The Acolyte - Episode 6 - Why Was This Made?

The Acolyte Episode 6 achieves absolutely nothing. You don't need to watch it and you should probably have clicked on a different video.
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[@heikira438]

This show was worth it just to get Platoon to say Occupational Safety and Health Administration over and over again.

[@matthewward963]

I'm hoping for a supercut.

[@heikira438]

​@@matthewward963Same

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

There will have to be a second channel supercut once this is all over.

[@beriklest6954]

It brings me such joy

[@chawk678]

It was about the 4th time Platoon said the full Occupational Safety and Health Administration title and I thought, that is going to tire Platoon out using his mouth that much.....and I remembered to whom I was referring then thought, he's just warmed up.

[@heikira438]

"I'm not as easily corrupted like my sister." *Gets immediately corrupted*. I don't think the writers are very good.

[@acriticwithoutacause8983]

they shouldve had her line cut off by the shot of him bathing ... "Im not as easily corrupted like my sss ... "

[@javierlopez9789]

Might as well said im not like other girls

[@MyReligionIs2DoGood]

'I'm not as easily corrupted AS my sister'*

[@fionnaitsradag5152]

Disney shills: "Stop complaining about bad writing! It's a kid's show with space wizards!" Disney: Has space wizard kidnap a woman, and expose himself to her...after murdering her lesbian love interest.😐 Remember folks, it's for kids!

[@DuplexWeevil337]

My salutations good sir

[@SANGUINE_SON]

We saw him put nords head on backwards but its for kids

[@edcreyton268]

Not to mention Sol’s imprisonment bed 😒

[@rosemariebradley761]

Check out that D##k .... sure kids show

[@TheGriftcast]

It us. You're just interpreting what they said differently than how they meant it.

[@awesomehpt8938]

As Robert Baratheon once said “give me something for the pain and let me die”.

[@ColonelMc]

and Headland sent him some nudes

[@Mental_Toss_Flycoon]

I feel like there would NEVER be enough Milk Of The Poppy to flush this series out of my head.

[@MiguelFlores-pg8fi]

Best king of that show, next to Stannis

[@AJ929]

Yea... nailed the sentiment there. All the favorite childhood stories and characters bastardized and turned into overt political platforms is painful. Then we can't even flee to other, more niche franchises because they are already winding up to bleed those too.

[@d.saunders2506]

Big Bobby B was always right

[@normalcomic4768]

Critical Drinker and Mauler after seeing Platoon release edited 1+ hour long videos every couple days... Mauler: "He has perfect control over his editors and work schedule, he's too dangerous to be kept alive!"

[@Sig509]

nah, he is just not on a thousand of podcasts like Mauler is. Less distractions. The Little Platoon is a man of focus, commitment and sheer will. Wheter he killed someone with a freaking pencil is to be determined. I am happy that his channel grew, and still remember his first apperance on EFAP, how he immediatly blended in, and had a genuine likeness for the boys, and you could hear that he is a fan.

[@normalcomic4768]

I don't know whether it was disney taking down his 4 hour video on The Marvels that destroyed his spirit or what, but I would watch more from Mauler if he uploaded ​@@Sig509

[@normalcomic4768]

​Oh, Mauler actually uploaded on the fallout show... I'll watch it after Platoon

[@LiterallyAWesternHognose]

​​@@Sig509Same i am honored to have stumbled across Mr.Platoon's channel he has helped me expand not just my mind but other orifices too. . .Wink,wink nudge nudge.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

I think it’s more a “how do you kill that which has no life” situation.

[@TardMania]

The irony should not be lost on people, that the former assistant of Harvey Weinstein makes a scene where a character spies on another naked character. lmao

[@mehcutcheon2401]

She was trained by the best, to be the worst.

[@Silas-Serdar]

Give me the meat! And give it to me raw! - Osha after turning to the dark side for no reason at all.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

@@Silas-Serdar As Gollum said, “Give it to us raw and wwwwwriggling!”

[@Nikolai1939]

Once you go darkside...

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

@@Nikolai1939 You’ll never let them outside 😏

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Qimir's qock is just that enticing.

[@thepickles8833]

Do Not Cum.

[@fionnaitsradag5152]

It has made me wonder if these lesbian writers are really lesbian, though. The first chance they get, they put in a fit, shirtless bad boy type with a tragic backstory and say "I can change him!"😅

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

If you want a job at Disney be minority, be gay, ideally be both.

[@exomake_mehorololo]

They probably got feedback from a focus group on not having enough man meat in it

[@80krauser]

Well they are fictional after all.

[@MJeeEm-fg8md]

They're not picky. They just want meat. Hunky meat, and funky meat.

[@catus-cactus]

She’s basing the show off a story she wrote as a teen and disliking her sister lol

[@kiragray3219]

I'm still somehow blown away with how awful the character writing is. I read a fanfic once that, as a side thing had a cursed sentient house. It couldn't speak but had motives, a character arc, dark secrets, wants, needs, anger, and actually made me cry at the end when it sacrificed itself. Writing that no character in this show seems to have. A fanfic writer made me cry over a house and DISNEY can't make me feel anything for any of their characters, let alone the main one 💀

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Every new Disney show makes me look more kindly on fanfic writers.

[@LiterallyAWesternHognose]

​@@TheLittlePlatoonAtleast the Fanfic writers make mistakes out of passion.

[@notsae66]

Fanfiction is written from a place of passionate interest and creativity. Hollywood comes from a place of degenerative evil, seething hatred, and a desire to do harm. I'll take fanfiction over main stream fiction any day.

