The Acolyte: The Ultimate Star Wars Failure (Rant)

[@blurhavokofficial]

NOTE: In case it wasn't clear; the fact that this video is labeled as a "rant" implies that some of the information in this video probably will not be correct.

[@JonahFinch-li7zn]

I gotta be honest Al I liked your avatar better

[@coreymyers5613]

27:30 They did! The clones in the AOTC, ROTS, TCW, and TBB were all voiced by Australians. Still, Star Wars does need to have different voice actors from other places.

[@crownedshyness9656]

Yes, spread misinformation.😈

[@Emanthebald]

Wow, hell of a disclaimer.

[@freman007]

Yes, be an accomplice to murder, "cooperate and we'll let you go." No. Cooperate and we won't subject you to summary execution right here, right now. Yord wants to do a police brutality. In fairness, looking at these witches, can anyone blame him?

[@preemptiveheat8254]

"The Jedi cant be killed by weapons" line has the same energy as Snoke's "I see his every thought, I cannot be betrayed"

[@MasterNegaTech]

Lack of awareness from the editor’s part. Not sure how I figured out.

[@StrangeCreed]

They really should have sat the dumbass writers down and had them listen to HK-47 explain *exactly* how to kill Jedi.

[@silverscorpio24]

Calling this show fanfiction is an insult to fans. And fiction.

[@erlendvageskar3356]

Sometimes it's best to let a franchise only be like 1-2 movies and NEVER go beyond a trilogy, because we see how incredibly worse it can get after a third movie, season, game etc.

[@MasterNegaTech]

@@erlendvageskar3356 and more money down the sewer to center of the earth.

[@neroknight11]

Star wars fans: "Why are we still here just to suffer?"

[@Emelefpi]

It's weird how the shills declare that" if you don't like disney star wars, then you are not a true fan", when everyone behind the making of this project clearly aren't fans of Star Wars themselves, and go out of their way to make this as unStar Wars as possible. And when we complain and point out that crap like this is tarnishing everything that is Star Wars, they have the nerve to claim that they are the true fans

[@willfilmon182]

What can be more Star Wars than "Daa power of maaanyyy"?

[@DingooEgret]

Jedi can block laser blast from all kinds of directions. But throw a 3” pointy metal object and they can’t see it.

[@willfilmon182]

To bad she wasn't stabbed with a light saber which only seemed to have killed Qui-Gon Jinn. Didn't Reva character in Kenobi series survive getting stabbed on two different occasions (one time stabbed by Vader)?

[@russmurphy3645]

You're 11/10 the type of guy I'd ply with beer for hours for rants on TV shows

[@LHWK_RHC]

So, the writers are basically trying to turn the Jedi into a bunch of corrupt space cops?

[@osets2117]

Yes

[@brendancoulter5761]

"When have we ever seen the Jedi act like they have a monopolie on the force?" Well you see, this show wants to paint the Jedi as villains, so they just pretend the Jedi have always been villains. Its what we call character assassination, or organizational assassination in this case.

[@bloodysimile4893]

Difference is in the prequel is that their hasn't be a full galaxy wide war since the sith defeat a thousand years ago at end of the Sith War until the clone war. Yes, there has been wars between neighbors during between but never at large scale requiring full military mobilize by the republic. Even the Sith help the republic to keep galaxy under one government rather dozen fraction. Hence why the clones were needed for the republic just at out break of war with CIS driod army. The Acytole, not given a sh!t to even watch.

[@jupiter8561]

Question: If these witches have the power of one, power of two, power of many. How come they couldn't save themselves from a burning stoned fortress?🤨

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

1:03:10 This test has FIVE outcomes. Pass, fail, incomplete, delayed for special circumstances, or shredded by a pack of random force hamsters. Don’t laugh at the last one! I’ve seen it happen twice.

