What a TERRIBLE nonsensical excuse for a Show | Star Wars Acolyte Episode 1 FULL REVIEW

[@Harpagio]

I couldn’t stand it when she said that “oh I quit the Jedi 6 years ago and those skills aren’t applicable anywhere else”. Telekinesis, strength, reflexes, precognition, NONE of that is useful? Really? Anakin was a pod racer using those skills, she couldn’t be a bounty hunter or a better mechanic or a pilot or doctor or anything else?

[@MirandaSinistra]

To be fair, the main character seems really stupid so it's likely she couldn't cut it as those other professions.

[@TheMrlittletooth]

Well. It's implied she wanted to get away from the order and anything to do with being a Jedi. We aren't sure why yet but the dude with the hair is kinda like. Why the fuck are you a mechanic.

[@Maruun1986]

Karen Jedi wasn't happy with the management and quit to show them!

[@Tajarim88]

​@@TheMrlittletoothwell, Jedi are also ALIVE. She should have done us the favour to change that, too.

[@TheMrlittletooth]

@@Tajarim88 what?

[@gamerkingdom1442]

“That’s not the way the FORCE WORKS!!!!” That’s pretty much MODERN DISNEY STAR WARS in a nutshell.

[@6Vlad6Tepes6]

How does the force work?

[@ForgottenSaber2367]

“That’s not how any of this works!”

[@ErikDeMann]

@@ForgottenSaber2367 In short: "Make this make sense, *please!!"*

[@davfree9732]

That’s not even how film production is supposed to work! KK must be getting her money from somewhere other than the audience because she’s not made a profit and she’s never had the MCU phase 1 - 3 under her belt.

[@riptors9777]

@@6Vlad6Tepes6 Well obviously not like this... cant you read? XD

[@Dinoslay]

You think her killing Carrie-Anne Moss’s character was dumb? In the second episode the assassin actually convinces a random Jedi guy to just drink a vial of poison through guilt tripping. They’re not even trying lol.

[@JoRoq1]

The poison/suicide bit might actually have some validity in the pay-off (even though yes, it's stupid). They are building up the real mystery (as the murders are just a plot tool and not the real story) as what happened 16 years ago when the twins' family home was burned. Both girls survived, but each though the other dead. Sol rescued one girl, and intentionally hid that she had a presumed-dead twin from the Jedi records. 4 Jedi were apparently on that planet at the time, and the evil twin clearly has some undisclosed reason to think they were responsible for the fire (and thus seeks vengeance). The untouchable Jedi apparently did hold on to some kind of deep guilt for what happened. There is actually an interesting story hidden here, just being botched in the execution.

[@Darthdoodoo]

​@@JoRoq1they will surely fuk it up and make it gay and lame 😢

[@gantz0949]

​@@JoRoq1agree obviously something really bad happened

[@bigzed7908]

​@@JoRoq1The bones of a good story are there. But God damn, they take a sledgehammer and break every single good bone in the way.

[@Zlittlepenguin]

@@JoRoq1 unfortunately this is just par for the course for all of Disney Star Wars. They always reliably will come up with a great skeleton or a great premise at least and then choose the single way - as if they’re embodying dr. Strange in infinity war, searching for that one possible scenario - where they can mess it all up. I mean it’s so maddening at this point I don’t even know what else to say about it…

[@gray-days-clear]

"A Jedi does not pull a weapon unless prepared to kill" is contradicted by the fact that lightsabers exist. Lightsabers are a defensive weapon. Jedi very often use lightsabers to block blaster bolts. Not to mention, the heat of the saber instantly cauterizes wounds, so Jedi can incapacitate people instead of making them bleed to death. Shad's passionate response to that moronic line is very reasonable, lol

[@JoRoq1]

I think they pulled that line out of the horrible Western tropes regarding samurai and katanas (or some other form of code-based honorable warrior). They clearly wanted a heavy Eastern-influenced appearance in the show, as every Jedi apparently knows Kung Fu.

[@DZ-X3]

What's the first time we ever see a lightsabre used? In the cantina, when Old Ben uses it to disarm Ponda Baba, in a distinctly non-lethal way.

[@neemz0117]

​@@DZ-X3lol disarm

[@drewsmith9809]

As soon as the crappy assassin attacked, jedi master should of cut her arms off and shut down the attack so no one got hurt. Assassin would make more sense if attacked in shadows when target was alone. Kill with no weopon.. but you used a knife?

[@matthewwilson7360]

The person that trained her probably lied to her about the killing thing. It's probably not a contradiction in the plot. The character was merely wrong.

[@MrBigmorg3000]

Clearly you guys don’t know why a rock sinks, but a ship floats 😂

[@dakota_kramer]

THE SEA IS ALWAYS RIGHT

[@DaMaster012]

Because boats are made of witches.

