YIKES.... Acolyte Episode 5

[@jamiel6169]

I firmly believe that the fight choreographers and tech crew in this episode did a good job. At the same time a bad script and a bad plot makes for a bad show.

[@calebpeters6267]

This right here

[@SaltyViper]

100% this. Visually and technically beautiful. The story is just dog shit unfortunately. If I worked on it I'd definitely be super proud of it.

[@lorenzog7811]

Lol😂

[@lordqwertythepyromancer3458]

This, 100%

[@freebobafett]

What was wrong with the story? Do you think the dialogue is weak? If so, you don't believe the dialogue in AOTC is weak? Is the mystery not mysterious enough for you? Was it enough in TPM or AOTC? This is star wars. I have no fucking clue how you've forgotten all the flaws in Lucas's work. The only truly great star wars film wasn't directed by Lucas. He built the world, and he did a great job. He never directed a great star wars film. The first one was very good, but the franchise wasnt great until ESB, and Lucas didn't make that film, and if he gid, it wouldn't have been nearly as good.

[@gabrielcarrasco9078]

Give Jecki credit, the actress did a great job using two sabers.

[@jonathandavis-po6js]

Yeah great character, rip

[@bleeblahbloop5905]

That’s how I know vids like this aren’t worth the listen. Like, ep 1-4 yeah, my god what’s going on there. This episode was legit though, and people here want to hate

[@gabrielcarrasco9078]

@@bleeblahbloop5905 It was still bad lore wise. Fights were good. But unless it's revealed he's the apprentice, it makes no sense. The sith would not risk discovery like this. Nor would they be dumb enough to let jedi live while fighting. There were two instances in this episode where he had a jedi dead to rights.

[@Darth_yoyo]

She was badass and I kinda hate the show

[@AtakenSmith]

@@bleeblahbloop5905 If you can't see the problems with the show after just listening to this video you are really close minded. That's okay, if you enjoy it good for you, but saying because you have no problems with this people should like it is very very shortsighted!

[@sithazzazzin7329]

Disney and Lucasfilm finally remembered how to do a lightsaber fight and that lightsabers were deadly.

[@marcolara5433]

and that they shut off stupidly at random?

[@atljames97]

​@@marcolara5433 Cortosis can do that.

[@ExpertContrarian]

Wait, you’re serious? 😂

[@yournightmare6969]

@@marcolara5433 thats existed for years

[@patatebanine4278]

The fight here are just normal, its a banal fight that we can see in every movie, be realistic. bro I just watch a family movie which there is a fight that looks like the one in Acolyte

[@taranbaze1448]

Mae is a complete psychopath, Sol should be able to see right through it.

[@Klaital1]

Not to mention that Mae has that spiral tattoo thing on her forehead that Osha does not have, that should be pretty obvious clue.

[@aguirronunbound]

Maybe Sol knows and he`s playing along, so Qimir perhaps knows it`s Osha

[@Bas-TB]

I guess she is mostly just tricking Sol to get away, she might backstab him as soon as the ships lifts off. Wait long enough for Sol to let his guard down, but not long enough for him to rationalize. Although Mae probably wants to hear Sol’s side of the fire story, if she does Sol will probably have realized it’s Mae. But still finishes the story.

[@LIGHTLORD_MASTA_RAWRGER]

@@Bas-TB I’m guessing the animal guy gonna make nose sol gonna find out something is up then we are gonna have a spaceship chase scene to nearby planet

[@littletweeter1327]

seriously how is a jedi master so blind. its nice to see that jedi arent being protrayed like faultless demigods like they usually are but come on, the jedi are brainless in this series

[@jackdenihan5333]

As a person who works construction, not making OSHA a villain is a missed opportunity

[@brycekayski9284]

Lmao hell yea

[@Xmeagol]

not sure why, don't they exist.. to keep you safe as a worker??

[@em6833]

Tradesmen who like to cut corners and avoid authoritative oversight and micromanagement see OSHA as a barricade or an obstacle instead of a organization meant to keep people safe.

[@Troglodytarum]

Ah yes, the organization that is trying to protect your life is a villain. Honestly, we should disband OSHA and let you all suffer the consequences of an unregulated industry again. How will you like it when thousands die because you disliked protection.

[@jackdenihan5333]

@@em6833 it’s mostly about the micromanagement. The original intent is good but really the micromanaging is unnecessary and often a person who doesn’t actually know how to do the work they are scrutinizing

[@steveferris1667]

Mae: "Attack me with all your strength" Mae: "My sister is more important so I'm turning myself over to the Jedi" Mae: "Infiltrate the Jedi by impersonating my sister and leave her behind" I think the discount Night Sisters somehow created 3 beings from the force since Mae clearly has split personality disorder.