[@taconotequila6232]

Sadly according to disney there is no good or evil.... sidious may have been right the whole time😢

[@Сайтамен]

My review of the third episode: What an incoherent mess. These witches were expelled from somewhere and almost became extinct until Aniseya used the Force to implant twins in Coril’s womb? Let's ignore the fact that Anakin was unique in this regard and created by the Force itself, and not by the Sith, no one told them that children can be made much easier? If Coryl gave birth to them, why are they human and not zabraks? By the way, the actresses are obviously not twins, but this way you can at least tell them apart... Why do they hunt with a bow and arrow, but at the same time they have electronic doors and children know how to short-circuit wires? Why didn't they delay Ascension until the Jedi left? If you decide to lie that there are no children here, why insert before that “we are not part of the Republic”? Why not take the children to the bedroom where they won’t be seen? Why didn’t Aniseya simply refuse the Jedi to conduct the test, if she so doesn’t want to let Osha go, why hypnosis right away? Do you seriously think that an 8-year-old child should decide his own destiny? Why are you holding a meeting if Aniseya decided for everyone anyway? Osha, do you seriously think the Jedi will believe that you mistook a rabbit for a ship? May, if you don't want to lose your sister, WHY KILL HER? THE OUTCOME IS THE SAME! Why is there a secret hole in the room wide enough for a child? How did the fire engulf the entire stone house so quickly and what exploded there? Why did the rest of the witches die, their bodies unharmed? What was May trying to achieve by grabbing Osha’s hands? How did she survive? Why didn't the Jedi check who was alive? They can't put out fires with the Force like Vader? Overall, May is a stupid bitch who is ready to kill her sister just not to give her to the Jedi, who killed her entire family and blames the Jedi for this. I thought there couldn’t be worse than Reva’s motivation, but they outdid her.

[@tyrannozilla]

I've sat through the Holiday Special six times, and it's still far less painful than a single episode of Acolyte.

[@TaoScribble]

The Holiday Special is funny-cringe. This show is taking itself seriously, so it's just cringe.

[@tyrannozilla]

@@TaoScribble The Holiday Special also had the Boba Fett cartoon, so it wins by default.

[@Steroyd666]

ONE. HUNDRED. AND. EIGHTY. MILLION. DOLLARS. And how much would it have cost to hire 1 person to proof read this crap.

[@MajorSmurf]

The only writer you can ever trust is a writer who is hugely critical of their own work and while this might sound utterly stupid, it makes a whole lot of sense. I have been fiddling with everything within my own story since I started the first draft, changing, editing, removing, altering, studying a thesaurus like it's my own personal bible and while I'm happy enough with most of it, I still glare at certain sections, going how I can you better, why aren't you flowing as well as I want you too. What's a better way to describe this? Does this dialogue need to be tighter? A good writer is ultimately an unhappy one. A bad writer is happy with whatever they write. Disney is definitely the second of the two. None of their original works would get past a half decent publishing company... well maybe nowadays it would but back in the 90's and earlier. Not a god dam chance.

[@beircheartaghaistin2332]

As I pointed out to The Little Platoon. They have robots which turn into chairs that can auto-pilot ships... Disney is telling you that the ability to have a robot kamikaze run itself into something is tech this universe has had access to since before the prequels. Just like Bethesda, Disney can't even respect their own broken lore. Holdo's 'sacrifice' has now been retconned into being completely pointless.

[@XraynPR]

playing devils advocat, after the Clone Wars they might have stopped using droids in certain roles. But anyhow, they dont need the dumb chairs. Autopilot is still a thing.

[@Bakino0]

Watching the window slowly get darker as the video goes on

[@jsam1997]

I'm convinced Disney writers and directors have a round table where they take bets on who can make the dumbest show that makes the least sense and still keep an audience.

[@stromaufwaerts-b7w]

That's called "sensitivity reads".

[@Vilgax00]

1:17:14 From my pov,The Jedi are evil. -Anakin Skywalker,who killed children minutes ago.

[@robonator2945]

reminder that this show, as far as I can tell, has roughly twice the per-episode budget of Andor. Mull on that.

[@TaoScribble]

This is gonna sound heartless, but I can't help but feel like writers had to strike because they couldn't prove that they deserved raises.

[@visionentertainment8006]

@@TaoScribble yup 😂

[@seeinred]

Ah yes. The final nail in the coffin. The torch to the pyre. The Acolyte. I'm looking forward to watching this. I can imagine you have some strong words to say about the show that ended Star Wars.

[@gcgeekfather1196]

Star Wars was already dead. This is just the giblets of the dead horse they have been beating for years.

