in the show, despite the awful script. I hope this project doesn’t ruin any future opportunities for him.

[@samuelademeso9041]

nah it wont hopefully plus he always far more on his game when he is acting in Koran movies and show than Hollywood abominations like acolyte

[@richardphilpott1013]

I pray he distances himself from this as much as possible and goes on to bigger and better things. Like, the Acolyte doesn't even get a mention on his CV. Lee just dusts himself off and carries on with life like nothing happened.

[@roudkaross]

good for him his character got deleted, no chance he has to come back for season 2 and can cut his losses.

[@anthonycurby4606]

It would only take season 2 of squid game and theyd all be back in board.

[@hex11144]

Lee Jungjae is already very well established in Korea. He has no shortage of roles or money and he probably just did this for fun and/or to try and break into the western market. Either way he will be fine lol

[@imbored7678]

I genuinely believe that reviews of this show have been viewed more than the actual show itself.

[@radiologer]

Ive seen every review video but not the show itself.

[@jeffreyr4560]

Given in about a half an hour this video has 71,000 views and the show’s 4 most recent episodes have a fraction of the reviews I would assume this is true. I realize not everyone reviews it but still.

[@paulholmes8398]

Your not wrong my disney subscription was cancelled years ago but I didn't miss one of drinkers analysis of this shitshow..

[@therondayview7684]

@@radiologer Positive ones too?

[@etcher6841]

I hope so

[@tacitus6384]

"A woman throwing other people under the bus to avoid accountability for her shocking personal failures. Write what you know, eh Hedley?" 🤣

[@Omega_Mark]

...and to get promoted.

[@TheDivotking1]

You must be a fellow Canadian eh?

[@alejandroalday7938]

Sounds like the Secret Service 😂

[@Ch1lton_A]

Oh, I get it. Critical Drinker is making a baseless accusation about Leslye Headland. He’s telling us how he feels about her politically. Hahahahaha

[@AdenoidHynkelThe2nd]

@@Ch1lton_A "Harvey Weinstein's personal assistant is a good girl, she did nothing wrong" sure, ok

[@Ryushaori]

It's fascinating how people say that prequels graphics didn't age well and 24 years later Coruscant (and everything) looks worse in a multimilion dollar TV show...

[@TheGreatPooyah]

To prevent brain damage, I just watch the Drinker review instead of watching the show

[@fred6907]

My brain could only handle 2 episodes. Was more entertaining watching the reviews instead after that.

[@MsSwthrt102]

​@@fred6907same, Heaven knows the recovery needed 😂

[@toolegittoquit_001]

But secondary brain damage is almost just as worse

[@bobdole3804]

​@@toolegittoquit_001Seriously how can I feel like I just woke up from being black out drunk and I wasn't even directly exposed.

[@breakshot7451]

more ambitious to watch the attack of the killer tomatoes on an oll vhs

[@magnaesca165]

when you re a good guy, your lightsaber turns blue, when you re evil it turns red, when you re hungry, it turns yellow, when you re constipated it turns purple

[@GuiltlessGear]

damn, mace had it real bad huh

[@VallornDeathblade]

So that's why Samuel L Jackson was walking funny all the time in those movies.

[@skwills1629]

If You just wan to go Home it turns Yellow, too.

[@MrJackWorse]

hey mine is brown. what does that mean?

[@Raethrean]

that's why Padme said there was still good in Anakin. because his lightsaber didn't turn red. oh wait no that's stupid.

[@SplendidSuperman122]

Seeing Plagueis brought in for a cameo made me shout out loud, “OH COME THE F_CK ON!” It just ruins canon more and makes Anakin’s birth even less special.

[@someonesome-h8f]

Part 2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4LIkq2qjbebf68

[@LunarSpiral1127]

My reaction was "NOPE! NO! NO! UH UH NO WAY! F**K THIS!" Like why was he there?!

[@CHIEFLUKE101]

That was the whole point

[@maxmazzotti6651]

But this isn't canon to me cause legends(1977-2014) is the true canon.

[@SplendidSuperman122]

@@LunarSpiral1127They probably are gonna say he got the idea to create Anakin from the lesbian space witches to further desecrate George’s story.

[@PrometheanKitchen96]

I'm glad I just decided to watch your reviews for it instead of actually having to suffer through it

[@kenpeters3744]

Look how it rates on R.T: 80% from the critics vs 15% from the audience. Disney clearly ownes most of the "critics" these days.

[@JustBob-sw4rf]

Or they all went to the same Woke Marxist schools.

[@Dybicus]

I guess that's where some of those 180 Million bucks went.

[@AndragonLea]

It's not so much that Disney owns them than that critics depend on being invited to events, given access to content and being part of the professional circles to work. To do that, they need to stay the heck away from sensitive talking points because the far left famously loves eating their own for even the slightest misstep. So once a show has been deemed "progressive", they can't afford to be critical until the tide turns. They have to wait for general sentiment to signal that it is okay to dislike the show before they can actually level criticism. Until then it's stunning and brave because anything else means they lose their job. If they hop in too soon, they get excluded. No more invites, no access, no quotes and links. Might even get removed from the list entirely so that their ratings no longer appear on rotten tomatoes to begin with. Not defending them, mind, caving to this nonsense means that their output is essentially worthless for the intended purpose of telling people if a show is worth watching, but there are reasons other than blatant bribery that they all tend to follow the same notes.