[@tfjohnson55]

Triggering me 😮😅

[@meldonsleep5298]

I understood the Rings of power reference. That rock and boat analogy made history 😂

[@elathiaskade7311]

Kek

[@WillFredward7167]

When the showrunner talks more about herself than the show, it’s a bad sign

[@jibjub7047]

THIS! This is the big problem these days. I was watching Star Wars Direct and all the cast members are banging on about Sexuality, Feminism, Diversity etc etc. Uhhhhhh is this about Star Wars? Or is this a Hollywood elite circle jerk? That's all they care about, they couldn't give two damns about whatever source material they are working on.

[@oxydoxxo]

The marxists started capturing educational institutions of all levels starting more than a decade ago. Universities have been nothing more than extremist factories for years now. We're seeing the result.

[@DaMaster012]

It's been said that good writing will tell you more about the story and characters, whole bad writing will tell you more about the author. The Acolyte doesn't just adhere to that, it embraces it, because the people who made it are narcissists who can't fathom anything (and don't care to) outside of themselves.

[@MWBalls]

When the showrunner says I'm a sith thats definitely not a good sign.

[@mrbigglezworth42]

Welcome to the modern writer...

[@VespoLiveGaming]

Why does a Gonk Droid sink and a Starship float? The Gonk Droid only gazes downward into darkness while the Starship looks up to the light.

[@don.keebles]

There is a Force Tempest in me!

[@benjaminfranklin9966]

Unless it's a Star Destroyer, 'cause they apparently don't know which way is up.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

The endless void of space is always right!

[@shadowking9739]

Right, give me the Rancor beef, and give it to me raw!

[@Wustenfuchs109]

The whole thing with assassination attempt of the Jedi master at the start - there were a lot of individuals who'd do that over the course of the story and one thing they have in common is - stealth. You, as an assassin, are going against one of the most powerful individuals in the galaxy, hyper-aware of everything going around them. You need every single trick to hopefully get one of them, and even then it is extremely risky, even if the assassin is a force user themselves. Unless the assassin is a Sith lord themselves, they would look to create a situation where the target is ambushed or otherwise at a disadvantage. They would NEVER just walk up to a Jedi Master and ask for a fight. Because, your whole goal is to kill the Jedi Master and not test your luck. Jedi Master would have sensed the dark force user a mile away and the moment she actually challenges her to a fight in a bar, with a bunch of civilians, a Jedi Master would slice her open without too much of a thought. Because, the alternative is endangering a bunch of civilians. Which is exactly why assassins that targeted Jedi over the franchise used stealth, ambushes, traps and all other kind of trickery. And they were outfitted specifically with gear that would increase their chances against the Jedi - like a flamethrower, saber resistant armor or weapons, multi-projectile weapons (like Mandalorian has, the Whistling birds) that might overwhelm the Jedi who's focus is damaged and many others. Dark force user just walking into a bar with a bunch of knives to attack a Jedi Master in the broad daylight - probably the most stupid thing in the franchise, and we are still on the first scene. Plus, the fact that Jedi Master does not slice her open the moment she takes out a weapon... Jedi are not idiots. One you threaten anyone with lethal force, you are going down. You'll at least get your hand(s) sliced off so you would not be a threat. And that assassin had NOTHING to counter the lightsaber. Absolutely nothing. Which is one more reason why assassins of Jedi tend to avoid direct fight with a Jedi - lightsaber resistant weapons/armor are very hard to find and damn expensive. In the realistic (for the setting) first scene, Jedi would sense her a mile away and walk out in a field or some other secluded area and play dumb. Stupid assassin would track the Jedi, get her hands sliced off the moment she takes out the daggers, and dragged before the Jedi council to figure out who trained her, why, and where can they find them. It is a 10 minute show in all.

[@jaieregilmore971]

Thank god someone say it there no way an actual Jedi master would lose like that and I found the whole not using the lightsaber was dumb they can end the fight quickly one slice in the arm there no point prolonging it. The assassin was dumb she didn’t even cover her track doing it in public was completely stupid.

[@escapism6617]

Star Wars has been dead for a long time. But Disney keep digging up the corpse and throwing it at people.

[@JGburneraccount]

Disney keeps trying to revive a corpse, desecrating and deforming it more and more each time.

[@xxHOBOMANxx]

Not the real corpse just a composite effigy made of old lunch meat.

[@kevg1617]

Weekend at Bernie's.

[@FierceDIO]

The real Star Wars is alive and well, just retired since 2012. This is "Staar Wars", an evil clone of Star Wars created in 2008 pretending to be the real deal.

[@MWBalls]

There is no corpse at this point, just a puddle of rancid goop mixed with mouse jizz with a few shards of shattered bones.

[@szymonpazura4630]

Two additional facts - 1. The entire scene with the prison ship adds virtually nothing to the episode. 2. Who takes a witness to the arrest of a potentially very dangerous criminal?