[@seeinred]

@gcgeekfather1196 Sure. But the thing is... Hope. Hope is what drives so many fans of this decrepit carcass of a franchise. Even after sequel trilogy being absolute clusterf*ck, even after the abomination that is kenobi, people... had hope. I imagine Andor did the best it could to keep that hope alive. Stellar show on it's own, that doesn't rely on SW as a cultural thing. But now, it's dead for sure. You can no longer pretend there's any hope. You would just look stupid, as if implying the sky is vibrant orange color, and not blue. This is why i LOVE Acolyte. I genuinely thankful that it made it into release. Because now, with this direct and basic assassination of the very foundation of SW, there's no more hope. And that's good. Because hope is a poisoned well Disney used against people for far, far too long.

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

51:37 The main criticism I have of this scene is the tone the crazy hyena laugh out of nowhere creates. Here’s the coven leader talking about how their people were nearly hunted to extinction. Grim stuff. One would expect a solemn tone as they contemplate all those they have lost. Instead, out of nowhere, one of their members starts cackling. What is going on? Is she… aroused by the idea of her own extinction? Does she think it’s funny? Was SHE the one who committed the genocide all along and she’s laughing that these dumb witches haven’t discovered her? What am I meant to feel from this scene? And I know that certain cultures, especially alien and fantasy cultures can express grief in different ways. And one of the fantasy ways of expressing grief could very well be by making sounds that seem like laughing to us, but which are expressions of anguish to them. The problem is that the show has done NOTHING to communicate that this deranged sound she is making has anything to do with mourning. Instead, the audience is left completely confused.

[@daniellclary]

33:55 That sounds like something in Inuyasha. There was an episode where they met someone they called a Living Buddha. He was burred in the ground with just a straw to breath through, and he meditated till he died and mummified. If I remembered right, he got inflected with rage because people took for granted is sacrifice. And main cast had to ease his woes.

[@MirandaSinistra]

The commitment required to be a Jedi Knight is also why the council was hesitant to accept Anakin as a Padawan. Most Jedi are raised from a very young age to be Jedi, meaning it's all they've ever known making it a lot harder for them to walk away. Them accepting OSHA at her age was against their rules for the very reason that she's already formed attachments to a previous life that make it easier to quit. They wanted her to be like Anakin but didn't realize how silly that is considering the rules the Jedi have. It took Obi-Wan threatening to quit for them to agree, and he was the chosen one! There's no way in hell they would've accepted OSHA just cuz Sol said so.

[@yagamifire7861]

"I'll try spinning! That's a good trick!" - Cringe assassin

[@CptBarbarosa]

I think a reason as to why concepts of commitment is so lost on these people is that many of them lack it, fear it, scorn it, or otherwise reject it. It is like someone who has never met a devout person watch a televangelist and think that is devotion, as they swiftly click past to the next channel. Commitment to a higher calling than living for oneself is daunting and it requires a level of faith - regardless of your endeavors - to take each uncertain step. These writers have been handed unearned rewards and I believe even they do not believe in their work and some their very selves - and THAT is why they will always fail to produce something authentic.

[@arklaw8306]

So besides the bad story, the bad worldbuilding, the bad costumes, the weird alien design, the bad combat, the bad dialog, is the music memorable at least?

[@blurhavokofficial]

Spoiler alert: I never mention the music in this video. Make of that what you will.

[@Sadovari]

@@blurhavokofficial Hmm so obviously bad that it needed no mention, or at least mid enough to escape the rant?

[@tyrannozilla]

Nope.

[@osets2117]

It's crap

[@TheChristianShow19]

Honestly, it is a damn shame to see what has happened to the Star Wars IP over these past couple of years. And as somebody who doesn't consider himself a die-hard fan, even I'm disappointed.

[@robinthrush9672]

*sigh* I didn't want to watch more Acolyte bashing, but-but it's Alastor!

[@MildraTheMonkVT]

I'd say this is fanfic-tier, but I've seen and written better fanfiction.

[@SpectreBagels]

I dont really get why and it's likely just me but Meknek sounds like it should be a slur for mechanical humanoids or people who like more than most machines or something😅. Maybe it's the hard sounds the word has and it being weird change from mechanic so it just sounds like it should mean something else, but that was my 1st thought when I heard it

[@Mac-eo4bc]

Like _Solo_ version of Landon?😂

[@ProjectRedfoot]

R.I.P. Star Wars

[@tyrannozilla]

I'd argue that shows like this are an insult to actual diversity and to lesbians, because it's going to make it that people will think that they are inherently weird and actual bigots will be supported in their cause against them.