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

I wouldn’t say it’s THAT bad when it comes to production, but it’s really bad when it comes to writing and lore. They just put in Yoda and Plagueis and Ki Adi Mundi to give themselves any connection to Star Wars. So many small, annoying errors like saying mekneks are doing the jobs that R2 units are for, when it’s any kind of astromech droids, not just specifically R2’s. That’s how stupid these people are, they just write down things they have no understanding of, and since R2 is the only droid they’ve ever seen, must be that…

[@mathieus.1851]

@@AndragonLea If it's not bribery then it's blackmail

[@mattdamutt5681]

If this gets another season, that's my confirmation that $180 million budget was an embezzlement scheme. There's no other way they could afford repeating this disaster.

[@axlsaurio]

No doubt they were washing money with this shit

[@antoniopineda5780]

@@axlsauriothis shit costs 20mill at most. Someone is pocketing those extra 160

[@Highly-grounded]

Money laundering or something

[@gagatube]

@@antoniopineda5780 Hey, those weekly, lesbian-preferred, me-too, the-force-is-female, fully catered, luxury Hollywood mansion, 24h, all-the-wine-and-coke-you-want, free massage and hot-tub parties don't pay for themselves you know! 🙎‍♀ (Male stripper and Limo provided)

[@stevestarcke]

Thanks, Drinker, for suffering through this for us.

[@foodog3026]

Saved me multiple hours and brain cells…this man is a life saver

[@LurgsHowToGuides]

I was lucky enough to be a kid when the original Star Wars movies came out, no Internet, just went to the Cinema and was blown away. This seems a million miles away from those days!

[@josephmoore5949]

Palpatine: Did you ever hear of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the Wise? Anakin: What happened to him? Palpatine: He appeared in the Acolyte

[@garcia207]

@@josephmoore5949 Applauding loudly

[@Soundwave142]

One of the worst tragedies there is!

[@Inventors_Toolbox]

[@jjc4577]

he was typecast for ever more.

[@frankgesuele6298]

😮😮😮😮

[@Doooooooooooood]

She chopped her hair with a lightsabre yet it's still absolutely perfect and matches her sister exactly....

[@vardamir0397]

its great all these years they had the same eating habits, training regimen and no added distinctive signs like long lasting injuries or quirks...very convenient.

[@Deskunderthebed]

Just another example of this show making no f*cking sense

[@blacktalon1597]

Ahh yes, but you fail to realize how fast hair grows in space.

[@furiouskaiser9914]

"Hey sis..... why do you smell like burnt hair?" 😂

[@kellyrestiaux9846]

ACTUALLY, Kyber crystals have been known since ~2300 BBY to possess conditioning and volumizing properties for all hair types. This was described in the 1995 SW novel "Lore of the Mos Eisley Day Spa" as discovered by the book's protagonist, the Wookiee stylist Pantennne.

[@reverseflashplays8615]

So he wasn’t able to say “your mother turned into a black smoke and I fought back in self defence”?

[@Tancred73]

To be fair, those are some tricky English words to pronounce..

[@coolcat23]

I wonder whether she confronted him by saying "Well, my mother told you she would have let me go, didn't she?", to which he replied "How do you know?" and she said "Well, that episode already aired, didn't it? I watched it, duh!".

[@StCreed]

@@Tancred73 I guess they didn't understand him lol

[@peugas13]

​@@Tancred73His English was getting progressively worse, it was so noticeable in this last episode. I wonder if he stopped giving a shit considering the garbage he ended up in 😂

[@ge2719]

"yower moddah turund inahtuuuur a crowd ofuh brackuh smok anduh iu stabahur in der chess" - sor

[@EvhenKonhovalets]

The local cable company has now dropped “The Acolyte” from its Disney+ advertising including only “Shogun” & “The Bear” as “now streaming!”

[@bernardr7182]

Shogun is an absolute disgrace. I literally threw my remote at episode 7 and stopped I couldn't take it anymore.

[@tytrull8818]

@@bernardr7182 did you read the books? 🤔

[@bernardr7182]

@@tytrull8818 Yes. I've read Shogun like 6 times. It's my favorite book of all time.

[@tytrull8818]

@@bernardr7182 I felt like it was faithful to the concept of what the book storyline was, within reason.

[@The_Brickster]

“Have you ever heard the tragedy of Darth Gollum the Creeper? I thought not, it’s not a story they would’ve taught you at Hogwarts.” - Sauron talking to Galadriel

[@Saufs0ldat]

That's my favorite Star Trek quote.

[@killercodgaming]

@@Saufs0ldat So say we all - Dr Who

[@streetridersss8360]

Feel the helmet of Voldemort, Osha! "Gandalf the gray"

[@JoshuaHeald]

Now *that* is the story even J.R.R. Tolkien could not tell!

[@andrewlowden322]

"Do you know why Darth Gollum sinks and Pennywise floats...?"

[@MatiPryjomko]

"Darth Plagueis was a Dark Lord of the Sith so powerful and so wise he spent all his time on a desolate island in a dark damp cave spying on a diverse couple..."

[@henkman00]

“Where can one learn this power?”

[@ereini0n]

Harvey Weinstein on vacation be like

[@smb2735]

No lie though, that is pretty dark

[@MatiPryjomko]

​@@smb2735 Don't forget powerful and wise

[@HEDGE1011]

“Charisma Vacuum” doubled me over with laughter. I’m so relieved this is over, but feel bad for your suffering having to enduring this for all of us.