[@TF0145]

Nailed it mate 😂

[@benjamindover7081]

At first she thought Osha was dead, so she was doing her own thing and killing the Jedi that she blamed. Makes sense that she’d give up her goal for revenge to go find her sister, seeing as Osha’s “death” was her biggest motivator. Mae abandoning Osha is def out of place, but she might’ve thought that Qimir had died to the umbramoths, and that Osha could just find her way back to the spaceport. Probably also saw her as a lost cause, since she chose the Jedi over her yet again.

[@Byronic19134]

@@benjamindover7081😂 Just stop none of that makes sense and you know it. With that said I was finally entertained this episode but they find a way to ruin it with that part of the end like Mae’s motivations make zero sense at this point. Remember that Mae originally decided to turn herself into the Jedi that’s why she went to the Wookie, so now she gets her sister back and can turn herself in…like wtf?

[@lukefantini9770]

THIS 100% I thought I was tripping or something. Mae goes from wanting totally different things, she's not even a character.

[@benjamindover7081]

@@Byronic19134 She hadn’t gotten a chance to speak with Osha before that, though. For all she knew, she could convince Osha to run off with her or something. Pretty sure she said it herself to Qimir in episode 4, something along the lines of, “Osha’s alive, this changes everything.” And then Osha completely rejects her for the second time. Not surprising that Mae would be willing to leave her over that, seeing as she trapped her and started a fire the first time. Sure, Mae’s choices and motivations aren’t complex in the slightest, but they make sense.

[@GrandPoppyA]

The real master will cut down Qimir for breaking the rules. So lore will be maintained.

[@Arander92]

Only if it’s Tenebrous. Male Bith Tenebrous

[@GrandPoppyA]

​@@Arander92 I would love that.

[@future_teknokrat7585]

I think that's the play.

[@kingbooomer9231]

@@Arander92he DID have a secret apprentice with Venamis. It's not implausible that he did that again

[@DarksideGmss0513]

I think he's a knight of Ren. Because I could have sworn Kylo's theme played at the end. So Qimir was the original Knight of Ren

[@DeeDeeDeeeee]

The whole thing with Jecki not “acting like a Jedi”, remember when Ahsoka blindly was leading her entire platoon into a trap even after being told by Obi Wan and Anakin, and had to legitimately be ordered to stand down, AND even then Anakin and Obi wan had to go stop her themselves. Yeah, at the end of the day padawans are children and get ahead of themselves. There’s a reason Jecki wasn’t a knight yet, she wasn’t a “perfect jedi”.

[@soulkilaproduction5993]

OBI-WAN was literally calling jar jar a pathetic life form in episode one and in episode 2 using jedi mind tricks on a dude told him to go home and rethink his life 😂 who the bigger fool the fool or the fool who follows

[@gamedude412]

Every gangsta til your master dies

[@Snowboardjedi892]

I think her dual wielding was pretty good

[@zatchimo5177]

totally agree.

[@Brewsy92]

Bro, Jecki was a BEAST in this episode. I honestly was impressed with her choreography performance, and basically carried the team, arguably did the most work out of all of them, even Sol

[@obi-wangregobi8033]

4:41 I don't believe this "betrays" anything at all about the Rule of 2. If Qimir is indeed an apprentice to a Sith Lord, then perhaps he is a disgruntled apprentice who is sick of having to hide his dark side nature and wants to reveal that the Sith are still here so he is striking out on his own and the "acolyte" he searches for is someone who can become his own apprentice and who shares his view of no longer hiding from the Jedi. That seems like a perfectly reasonable and plausible explanation to me. Also, Sol not telling the Jedi would be his mistake but also not a mistake as far as the lore goes. It's pretty clear that he's already covered something up before, the incident on Brendok, so it's likely he'll cover this up too in some way, and he'll do it out of fear but also ignorance and arrogance, traits that the Jedi have developed during this time of peace. As Vernestra said to him, revealing a Sith has returned would cause panic and fear in the galaxy if it became known but also weaken the Jedis position of being seen as defenders against any and all force-related threats to the galaxy, so Sol would fear revealing this for this reason. He also probably would be ignorant to believe Qimir was lying about being a Sith because his arrogance would lead him to believe it's impossible for them to return.

[@SquillyBUgly]

Respectfully, I think you guys got it all wrong. First of all, the Sith didn’t reveal himself as a Sith, he said “the jedi would call me a Sith”. Also, yes Ki Adi Mundi did say they haven’t been around for generations, but I don’t think he or the rest of the jedi will ever find out about the Sith. Sol didn’t contact the jedi about it because she doesn’t want to reveal whatever dark past he has (most likely how he invaded/killed the twins’ family). As far as the jedi know, Sol and the others were chasing Mae, and they’ll believe the jedi deaths were because of Mae. THATS why ki adi mundi believed the jedi haven’t been around… I don’t think he’ll ever find out. My guess is that Sol will die soon, and the jedi will never be informed. IF Osha does survive and/or try to warn the jedi, they won’t believe her. Save the harsh commentary for when the story is done being told!