[@jibjub7047]

Hi Disney Executive here and former foot masseuse of Harvey Weinstein! Just scrolling through the comments and have identified your comment as a potential hate speech violation. Now I don't want you to feel alarmed by that accusation! It's just myself and the other Disney Executives would greatly appreciate it if you would just... Dial down the thinking matter to like 2? Too much rational thought in situations like this only leads to prejudice, racism and possibly a little dabble into the sexism side of things. Now we don't want that do we? Appreciate it buddy! Thanks for watching Acolyte and we hope you have GRRRRRRRRRREAT DAY!

[@ImDezron]

You really like your character with zero personality behind them dont you?

[@MrSagranda]

At the point of the prison ship scene we don't know yet that an evil twin exists and that Osha is innocent. Her actions during that scene contradict with that of the killer which is meant to do two things: Show her character, her values as well as throw the audience into a loop, because something doesn't make sense here. She cooperates with the arrest, as well as cared for the prisoner who gets "sedated" via that parasite. She refuses to take part in the prison break until the ship gets damaged and is about to crash (survival instinct). And even then she rescues that one prisoner. She puts trust in the Jedi and the system because she seemingly believes (though actually knows) she is innocent. In contrast we have seen the killer who uses deception and trickery to kill Jedi, involves, hurts and risks the life of innocent people to achieve her goal. Multiple personalities? Good acting on her part? Mind control? Changeling? Evil twin? Drugs? etc. There are a lot of theories that could have explained the contradictions we see between the killer and Osha. That whole arrest - prison ship sequence is meant to show that, show (part of) Osha's personality. The prison ship scene also gives an "excuse" as for why she didn't reach Coruscant and that they have to send a party out there who then can "operate on their own". If anything, that arrest as a whole and that they put somehow who's trained in the force and (allegedly) killed a Jedi Master in such a minimal security prison ship is just hilariously stupid.

[@selfconfessedcynic]

Shad and Oz together doing a tv-show review. 😄 Here we go again. 🎉🎉

[@jmace2424]

That OSHA Non-Compliant joke was so funny! 🤣

[@Emppu_T.]

Oz is a gift that keeps on giving.

[@haljordan777]

I was disappointed with the Acolyte reviews on other channels that didn't mention it.

[@Fiestacat12345]

I've been waiting patiently since the drop of this series for one of my favorite channels to review it so I don't have to watch it. lol

[@DaMaster012]

"Oh, watching a review of the media instead of the media itself is TIGHT!"

[@Emppu_T.]

​@@DaMaster012 absolutely

[@djn6962]

Interesting that both twins, raised in completely separate worlds have the same exact hairstyle.

[@Shineinpoverty]

Telepathically synced haircuts

[@jibjub7047]

Disney executives don't like it when you use your brain. Stop that!

[@MirandaSinistra]

It's almost like Leslye was too lazy to think of a way for them to mistake the twins without making their hairstyles identical. Which is frustrating because all she had to do was write May as wearing a wig that's identical to Osha 's hairstyle.

[@silverscorpio24]

POCs all wear braided dreads, don't you know.

[@JETBLACKPRIEST]

@@MirandaSinistra Mae doesnt know shes alive until she sees her in episode 2. Quick to shit on the writing but slow to recognize your own misgivings.

[@mr.x6313]

“An acolyte kills the dream.” Does Disney even understand the definition of an acolyte?

[@ZttackFrmBhind]

Apparently it goes by the name of "Disney"

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

Looked up the definition and it’s basically an assistant that does minor things. Is killing Jedi masters a “minor thing” now? I mean it would be if it was younglings. Amirite, bois?

[@thomasdudley7982]

Disney where dreams come true, and the acolyte kills them. Is this film meant to kill off everything the fans love...yes!

[@mansfieldtime]

. According to the math, our asteroid belt covers about 0.000005% of space in our solar system. Tiny is an understatement.

[@arioch2112]

I promise that millions of Americans will think of a government agency when seeing/hearing OSHA.

[@viperstriker4728]

Those who know the name rarely forget their encounter with it, that's for sure.

[@SacClass650]

"There is no good or evil" OK, so by what standard are you precluding the murder of parents and children then? Why, and how, are they drawing the line where they're suddenly drawing it? This show is genuinely morally repugnant.

[@spartanhawk7637]

The showrunner was the former personal assistant to Harvey Weinstein, you tell me why she’s trying to undermine morality.

[@slicerneons3300]

Worse than Halo? Worse than Wheel of Time? Worse than Dial.of Destiny? Worse than Rings of Power? Worse than the marvels? Worse than Reva and Princess Leia show? That takes some anti-talent.

[@6Vlad6Tepes6]

There was nothing wrong with Halo.

[@PhthaloGreenskin]

​@vlatepes1901 you mean the Gaylo TV show?