[@attilacsakberenyi1291]

They should just made her Pickle-Rick! Oh wait, Pickle-Rick has a huge range of emotions in his acting skill compared to her ......

[@ColinFox]

@@attilacsakberenyi1291 Pickle-Rick was a fantastic character with great charisma and re-watchability, not to mention meme-ability. Charisma-vacuum here had none of that.

[@mrben6573]

I think this show is coming from a specific socio-philosophical point of view. When a cop tells a guy "Stop reaching for your pants" fifteen times, and then shoots the guy when he reaches for his pants, there's a certain segment of the population that view the cop as the villain of the story. This show was written by people that think if a lesbian space witch turns into smoke monster and starts vaporizing her daughter, and is then killed, that this killing is a completely unjustifiable action. Except normal people look at this sequence of events and go "Yep, I would have put her down as well." The writers of this show fundamentally don't understand the nature of perceived threats and their logical consequences.

[@apaolomusic]

Apparently Osha can find it in her heart to understand and forgive the Sith that murdered multiple innocent Jedi just doing their jobs, including an old friend of hers and one that she was starting to develop a bond with… But the second her old master, that cared for her for much of her life, turned out to be responsible for her mother’s justified death over a decade ago, suddenly she wants to force choke him to death. Makes sense.

[@guardianprime437]

i'm still trying to understand things. How was it justified? What was she doing when she turned it a dark mist?

[@abdieljove2011]

@@guardianprime437From his perspective, she was transforming into some sort of monster and apparently draining her daughter who was starting to evaporate too. And he was already on the mistaken assumption the witches were planning to sacrifice the girls because this plot is contrived as shit. But no, apparently she was "turning into the Force", whatever that means and taking Mae with her. What does that even mean? Can it be undone? Were they escaping? Dying? No idea. So he stabs the witch and she goes "b-but I was gonna let Osha go…" instead of starting with that instead of acting hostile then turning into fog Baphomet while her other daughter is burning in a room. This show is unhinged.

[@tsipher]

@@abdieljove2011 in other words, the females of the story make no sense and only make things more confusing as time goes on. Just think, this is set during the High Republic, a time when the Jedi were at their peak, supposedly.

[@jasondcerny3646]

Can't repeat this enough, the writing...... was absolute shit!

[@navyhmhudson]

She was overwhelmed with emotion. I am blown away how idiotic people sound when they can’t understand the simple things in a script.

[@MatthewChenault]

I can explain for the morally confusing character like this: They wanted them to be “morally gray,” but have no idea how to write such a character outside of making them do bad thing, then good thing.

[@jackmeeks2294]

So many examples of great anti-heroes that they could have taken inspiration from, and yet they still totally fucked it up.

[@markdevlin150]

I don't think anyone knows that morally gray is.

[@captaintoyota3171]

​@@markdevlin150you realize grey/gray are same thing right? You also realize ALL words are made up? Spelled, pronounced, and used completely differently by region, race, creed, etc etc etc. So if you understand whats said WHY would it matter how its written? It doesnt, humans are just fools who fall 4 societies lies. Instead of realizing they are on a rock going 64k mph

[@Cryogenius333]

@@markdevlin150 It means you serve yourself and fuck anyone else. Youll rescue a village and then exploit the tenants for protection money until something more lucrative comes up and then you'll leave without a word. You'll take mercenary work for an evil Baron to stamp out a rebellion and then once your contact is complete you'll kill him because you disagree with him selling the captured rebels into slavery. You'll pick a mans pocket or break a kids fingers for trying to pick yours, but also give the money you stole to a downtrodden veteran begging money for food. You serve your own moral compass and don't much fret over the damage done or the lives lost in pursuit of your own goals. Deadpool is a good example. Gignomai from The Hammer.

[@devilsadvocate1975]

@@markdevlin150 The Punisher, Rick Grimes, Cassian Andor

[@baasmans]

I’m a primary school teacher. This “what’s the point of all these meaningless interactions?!” kind of story writing is exactly what I see from 3rd grade girls.

[@tyborg314]

I was trying to explain the writing to my mom and compared it to first year creative writing in college, but even that was too generous, so I eventually compared it to my sisters pointless, meandering stories she'd write in middle school.

[@ph8077]

@@tyborg314 & then she woke up. It was all a dream.

[@elta6241]

Now you know how this series was written.

[@mentalmandolorian5723]

with any luck, your 3rd grade girls will be taught to do better than this 30-40 something entitled muppets since you witnessed and learned from their 180 billion dollar mistake

[@melhawk1352]

@@ph8077 🤣

[@andyheydt]

Is anyone here after finding out that The Acolyte has been officially canceled?

[@Howlingburd19]

Me lmao. Good, because it was fucking terrible 😂

[@justforever96]

I'm not here because of that but yeah. Although im kind of sad, think of all the content we could have enjoyed laughing at it.

[@TastyScotch]

Darth Plagueis watching from the shadows: “Is it over yet?”

[@Idontcare5225]

"Is it safe to come out yet? Or are we still doing this nonsense?"

[@martinricardo4503]

I hope I was not seen by anyone..

[@tma2001]

Andy Serkis wandered onto the wrong set ...

[@Gorbz]

In Disney's mind, he is watching and that is how he learns to create life - from Osha

[@XgoodbyeX]

​@@GorbzThey are trying to infect all of the OT and PT because they just aren't satisfied until they ruin all of SW

[@ActuallyKnuckles]

That final "go away now" sounded like someone finally done with a long and terrible journey, forever scarred with anger and despair.