[@MajorSmurf]

It is fascinating to me that so many Disney writers do the whole "Oh this sounds cool" in dialogue or "Oh this makes good plot point, I'll just force that in" without you know stopping and going wait a minute does this work? Like the witches in Ep3 have moments where you take the words in isolation and they might make for a good line but you put them all together and holy fuck it's contradiction central. Than you have plot points in EP 1 where you can tell the writer is like OH I want to keep the mystery of the twins secret (btw murder mysteries call that a mortal sin for a good fcking reason even though it was blatantly obvious) but anyway the far better thing would have been the assassin completely masked rather than showing her face at all, why an assassin is showing her face at all is screwed. Assassins do not care for fair play and their identity being a secret is top priority. Also the whole the Jedi live in a dream where weapons can't kill them... instead of like trying to kill them without one isn't the better way to shatter the dream to like kill them with a weapon to prove them wrong? WTF kind of drugs is her master on or has he been wearing that helmet too long?

[@TaoScribble]

They write like how I wrote when I was 15. It's pretty freakin' bad.

[@stromaufwaerts-b7w]

Those are the young unexperienced activist writers from Disneys own writers schools with ful safe space environment, who never got any critic, never read old white man Syd Field and can't be critisized because they're oppressed diversity hires. Mostly never seen a film school only a 2 day Bad Robot seminar with JJ Abrahms. Writing is not seen as a craft anymore it's a hobby for bored privilegded kids.

[@GmanZer0]

Since they went this far, destroying everything and making convoluted plots and stories. Just as well throw in that geode character and make it a jedi grandmaster or some shit, I wouldn't shocked if they did.

[@alucardwesker6807]

You know the whole no war thing in the galaxy is extra stupid because at this point the sith grand plan should be ramping up a lot and small wars should be breaking out constantly especially on the outer rim.

[@Kskage]

So about using the force in the early rant: Jedi teachings forbid wounding directly using the force, you are supposed to use it to unbalance, hold and confine when using it offensively, and when it comes to defence, protecting yourself and others with basically barriers. Wounding using the force is the dark side, basically sith powers. so thats why shes not crushing the girl using the force... but shes a master, she should be able to protect the entire room without sweating, because the opponent is not using the force.

[@freman007]

When stabbed through the heart you have roughly 15 to 30 seconds of life left. I've heard of one guy, hyped on adrenaline, who fought for ninety seconds after being shot through the heart. A Jedi Master, knowing she was already dead, would have ended May with a single thought.

[@ThomasBoyce5000]

I was looking forward to this from Alastor

[@peteypiranalover]

This show I can't even take seriously it is incredibly bad but Star Wars has been dead for many years at this point. It just keeps dying again and again

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

My theory for how the witches died is that the "Many," thing refers to how they're all connected, meaning that if one dies, they all die, hence why they mentioned going extinct. We don't see that one mother in the pile of bodies. So, my theory is that she encountered the Jedi, fought them, lost, and when she died all of the witches that did the ritual died with her, which is what the Jedi feel guilty about. Oh yeah, and our smiling friend will probably be revealed to be a woman.

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

Destroy the command witch and all the battle-witches shut down.

[@XraynPR]

@@Señor-Donjusticia But can these witches go up?

[@jim-bob3093]

The padawans race has been in star wars for quite a while, Zyggarrians. But they were made in animation, live-action is a crime in adaptations. Plus, Zyggarrians have a wild history of supremacy and slaverly. Which you'd think would be a great internal issue for a Zyggarrians jedi to tackle, or have to face the judgement for. But nope, lets just waste that narrative potential

[@SlimyKrabbys]

i really wanna know HOW'D DID THE WHOLE COVEN DIE. I looked in at episode 3 everybody was dead. i was nevermore confused.

[@RaptorG]

What are we doing here? Don't mind me, just checking out your Transformers collection. I see Combiner Wars Superion and I'm sure I see a Combiner wars Optimus Prime. Titan returns Blitz wing?