[@Andrew-rr1pl]

💯

[@beowulf1563]

What story?

[@Cbaeten12]

I still think Qimir is going to be Tenebrous’ failed apprentice before he finds Plagueis

[@spectralphoenix2338]

Honestly i hope this to be the case

[@Gnigghunter]

You mean Venemous? He was a Bith, and Plagueis actually had to fight and defeat him.

[@Itsfloorseats]

I think Qimir is the acolyte , I think the mother is the apprentice and I think sol or cate ann moss is the sith master

[@trey5747]

@@Itsfloorseats how would sol or cate Ann moss be the sith master?

[@Itsfloorseats]

@@trey5747 easy, we don’t know what happened at that temple. We saw fire and dead witches lol. While the witches look very powerful with the dark side, they weren’t “sith”. And didn’t fight in the Jedi ways. He called himself a sith, which tells me somebody who knows the history of the sith and fights in the Jedi ways is the top of the food chain. Renege the green lady said, Mae was trained by a Jedi it looks like, well who trained her masters master ? And you saw how dark sol got real quick

[@MrC77]

Episodes 4 and 5 should have just been one long episode

[@alexneff]

Should have been the 1st episode

[@dominator1914]

@@alexneffHow? The previous episode were needed to set this up.

[@alexneff]

@dominator1914 na start out with this, and 4 as one episode then do the flash back then the 1st and 2nd and then a flash back to may being trained by bad boy and sol training osha for the 6th episode tempel destruction with the 7th and climax with darth tenebrous and plaugess striking down this pretender and every one alive on the planet or build up to it or show the wookie die at least

[@BlackMarvel25]

Exactly. It would've help save some of the fans. Because this loghtsaber fight was crazy.

[@brettholcomb3763]

My understanding is they were written as one. Split into two likely due to analytics and algorithms.

[@mikeglass2460]

James Luceno said when he wrote the Plagueis novel he asked Lucas what race Plagueis was and Lucas said he was a Muun. Plagueis being a Muun is canon. It came straight from George Lucas.

[@saintfreezy6914]

that doesnt mean 1. its good 2. its currently canon. George doing something doesnt make it those 2 things automatically

[@mikeglass2460]

I don’t know what the good comment was about. The show sucks. Everything from Lucas is canon. My fear is that they will ignore that.

[@saintfreezy6914]

@@mikeglass2460 Only things from Lucas that are canon are the first 6 movies so must be a boring ass time as a star wars fan

[@trekanderson6701]

​@mikeglass2460 listen George is good but he's not always gospel, to George Greedo shot first and that just isn't right

[@keyser_söze23]

​@@saintfreezy6914 Anything a creator adds or subtracts is canon. Only other's with expressed permission can do the same.

[@DontrelleRoosevelt]

Hahahaha, I love you guys! I don't know all of Legends and didn't watch much of any of the animated shows that are canon, but I really appreciate how down-to-earth you are, and you always raise great questions and make excellent points. I've learned SO much from this channel, and when I disagree, I'll bluntly tell you, but how you both get completely passionately annoyed at about 23 minutes, I'm grinning ear-to-ear!

[@benny2755]

This is the beginning of the fall of the Jedi. These are the reasons why the actions of the Jedi cause their downfall. Great video. Funny thing is when those prequels released everyone bad mouth those movies and years later they are loved and are referred to now 😂😂😂😂 ..

[@jayblack3345]

Say what you want about the show. But manny Jacinto absolutely killed it as a Sith. His fight was probably the best one we’ve got in years. And when he used the detached blade on Jecki, I cheered! I was so happy to see that concept move from the games onto the screen. It was awesome

[@adamborgia3880]

Dude also assassinated Jecki like CIA-style, three “shots” to the torso in vital areas. What a brutal episode to kill off so many secondary and tertiary characters. And I’m sure the carnage isn’t over yet.

[@thatcrustycosplayer]

He was really hot too

[@jayblack3345]

@@adamborgia3880 that jecki kill was nuts. Some starkiller level shit Lmao. Can’t wait to see him get into at least one more duel.

[@brysonraile8395]

This is the best in years and that’s really sad cause it was mid

[@johans3164]

Jason from Good Place went to the dark side

[@nicholasnugen3904]

I think Yord made a good Jedi Sentinel. Hes basically a temple guardian. A protector. Everything he did made sense.

[@sithazzazzin7329]

I agree 100%

[@Fumikor]

For sure. He is a perfect example of those Jedi that are too enthralled by the order's dogma that they lack creativity and some of the traditional jedi empathy.