[@kiragray3219]

@@notsae66 At this point, it's all I have

[@haku8135]

I saw a porn animation with a fight using portal magic that makes Dr Strange MoM look like, well what it is actually, because it's just really fucking good and high quality. This is the way of things now.

[@Anacronian]

Leslye Headland thinks the Acolyte is the most important thing she has done, I find this kinda heartwarming, since her other job was feeding young actors to a sexual monster.

[@hanklestank]

Haha Jesus Christ that’s savage. I love it.

[@downundathunda9446]

Yeah, she was Ol' Rapey Weinsteins PA for a while. Not baggage handler, not DoorDasher, but PA. She knew full well what he was doing and enabled it. Thats why she hasnt been fired for pissing 180 million against the wall, she knows too much

[@downundathunda9446]

Yeah, she knew what he was doing and enabled it. Thats why she hasnt been fired for pissing 180 million against the wall, shes got too much leverage

[@abelgonzalez158]

​@@downundathunda9446 that money went to her to keep her weinstein mouth shut. Harvey the handsome pig has a lot of friends that helped still out there

[@notsae66]

Considering she's a lesbian, she wasn't just feeding and enabling, she definitely participated.

[@AnaFolkenstal]

I love how dedicated he always says "Occupational Safety and Health Administration" without failing.

[@LiterallyAWesternHognose]

I can never again use the acronym....And im fine with that.

[@michaelfimbres5691]

I did catch him mess up once. He said, "Occupational Safety Administration". The only way I caught it is because I had NO clue who he was talking about. Then it hit me. OSHA! Laughed my butt off after that!

[@dongusmalongus1915]

I think it's really fuckin' obnoxious tbh.

[@rclaws3230]

​@@dongusmalongus1915Your opinion is bad and wrong.

[@ILikeBleachItsTrue]

It's insanity he committed this long xD It's so great

[@Nikolai1939]

It's almost comical how they sexualize their male actors while condeming "muh male gaze"

[@saschaberger3212]

It was funny the first time. Now people have adapted that hypocrisy as normal. Brainrot

[@Touma134]

@@saschaberger3212 It's just womens hypocrisy given an academic sounding rationale for their disgust.

[@bethanywallace8575]

I think hedland might not be as lesbian as she wants to believe. Because I am very much straight, and if given the chance, I too would probably film hot shirtless guys 😆

[@lsixty30]

@@bethanywallace8575 She's lesbian, but she's also greedy, and nothing sells like slant eye bicep.

[@MysticTroll]

So Occupational Health and Safety Administration has stockholm syndrome, that reminds me, did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Dingdong the nude?

[@robertharrison1058]

stockholm syndrome dont work that fast jecki was killed the night before by smilo and next morning she wants to bang the guy who murdered her wtf?

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

Had quite the lightsaber on HIM, didn’t he

[@sekijokes451]

Yeah... After about two fuckin days with no rapport, no restraints and being given the freedom to leave and the means to kill her "captor"... For a group of people who proclaim to be all about female empowerment, amongst other things... They REALLY can't help but fall back on some Harlequin bad boy romance tropes can't they?

[@JustaStormtrooper1172]

It's not a story the Jedi OR the Sith would want to tell you...

[@Esure101]

I thought not, it's not a story the heterosexual would tell you...

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

Oh my God Platoon is right. Not only did Sol leave the Jedi bodies to be eaten, not only did he leave their light sabers behind to be picked up by anyone that may come across them, he also left behind Smilo's Cortosis helmet lmao. An extremely rare and valuable artifact that the Jedi Council would kill to get their hands on and the main clue that may lead to the antagonist. Good God!

[@rubberplunger24]

If you think that's bad, ask yourself this: if Cortosis is indeed so rare and valuable, how did a no-name nobody learn about it AND conveniently stumble upon a cave with entire veins of it AND have the knowledge and means to forge it into a helmet and piece of armor? And if he managed to do all this, why not make more armor pieces? But I'm sure these are all unimportant, minor details.

[@-Murphy]

"Where did you get that scar?" "On my back."

[@Matthew10950]

My identical twins were dressed the same, where usually they aren't. I'm trying to belt them into their car seats and have no idea which one I am talking too. I say " who is in the red car seat?" Red car seat kid says " I am". Ugh

[@JeremyRight-zi4yp]

💀

[@fionnaitsradag5152]

😆

[@trowf10d]

The “write what you know” burn is so savage. Well played sir, well played.

[@AErchenkov]

I'm so surprised it's not the top comment. Woman is definitely responsible for numerous atrocities and just got promoted 😳

[@jljl5449]

His "prominent" scar is going to be a map/key that matches up to a rock formation, that will lead her to the knowledge of many covens of space witched

[@DoodsUnited]

I think it will first lead to a dagger that does that, so we can kill more time unnecessarily

[@Adrian-yi8fl]

🤣

[@haleyschreiter9746]

Thank you for calling out that horrible line: "His strength in the Force is very powerful." 🤮

[@JeremyRight-zi4yp]

His power in the Force is very strong

[@Jasper_Silva]

the smartness of the writing in that line was very intelligent.

[@DroZzhat]

When I saw him shirtless, I knew I had to see Platoon's review.

[@40KWill]

Indeed

[@gsmith31329]

💯 🎉lol

[@Fear_the_Nog]

I was not disappointed

[@smartwater598]

He is hot tho yt women love asian men now

[@Sniper9773]

​@@smartwater598true

[@joringedamke5597]

"Stop hiring Gungans" is probably Platoon's funniest line ever.