[@blurhavokofficial]

Correct. Lol

[@tyrannozilla]

I know I said I was done with this after ep02, but I had to see ep03 based on the reports. What in the holiest of fucks was that? The biggest sin in this episode was the idea that there were two other people created via the force. Great Job, Leslye, you managed to destroy George's legacy by conducting the ultimate sin, by destroying the prophecy of the chosen one. It had been established many times that Anakin was the one created by manipulation of the force, via Palpatine. Now, though? The force can be used to make a new virgin birth at any time. Add to that the contradiction that the Jedi would want these twins to begin with since they are too old to be trained. According to the original E.U., the Jedi mainly took children into the order shortly after birth. Anakin was a rare exception. This is supposed to be over 100 years before Anakin, and the girls are about the same age as he was in "The Phantom Menace." On a final note. When it comes to diversity, I don't inherently care if someone's a different race or sex in media, as long as you can act and the characters are more than their diversity, I'm all good. This show, along with other forced diverse crap, isn't going to do diverse people any favors in the long run. It's creating the image that someone is inherently good at everything based on their diversity alone. This is a complete insult to actual diversity, if you ask me.

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

41:20 Organized Chaos: Nyeh heheheh! I’ve gotcha now!

[@seeinred]

46:03 God i love this bit so much, i can't even put it into words. This one tiny joke here has more wit than entire Disney Star Wars. Just let that sink in. But then again, these are the people who took South Park as an instruction on "what to do with SW".

[@seeinred]

34:06 You know, it's incredibly funny how despite youtube being this giant monopolistic service, it sometimes feels like a small village.

[@johnbyrne4256]

That "with your permission" line has to be ADR. I just can't imagine an entire set full of people hearing that and no was like, "Hey waitaminute..."

[@bertimusprime7900]

To change the subject to better things, is that your whole tf collection? I've got a room dedicated to mine. Fortunately, my wife doesn't mind since her art room is the same, but for Bioshock and Fallout. (Dont worry, she can tell when Fallout is good, and when it's made by bethesda.)

[@Phantasma3]

The Exile from Kotor 2 quit, and it was treated like a huge deal. To sever your connection to the force is some heavy shit. Sadly, I think modern fanfiction writers saw this and, like everything else they write, took only the most shallow, basic points from it.

[@MasterNegaTech]

El Acolyte sera el clavo final el ese franquicia sufrido.

[@vlover15OO]

Perfect opening question lol Disney Star Wars: What are we Doing Here?

[@Mr_Movie_Fan]

Oh shoot. He's showing his face this time.

[@5FingerBallad]

Ultimate FAILURE!

[@madvulcan8964]

22:53 Jedi mostly use their LightSaber to block laser bolts cause their most common enemies are non force uses that mainly use blasters. 27:33 ll I can think abut is Kano from Mortal Kombat.

[@Green-HairedAnti-Liberal]

Fun fact: young Mae and young Osha are played by real life sisters...who aren't identical twins...I don't believe they are even the same age (can't find evidence of young Osha's age anywhere, though, to confirm). Also, some Marine recruiters still talk like that lol.

[@ValyrianPrince]

What does it say that nobody was confident enough to point out that this is going south

[@grandarkfang_1482]

43:30 The first thing I thought of was SA2 when the Acolyte plot was explained to me. Unlike SA2, The Acolyte will end poorly.

[@omnianimator8468]

I believe the setup is more important than the payoff. The emotion the audience feels at the payoff is determined by the quality of setup before hand. Almost halfway in, the quality of setup has been bad and they don't have much to work with.

[@TaoScribble]

I'm of the firm belief that this show started as some unrelated show/story that Headland was thinking up. And instead of altering the story to fit the Star Wars universe, she literally just exchanged words, context be damned. Heck, saying it was even a story might even be pushing it. It was probably just a bunch of loosely-related scenarios for some YA modern fantasy she was thinking about maybe working on one day. Trust me; I can recognize the hallmarks of teenage-me's writing. It was forced and cringe *_AF._* XD

[@preemptiveheat8254]

The monolugue about the Jedi fighting for peace, and peace being a "delusion/illusion" is also a problem with the writing. Is fighting for peace really a reason to conspire to help kill that person fighting for said peace? Are the trying to pin the jedi as having the crime of being deluaional for wanting said peace? And no further elaboration as to what actions they took that may warrent their deaths? No, because this show wants to subvert the jedi and just plays on the assumption that they are bad. And this is without saying anything about why this guy wants to help kill the jedi, or what killing the jedi would get him. Barely anyone in this show has a core motive outside of fighting because they plot set them up to have to fight