[@G360LIVE]

@@6Vlad6Tepes6 The Bungie game? No. The TV series? Everything was wrong with it. And not only did they insult the fans, before the start of Season 2, about the criticism that Cheeks took off his helmet in the first season, but they purposely insulted the fans further by having Cheeks not wear the helmet for just about all of Season 2, then they took yet another shot at the fans when they made the 4K/Blu-ray cover of the Season 2 home video release a photo of Cheeks without the helmet on. It's just willful ignorance. You know, ignorance isn't the lack of knowledge; it's the unwillingness to obtain knowledge, and the people behind these failed TV series just don't want to obtain knowledge. All they want to do is destroy what we love and laugh because they can.

[@petemartin998]

I'm not even a halo fan, and I know how much its hated

[@JBDaniels]

“Somehow Palpatine returned” was one of the first scenes in that terrible movie 😭

[@Extanglia]

Bad guys arent good guys. Its not subjective.

[@geranball9678]

Just like how leslie headland isn't I pae-do rap-ist.

[@cobra4975]

Nonsense...a dead bad guy inherently becomes a good guy.

[@chickenmadness1732]

Definitely is subjective in real life lol. For example Americans are the aggressors and bad guys in most wars from the world's perspective, whereas Americans see themselves as heroes and 'world police'

[@XSquidbeatsX]

Come on these activists try to invert virtues with vices and blur good and evil.

[@TheBusyHoneyBee]

Good and bad is a point of view, there for, subjective and always is relation to something else. Covering your hair is good or bad, objetively? Killing someone is bad or good? For the person being killed it's bad, for their family it's bad, for their friends it's bad. That person is Hitler... A serial killer can be the best dad and husband in the world. He might even be a doctor that saves lives at his work... then what? The US droped 2 nuclear bombs in two civilian cities when japan was negociating surrender. But they defeated the nazi... now what?

[@ambientlight3876]

Its funny that people habitually survive being stabbed by lightsabers but dies to a dagger...

[@rhvette]

Darth Maul, falls down pit and lives. Palpatine, falls down pit and lives. Boba Fett, falls down pit and lives. Conclusion - all pits in Star Wars are cushioned at the bottom with bacta tank Lazarus pits. Remember, if you ever get mortally wounded in Star Wars, huck yourself down the nearest pit post haste.

[@wyrmdancer2401]

You're on to something. Obi-wan falls down a pit, survives. Luke falls down a pit at least twice, after being told Vader is his daddy and the pit in Jabba's palace.

[@ealtar]

han falls down pit ... DED briene of silver, fall down trash compactor moments before the ENTIRE PLANET blows up .... LIVES

[@rhvette]

@@wyrmdancer2401 Holy crap, I forgot all about the pit in Episode 3. Yeah, Obi-wan falls down a pit after the clone troopers betray him and he lives. Does the trash compactor in Episode 4 count as a pit, or do we have to dig deeper for that movie?

[@Lucas-gg8ik]

Thats why Luke stopped lumiya from falling the pit

[@Emppu_T.]

Chewbakka was already in a pit in solo

[@kazuya246]

Knight: "Do you think it could be the sister-" Master: "NO! May is dead. I saw her die." 5 minutes later... Osha: "May is alive!" Master "I believe you."

[@orthex13]

Do they ever explain why the twins (one who seems to be totally unaware of the other) both have the Exact Same Hair Style? Or will they ignore the fact that the "actress" just got her hair did, and wasn't about to pluck the weave for any movie? I am guessing the later.

[@lukedanyi]

Them coming out in an asteroid field goes against lore. When you travel through hyperspace, you use hyperspace lanes. Hyperspace lanes are clear routes through the galaxy that you can travel through at hyper speed. So if your hyperspace lane had an asteroid field in the middle of it, then everyone who used it would blow up and die.

[@JoRoq1]

Like Shad pointed out, Disney has already gutted any semblance of consistency or logic with Hyperspace travel. Of course, it didn't help that they let Abrams start their canon. The man who decided that Vulcan nearly fills the entire sky of the closest neighboring planet in his Star Trek reboot because it would make for a great dramatic shot. The Rule of Cool can only cover so much, and that was too much.

[@vojtechmajzlik4714]

"A Jedi doesnt pull her weapon unless prepared to kill" I stopped watching after that first fight scene. Your 1 hour long rant is better.

[@kolicgames4750]

It's even worse than Shad thinks. The prisoners that escaped from the transport are there, so they had to rescue them, transport them to the jedi, NOT scan the wreckage for survivors, and then head there and save her... before she freezes to death... which amazingly is never a problem, because you can girl boss your way out of not freezing to death by simply ignoring it. Not only that, but she survives both lack of atmosphere and being burnt to death on reentry because there are giant holes in the ship's hull! And those holes are on the TOP, which means those holes happened IN SPACE.

[@balazsszucs7055]

Not to mention the pilots on the transport ship having a way to open the cells. Why? Why not lock the door with some special jedi lock they can only open at the temple on Coruscant? Or put them behind a force field at least. Hentai facemask guy was the only one properly restrained. But a remote hacking cyborg, a former jedi, and a guy whose tongue is basically a long arm, jut get thrown in a weak as shit cell that has an opening mechanism right next to it. Which only requires a handprint from the people ON the ship.