[@kaasmeester5903]

Nothing a couple of drams won't fix...

[@chance_ondriezek99]

A moment of silence for all the brain cells we lost from watching this show

[@fish5645]

If you watched this show without the excuse of it being your job you clearly didn't have many brain cells at play in the first place.

[@GSal6]

People actually watched that garbage?

[@someonesome-h8f]

Part II kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4LIkq2qjbebf68

[@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234]

Not many if you chose to watch this in the first place.

[@MOH_AL_K]

@@chemoboy-dannypheleps9234exactly 💯

[@joshh4402]

Thanks for enduring this show so others don't have to. You're an unsung hero.

[@sterling7]

"Wait, lemme get this straight. You can anticipate enough to block laser blasts with a lightsaber, but you can't anticipate enough to prevent someone poking you with a taser?"

[@rogerodle8750]

Plot hole #1689. Add it to the list.

[@handsomedashingrogue5502]

I have a type 36 fully automatic plasma ray gun! Jedi “i have jedi training, the force, a lightsaber, and reflexes like you couldn’t believe….” Did i mention i have a taser? Jedi “Fuck”

[@jdstudios1912]

Don't ask questions! It's not the Disney star wars fan way. Just applaud the content say how amazing and brave it was then rinse and repeat.

[@russianinvader3207]

@@jdstudios1912 XD

[@Ballerboithaone1]

“Jedi Master”

[@RyanTheDark]

The mission. The nightmares. They're finally over...

[@someonesome-h8f]

Part II kzbin.info/www/bejne/l4LIkq2qjbebf68

[@dearcastiel4667]

In the words of the once great Master Chief: "No, it's only the begining..."

[@ezw2099]

I'm free

[@liamphibia]

We still remember you, Fives.

[@mimikolomamu]

Over?? Why do you even bother to begin??

[@bruce0816]

The fact that osha couldn't forgive Sol for "killing" their mother while protecting them but forgot all about her sister burning the whole fortress down and killing dozens was absolutely killing me

[@hassathunter2464]

And she can forgive Ezra for killing her friends too. But nah...

[@Mouse_Metal]

The same vibes as Bo-Tox-Karen being made the yass slaaay mad queen of Mandalore by Ahsoka, the person who witnessed her terr0-rizing innocent villagers and burning their homes, who was se*ually harassed by her and almost killed by her + some other terr0rists of the space ISIS/Na*i group.

[@bruce0816]

@@hassathunter2464 faaaaaacts

[@youknowwhoiam2771]

@@bruce0816Mae didn’t actually kill anyone. All of the witches died because Indara disconnected her Wookiee friend from their spell and that was it for some reason… they just fell over and died like a bunch of idiots. God, this show was bad

[@druken.hyper.snyper6201]

I think you missed the episode where Trinity nerfed all the witches when she expelled them from controlling bargain brand Chewbacca. Stay woke.

[@youngupgradebodybuilding6445]

moment of silence for Darth Plagueis's aura being absolutely obliterated by him being put into this show

[@kevinmccabe7263]

I think the worst part was the lightsaber slowly turning red. If that's not the most ham fisted, superficial interpretation of the Star Wars Universe then I don't know what is.

[@paulbennett2284]

Lightsabers are now mood rings!

[@DangerB0ne]

There's a comic where Darth Vader has to make a red lightsaber crystal and it is a process that involves killing a Jedi, disassembling their lightsaber, and pouring dark side energy into the crystal to align it to the dark side of the Force, turning it red. Other methods include making synthetic crystals, which are typically red from their manufacturing. As far as what remains of SW lore, a lightsaber can't just change color because the wielder is seduced to the dark side.

[@GMan56M]

I can't believe this hasn't been called out more at this point. I mean come on... that's not how this works!

[@bobogus7559]

Not to mention, Anakin’s lightsaber remained blue even after murdering the Younglings and the Separatist council.

[@leaflotus6726]

​@@bobogus7559 which by itself, no words, strikes a contrast to what we've seen Jedi (and Anakin's therefore) do with lightsabers.

[@von_dusenhain2523]

I have the suspicion the Acolyte was written to a large extent by a Chat-Bot like ChatGPT or something like that. The inconsistent and illogical behavior of the characters, among other things, would indicate that, since those Chatbots often diverge from or completely ignore previously established facts.

[@FabsHF]

I am 100% hundred percent sure that a pretender and faker like Leslye Headland would use it because she would never sit down for hours and actually do hard work... She even said in a interview that first you lie and take the job.. Then you pretend you know how to do it.. She used chatGPT 120%

[@Pluto-c4q]

U underrestimate ChatGPT. I think any AI would have done better 😂

[@tilemacro]

As someone who uses Chat GPT quite regularly for writing short stories no... Just No. Give Chat GPT just an idea and what comes out is far superior to the Acolyte. Its scary how good it is.

[@dragonforce7612]

even ChatGPT would have come with something better, considering it is a learning algorithm that follows rules and commands/prompts, thus it would spit something half-way decent, if a bit stale in terms of writing material. This level of inconsistency can only be achieved by half-baked and half-assed "writers" that had no respect for story flow and story-telling, too busy chugging the Kool-Aid of the *Message* . Honestly, it's not even a story. It's simply a mish-mash of poorly thought out ideas, heavily influenced by the writer's own bias. There is no reflection; no lesson to be learned from it; there is no morals to be glimpsed from it.