[@Gomezvipmia]

Weak ass sentinel

[@rjserr]

I think he had too much empathy and used the jedi dogmatic way to keep himself in control, you can tell he really really cared about Osha ​@Fumikor

[@brysonraile8395]

Nothing makes sense about this show

[@TonyCT7567]

I don’t see a problem with the Sith revealing himself to the Jedi. He was planning on killing them all anyway. The Darth Plagueis novel even does this. Plagueis reveals that he is a Sith to a longtime political rival before killing him. Darth Maul even does this later in the novel and Palpatine punishes him for it.

[@Lilitha11]

Palpatine is giggling like a schoolgirl when he finally gets to drop his mask. They all want to reveal they are sith and rub their enemies nose in it, before they kill them.

[@jeanpagette5019]

Timing and context.

[@gabrielcarrasco9078]

Difference is Plageuis was in control. There were still 2 jedi alive before he mentioned anything.

[@TonyCT7567]

@@gabrielcarrasco9078 Qmir seems extremely arrogant, a classic trait of the dark side. He already killed every other Jedi and he probably thought Sol would be no problem to handle. He underestimated an opponent. I have a feeling Sol is going to be unable to contact the Jedi Order from their ship. Qmir probably cut off communications from the ship or something like that.

[@neutronstarpilot4393]

Also the Jedi Council are going to be skeptical what ever is said, If they ask Sol "Did he say he was a Sith" And Sol says "Sort of not really, he said he didn't have a name and.... Qui Gon out and out says I'm pretty sure this guy I fought on Tatooine was A Sith And they told Qui Gon to calm down, If the Jedi Council can find a way to pass this off as anything else, that seems to be what they do.

[@obi-wangregobi8033]

6:07 I am 100% certain they will not retcon Koril into Darth Plageuis. Yes, the Plageuis novel was written and released prior to the Disney acquisition of Lucasfilm and this perhaps means the events of said novel may not be the same and may be different now, but he as a male character is still canon. We know this because of the book "Star Wars: The Secrets of the Sith" released in 2021 where Palpatine himself says, "My master, Darth Plagueis, had served his purpose. I struck him down, claiming his place as the one true master of the Sith." This confirms that Plageuis is still male, not female, so it can't and won't be Koril.

[@Reapppo]

I think you may have missed the entire point of the video where stupendous wave clearly states that Disney don’t care about the lore and will retcon things

[@Pcervelli11]

No offense but you clearly underestimate the unrelenting wokeness of Disney

[@obi-wangregobi8033]

@@Reapppo And what factual basis does he have for believing that other than his own hurt feelings? Because I've yet to see anyone provide credible evidence of how they operate and the inner workings of their minds. All I've seen is people making sensationalist and spurious claims just because they're doing things differently to what was already known to be the old, expired lore. Plus, George Lucas didn't even consider the now Legends EU to be part of his Star Wars and would just let other writers and creatives do pretty much whatever they wanted even if he didn't like the end product, kinda like what's happening here. People acting like the old lore was somehow a sacred thing need to get a reality check and realise that even the man who started all this never considered it so.

[@obi-wangregobi8033]

@@Pcervelli11 Well you, like so many other people, don't seem to understand what the term "woke" actually means and pathetically try to use it as a slur because you've been manipulated to believe that equality, inclusivity, social justice, and many other things that would benefit and elevate society at-large are somehow a problem.

[@Darth_yoyo]

This was the best ep yet, that "Venom" Sith is powerful AF 😂

[@OreskisVR]

Qi’mir in Sith Mode is a Beast. I personally liked this episode (Awesome Lightsaber dueling too) (Best episode in the series so far)🔥👍

[@anonamos_]

I agree the the fight was awesome and it was the best episode but the dialogue was straight garbage. The story makes no sense and Smilo Ren could have killed them all so many times.

[@Waltuns]

He isn't a Sith, he doesn't even have a name or title "Darth" which he is just only a dark side user

[@alexneff]

That's not a high bar

[@markelliott-brown8996]

Agreed

[@QuickieGames]

Qimir was also raised at the Temple of Witches alongside Mae and Osha. It is hinted at in Episode 3. The conversation when Mae and Osha are having their hair braded Osha yells that they are the only kids there. The ladies braiding their hair immediately give eachother a look becuase Qimir is being trained and hidden because males aren't allowed in the coven.

[@QuickieGames]

also you can see Qimir mother in episode 3 when the Jedi mention that children are being trained. It cuts to her for about 2 seconds.

[@raptor182cmn]

@@QuickieGames Naw sorry, nah. This is a Leslye Headland production. Qimir has entirely too much meat-pickle to be raised by the witches. When male babies are born they are quickly catapulted thousands of feet from the top of that volcano-base onto the ground below! lol

[@QuickieGames]

@@raptor182cmn check the video I posted. You can see Qimir mother.

[@baku1990XD]

@@QuickieGamesGreat another force Child 😂🤦‍♂️

[@paulbrand2419]

In episode 3, they make it pretty clear there are no other children but the twins at their coven. Qimir is likely a former youngling or padawan that was expelled from the Jedi, which is why Yord recognizes him during the fight scene in Ep 5.