[@bagira8396]

“His strength in the force is very powerful” lol We don’t need to make movies anymore, nothing can top that

[@TheNoonish]

I wish I could just wish away all the bad dialogue.

[@Lemon_Inspector]

"A plan that is difficult to see."

[@a_rat_named_mouse]

​@@TheNoonish If wishes were horses, we could recreate the Rise of Skywalker finale...

[@DawidKov]

They used "strength", "force", and "power" in the same sentence. In my native language there isn't even enough linguistic distinction between those concepts to be able to translate it without going "His strength in the Strength is very strong"

[@TheCrimsonElite666]

I don't know, it's very hard to top "my face is tired".

[@CyAnKS93]

Mog. Half man, half dog. He's his own best friend

[@flygirl6048]

Spaceballs has more charisma, emotion, and better characters than whatever this is

[@genichiroashina6372]

What is mog

[@Seomus]

Such a virtuous heroine. Such a rolemodel. Don't go to the darkside unless he has a big lightsaber. LOL

[@Warui88]

For being the "gayest" Star Wars, it sure is straight.

[@dean_l33]

And the only homosexual hint was Sol new padawan with Occupational Health and Safety Administration who I'm not even sure is legal yet

[@user-zq6sz2cr6g]

For people so concerned with their ideology, they're awfully clumsy at delivering any of it coherently.

[@TheCrimsonElite666]

@@dean_l33 Which was ultimately a red herring because despite Leslye Headland believing that The Acolyte was the gayest Star Wars, it didn't stop her from evoking the "bury your gays" trope with Smilo Ren giving the padawan triple penetration. We are talking about the same Leslye who made lesbian space witches then got upset when the internet called them lesbian space witches.

[@StigMurcielago]

This is also the same Lesley that wrote identical twins and were annoyed that the child actors were identical twins. So she changed them to non-identical twins that somehow grew into identical twins.

[@dodojesus4529]

Maybe its because they dont beleieve any of this and are just hopping on a bandwagon for a lil clout. Just maybe

[@undercomposition]

I figured that Platoon would like this episode for the eye candy.

[@Paul-wd8cz]

I think the little platoon became the engorged platoon for this episode 😅

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

@@undercomposition Everyone in the show should be naked. It’s only fair.

[@Avarn388]

@@TheLittlePlatoon Equality. I knew I liked you, Platoon. ;)

[@chasjetty8729]

@@Avarn388 Equal Rights, equal plights?

[@ivanthemadvandal8435]

​@@TheLittlePlatoonI don't think that I could take GreenBean nude

[@djdoctorsketch]

"We need to slow things down Smilo.. I'm not Jecki, I'm not just going to let you poke holes in me" LOL

[@hawkeye5955]

Smilo poked Jeki raw three times in a row. No wonder Occupational Safety and Health Administration is wetter than a soggy day in London.

[@robertharrison1058]

stokholm syndrome dont work that fast nor does cabin fever headland cant write and i thought no one was worse at writing than dave filoni but lesley headland proved me wrong.

[@Akhillez]

I find it funny how every time Disney wants to add inclusion for diversity, they always end up making that person a super stereotype of whatever ethnicity they are. Asian people in star wars will obviously wear asian inspired clothing and fight eachother with hand to hand marshal arts style combat. Reva was a innercity black kid getting bullied by a pasty white alien dude (funny considering the empire is supposed to be extremely racist to alien species). I just don't get how any "fan" can defend disney as a diverse inclusive space when most of their depictions of other ethnic groups is based solely on stereotypical traits and customs.

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Making the stereotype even more obvious is that Reva was also prone to outbursts of anger and violence.

[@pistolbobcat5374]

Don’t forget how Kenobi’s one Indian actor plays a con artist and the martez sisters are drug smugglers

[@bloodyneptune]

That padwan they were setting up as a love interest for OSHA and hanging the entire 'gayest starwars ever' thing on (before killing her and shoving OSHA toward a hot guy) is reffered to by the show writers as a _child_ Their (vaguely hinted at) lesbian couple was an adult and a child. _No_ representation is better than _that,_ Disney, wtf.

[@TheCrimsonElite666]

@@Akhillez This is the same Disney that will raceswap iconic characters in remakes for "representation" instead of bothering to make an original story based on a minority's culture, even when Black Panther proved that there's a market for that sort of thing.

[@jacquelineking5783]

Don't forget the black kids have no dad.

[@aquapendulum]

Incompetent writer mindset: Noticing the marking on the forehead is a too simple of a method to find out the woman Sol brought back was Mae. Instead, I will have the sniffer alien smells Mae out, tries to tackle her first, THEN run to tell Master Sol leaving the audiences guessing how an alien that doesn't speak Galactic Basic is able to communicate information to a human. I am totally not compensating for my incompetency as a writer!

[@TheNoonish]

They could have just written a story where the evil twin didn’t have a distinctive permanent mark on her face. That’s a choice they could have made.

[@Good_Boy_3000]

Yeah. Assuming Sol can't decipher Brazil's Intel with the Force, Brazil would be screwed. Apparently, Yord was the interpretor for Brazil, so...wtf? I, of course, mention the previous tidbit because, apparently, Ahsoka Tano was able to sorta have a conversation with a 50-year-old baby.

[@jackmesrel4933]

@@TheNoonish Also one where one of the later plotpoints is "evil twin takes place of good twin". And then execute it in the most moronic way possible.

[@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017]

@@TheNoonish It's kind of strange how in a galaxy far, far away there are African scarification rituals and "preferred" pronouns. I wonder if Mae and Occupational Safety and Health Administration were both victims of FGM also.