[@kraptastic333]

I don't, I've seen a horse designed by committee, it comes out a camel every single time

[@jimberjamber8540]

Osha: Kills one Jedi and her lightsaber turns red Anakin: Slaughters an entire temple of Jedi and his lightsaber is still blue Checks out.

[@magnaesca165]

it s because his heart was in the right place while he did those things

[@mizorenight3851]

maybe younglings don't count

[@dxdxdxdxdxd7125]

kids count as 1/10 of a Jedi

[@mikek9297]

Yeah... 'bleeding crystals' weren't canon back then.

[@Vykerocha]

​@@dxdxdxdxdxd7125he killed about 100 of these. so, 10 jedis?

[@SeaOfTides]

I asked Microsoft Copilot to "create a woke film script in the style of Star Wars" and it printed out Disney Acolyte's script word for word. Talk about plagiarism!

[@ereini0n]

Maybe the real Acolyte is the braincells we lost along the way

[@elliottthurlow954]

It was the BIGotry that we made that lost our brain cells along this is the way

[@vespenegas261]

​@@TullyFCircusWhat does it even mean?

[@theomnidegenerate5236]

@@TullyFCircus 😂 because no one could ever dislike a piece of media without being (insert bad name here) God, you people have the logic of a literal child. pathetic

[@Re-PhantomZero]

Lol i left the same comment 😂. We are all dumber after this show even those who didn't watch it.

[@VioletDeathRei]

​@@vespenegas261Apparently someone still thinks that term is anywhere near as damaging socially as "Disney Show Writer" skip interacting with grass let's start with them getting sunlight and fresh air...

[@vincent207]

I’m just glad Lee Jung-jae is free from this travesty, and can hopefully go back to being in good stuff again.

[@nont18411]

Season 2 of Squid Game is coming this year

[@HISOKA_IS_HIM]

let's not act like k dramas are any better

[@def3ndr887]

He’s honestly the only character that was somewhat good in the show

[@HowToChangeName]

His chance to be Hollywood star is tarnished if not annihilated with acolyte, but Korean cinematography is gaining traction even beyond Hollywood anyway

[@salikali2]

@@HISOKA_IS_HIM Squid games is the best show on Netflix, stay mad.

[@tomatocutter]

It's shocking that Amandala Stenberg can't handle complex fight choreography after we got to see her "dancing ability" in her Discourse video.

[@unseenmarauder]

“Dance moves worthy of a waffle house parking lot” - JLongbone

[@blarfroer8066]

She can't act, she can't do fight choreos, she can't dance - what skills does she even have?

[@liamphibia]

Amanda felt so proud of herself mocking the fans.

[@TastyScotch]

She was too busy working on that dance choreo to properly learn the fight choreo for her actual job 😂

[@Legion-p6y]

Dance moves? I thought she was going into convulsions

[@hughmongus6959]

"Fuck off Bazel" 😂😂😂 that delivery was flawless

[@edwardvaughan9648]

And then Bazel goes back to help the Jedi find them 😂

[@beingsshepherd]

That's its real name??? I thought The Drinker was nicknaming it _Basil Brush._

[@hughmongus6959]

@@beingsshepherd Unsure, that's just what I heard. I play Monster Hunter so I thought of Bazelguese

[@beingsshepherd]

Just looked it up, _Bazil_ indeed 🦊"Boom boom!"

[@paulmd7747]

"What was the point?" - There wasn't one. Modern writers are so terrible they don't even have a point. They don't know that they are supposed to use the fictional events to convey a message of some kind. They are just inexperienced kids with no life experience howling into a void of pointlessness. Pathetic.

[@pensandshakers]

Not every story needs a point, but if it's going to be just for entertainment, it needs to be ENTERTAINING. Nothing about this is.

[@greebj]

It's manufactured "plot twist!" drama that is superficial and just there to fek with the viewer who they know will be so bored and uninvested in a moment they'll be wandering off trying to pick what comes next. Unfortunately writing plot and characters who change things up but who still think and act like actual people is hard, and the best they can do is emotionally crippled morons who change their motivations in (at times psychopathically) short time frames

[@dawnfire82]

"They are just inexperienced kids with no life experience" I think this is a key point. Hollywood writers used to be adults. People with spouses, wartime service, and full lives. Now they're manufactured, disposable drones churned out of leftwing factories (universities) and dumped into a machine where they sit on committees with other people just like them. They write what they know, which is nothing. It's pathetic.

[@freewheeler8924]

Inspirational messages are symptomatic of patriarchal oppression.

[@davorzdralo8000]

​@@dawnfire82I always find it funny how Americans classify this shit as "left".

[@zachcurtis1283]

So...the "protagonist" kills her master and turns evil, and we're supposed to feel good about this?

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Harvey Weinstein's assistant giving you glimpses into her mind.

[@zachcurtis1283]

@@Kyle-sr6jm pretty much.

[@jackmeeks2294]

It’s because she’s a strong female character, you’re just supposed to love her and not question her moral compass. Geez have you learned nothing?

[@oskarfunes2505]

​@@jackmeeks2294keep up people, bad is good now

[@unarmored9973]

The sith are just misunderstood man, you should really give them a chance ya know? Hatred, anger, greed - I mean it's not like the WORST qualities you can find in people or anything.

[@AbsurdistAsian]

0:56 Star Wars now has Steven Seagal quality of writing; introduces something out of the blue, and abandons it. As Space Ice puts it: "And it is never mentioned again!"