[@jordanmathews1557]

A Jedi does not draw her weapon unless she's prepared to kill...her bangs.

[@freebobafett]

And why would she do that? Hmmm.

[@raf686]

She does not care about being a jedi so far from this show. She wants to follow her own path. Where did she say she was and wanted to be jedi in the first place

[@lenajohnson6179]

Well she was a Sith acolyte so.... she can do that.

[@testtalon]

The better critique would be her hair doesn't look like it was cut with a burning weapon.

[@Solo-Skywalker]

She's no Jedi..

[@lucianmccloud7652]

Stu ranting about Qimir is hilarious. "he called himself a sith!" 😂

[@neutronstarpilot4393]

But the first thing he said was "I have no name" 🤔

[@lucianmccloud7652]

@neutronstarpilot4393 smh he said he was sith regardless what you heard

[@neutronstarpilot4393]

@lucianmccloud7652 But like he literally said he has no name He said the Jedi would call him that, it's a distinction and it's put there on purpose It's darkside A holery to mess with the Jedi.

[@lucianmccloud7652]

@neutronstarpilot4393 implicating he is sith.. he recites Sith code. Codes that are only known to the sith

[@lucianmccloud7652]

@neutronstarpilot4393 the comment was in regards to how stu reacted. Not weather he is or isn't. But he definitely is a sith practitioner Darkside apprentice or even an acolyte of the sith or how ever you wish to describe him. That is clearly plain to see

[@philmorecrack3517]

The biggest suprise of the decade. The sith is exactly who we thought it was

[@damaniwilson]

Facts! However, if he didn't say Sith we would have 100 videos questioning if he is really a Sith. lol

[@Darth_yoyo]

He even carries a bag with the helmet in the ep. before

[@Bas-TB]

The biggest ‘surprise’ of the last decade was Palpatine and Anakin actually being The Emperor and Vader.

[@nicholasadamec7888]

Honestly best lightsaber fight sequences from Disney so far…but the writing…WHAT ARE WE DOING

[@donald6478]

Even if they all die. How does the council not find out or investigate their deaths?

[@mkhud50n]

maybe they'll explain it by the time it's over

[@gavstar2238]

Probably fake a spaceship accident and claim all 8 jedi died on it...

[@kingmj87]

They clearly know that the Sith can’t be revealed before Phantom Menace bc they put Ki-Adi-Mundi in there, so it’ll likely be covered up

[@adolfcattler]

They blame it on a Boeing accident

[@cancerconnoisseur]

Because if they all die there's no way to discern that the murderer was Sith. There are dark side users in the galaxy who aren't sith, but all they would have to go off is dead jedi with lightsaber damage.

[@RC-qf3mp]

Smile-o Ren just won Squid Game!

[@josephprice4095]

HA!

[@TWD77710]

Darth Venamis

[@obi-wangregobi8033]

22:21 Qimir said "Jedi like you might call me...Sith", but "might" doesn't necessarily mean he is. It could just mean that he is a dark side wielder who knows of the Sith and isn't one but is identifying himself as one because he sees it as the closest apt description for himself. It's also possible he is a Sith and an apprentice to the real Master, and as I've said a few times now, his purpose in revealing this could be that he's tired of hiding because the Rule of 2 says so and is going against that doctrine. Just because the Rule of 2 essentially demands that Sith Masters and their apprentices either hide completely or hide in plain sight doesn't necessarily have to mean that all apprentices wanted to do that. Some could have been more rebellious and chaotic than others and wanted to reveal themselves and didn't believe in hiding. Qimir could quite easily be someone like that and his goal could be to abandon the Rule of 2, to reveal the Sith are back, and to openly rebuild the Sith Empire.

[@kellylane4727]

I love the brutality of the sith in this episode and most of the fights in this episode. The cannon concerns are very valid. The biggest problem is the annoying main characters (twins) that no one really cares about.

[@Gioeli76]

You know what I hated? Master Sols reaction to Smilo saying he is a sith. He says "Why risk discovery".... like, I think it would make more sense to be " How is that possible?" "The Sith are extinct" "Lies! Deception!" Like, he acts like he knew the Sith were out there and just in hiding 🙃

[@xivilai47]

Probably because Sol is withholding information from everyone. He has been acting pretty weird with all of this

[@camconvo]

Naw his his response was appropriate. If the sith follow the rule of two his response makes sense.

[@nikolaimyhre1187]

He probably kinda realized it already, having fought with him for a while and all. He just asked to get confirmation

[@Giddywiddy]

Bro killed his whole task force single handley and you think he's gonna say "LIES" 😂😂😂

[@Lilitha11]

@@xivilai47 Sol is probably the real sith.