[@laisphinto6372]

I am okay with a Sith saying Something similar to IT the huge Problem is that how These lines Delivered IS way too Casual and they dont feel at all Like a master apprentice dynamic. A Sith Lord wouldnt tolerated their acolyte to BE so Casual and disrespectful to them also real Sith Training isnt that corny Shit ,its way more brutal Like throwing Student onto a wild planet with deadly Beats and then Just leave the acolyte to die If the Student was weak enough. Only If they are strong enough they would teach them further through Lessons and Lots of torture

[@tyrannozilla]

It's now gotten to the point that even Cardcaptor Sakura (great anime) feels more like Star Wars compared to Disney's garbage.

[@StrangeCreed]

Truth is a lot of this is *rampant nepotism.* The actor for Solo met the casting director at a bar mitzvah. The moped cyborgs from Book of Boba Fett? All the kids of the director's friends and shit. Hell, the mirialan jedi master is Leslye Headland's fucking *WIFE!* They're hiring their friends, family, and SOs to make this garbage, and it sure as shit shows they're aren't even picking the talented ones.

[@q.heffner3612]

We agree here as well and i was going to say this in my last comment but deleted it. Why does Disney see nothing wrong with a shirtless male actor (see Thor in Love and Thunder) but the female actresses walk around in bee keeper suits? The actress is definitely the finest woman they have ever casted but show some skin. We have eyes too🤣🤣🤣

[@calebpribyl5152]

You know I’ve been seeing cartoons from another county (France) and even if some of these are for kids they put more effort into the writing and characters then what we have with this show! How embarrassing!

[@martonszokola3806]

Pain.

[@TheFatalcrest]

58:38 😂 Ngl offering a highschooler an M16 might legitimately get alot of boys roped into the armed forces or into becoming a weapons enthusiast. Edit: Btw...why wouldn't the trick be her lying, Saul saying "correct." And her slightly frowning, then testing her further, another lie, and then gets another "Yeah that right" and she's getting flustered and her feelings start to make her more easy to read so the Jedi go "would you like to try to be honest with us, we feel the conflict in you....why are yiu lying?"

[@Señor-Donjusticia]

56:35 You cannot REFUSE to bow to the king if you voluntarily give your consent to bow to him, please bow, the king doesn’t actually have any power or authority here…

[@L337M4573RK]

Been waiting for this.

[@bertimusprime7900]

I'm increasingly convinced that they are using old versions of chatgpt to write these episodes. Im pretty sure neurosama could write a better Star Wars show.

[@Driger1792]

Loved this video!

[@frostfang7670]

Isn’t it a little different with Cere as the Order is gone and she decided to relinquish her powers since she gave into the Darkside when she was captured by the empire and then cut herself off from the force. Or am I forgetting something from the game?

[@blurhavokofficial]

I moreso brought it up as an example of how common the trope is becoming. Jedi quitting wasn't as common back then as it is now. She also seems to casually mention it as if it isn't as big of a deal as it should be.

[@drewblackmatter6669]

''this show lacks self awareness'' No shit, a woman wrote it.

[@silverscorpio24]

Ouch. But you're not wrong.

[@laisphinto6372]

Stop being a misogynist my grandma could have wrote a better Star wars Show and she has noch lue about Star wars Just Like the writers. IT requires a specific Level of a stupid Karen to write such garbage

[@internetzenmaster8952]

5:05 "Maybe that's some EU shit" Actually it's the opposite. There's several different Force 'factions' beyond the Jedi/Sith factions (although most of them tend to be dark side/dark side adjacent in nature now that I think about it). Which makes the dialogue in this scene even dumber, because the Jedi _know_ there are other teachings/orders out there, and unless they're obviously a threat/were a threat in the past, they usually leave those force users to their own devices. Even in Disney canon this is a thing!

[@Vilgax00]

My fav is Gray Jedis.

[@paininthepatoot]

Good analysis.

[@questionmarks4431]

Okay, that's enough, Mr. Alastor! It's been all fun and games so far, but I'm not going to let you besmirch the good name of applesauce and chicken nuggets ok !! This is the food of the gods and should never be associated with this type of atrocious show OK !!!