[@metaroid9968]

Shad: the chances of being in an asteroid field is 000,1 percent Disney: never tell me the odds

[@MirandaSinistra]

This made me smile, then it made me sad cuz I remembered how awesome SW used to be.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

The only time I can remember anyone in Star Wars flying into an asteroid field is when Han and the bois go to Alderaan and see what is left after the Death Star Death Star’d all over if.

[@haku8135]

So she's on the prison transport. She has a chance to escape the transport. She refuses because she trusts the Jedi. The other prisoners leave. The transport crashes. Then the prisoners who escape are ALL captured easily. The Jedi find the crash sight basically instantly. The Acolyte sees them coming to rescue and arrest her. She runs away because she doesn't want to be found by them. She's caught while running away from them within the same episode. WHAT IS THE POINT OF ANY OF THIS!? If you want the Jedi to know she's willing to run away from custody instead of standing trial, THEN JUST HAVE HER LEAVE ON THE ESCAPE PODS WITH THE PRISONERS WHO ARE EASILY CAUGHT ANYWAY! If you want the Jedi to know she's NOT willing to run away, DON'T MAKE HER FUCKING RUN AWAY FROM THEM WHEN THEY SHOW UP TO SAVE HER FROM A SPACESHIP CRASH!!!! Why would she run NOW, but not when it was SAFE to run? What's she gonna do, escape into a frozen wasteland she's never even seen before!? Keeping her on the ship so it can crash ONTO A PLANET FROM SPACE only to show her being COMPLETELY fucking unharmed after HOURS in the bloody snowy wreck is completely POINTLESS. I'm with Oz, not even someone who's actually brain damaged could write this, because the level of brain damage needed for any mind to write something this obscenely stupid would make them a VEGETABLE anyway!

[@Singular8ty]

"I wisely started with a map." -J.R.R. Tolkien The point of this statement was not that the map needs to be done before any writing, it's that a map of relevant locations needs to be done before travel/temporal reasoning needs to be done for various things. Tolkien was very clear and intentional about the travel time of all actors in his Legendarium (especially LotR). Where were the Nazguul? Where was the Fellowship? Etc. Everything was well established based on travel times because he had a map. Modern writers think maps are for chumps.

[@Acromion11]

If I am not mistaken, The Professor invented some languages and then he wanted a world where those languages could be used. So he scribbled a few little books and basically invented entire genre

[@johnellisbushbush]

So did Anakin blow up the Death Star in this episodes or no?

[@don.keebles]

No, you're thinking of Anikan. Anikan Skiwalker.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

You can only see it by consuming death sticks.

[@tommymarco9893]

yaaz yaaz

[@The_Moe_Szyslak_Exp_feat_Homer]

@@don.keebles Thank you. After all these years I FINALLY know who the hell "Anikan" Skywalker is.

[@kevinedw2002]

I think the Death Star blew itself up so that it wouldn't have to appear in this crap....

[@RevanR]

I wish I could play this video on a theater because this is more entertaining than whatever abomination that Lucas Film spawned

[@RoaADDW]

I hate how a modern writer "being clever" is usually something pulled from a high school creative writing course.

[@bradleysmith2021]

You can almost tell when the indoctrination started...

[@John-fk2ky]

@@Eidolon1andOnly I’ve read better fanfics than this crap. Even some that aren’t superb tend to make more sense than the official stuff lately.

[@spartanhawk7637]

Ditto. With fanfictions you can at least find genuine diamonds in the rough. There are one or two I follow as much as the actual series. I genuinely can’t figure out how Disney finds writers this terrible. They HAVE to sell the position like an old naval commission.

[@notsae66]

​@@Eidolon1andOnly Nah, fanfiction is generally written by people with at least mostly functioning brains, and passion.

[@chazzitz-wh4ly]

I like how “being clever” just turns out to be stupid and crap.

[@EnsignRedshirtRicky]

Leslye Headland wrote and directed the first episode. Since she is the showrunner, this will not get better. This show is the perfect storm of DEI Finds a Way & The Failure is Feminism. I cannot wait for the reaction to episode three.

[@Mad-Cat_Dan]

I'm Osha, this is my sister Nonkomplyant

[@wyrmdancer2401]

Nonkomplie Yant

[@gallendugall8913]

It's not nonsensical. It makes perfect sense to a sociopath.

[@shoulderpyro]

Even a sociopath has more logic and sense than whatever this was

[@hassathunter2464]

Sooo ... assistant to Harvstein?

[@Sor9ry426]

Makes sense to an assistant sociopath, Maybe? 😂

[@ErikDeMann]

It is exceedingly boring, predictable, and it has no heart, whatsoever. Let the -ist accusations commence..