[@SupaFlyJedi]

"It's as if millions of dollars suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced. I fear something terrible has happened."

[@ronthered138]

A minor thing that blew my mind was when Master Sol was chasing what's-her-name-can't-keep-them-straight through the asteroid belt (one of many that seem to plague the SW galaxy), his gopher sidekick for some reason decided to pull wires out of the wall of the ship and sabotage it in mid-flight! When Sol wrestled his ship down to a safe landing, instead of fricasseeing the little shit, he stalked off like nothing had happened! Then the gopher was treated like one of the gang again when reinforcements arrived! Either the characters or the writers are too stupid to be allowed to continue.

[@liamphibia]

Good Lord even a literal child would look at this and say this is stupid.

[@Giovanni-Giorgio]

Yeah, like that little shit pulled a noble deed. No no no..

[@Kaykath-yd1ss]

Yeah absolutely insane

[@kingmatthewlego]

The characters and writers being stupid are not mutually exclusive, as this show has demonstrated 😔

[@rickrollrizal]

Ikr! The motivations of the characters are all over the place, beaver guy actually tried to fight Mae cause he suspected her as not Osha. And then suddenly saves Mae? Wtf?

[@tochukwuudu7763]

Can't believe Plagueis really said,"Do you want to build a snowman", I actually cried.

[@Urielthalas]

Ugh, I hate that I can't tell if you're trolling

[@Rogue-a-Pogue]

I clapped when Osha hit Sol with the five point palm exploding heart technique.

[@GLJosh]

Remember this is Disney, "Do you want to build a snowthey?"

[@tochukwuudu7763]

@@Rogue-a-Pogue hahahahahahaa

[@kaden-sd6vb]

​@@GLJosh pffffffff

[@Mark-qt8fs]

Watching this after it got cancelled.

[@quirkycloud7518]

As if millions of voices suddenly sigh in relief.

[@NoWacko]

A good name for "Charisma vacuum" would be "Strong female directors lesbian lover who definetly didn´t just get the job because she´s scissoring the director"

[@EnchanterXD]

Damn I just searched that up, talk about moving up in Hollywood…

[@zizoumonk10]

Hey she’s not just scissoring her: they’re married!

[@EnchanterXD]

@@zizoumonk10 yeah ik that’s the point

[@anon17472]

'Hey how should I play this character?' "I dunno, you're green, just pretend to be Nebula from Guardians, that should do"

[@StormWaltz73]

And you have to say the whole thing... every time. Like "A Pimp Named Slickback."

[@Dave_L913]

They assassinated Yoda's character by making him complicit in framing an innocent Squid Game Guy for the murder of several Jedi. One more hero from the OT "deconstructed" as an asshole by Disney Star Wars.

[@viktorpagels7569]

I don't want to watch the Episode. What exactly happened with Yoda?

[@AlekTrev006]

⁠@@viktorpagels7569Vernestra (Green Jedi Master) shows up to his chambers and says, “We …need to talk…” (The implication is she’s either going to BS him about Sol having supposedly wiped out the 8+ other Jedi … which Yoda will somehow accept without detecting Deception - or issuing a further investigation … OR even worse, he’ll go ALONG with the conspiracy / cover-up 🫣…)

[@p930racer]

They began their take down of Yoda by painting him as a book burner.

[@keithallver2450]

Yoda always was an arrogant asshole.

[@viktorpagels7569]

@@AlekTrev006 is there more to that scene than that sentence?

[@Isidore22]

"Look at what they did to my boy" [stares in disbelief and sadness at what Star Wars has become]

[@SamvedIyer]

1. The Jedi approach the witches with regard to Osha 2. The witches initiate hostilities 3. The progress of events causes what would seem to be a clash between Sol and Mother Aniseya 4. Mother Aniseya is in motion to transform into something resembling the Mind Flayer -- a move positively threatening in appearance 5. Sol stabs her in self-defence 6. She dies saying she was simply going to consent??? How did folk at Lucasfilm go over this and say, "Nah! It'll be fine!"? Did no one ask: "Why does she have to do the transformation thing instead of simply consenting?"? Additionally, how does Lucasfilm expect us to perceive the Jedi as bad through this sequence of events?

[@Majorzigzag]

I never thought the time would come where I finish an entire season through a review without watching the actual show 😂😂

[@CapeRides]

It's a first for me as well

[@morneschaap2944]

Same here. I tried 2 episodes and finished the rest of the season watching "The Drinker".

[@BoinkrNanis]

Same here

[@BoinkrNanis]

I knew the show was guaranteed trash a year ago. Like, we all knew none fans of the franchise cannot possibly make any good star wars. I am surprised at how much worse it was than my already buried expectations were at the beginning. Like God damn, how do you honestly mess up a franchise with half a century of lore to draw from?! They could've kept the EU and told tested and true stories for another half century. Wild. How can 1 company ruin the 2 biggest nerd franchises on the entire planet in a short 4 years, it's a feat they will talk about in Ecoms for decades.

[@chrissalamone3804]

Let’s follow shows we don’t like !!

[@AJ-ev3hj]

The US Army will now be playing the Acolyte instead of waterboarding.

[@danielbrown9368]

We're going to arrest you for suggesting that, but yes.

[@dawnfire82]

Hilarious fact: the Marines guarding Saddam Hussein used to play South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut as his daily television entertainment. For anyone who doesn't know, Saddam is a character in the movie and is Satan's gay lover.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

They should just use She hulk. That'll break em fast!