[@ContactsNfilters]

She had a babel fish inserted when you weren't looking.

[@Fiddler1990]

16:05 "He's installed railings, obviously, because he knows Occupational Safety and Health Administration is on the scene now." Hahaha a random payoff to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration joke!

[@Nokaret]

Setup and payoff, right there in the review - something the show seriously lacks.

[@androgyny77]

I was finding myself asking how can life be this beautiful and perfect.

[@tylerjames805]

When I saw this scene I thought “Oh I wonder what jokes Platoon’s gonna make about Darth Shirtless the fanservice” and you did not disappoint my friend

[@MarkLittle-rq2bq]

"Hey baby, wanna hold my saber? If you're really bad, I'll let you feel my helmet." - D+ Star Wars Sith, 2024.

[@sugartoothYT]

I'm glad Platoon exceeded my expectations for the Smilo-lusting.😂

[@oscarb4822]

At this point I hope the battle for OSHA's soul at the end of the season takes the form of Smilo and Squid game stripping down and showing who is stronger with the Schwartz. Abandon any pretense of this being a serious show and embrace the T and A.

[@the_disco_option]

"Fair use jar jar" is the best thing to come out of this show

[@scottski02]

Reylo Part II: Abusive Boogaloo

[@tremere3337]

"I was just wondering if you wanted to hang out with me and smoke Spice and fill our bellies with DIET blue milk and play Pazzak Revenge for the P2-S2." -Smileo Ren

[@Juhno]

"His strength in the force is very powerful" just made me speechless when I heard it first time...

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Same. It went through a whole writer’s room, presumably script revision, then confirmation, then rehearsals, then through Amandla’s mouth, and at no point in that process did *anyone* think there was a problem with it.

[@PeregrinTintenfish]

Disney doesn't know how to make tv shows, which is weird, because they own several tv channels.

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

*I can’t believe the studio wanted to swap out its formerly devoted fan base for THAT audience demographic.* Ah, yes, the ones that would give you billions for merely mentioning the names of Star Wars icons, versus the Fifty Shades of Grey crowd.

[@RU-qv3jl]

I think you mean the 50 shades of gay crowd?

[@Unit-kp8wm]

​@@RU-qv3jlbeat me to it

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

Shippers are the absolute worst part of any fan base. DC Comics made Tim Drake suddenly bisexual and the writers who did _immediately_ started dropping hints that he and Conner Kent would become a couple. I'm sure the chronic masturbaters in the shipping community started furiously flicking their beans but the comic was so bad it got canceled before anything could come of it. Thank fucking god.

[@jacklayne8137]

Eh it's more like they fumbled the original fans, so they go BACK TO FORMULA to get their money back

[@ppsarrakis]

They clearly bet on having both crowds ,prob think first crowd is on their pocket the first half decent star wars content they release either way.

[@spokajutlandandmetallurgis3404]

If they already show a male torso, they could show a naked female torso as a matter of diversity ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@weswolever7477]

It would probably be master green bean

[@Nejiranu]

​@@weswolever7477 Lesley may be the type to enjoy putting her wife's tits out to the world, yes.

[@LiterallyAWesternHognose]

​@@weswolever7477Ugh nevermind keep it on, Keep it all on!

[@austin9568AuraMasterDX]

Some RIPE Avocados then​@@weswolever7477

[@kevinmccabe7263]

By the end of this show Platoon is gonna be hearing "Occupational Safety and Health Administration" in his dreams and waking up in a cold sweat 😂😂

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

By the end? It’s been happening for a month already.

[@kevinmccabe7263]

@@TheLittlePlatoon well we appreciate all the pain you endure to being us entertainment 😂

[@Avarn388]

Thank you Platoon for covering this abomination. You put more effort into these videos than the showrunners and writers have done for the show. I am convinced these showrunners only care about validation for their first drafts because anyone with a critical eye would note the problems here and would advise redrafting of scripts. I am finally going through Andor(thank you and Mauler for recommending it) and it is night and day how the dialogue and character work is in Andor than it is in the Acolyte. It helped that Gilroy redrafted his scripts. So really, there is zero excuse for this other than these Leslie and Kennedy are high on their agenda and don't care about quality. They just want folks to worship them. Not me.

[@roxdotdev]

“Take the wheel” “Factory settings” This all sucks

[@piercedbylight]

You noticed that too? It's so bad

[@Nokaret]

Yeah, but we can't have a mechanic. It's a mechnic - we're in a galaxy far, far away, you see?

[@MarkLittle-rq2bq]

Another seldom discussed plot hole, Jekki was using a translator device when she was talking to the merchants playing space chess next to the forest (for reasons) in Episode 4. This establishes that Yord VPN wasn't even really necessary to communicate with the Pronoun Beaver at all, unless (of course) said device is conveniently forgotten about...which it has, so there is that.

[@logicvc506]

Are we sure this show isn’t a pg-13 cut of a corn parody? Because the way Smileo delivered his lines makes me think that it is.

[@classic9538]

The romance of Smilo Ren and Little Platoon had more substance than this entire show

[@altriesallthetime]

Smiltoon is the name of the ship

[@Theendman42]

OSHA's mind this episode: "The power of one egg, the power of two eggs needing to be inseminated, the power of mannnyyyy!"

[@paininthepatoot]

God I hope that Squid Game finally tells Bad Twin what went on with the Witches tonight. They have strung that out for 7 episodes and its the only interesting thing in the series.