[@ryankwon8785]

Sol is pretty much in shock and has too much trauma and guilt to tell the Jedi about Qimir. It’s why he is likely taking “Osha” to Brendock to come clean without even making a report. Sol is also too traumatized and unstable that he pretty much didn’t use the Force to know Mae is “Osha.” Plus, the wording Qimir made is kind of overlooked. He said to Sol that “you would call me a Sith.” He did not say “I am a Sith.” It’s like a racist saying that other people would call him a Nazi (ex. The Boys show’s revelation in Season 2) but he is not saying the Nazis are back. Qimir’s final plan is obvious. He is going to break Sol’s spirit by making Osha his new acolyte and kill Sol. Qimir is likely a retconned version of Darth Venamis (Venom -> Qimir makes a poison in episode 2). I pretty much advise to be skeptical until watching the Season Finale to make an authentic critique for the show. Who know? The show might end with Plagueis killing Qimir and taking Osha to experiment on her for his studies on Midichlorians. Acolyte is a horror mystery story so I expect a horrifying ending and Plagueis making Osha a lab rat is the most terrifying way to end it. What Plagueis did to test subjects like Venamis: “Traveling to Sojourn-a moon owned by Plagueis and maintained as a personal retreat-Venamis was bested in a duel and forced to ingest a coma-bloom, a poisonous species of flora, putting him into a coma. As part of his experiments with midi-chlorians over the following decades, Plagueis and his droid 11-4D kept the comatose Venamis alive to manipulate and study. Around the year 42 BBY, Venamis was eventually allowed to die by Plagueis, his usefulness finally fulfilled. Afterwards, he was resurrected and killed again and again in the presence of 11-4D, as well as Plagueis's apprentice, Darth Sidious, until Venamis' organs finally ceased to function and Plagueis finally allowed the Bith to die for the final time.”

[@Benoit015]

I came the a similar conclusion as well. I wouldn't be surprised that Qimir is a "competing" apprentice to plageuis or something.

[@bennickell8477]

"Once again, the sith will rule the galaxy and we shall have peace." -Palpatine in Canon and Legends

[@alexmuenster2102]

But I thought "peace is a lie! There is only PASSION!"

[@PresentMoment333]

You and the archavist should do a weekly podcast or reviews on episodes it is very interestiinf to hear you both bounce ideas of each other

[@CallOfTheLiving]

I don't think Qimir revealing himself is them disrespecting lore for the simple reason that he goes on to say how he's tired of hiding his power and hiding from the Jedi. He clearly just doesn't care about hiding, he wants to use his powers now.

[@Izziethefool]

I don't know what you're talking about with canon vs. legends, palpatine literally says "once more the sith shall rule the galaxy." Sith having ruled in the past is a George Lucas original

[@PenitentTangent-xt2nh]

Exactly stupendous seems clueless how does he have so many subs?

[@Ellefsen97]

Yeah, in the Old Republic timeline the Sith ruled the Galaxy. I might misremember, but I believe that the Sith ruled the galaxy or at least ruled multiple systems when Darth Bane was rising the ranks. When the Sith started losing their control due to Sith infighting, he decided to betray the other Sith to create the rule of two.

[@Valkyraw]

@Ellefsen97 It was the brotherhood of darkness and they didn't lose because of infighting. They lost because they didn't follow the sith code anymore. The brotherhood of darkness wanted to equalize all sith which was destructive to the sith. Darth Bane was disgusted with it and wanted to reform the sith after obtaining a holocron from Darth Revan. With Revans knowledge he decided to trick the sith into doing ritual called the thought bomb, which killed all the sith except bane. From there on he used the knowledge of Revan to create the rule of two (one master one apprentice, no more no less)

[@Lilitha11]

I honestly don't think he is even a star wars fan. He is making all sort of stuff up. Like why wouldn't a sith admit to being a sith right before he kills a jedi? That is definitely a thing a cocky evil dude does. Palpatine was laughing like a mad man when he had a chance to reveal his secrets. They all want to spill the beans. Saying that is cannon breaking shows he has no clue about sith.

[@Ellefsen97]

@@Valkyraw Both are correct. I’ve read the Bane trilogy. Bane came to the conclusion that the rule of two is necessary after he discovered Darth Revan’s Sith holocron. “It stated that the dark side's nature of rivalry and strife was not only the Sith's strength, but that these traits were also the Order's weakness. Darth Revan's avatar opined that a Sith Master who trained more than one apprentice in the dark side was a fool, stating that multiple students would combine their efforts and overthrow the Master. As such, the teachings advised a Master to instruct only one apprentice at a time, lest the Master become overwhelmed by the weaker students who allied to defeat the Master. Darth Revan taught that the Sith should only have one Dark Lord of the Sith, who embodied the dark side's strength and power, and that when the Dark Lord grew weak a challenger needed to seize the mantle from the reigning Dark Lord. The Holocron theorized that the weak were meant to serve under the rule of stronger individuals” Source: starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Darth_Revan%27s_Sith_Holocron So saying that it was caused by infighting is correct, but I won’t disagree with you either. It’s also because they didn’t follow the Sith path any longer, as it states to seek out power with no reservations. That wasn’t the case during the Brotherhood.