[@pheonixblue01]

@@mablesfatalfable6021Have you heard of Canada? Nice people. Until they’re not.

[@indrapratama7668]

The Acolyte is now a staple menu in Guantanamo.

[@schinkrio5575]

Kind of ironic: Disney is the biggest promoter of the Expanded Universe by now, and it isn't even intentional - it's just that everything they make pales in comparison to what came before them.

[@SecondBreakfastAndThreeH-zo3jp]

Frodo: "It's gone. It's done." Sam: "Yes, Mister Frodo. It's over now."

[@conscientiousobjector5988]

Season 2 being drafted right now.

[@nzeusman8215]

@@conscientiousobjector5988 yeah?

[@SeaOfTides]

"I'm glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee, here at the end of all things."

[@DavidAnderson-m5c]

The Geneva Convention will be adding this show to their list of banned punishments.

[@123reivaj]

Now i understand why the KK and Disney wanted to sue South Park, they spoiled the next steps of the Rat company.

[@tranminhnhat7645]

Star Wars fan base: Triggered and angered. The Acolyte production team: We have massive social media coverage!

[@holymasterchief]

You know how some bullies in grade school would leave you alone once they realize they can't get a rise out of you, but other bullies realize they can push you further and further so they do more and more heinous things because they're just that determined to ruin you? That's what these writers feel like.

[@GSal6]

That’s dark. Dark but true

[@thehat4244]

It's almost like the entire goal was to destroy everything we take joy in.

[@badbishop1049]

Yes, disney are the kind of bullies that hope you will take it with no resistance. That way they know they can keep doing worse and worse things to you for their own demented pleasure.

[@NotsoBigPapaCraig]

Can you imagine getting a set up for a new Qui Gon, learning a new language! And then the show turns your character to this…

[@takuid]

if he was going for Qui Gon, he is just a terrible actor cause Sol is nothing like Qui Gon...AT ALL...

[@t4rsus90]

There's very little an actor can do with a "script" like whatever the hell the Acolyte had.

[@keithc9461]

For the completist.... Les space witches.., got to be a money earner 😂

[@Mancada100]

Disney: "I feel a huge disturbance in The Farce, as if millions of SW fans were cancelling their subscriptions."

[@dalic24]

Disney subs have grown by 4 million in the last quarter it is right now at 153 million it goes up and down from 158 million to 149 million all the time. I know thise youtubers tell you the subs are going down but they are not. If you were a smart person witch you clearly are not you would fact tjek the youtubers living on spreading rumours. So no the subs are not going down no matter how mich garbage disney makes. The same youtubers who are constantly saying star war's is dead are the one's that watch every episode only to talk about the same garbage for weeks. KZbinrs like drinker liv of laying to people and making up rumours. Soon the usal kk is getting fired video's are gonna start coming. Now stop believing evrey thing you se on the Internet. No matter how bad shows Disney makes nothing is changing

[@NordRheinWestfale]

@@dalic24 Deep breaths, my friend, it is just a comment of someone who wanted to make a joke.

[@DWLiam09]

​@@dalic24He´s just talking about star wars fans tho? The new subscriptions can be for different movies/shows, kind of funny you shot on him while talking about something completely else.

[@DWLiam09]

​@@dalic24and star wars is indead not dead, but now people mostly watch it because it is bad, so saying "star wars is dead" us indead false, but they lost their core audience. Also funny how you say he´s dumb while you cant even see the text you´re typing, even me, a non-english speaker can type better than you.

[@dalic24]

@@DWLiam09 i am not an English speaker either. Plus I don't give a f about my spelling you understand evrey thing I say. I knownthe truth hurts and I know i go after your favourite youtubers you being gramma police i can't use for anything. So wheb you have something about Disney losing subs come back and talk notna second before.

[@Durzo1259]

I went into this saying "screw any reviews, I'll decide for myself, enjoy the good, ignore the bad." I came out of the season end with nothing but a feeling of utter mediocrity at best.

[@ThatDudeinBlue]

"Have you ever heard of the tragedy of Darth Plagueis the wise?" "No because I got rid of Disney Plus after one episode of the Acolyte"

[@aldunlop4622]

I'm amazed you got this far.

[@nuttm3gg]

Was not expecting that dude in blue here. I'm glad I gave up tv and just watched KZbin full time.

[@peterixxx]

I got rid of it when I heard about what they are doing with the Acolyte. Never watched and not going to support Disney. One thing I'm a bit disappointed about is that they gobbled up National Geographic...

[@Dws974]

More like the tragedy is to be used as a character in the acolyte and a disney show lol

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@This_Is_Something]

Lee Jung-jae was disrespected by the writing, being the only actor trying, and in universe his character being shit on by green bald lady. Sol deserved better. I hope Jung-Jae gets more roles and recognition despite this shit show

[@cian239]

He’s doing fine in Korea this star wars show was just easy money for him

[@olisk-jy9rz]

Who read the script and signed the contract? Him. He deserves what happened to his character, he willingly put himself into the situation. He didn't need to, yet still did it for whatever personal reason of his. So he gets no simpathy, him and all the other actors putting themselves in such positions.

[@Lumerlume11]

@@olisk-jy9rz It's not that simple. The script he signed on to was heavily altered after filming, resulting in dozens of reshoots.

[@biffbobfred]

Even in these clip shows, green bald lady is such a bad actor compared to ANY of these, R2D2 had much more character and he said bloop bleep.