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

Now you say that, though, I can absolutely see them somehow saving that for episode 8.

[@paininthepatoot]

@@TheLittlePlatoon Nothing else makes sense in this series so why should that part.

[@Denien82]

I'd bet Smilo is a failed experiment, likely mixing DNA. He's literally called Qimir (that sounds a lot like Chimera). They're smart that way...

[@theelder4797]

Yeah, the space witches accidentally made a type A with sausage, so they added eye of newt and got twins from the next batch.

[@KingKayro87]

"They're smart that way" which is exactly why the chimera thing won't be the real outcome.

[@Denien82]

@@KingKayro87 do you think I'm overestimating them? 😂

[@katakesh8566]

That was my thought too. But they probably wont do it. Makes too much sense. It has to be dumber

[@KingKayro87]

@@Denien82 "Overestimating" is an understatement.

[@progambol]

This is the one small piece of grace I give Amandla's 'performances'. When you ask the director/showrunner "What are my characters' morals, beliefs, motivations, outlooks and personalities?" And the answer is "No". I imagine it makes it difficult to portray said characters. This defence has been provided on behalf of bobs and boot.

[@Danbearpig]

Yet while the rest of the cast is clearly trying to pour emotion into the nonsense, Amandla is busy putting herself into as many awkward poses as possible while keeping her face as stoic as possible.

[@progambol]

@Danbearpig By the rest of the cast I'm assuming you're referring to Sol and possibly smylo. If not, we will have to agree to disagree. If that is the case, please refer to the last sentence of my defence.

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

The problem is that the guy who played Sol actually doesn't know what the words he's saying even mean. He's literally reading off a teleprompter, but he's very capable of portraying stuff like "Your character saw their friends die. Be sad." Amandla seems to struggle with basic line reading, so portraying "I'm sad," seems like a serious struggle for her.

[@progambol]

@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917 Agreed. Almost all of the cast besides Sol and Smylo(who I loved in the good place) are garbage. Just saying, in terms of garbage, having 0 character to portray on two levels would be difficult. Also, defence is primarily bobs and boot.

[@MarkLittle-rq2bq]

You see, the thing is with Ki Adi Mundi is that in The Acolyte, it's Ki Adi Mundi SENIOR. The Ki Adi Mundi in the prequel trilogy is Ki Adi Mundi Junior. They don't make a distinction because Jedi are supposed to eschew all titles because they form attachments. True Story!

[@fayescarlet]

Platoon's little avatar blushing was unexpectedly cute, though.

[@forlornfoe]

_"Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose"_ Thanks master Yoda, I have done exactly that with Star Wars.

[@araneljones]

You know, watching Leslie being so touchy and flirty with Amandla, after admitting to obsessing over her for years, is a little nauseating. Let a guy be so tactile with a woman in an interview and see how quickly they get canceled. She learned well from her master. I sense an approaching divorce in the Force.

[@TheNoonish]

Yeah, Little Platoon picked up on exactly the same thing I did, which is, "If this is the most important story you've ever worked on, how can you possibly have so little to say?" And the truth is that this is not anything close to the most important she's ever worked on because she clearly doesn't care. I've seen her interviews where she has no thoughts about this story, no ideas about the world, she can't answer basic questions about how the world works. She has zero interest in the work needed to make this story coherent which is how you end up with a second episode that does nothing except stall for time so you can have the big reveal next episode. The problem is, I can't imagine this series not deciding to end season 8 with a kind of big reveal, so episode 7 is probably going to be yet even more pointless stalling.

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

Considering she was planning on a season 2, spent ($10 mil) on a scene supposed to bridge the two seasons before abandoning it, and Disney canceled season 2, this shambling abomination will likely end in a brain dead cliffhanger.

[@MrGadfly772]

Yes, it is illogical to present the Senate as having the power to audit the Jedi Order. They are separate institutions the Senate has no business in Jedi affairs. But then this is Leslye Headland she's used to making excuses for violating boundaries.

[@retsaMinnavoiG]

I assume the Jedi get all their finance and authority from the senate. I mean they are blasting around policing the galaxy and their organisation would be crazy expensive.

[@Bungowumperpuss]

Someone, somewhere: “What’s this straight stuff doing in my gay starwars???”

[@marcelgardner8497]

Talk about having the darkside thrusted upon you. 2 force users, one midichlorian cup

[@trygveplaustrum4634]

Is this the mythical “wider audience” they so desperately sought? Amusing, if so.

[@Lemon_Inspector]

Girthier audience

[@Nokaret]

Funny, as Star Wars was known for having a pretty wide audience back in the day, being 'for everyone' 😄

[@GeraltofRivia22]

When they said "wider audience", they meant that literally. Appeal to the land whales who love shipping.

[@Joe45-91]

You just got out of the water. Why am I wetter than you Smilo?

[@e.c.winner7252]

Osha is a blank self-insert [your name] character like Bella in Twilight. She exists only as a vehicle for lonely middle aged women to experience a Jedi story with themselves as the main character.

[@cdos3884]

Occupational Safety and Health Administration feels more prop than character at this point...

[@heikira438]

Just at this point and not the whole show?

[@absolutechaos13]

"Spell 'special' with a capital 7" I am going to have to borrow that one!

[@jeebuschristos8423]

19:30 To be fair... remember... he can glide down... he was prolly at the summit of the island's peak and just floated down to there... But... seeing as the last time she saw him she was trying to get the murder moths to kill him... shouldn't she be a tad worried that, you know, he might still be holding a grudge about that? Also... why didn't he toss THAT back in her face when she starts going on about "who killed who"... "Bish! You tried to get a bunch of insects to eat me to death!"