[@stevenwaters9201]

Sol should be able to tell the difference cause the twin he trained didn’t have a white tattoo on her head or did he forget that?

[@BarbsBasement]

He did just watch like 9 other Jedi get very easily killed by one dude who claims to be a Sith. These Jedi have no experience with Sith. Kind of a world shattering experience for Sol.

[@KingSwiftieTV]

@@BarbsBasement the only experience these jedi have are committing war crimes which is what we are watching them pay for.

[@jordanlove4717]

I think he can tell the difference and is just playing along His hall objective to coming to the planet was to Capture mae The very first thing he asked when he came to was.Where is your sister

[@Mike480_]

He probably already knows it's Mae he looked at her for a long time in that last scene in the forest

[@Lilitha11]

He would definitely notice at some point, I don't blame him for being a bit out of it in the moment however.

[@Masquerademasque]

The fight choreography was very good. Ending ruin it. He still feels like an apprentice and not the true master. Manny Jacinto in my personal opinion is doing really well with what he is given.

[@Lurkai]

He tryin

[@Sterlingl3591]

You’d think Sol would’ve sensed that Mae is pretending to be Osha.

[@freebobafett]

​@@Sterlingl3591how do you know he hasn't?

[@anonamos_]

The two Asian dudes are the best actors and have the coolest fights. They should make Asian Wars. Star Wars but with Asian Actors and Samurai based choreography!

[@Masquerademasque]

@@anonamos_ theres that starwars animated short of a Sith Ronin, there is also a book on him! very cool.

[@carltonwest4313]

❤ it! Comics give you one feeling! I'm looking forward what is to come from the Star Wars Universe!!! Considering the Universe, there's so much more to explore and expect!

[@bruce_wayne1478]

This was the best lightsaber fight we've seen in years in my opinion

[@briangordon7590]

The drug dealer being under the mask was so predictable and anti climactic. And HOW DF DOES MAE ONLY STAY KNOCKED OUT FOR A FEW MINS BUT JEDI MASTER (!!!!) SOL STAYS KNOCKED OUT FOR THE WHOLE NIGHT

[@OldWhitebelly]

They could not have made it more obvious from the start, that was the plan. He even says it to Mae just in case any viewers were too thick to see it.

[@zsand90]

I didn't know

[@rockscousteau]

@@zsand90 I am sure you still dont live in your moms house either

[@MrChristophSteininge]

She only pretended to be hit.

[@samuelgehrs253]

Pretty sure sol was not knocked out for long

[@GreatUSTreasureHunt]

"I am going to kill Jedi, unless my sister is alive, then I'm going to be friends, until I realize that I don't like my sister, but of course I think the Jedi are cool, but hold on, I hate my sister, so I'm going to actually be okay with the Jedi, but wait a minute, I'm going to become my sister."

[@majortom2329]

I guess one might argue he tells him he is a Sith because he also tells him he is going to kill everyone there. So it won't matter. He may also be telling him to unnerve Sol because the Sith are believed to be extinct?

[@Lilitha11]

Telling everyone he is a sith before he kills them, is exactly what a sith would do. Because they are cocky, they like to mock jedi, and it also might scare them and give them an edge.

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

Hollywood continues to think that expensive special effects and lots of fight scenes can carry a movie or TV show...and they continue to be wrong.

[@neutronstarpilot4393]

I think you guys are oddly falling for the dark side deception, The first thing Kamir says is "I have no name" He says the Jedi would call him a Sith, the take away I got was he's not actually a Sith lord in continuation of the Rule of Two but something else Speculation on my part but I think kamir or his master could be taken out by the actual rule of two Sith for interfering with the grand plan And the Sith will muddy the waters to make it appear as a separate Dark side cult That's Speculation though and I'm prepared to be wrong, but I think you guys got distracted to look one way when the thing was happening the other.

[@mattdouglas6449]

That fight has to set a record for lightsaber fight, in number of dead Jedi and broken lightsabers , youngest most OP Sith ever

[@Trivedi_Tuesdays]

Sith kills a group of jedi without breaking a sweat. Has trouble with padawan with two lightsabers when he himself has a split lightsaber. This show isnt bad, its god-awful

[@lildaddyftx]

Man yall stop complaining! Pleeeeaaaseee!!!!