[@ГлебКаменский-я7й]

i'm a sociopath and this shit still makes no sense to me

[@hassathunter2464]

Watch episode x minutes? NO Watch 1 hoyr rant? YES

[@Arcexey]

I loved the credits at the end: Directed by leslye headland. Produced by leslye headland. Story by leslye headland. Written by leslye headland. Executive producer leslye headland.

[@johnnk3256]

Shad, please react to Elder Scrolls Online High Isle trailer. We need a breakdown of the Nameless Knight's fighting style! Pleasee...! 🥺 Please!

[@RevanR]

Everyone please upvote this so Shad can pay attention to this

[@enoughothis]

When a knight singlehandedly beats a barbarian, a mage and a ranger, you know you're dealing with someone special

[@SilvrSavior]

Just had to go re-watch the clip with the journey song of that. Thanks for reminding me that exists.

[@6Vlad6Tepes6]

Um a game that's mainly fantasy?

[@avrace2708]

​@@6Vlad6Tepes6Shad was making analisys of fantasy castles, armor, weapons and races like orcs or dwarves

[@catbert2412]

so the men in the show are so incompetent they can't even pull out their weapon. they do realize this ultimately just makes their girlbosses look pathetic right?

[@janeenschultz8502]

Shad, my husband says your emphatic shouts appear in his head in Firecat font. Enjoy that blast from the Windows 95 past.

[@Aremalithia]

I liked the OSHA joke. Mainly because that's what I thought of the moment I heard her stupid name.

[@verihimthered2418]

❤

[@aced4fun]

By the show’s logic, a certain failed-painter turned regime leader of Germany wasn’t actually evil, he just wielded a lot of power Like wtf

[@rosswilson8917]

I stopped watching Star Wars after Jar Jar Abrahms, the Force Awakens. I chose correctly.

[@wedgeantilles8575]

Same here. And just look at my name...

[@yimyam7615]

Why you bringing Jar Jar into this huh?

[@MrAllen-cc6jh]

I want to meet the person who has seen Disney star wars, heard the premise of this show, watched any relevant interviews, was a fan of pre-Disney star wars, and seriously thought this would be good.

[@revpembroke3082]

That's the problem - they were never a "fan."

[@RB-sh4lo]

Brain-dead consoomers exist. Unfortunately I live with one

[@frankvandorp9732]

I'm not going to watch this show, I'm just going to enjoy Shad savagely tear it to shreds.

[@07flames1]

Other than bad writing, why didnt the two jedi that were sent to arrest a jedi assassin not take her back themselves? 30:30 confirmed bad writing.

[@genebaker511]

Those who preached about moral gray area and Good and Evil is subjective, are those who lean more on evil.

[@Shineinpoverty]

Khm khm, Harvy's assistant.

[@bradleysmith2021]

They are evil, trying to convince the world it doesn't exist.

[@6Vlad6Tepes6]

Not true at all hommie sometimes you have to do things that others would say and call you evil for. But you people don't seem to understand this.

[@shanewright3331]

Same ppl who want to mutilate children in the name of gender ideology....evil is almost too tame a word.

[@genebaker511]

@vlatepes1901 So what you're saying is that Leslye Heedland, who worked closely with Harvey Weinstein as his personal assistant, was misunderstood? That leading women to horrible mistreatment isn't morally bad?

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

Jedi: "Someone is kiling Jedi." Spiderman: "I missed the part where that's my problem."

[@williamdaniel2440]

The asteroid part....fun fact ships couldn't hyperspace through asteroid fields anyways, in Canon pirates use asteroids to bring ships out of hyperspace as a artificial gravity well. They don't even know their own fake physics.

[@WorstGamer92]

God, they've used the same stupid "trick" Reva used in Obi-wan to make that jedi guy reveal himself (in ep 1)...

[@neversyn2panda984]

They guy using his lightsaber as a glow stick was not a contradiction… he was killing the darkness

[@Robert-ht7om]

Trying to convince people there's no real difference between good and evil.....is evil

[@alexsamurai1230]

Whats worrying is we are now getting to the point where the last genuinely successful TV - Thrones, Breaking Bad, Sopranos - Are fading into history. People are forgetting the time when the watermark for a great show was everyone watched it and talked about it at work the next day. We are getting to the stage that you release the new franchised slop, it does similar numbers to the last franchised slop and everyone pats each other on the back and laughs at the alt-right trolls who cry about it. Nobody remembers the time when shows used to do ten times the numbers, they forget what success actually looks like so there is no reason to change.

[@shanewright3331]

Money will eventually run out though.

[@MrAnony07]

@@shanewright3331 It's already been running across the board for basically all forms of entertainment.

[@bailysawyer804]

Disney: this is a show made for children you’re not supposed to take it seriously! Also Disney: puts a bunch of political messages into the show

[@GuiltyFaT]

The rage in this episode was so powerful my cell phone was overheating.

[@KetzerkaterContent]

Malice or incompetence? Both - out of malice they hire incompetent people. One modern "qualification" for a job at a disney movie project is to never before have done a project of that scope.