[@theelder4797]

"STOP WRITING BETTER THAN US!!!" 😡 --- DEIsney

[@mxvega1097]

The writers just aren't smart enough to do the twins device. Osha is a blank, and Mae is "convenience of the hour". In this episode, the writers expect us to have amnesia or brain damage, and Osha likewise, such that she does not react with fear and loathing to Smilo Ren. She's just experienced him flicking her sideways like a ragdoll (ep.4), and massacre her mates (ep.5) including Yord. She should be TERRIFIED. Not mildly curious what he has to say during pillowtalk hour.

[@Nokaret]

To be fair, Osha not reacting as expected - or at all can be explained with the severe head trauma she receives each episode. She's barely above a vegetable by now.

[@mxvega1097]

@@Nokaret I'm starting to think that Osha is the audience stand-in. Bludgeoned from episode to episode, barely get to make a cup of tea before wham smacked in the head again.

[@FeatherRanching]

If Star Wars "saved her life" seems like she would care for it more. Or any at all.

[@DaMaster012]

>Claims Star Wars "saved her life" >Doesn't know a single thing about Star Wars >Writes Twilight fan fiction with a Star Wars coat of paint instead "Maybe women were a mistake." - Mewbschle Longman III

[@TheNoonish]

I really appreciate these reviews, as a human audience member.

[@MediumRareOpinions]

Your human nature is very relatable to me, I too am very human.

[@LiterallyAWesternHognose]

​​Indeed we are most definitely human in origin and seeing two of my fellow humans causes emotion.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

Sounds of amusement and merriment, am I right fellow humans?

[@Bungowumperpuss]

Ha Ha Ha interacting with other humans makes me experience jubilant human laughter.

[@Kyle-sr6jm]

I too feel the deep human feelings that humans feel when watching these documentary recordings.

[@Seomus]

We now lots about green bean. She's a jedi. She has a purple lightsaber whip. She gets hyperspace sick. That's loads of character work.

[@Zara-Bari]

Don't forget the part where she uses the Force to open doors that should probably just open themselves.

[@Seomus]

@@Zara-Bari Powerful proof of her brilliant character. Leslie pulled out all the stops for her wife's character.

[@michaellanger5671]

Most entertaining show ever…your coverage of Ejaculyte, that is ❤

[@ephraimwinslow]

It used to be that MST3K would riff *obscure* terribly made movies, because the industry standards were high, and cinephiles had to do some digging to find something outlandishly low-quality. Now? AAA = riff material.

[@Kartaljuzin]

Omg so funny 😂

[@chasjetty8729]

Well done old boy.

[@bonkeldonk3578]

you know you done something wrong when its more fun and interesting when someone criticly mocks a group of characters instead of the story of sayed characters.

[@user-zq6sz2cr6g]

So, this finally explains why they needed an intimacy coordinator 😮

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

@@user-zq6sz2cr6g I’m pretty sure the only advice they gave was “look at his penis,” and they got paid a lot for giving it.

[@user-zq6sz2cr6g]

@@TheLittlePlatoon I have the feeling that I didn't choose the right professional path.

[@Joe45-91]

Just hear Patrick Star repeatedly yelling out "LOOK AT IT!"

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

@@Joe45-91 BRO NO 😂😂

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

​@@Joe45-91😆😆😆

[@SpecterVonBaren]

I'm going to be so sad when this show ends. These videos from Platoon have been top tier.

[@contentsdiffer5958]

Oh, I'm sure that Hollywood has many masterworks to come.

[@darthgamer9861]

I’m anticipating when he gets to Velma season 2

[@kenwarren9450]

I'm not joking when I say this -- I keep getting the feeling that each episode of shows like this are made by entirely different AI systems, with barely any clues for the AI to integrate one episode to another.

[@MrBonified66]

This is the modern way, with different writers and often directors on each episode. It can work if you have someone talented and intelligent at the top keeping it co-ordinated. Here though... And remember that one of the writers' main demands in their strike was to insist that at least 6 writers contribute to every project.

[@tjroelsma]

Watching these reviews of The Acolyte, I had the strange feeling that I'd seen the (theoretical) characters Osha and Mae before and it suddenly hit me: this is the modern-day adaption of Peter Seller's The Pink Panther movies. Osha is Inspector Clouseau, bumbling around cluelessly while the plot keeps happening around her without her having any influence on things. Mae is Kato, the attack lunatic who's only reason for being in the show is to constantly attack, only for the sake of being the comic sidekick. All other characters are simply there to move the plot along around these two fools.

[@TheRedGauntlet]

Platoon flirting with Smilo Ren killed me XD

[@woozles1988]

HIS STRENGTH IN THE FORCE IS VERY POWERFUL!!!

[@Nokaret]

As is the writer's talent in the writing! 😏

[@DoodsUnited]

That's Craig Feldspar, a level 39 dungeon master

[@VeteranofthePsychicWars]

Mog, half man, half dog. He’s his own best friend.

[@Nejiranu]

This show is a marvelous thing. Indeed, I can't help but marvel at the immense effort put into digging progressively deeper holes into what I previously thought was the intellectual floor of Star Wars. It is fairly giggle worthy, in fact, to see someone playing out a compressed air line, down their little pit, as they have developed blisters from the pickaxe. As the jackhammer begins, all I hear echoing up is an ambiguously AI voice over repeating "wraps her hands gently around the hilt" and "predatory gaze". I must admit, I was under the impression this was a murder mystery, not a bodice ripper.