[@grayearly3116]

By the way, the cringe assassin is in fact an author self insert

[@yurikendal4868]

21:00 Ever heard of knocking? Do jedi not knock before entering? Or could yord just quickly grab a shirt? That whole scene was wrong

[@xainbushido6657]

Yeah this series was the brainchild of Lesley Headland, a female director/writer who's specifically writes and clearly enjoys a specific style of storytelling and interest. Given her body of work, nothing in it tells you she should or could write something that fits into the Star Wars Universe as her interest are completely different from most anything written in Star Wars. All of that aside, the real issue with this show, and in my opinion with almost all current day disney/marvel/ and other modern day shows is the creators/writers have one thing in common, extreme Narcissism. What I mean by this is they believe what they are writing is great and is without reproach and everyone around them seemingly agrees and will never question what is there. This also is why they struggle to write nuances in human interaction. I assume it's lack of struggle or lack of life experiences on their part, who knows. They will literally state something bluntly to you as the audience because they don't know how to show it. They lack these social skills as their group often does nothing but agrees or goes along with them that they can't write what they don't understand. Their writing identifies literally, as an example character is a lesbian, she has a wife. They love each other, so we get a hand touch, or a slight stare into the eyes. Without understanding relationships are deeper then the puddle they show. But because it's what they think it is, they lack understanding that there needs to be more. They focus more on being specific things, I won't call it a checklist but they absolutely feel that way at times, you are this and this. How or why doesn't matter, we made this you. So that is all. That isn't how you create characters in a story or a work of media. They need to understand their needs to be more then I am a lesbian, or I am strong, I am serious, or I am funny. They got to show a little more. Maybe just maybe this issue is due to time constraints, so things happen, characters do because we must get to next point but that makes what looks like a possible idea into a mess and completely stupid. Since I have no ranted too much because as a writer I am constantly struggling with modern media to find something I enjoy as nothing causes my mind to wonder or be intrigued, its paint by the numbers boring, and so obvious that I know what will happen before the first half of an episode ends and I know whether or not I will bother to watch more or read more, its absurd. the final issue is this, they can't tell the difference between a fan fiction and cannon work. They are guest in the star wars lore, they don't think they are, they lack the respect due to their narcissistic views and think I can make it better now that I am here. Thats not how writing works when you are in another persons world. I write fanfiction, I know its not cannon, and its purely designed as a vanity project for me to enjoy and maybe some of my friends. Certainly not something I would try and pass off into the actual created world. I mean these creators don't research or do any due diligence to try and fit into the worlds as they show nine out of ten they don't know the world to begin with. They just go what I am doing is better and its why so many IP's get ruined as these people are trying to stand out and claim greatness of their own instead of wanting to create something that would be memorable and loved by the fan bases of the ip's they are creating in. But what do I know, I am constantly frustrated by writers in this day where they do things that undermine their writing. From making their mc seem perfect, without understanding flaws are important to show growth, something to attach too, relate too from the viewer. To making antagonist at times complete idiots so they can get to where they want without going. Maybe I could write this different so I don't undermine my main antagonist to make them go from being a threat. To why did we ever think they were a threat. The worse issue is you can write/direct whatever you want if it's your own creation. I have less irritation as I go it was your artistic intention. I don't like it, but I respect it, but when you play in another worlds IP, especially iconic ones like Star Wars, Tolkien's, Marvel, DC, and other ilks. Don't disrespect the audience of these IP's by basically telling them in your writing/direction that you know better, that they are dumb, and they didn't know what they liked to begin with. I got way off track here as this is one of my biggest gripes in modern media and writings. These are all my opinions, but writing is my passion and when I see it done horribly in a way that is blatantly obvious it's hard for me to just shut up and consume. I appreciate you being candid, it's nice hearing someone who understands some of the things I feel toward current day programming.

[@ValyrianPrince]

Damm. I felt that speech.