[@rampage2587]

I can't watch new stuff anymore. I watch older shows mainly. Just watched the Tudors now I'm watching Battlestar Galactica for the first time. Good stuff. It's insane what's being passed off as a tv show these days. There's no substance with a few exceptions.

[@kazuya246]

Great review. I love how the jedi in the beginning watches her beat the living daylights out of a crowd unarmed people before deciding to tepidly intervene. I also like how they sent an single padawan and a knight to capture an assassin that can use the force and has killed a jedi master in their own turf. This show is a joke.

[@lord-hj6ke]

Episode 1 was written produced and directed by Leslye Headlund. She is completely and utterly to blame for this dumpster fire.

[@wedgeantilles8575]

In the 90th + 2000th I spend thousands of Euros on Star Wars - books + comics mostly. Didn't spend a single Cent on it since Ep 7. Never watched Ep 8 or 9 or any of the shows.

[@Spartanbot1001]

They want the Jedi, especially the male jedi, to appear incompetent; to be idiots; to be less than, etc. They hate actual fans and thus are doing their best to drive them off. This episode was written and directed by Headland.

[@quadesimpson3237]

Yeah, I agree. Mostly the fight scenes are good… But the writing is bad. I honestly don’t know what’s worse so far this or the sequel trilogy that Disney made

[@donwestberry9053]

Disney is determined to kill all their good ips and will never learn

[@kennetheisenbraun5217]

It's on purpose.

[@ScholarManReviews]

KZbin is REALLY censoring this video. I searched "Knights Watch Acolyte review" and still struggled to find it.

[@mattdelong6582]

Oooof. As a guy who enjoys a good fight scene, that, that sounded painful! Like it was so bad I would have had to correct the ten year old who came up with it and if anyone above 14 had Come up with the plan I would have heckled them without restraint.

[@jayjester4843]

Fin and Poe survived a tie fighter crash in just as stupid a way. I’m used to this from Disney.

[@YaNoob1234]

I work in construction and I highly appreciate Oz's OSHA joke, well done 👍

[@ApocaIypse666]

I watch your show so that I get some information on how bad it is thank you for your service

[@moon_fyreamaroq2251]

What's crazy to me is that there are people who actually do like this stuff. I know a guy at my work who loves all of the new Star Wars shows and movies. He likes the Amazon Prime Wheel of Time show and I'm pretty sure that he likes the Rings of Power, too.

[@6Vlad6Tepes6]

And? It's his right to like it. Just like it's your right to have your opinions buddy.

[@John-fk2ky]

@@6Vlad6Tepes6 you have the RIGHT to like whatever you want, but that doesn’t make it logical to like it if literally everything about most of those shows is objectively less than great. There’s a whole host of movies and shows I like that I will be the first to admit aren’t masterpieces, but they all have components that are enjoyable and the total product is not BAD. The problem with Rings of Power, Wheel of Time, and most of Star Wars is that they’re bad all around.

[@jeb_jebson]

Oz and Shad are my only link to modern media and Im really glad for it, you are the soldiers in that meme blocking the missiles from hitting the children

[@GummiArms]

I'm sorry you felt compelled to watch this. Wasn't really expecting anything else. And given how long the show was in production, I suspect the reason it seemed so disjointed and contradictory was because of the process that Doomcock refers to as scrapbooking. (If you aren't familiar with his channel, it might be beneficial to look him up, especially where Disney is concerned.) Scrapbooking is filming a number of individual scenes in a number of different variations for the purpose of being easy to string together in any preferred order. This is done to give the production more flexibility to deal with rewrites, retcons, and administrative changes. However it comes with a lot of downsides, including the narrative becoming disjointed, or self contradictory, because the pieces don't quite fit. The expense is also a downside, which is why a lot of the productions seem like they have a very inflated budget. Well, one cause. DEI bloat is assuredly another. But the disjointed and contradictory narrative you immediately mentioned made me suspect that this was the cause.

[@erictyler3259]

Leslye Headland has very little experience as a director and it's pretty astounding that Disney thought she could pull off this project. It's almost as if Kathleen Kennedy thought "You know what would really piss off these Star Wars fans?"

[@mannen659]

When you mentioned prison break, I immediately thought: Man, I have to watch Con Air again. :'D "Put the bunny back in the box"

[@GodotIsWaiting4U]

I had always generally assumed that basic concepts like time and distance were so intuitive that writers should generally be able to understand them and only occasionally fuck them up, but The Acolyte is here to test that theory.

[@emissarial6598]

"You can not make sense of nonsense that makes no sense." I love it!

[@bowl1820]

Okay if the Force is female and women are the best, most powerful force users. What if a man identifys as a female/woman or is a trans woman are they equal?

[@NolanOhBrien]

WHY DON'T THE EVER USE FORCE PUSH ANYMORE?! WHY CAN'T THEY TIME ANYTHING!? I'M ONLY 6 MINUTES IN AND I CAN'T WATCH ANYMORE! AAAAH!!