[@michaelfimbres5691]

Did anyone notice how fast Vernestra and crew get to the Outer Rim. Almost, instantaneously. Fascinating. It's almost like the writers refused to account for space and time in place of dramatic affect. :)

[@BiggieTrismegistus]

The new Star Trek shows have gotten rid of the idea that time and space are relevant so it's only natural that idiocy would infect the other very well known space-based franchise.

[@michaelfimbres5691]

@@BiggieTrismegistus Nah! This series takes it to the next level. Go back and watch every time someone flies towards a group that's already on a planet and....boom!...time/space?...Fuhgeddaboudit! The Jedi after having a FRICKIN' meeting on Coruscant caught up to Mae and Quimir like Pepe Le Pew on Dune Spice.

[@I_TheLandlord]

I don’t remember giving my likeness to this video. However I am okay with it.

[@logancade342]

For me, it was the moment when the extremely physically threatening main antagonist was spontaneously abducted by a swarm of Deus Ex Mothinas (somehow being taken by surprise despite having highly attuned senses) flailed his powered-on lightsaber around frantically for several seconds on screen in a panicked, desperate manner, all while failing to inflict an ounce of harm upon even one of the piñata-sized bugs... That's when i realized "oh, these writers *don't give a fuuuckkk"* and they are shamelessly writing for the lowest common denominator of their audience. This isn't your average, everyday badness. This is... *advanced badness.*

[@MrBonified66]

Especially the bit where he was like Homer Simpson trying to get an ice cream off his back.

[@Medaumplay3]

This show is not only incompetent, it is purposefully insulting. It had one thing going for it, which was everyone (with no exceptions) wanted to see the wookie jedi in action, and they barely even showed him alive. They had one thing everyone agreed was cool, even if we doubted their execution, but then they decided to not execute it.

[@theelder4797]

"People might REALLY like this idea and want to see him a lot... let's take him out, this isn't about entertainment."

[@Nokaret]

​@@theelder4797It's about sending .. a message.

[@ShavierTheHedgehog]

It was made so we can suffer... and to have so many great and entertaining videos talking about this garbage.

[@morscoronam3779]

9:50 I love how the Jedi just assume there's only one assassin. Why couldn't it be a group? At that point in the story, the Jedi know very little.

[@sanctumofficium]

"Series Protagonist" Occupational Health and Safety Administration. I could literally hear the air-quotes around that.

[@differssmith4434]

What is with all the heavy panting in this show? Normal conversation? Panting. Skinny dipping? Panting. Hug? Panting. Tied to a bed? Panting. 😂

[@gregorylieber8362]

@TheLittlePlatoon only 15min in but the writing and editing is particularlly witty and funny in this one. Good work as alwaysn but the elegant brutality of your intelegent sassy/british roasting has been turned up a notch causing me to literally laugh out loud

[@lance8111]

Just cause he's hot doesn't make it good 😞

[@ephraimwinslow]

It is staggeringly ironic watching the broad who kept Harvey caffeinated try to thirst trap wine aunties while showboating about how progressive she is.

[@ephraimwinslow]

Wine auntie thirst traps = good. Adolescent male thirst traps = AGAINST THE NATURAL ORDER AND MUST BE STOPPED. (According to femcels.)

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

@@lance8111 True! And he’s not *that* hot.

[@Werewolf.with.Internet.Access]

@@TheLittlePlatoon He’s “it’s 10:30 pm, I’ve had a rough week, I’m three drinks in, eh fuck it” hot

[@DoodsUnited]

I'd take Adam Driver over this, that guy was a marine

[@ShatteredQvartz]

Platoon is more committed to the OSHA joke than the writers are with their shows lmao

[@sivad1025]

I came for trashing on Disney, I stayed for the short history lesson on Rome

[@88HELLJUMPER88]

Smilo is palpatine. In putting my stake in it. 1 TRILLION DOLLARS!!! *puts pinky to edge of mouth.

[@expleatifdelited982]

Somehow Darth Plagueis is around somewhere. I’m calling it while raising teacup with pinky straight out. 😂

[@88HELLJUMPER88]

@expleatifdelited982 I see what you did there. Either Lesley takes the story for herself and he's there, or the plagieus novel is lore and he's here anyways. I raise my pinky to you sir🤙

[@tb6664]

My bet is they are going to change the rule of two to by started by smilo.

[@DoodsUnited]

Smilo could be tenebrous and OSHA would then become Plagueis. The sky is the limit! Oh wait did I say sky, I meant rock bottom

[@joshuafears4123]

I don't think we are giving the writers of this show enough credit. It is truly impressive how much of star wars, and characters they are able to break with one show. Every episode has been able to one up the previous one in destroying the lore, or characters, or the force than the previous one. This episode with a casual throw away line undermines the entire political structure at up in the prequels and numerous legends and high Republic books. It gives lip service to all the contradicting ideas on how force sensitive people exist in the start wars universe. And it manages again to contradict the laws of time it set up in the previous episode. The level of destruction done by this writing team is absolutely impressive. Lesser writers can only dream.

[@holz_name]

This is quite a recurring problem in Hollywood writings recently. The "story" is basically character go to point A then to point B then to point C and "stuff" is happening to them without any reason. Character driven writing is very rare those days. Most of the stuff from Hollywood is just boring, and this includes StarWars, but also Marvel and DC movies. Take for example Lord of the Rings. Frodo is always in charge how the plot proceeds, there are few rare instances where Frodo is not in charge. Frodo was one time captured by the Orcs, but even then Frodo was in charge, he wasn't just a passive prisoner. The one time Frodo wasn't in charge was when he was captured by Faramir and brought to the Henneth Annûn cave.