[@Tegelane5]

@@olisk-jy9rz He wasn't exactly Hollywood A-lister who could pick and choose parts though, so understandable that he went along.

[@ToddMichaelPost]

You forgot the worst part, the final scene with Yoda. If they are implying that he covered all of this up, it severely undermines him as a revered character or sets him up to be completely inept if he knew about this and did nothing before Palpatine.

[@daniquemaxwell5070]

They brought back Ki Adi Mundi 40 years before his birth do you really think they care if they create retcons and butcher established characters?

[@TheJohn8765]

Just trying to pull down all the revered characters so you can crap on them subsequently. That way their ambiguous and nihilistic worldview can pat itself on the back and substitute itself for what was previously "paternalistic" (in a good way). These people seem to despise any sort of objectively decent viewpoint that doesn't accord with their highly revisionist views. They'd say that's "nuance". I say that's ideology presenting itself as reality.

[@Tonikane]

This is all writers fanfic with a ridiculous budget

[@TheTruMan196]

@@Tonikane that's an insult to actual FanFiction writers to be honest, that's how bad the Acolyte is 💀😂

[@ATruckCampbell]

​@@TheTruMan196Yea, about every SW what if story is better than this.

[@thethathen]

Honestly, poor squid game guy. He deserved a better script than this.

[@cgharty]

Said this in another forum and again here: Torbin is a great character in that his story is actually the perfect allegory for the audience experience: Dragged into a task for 7 weeks without a clue as to why we’re here or what we're supposed to do. All we want is to desperately go back home to the Star Wars we know and love. Disney (aka Jedi Council) says we’ve got to stay because…reasons. So when we see a hint of a decent lightsaber battle, off we go on our speeders to snag that elusive vergence of old Star Wars thinking maybe this is the point our fortunes change. But no, our desperate hope is swatted down by Headland mindgames with the next three episodes. At the end of it, we leave, shell-shocked and vowing to never speak of this abomination of a show ever again. When 16 years later, someone asks us to recount our experience of the Acolyte we'd happily take the poison rather than dredge that crap up again. Raise your glasses to the story of Torbin. He took one for the team.

[@jonasmunch2131]

It is disturbing how well that fits and I'm not sure on how I feel about it.

[@austinkoeppen6122]

Holy shit, we are all Torbin.

[@user-rt3pl5hh3m]

So let me get this straight. The main character kills her father figure who loved her unconditionally and whose only flaw was that he desperately wanted connection. She then puts all her trust in a man she has known for a couple days who was previously with her twin sister, convinces her that she is sooo much more special than her, kills multiple people in front of her in cold blood while mocking their deaths, and whose LEAST concerning flaw among the litany of them is that he also desperately wants connection. He then proceeds to completely sever all her ties with her biological family by erasing their memories of her so they can run away together. Did I just witness literal abuse?

[@pedrovargas2181]

Darksiders 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@disalazarg]

@@user-rt3pl5hh3m well, the writer is a woman, so little wonder.

[@viktorpagels7569]

You witnessed headlands rape fantasies. Yes.

[@Ayy_Nanners]

Leslye Headland decided to write what she knew I guess! lol

[@Kai_Laddekricht]

Well, Smylo Ren is a chad... That should explain it to you

[@Tanner-Gillman]

the craziest thing about Sols death/character arc in general is that you get the impression that Leslie and the rest of the creative team thought that we as an audience would be championing his failure and eventual “comeuppance.” it’s the same way many have pointed out that Han Solo’s death in TFA is normally the sort of death you reserve for a VILLAIN character, not the hero of the story. (getting stabbed, falling off a freakin’ cliff into an explosion, etc.) The bottom line is, while flawed, Sol is arguably the most morally upstanding character in the series, and even a decade ago would easily be portrayed as a heroic figure at the least, and the protagonist of the story at most. You can almost feel how this whole episode they’re attempting to frame him as a traitorous “Peter Pettigrew i deserve what’s coming to me” type, when in reality- Weasel boi betraying him, Osha/Mae choking him out, and the entire freaking Jedi order throwing him under the bus just ends up leaving a bitter taste in the audiences mouth. Long story short: I’m sick of Heroes getting punished in these stories. #SolDidNothingWrong

[@BunkerAnon]

Yea his big crime was putting down the Smoke Demon who was USING THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE

[@Lumerlume11]

This show went through a multitude of reshoots and rewrites. My theory is Sol was portrayed much worse but they didn't have the spine to go through with their own story idea that nobody wanted to see anyways (the Jedi being bad) so instead they rewrote it all to be a confused mess with no real villain.

[@Tanner-Gillman]

@@BunkerAnon whilst DISINTEGRATING A CHILD, NO LESS 🧐

[@wolftamer5463]

His death and the fact that they blamed everything on him pissed me off so goddamn much.

[@Tanner-Gillman]

@@BunkerAnon whilst DISINTEGRATING A CHILD, NO LESS 🧐

[@senaheartsong8066]

I love that you said "Intellectually exhausting" because that's exactly it. I find the entire thing exhausting. Even when I was trying to watch it in the beginning, I'd end up exhausted and irritated. Eventually, in the middle of episode 6 I simply turned it off and literally went to clean off my deck. THAT was more entertaining.

[@electricbayonet2]

Having Plagueis the Wise just lurking in a nearby cave as all this happens is about as good an idea for a reveal as having Palpatine at the colosseum in Episode II disguised as a hotdog vendor.