[@Feck-de-stans]

cus force shield is the power of the day 🤦‍♂️

[@JETBLACKPRIEST]

Uh, Carrie Ann Moss force pushes Mae within the first 6 minutes, because she dies within the first 6 minutes, why are you just saying things?

[@predawarriorstudios5787]

*A jedi that possesses the most powerful weapon in the galaxy* Assassin character: "I'm going to get her with these daggers surely that'll work."

[@icarusjumped2719]

Directed by women, written by women, acted by women, conceptualised by women and you are surprised there is no LOGIC AND REASON?

[@Emppu_T.]

What about accountability

[@GravityFalloutPines]

Shad pls don't go into cardiac arrest over this show, the world needs you!

[@afelias]

3:20 I almost want to believe that "Bobo Fett" was intentional xD Bobo just means idiot in Tagalog

[@doctor-void2004]

28:20 Its like you said Shad, hyperspace is not this random teleportation crap, to best explain it is something like a F.T.L highway dimension, hence why a ship can still collide with any real large objects in its path in normal space as they cast “mass shadows” in hyperspace. So to not hit objects in hyperspace (Planets, Stars and blackhole) spaceships are equipped with a nav computer, which were used to make the necessary calculations to navigate at F.T.L speed by using predetermined hyperspace routes which interstellar travelers could take. Something worth noting is it sometimes take multiple hyperspace jumps to get to some star systems for example to get from Coruscant to Tatooine through Corellian Run, would take 40 days with many hyperspace jumps (My guess 5 or 6 jumps) as you cannot change direction in hyperspace as its literally a straight line.

[@Relkond]

So the character dies at the start, apparently because it's in the script. Not because of any skill, talent, planning, etc... this is a B-grade show, low B grade, with the budget of a leading studio.

[@wedgeantilles8575]

19:00 my guess is she didn't want to kill him out of a sudden because she probably is more interested to do "other" things with the little child... After all, it seems that is all those weirdos want - children.

[@Mobius118]

Yep, children and people of their same sex

[@allenfox7186]

Star Wars died, and resurrected just so the Disney like the evil necromancers that they are just to be unalived again.

[@phonepunk7888]

The most BASED Shad has ever been at 10:23!

[@corbyrobinson3640]

I am going to address some of these point by point...going off of memory. The time it takes to fly in hyper space: The whole reason that Han was proud of the millenium falcon is because it made the kessel run in whatever it was.... 12 parsecs. And in a new hope jumping from Tatooine to Alderan and they were in hyperspace for a considerable amount of time, denoting that while travel is fast, it still takes time. The prison ship coming out of hyperspace in an asteroid feild: Again a new hope, Han makes a significant point about the navigation being paramount when traveling through hyperspace for the express reason that if you collided with something at that speed your trip would be over real quick.

[@kazuya246]

Shad's about the odds of stopping in an asteroid field, not just passing through one.

[@patrickelze3532]

5:35 as someone who works in an industrial environment, I got Oz's joke

[@FearNot777]

Should be called the hydralyte after the diarrhea this show spewed forth

[@tba113]

Nah, Osha's sister isn't named "Osha Violation". Give them at least a shred of credit. It's probably Epa, Cia, or Dea. Maybe Nasa if she's a pilot.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

Palpatine: "Anakin. I told you it would come to this! The Jedi are taking over!!"

[@amarcellus1714]

1/10. I think I only liked Sol and his padawan. Sol reminded me of Qui-Gon and his apprentice didnt act like an insufferable child

[@chriscollins2095]

Remember in Rings of Power when the volcano exploded and the pyroclastic cloud flattened houses and spewed Cheeto dust on everyone? Yet everyone was fine? That's what your description of the ship crash reminded me of.

[@demolition3612]

I swear there are better writers on web toons and fanfiction.

[@willghezzi]

Hey there are some fanfiction that are actually good... it's rare, very rare... but there are

[@Bless863]

Bad guys being good guys is the show runner trying to explain away her turning a blind eye to her boss’s crimes for all those years. Star Wars started failing when Kathleen Kennedy misgendered the Force.

[@G360LIVE]

You can't misgender something that doesn't have a gender in the first place. What she did was erroneously assign a gender to the Force.

[@Daxinar]

Excellent and amusing breakdown guys. There's so much wrong with just the first episode. Two is even worse, and I've already heard that three is where the real bombshell is. Oh man I can't wait for the EFAP coverage of this.

[@user-pc3lt8gr3m]

I guarantee that they were trying to recreate the Ahsoka Tano framed episode with them confronting Osha at the end of a tunnel with a drop right behind.

[@travisjames7266]

Rotten tomatoes says 94 for critic score, probably paid for by disney. The audience score is 45

[@Mobius118]

Honestly surprised audience score isn’t lower, though that will likely come true later