[@daltonmortimer7735]

Nevermind the hair and the tattoo, you can't pull a "parent trap" scenario in Star Wars ( at least not among force sensitives) because THEY CAN SENSE EACH OTHER'S UNIQUE PRESENCE IN THE FORCE!( and yes they can mask themselves with power and difficulty but it takes a level of mastery or noteworthy power that Mai doesn't have) and hell, even if she masked herself wouldn't that in itself would ne a tell wouldn't it,?

[@neodigremo]

Just because Jedi can tell apart members of the clone army in armour (despite being literal clones with minimal force presence) doesn’t mean they can tell apart 2 very different sisters who have completely different personalities, one of whom uses the dark side….. how could they tell apart 2 people who look alike????

[@Zara-Bari]

To offer up an explanation that is almost assuredly well above the talents of these writers' heads, I have assumed from the beginning that the... ermm... unique creation of the twins has caused them to manifest the same force presence. Their little secret poem is suggestive of this explanation. But the writers have not only failed to properly establish this, despite ample opportunity on many separate occasions, the explanation _still_ wouldn't solve the many other reasons this shouldn't work.

[@daltonmortimer7735]

@@Zara-Bari fair point well made but importantly if they are your aforementioned exception that's fine and I'm not saying it has to be explicitly spelled out in exposition but it would be helpful if it were at least implictly registered somewhere so that the audience could reason themselves into it so that it wasn't a void. It's similar to how Darth Hot Topic is apparently a Sith even though that's not possible by Rule of Two logic since we know that the reigning Sith Lord at the time of the Acolyte should either be Plagius or his master Darth Tenebrous and we know how Sith Lords react to rivals because of what happened to Maul and his brother in Clone Wars once they leveled up enough for Sideous to take notice bof them. So in theory either Darth Emo should be butchered by Tenebrous any day now or he's not actually a Sith in which case the writers have been lying this WHOLE TIME!

[@Zara-Bari]

@@daltonmortimer7735 I absolutely agree that a lot of empty nothing burger time wasting could be filled by giving the audience, I don't know, clues of some kind as to why or how is any of this. But, you see, that would take a bare minimum five minutes effort to think of, and that's clearly more than went into this. Also if they tried to actually forge characters and mechanics, they'd quickly find themselves written into a corner they could not escape from (or at least unable to force events to take place the way they wanted them to because it would go against the mechanics they put in place), because they are that caliber of writers. We've already seen them become hopelessly entangled in what few mechanics and minor plot points they have given us. In fact, I remain convinced that the reality of this (rather than my headcanon explanation) is that this was actually a steamy captor/captive dark romance fan fic that has had all of its steam elements removed in the adaptation, leaving nothing but vacancy in the space the steam previously occupied. Stories of that type are really just an excuse to get from one steam room to the next, with little consideration given to plot, character or any meaningful mechanics. I myself have written a lot of fan fiction, but have never found it in my heart to respect this particular variety, so it is rather personally loathsome to find that it is the only kind of fan fiction that ever gets put on screen (think 50 Shades and After, for example)

[@daltonmortimer7735]

@@Zara-Bari right there with you matte, just because it's pulpy or fanfiction doesn't mean it has to be " fanficky" in this way and moreover screw " muh authorial intent" in universe logic should always take priority when the two things are in conflict

[@freman007]

Jackie: I have three openings. Smilo: Well... about that.

[@xitaris5981]

Lewd

[@DaMaster012]

"Y'all just classified yourselves as a series of holes."

[@Nokaret]

Quantumania's Veb: How many holes do you have?

[@ashgrey8678]

"My notes from my first watch of this episode say" Jesus man, you are a masochist aren't you?

[@AmiRa-wj9jt]

As a woman from Poland living in a society characterized by a "Slavic smile", I don`t understand one thing: Do "the creators" of this series distinguish between showing emotions on our faces and those that determine our choices/actions? Jedi can show emotions on their faces while remaining stoic because they aren`t machines but human beings. Each side is characterized by its own emotions and the actions that are associated with them. The "main character" looks like an inflated doll moved from place to place. This isn't acting, it's amateurism. Do "the creators" understand how humans function if they want to show how easy it is to go to the evil side? Sometimes I have the impression that aliens are hired for scripts these days...

[@PLKinka]

As a fellow Pole, I love good palace drama, because people showing slight signs of emotion while having to pretend to be perfectly stoic is much more emotional for me. It could really work. You have to have really good actors to pull it off though, so popular way of creating period dramas is to change everything into contemporary, and it makes it boring. Gib me my alien but very human cultures!

[@contentsdiffer5958]

The main character didn't even complete her Jedi training, yet she's the one that can't emote.

[@YugiSupersaiyan]

Rather than mimicking the prequels, I think it's more likely that the directors and writers are attempting to mimick contemporary American politics (Or at least the little bits of it that they've heard of and imagined in their heads). There have been several investigations in the past 2 years by the Senate and House of Representatives into the Department of Justice and its subdivisions such as the FBI, which this show seems to be allegorizing(?) as the Jedi, space investigators, over the potential misuse, and overstepping, of their authority and potentially targeting innocent citizens for their differences in ideology.

[@DCFLT175]

LMFAO @ "It feels good Spilo, it feels powerful, it feels right." You're out of control Platoon! 🤣

[@afkalmighty1557]

Send dudes?

[@dean_l33]

The Jedi temple could certainly use them after that horrible performance