[@techlorknight338]

Why take the useless lightsaber when you have the mythical legendary Anti-Jedi 4,000 complete with steel blade at your disposal lol

[@sab3redg333]

a hour and a half rant about a terrible star wars show? its not even july yet it feels like Christmas already. this is the best star wars (excluding andor) can do now, make everything else outside of star wars far more entertaining. I went to school for the wrong degree. 25 million dollars an episode to make a show that drops the ball, constantly. long gone are the days where you have actors and directors going above and beyond for their art, living pieces of it just to make it reality instead its just...this. something that seems like it was written in a crame session the night before exam day. where basic logic and polish is out the window. where your characters forget to act even freaken human. this is modern star wars Now a few in lore star wars critisms this show violates, no the jedi do not have a monopoly on the force and they know that as the force connects all life, expect for a race of anarchist hellbent and ending the universe be we don't talk about them as long as disney doesn't touch them. and not all life are jedi, the force existed before the jedi and it will after them. yes sith uses weapons to kill jedi all the time, in fact they invented a very powerful weapon that is able to burn through swords and armor just for this purpose back when the jedi were using primative bladed weapons. you might have heard of it, its called the lightsaber. often times, sith have to craft their own saber from artificial means such as alchemy or they steal a jedi's saber and corrupt it. but the point is that weapons are often the literal sith answer to a lot of their problems they even use the force as a weapon. i find it very strange we don't see any force choking at all...its only one of the most useful skills a sith can employ with the force and doesn't require advanced training to do like say the force lightening normally does. its not like darth vader invented the technique in fact it was used on him plenty of times before he became vader so...yeah... Yes jedi will totally use lightsabers against unarmed opponents, their job is to subdue threats and preserve peace and that can be achieve through ignition of a saber not at first chance but in defense of themselves and others. especially since even before disney entered the scene lightsabers in the hands of a master was not an automatic death sentence but it was a pretty much assurance of the fights end. expect for a race of anarchist be we don't talk about them

[@SpectreBagels]

If this whole thing is just to say why the Jedi have all the rules they do, it is revisionist and makes no sense. Like you are telling me that the Jedi are already at that point established, well known and already have a procedure and ties to the governement, but these 2 girls are the ONLY instance of this happening. The only ones? Also, it doesnt make any sense for that to be the case cause Mae isnt a Jedi and they didnt care about her anyways so why would rules be brought about by Osha? She didnt seem to harbor anything against the Jedi and if anything both girls would have issues with the Jedi killing their family(dont know the deets but they seem to want to make the Jedi the bad guys in this series, per their words, so thats probably what happened) not BEING in the order as children. So the story doesnt ecen work to actually explain that and no amount of addendums will make it make sense cause Osha and Mae arent children, Osha quite years ago with no issue and Mae hates them for killing her family not feom her being in the order

[@Halconium]

10:29, 'make it space fire' should be on a shirt, don't ask me why, it just should, stay cool Alastor, rant away and rip these shetty shows a new one bruv

[@SallinKari]

I would argue about it being impossible to be disciplined and fat, but the main point is it should be impossible to be discipline and fat, when your job is physical. You're a chemist who spends all your time in a lab, not really doing anything physically but dealing with things that could kill you if mess up, but you're super focused, remember all the safety rules and follow them without fail. Super disciplined, could also be fat. You're a Jedi, where you need to be a peacekeeper and warrior... how are you fat if you're not skipping your training? Not to mention Jedi are basically monks, so ascetics is a primary discipline of them, which usually means a lack of excess food, and food that isn't healthy.

[@liliesaregoodfortheliver2954]

Algorithm comment, hope you're doing well!

[@MrJaxon620]

I thought the show was ok. I like seeing a different side of things. Everything we've ever been told has come from a jedi's point of view, always making themselves look like the heroes. And why wouldn't they have their own interpretation of the force? Why would everybody in the galaxy see the force the same and talk about it the same? We don't even do that on one planet let alone however many there are in the galaxy

[@Mac-eo4bc]

The problem is that it has been done before. A lot

[@Vilgax00]

Than ı reccommend you to read Darth Plageus novel. There is a audio ver of the novel in youtube. That novel actually is from Sith pov. And it get into great details without painting Sith into a good light. İts one of those novels where main character is pure evil(another example ı can give is Dio novel from Jjba,where its explain the events from Dio's pov). This show did not utulized this aspect. And just tries to be morally gray for sake of it. Also,diffrent force factions with diffrent view on the force are exist in Legends. Jedi left them alone to their own devices.

[@ngozibridgeman2384]

The only way to be fat and disciplined is to be a sumo wrestler and even then most of that fat isn't real fat they have muscles and they train

[@spacemichael1177]

flim flam

[@reigtrain]

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