[@Mike480_]

​@@lildaddyftxthey're looking and searching for any little detail to hate on this show as if all the other star wars shows/movies didn't have some unrealistic things in um 😂

[@tsnorquist]

@@Mike480_it’s not the unrealistic concepts, Star Wars as a whole is unrealistic. It’s the logic that is flawed. The story is disjointed. The acting is horrendous. The camera shots are jarring cutting back and forth vs having continual spanning shots (eg John Wick in comparison). The fight scenes in ep 5 were ok choreographically speaking, but again logically made no sense.

[@Sesuaki19]

@@Trivedi_Tuesdays Maul kills a Jedi master effortlessly, dies to a padawan....

[@fredbecerra1608]

Darth Bane would have a stroke! LOL!

[@DonGivani]

Definitely 9 out 10, the emotions, the mystery, the lightsaber fights, the unpredictability, AMAZING !!!!!

[@richardchittenden1030]

I enjoyed the episode. Sol probably never gets to report back to the Jedi council. So you can relax on that front. If anyone is Plagueis its probably Qimir.

[@robbyt-low4937]

This episode was what the Acolyte series should have been. Super dark episode. IMO I enjoyed it a lot. However, that third episode and bad writing overall still holds the show back.

[@dpt17]

Oh boy, if the missing witch lady is Plagueis that would be SO BAD. Palpatine refers to Plagueis as a HE when talking with Anakin in Episode 3. EDIT: See ~6:10 in video for Stupendous comment I am referring to.

[@MrC77]

Plagueis could be trans. Dont underestimate disney.

[@Gnigghunter]

Get ready for her to meet a young Schmi Skywalker at the end of episode 8 😆

[@fffx2]

Pronouns

[@renealbrechtsen9743]

​@@Gnigghunterwith everything going on, I could see this happening 😂

[@hargibson18]

Wtf are you talking about, there is plenty of room for this story to say whatever it wants. Why would anyone here have to be Plagueis? There could be two Sith or characters calling themselves that that are entirely new to canon.

[@jarridtweedly2652]

They lost me at Yord not losing his legs with that baseball swing but then I was back when Qimir forced pulled the second Jedi onto his Lightsaber.

[@RiceDaddy07]

that was really cool.

[@Sultan_Vader_VI]

Kenobi got a similar leg slice from Dooku in aotc

[@NukeSanity]

@@Sultan_Vader_VIit’s because Dooku had a soft spot for Kenobi. The same can’t be said about Qimir and Yord. The strike looked like it would amputate him

[@DarksideGmss0513]

Alot of other people have brought up that Kylo Ren's theme plays at the end. So it's probably that Qimir is a Knight Of Ren. This will be their origins.

[@Knightwing785]

28:00 There IS SOMETHING we can do as STAR WARS FANS. Turn it off. Do not watch. Disney will only learn from their mistakes, when they stop making money. When did Vader turn from Sideous and take an Apprentice continuing The Rule of Two? When he learned that Sideous would never be more powerful than he was at Order 66. That's also why in EMPIRESB, Vader KNEW he could kill the Emperor and Rule the Galaxy as Father and Son

[@kevz2474]

Qimir went from skinny to buffed as hell like groundskeeper willie. 🤣

[@mattdouglas6449]

That fight has to set a record for lightsaber fight, in number of dead Jedi and broken lightsabers

[@user-ld8mb1ep5m]

They want to be original and yet design every villain after darth vader

[@BlackMarvel25]

I mean most of the sith were like that woth masks and helmets from what I've seen from kotor and some comics.

[@DC-kx1fr]

Many ancient sith wore masks in this style, it is quite common

[@user-ld8mb1ep5m]

So back to my point of them selling the show on redesigning star wars and being so fresh and original

[@user-ld8mb1ep5m]

@@DC-kx1fr so suddenly they're trying to be lore accurate?

[@bricksmith1515]

@@user-ld8mb1ep5monly someone who doesn't know the lore would say that.

[@arcanemite2.081]

Episode five had me on the edge of my sit, it's been my favorite Episode so far.

[@Azriel884]

How so?

[@markelliott-brown8996]

Facts

[@MrKevin486]

If the seat is a toilet seat where you were waiting to vomit into because this show is so bad, then that makes sense.

[@markelliott-brown8996]

@@MrKevin486 sound dumb

[@SSRI_PINKHIGH]

Im going to start saying "edge of my sit" all the time now.

[@spoon4956]

oh my god how can people hate this. the trolls have seriously fucked up because this is amazing. no kidding this episode was going to be like predator it's brutal as hell. bigotry and hatred has seriously prevented people from having a good time.

[@ronalddepesa6221]

💯 agree

[@XgoodbyeX]

Lol, keep coming up with conspiracy theories, when people simply don't like it because the writing is bad.

[@spoon4956]

@@XgoodbyeX trolls was hating on the show before the first episode. i'm fine with people not liking it but when it's to the point where actors are getting harassed and people just making up problems to get mad about then it's really hard to take criticisms seriously. also saying the writing is bad isn't an argument. you actually have to explain why the writing is bad. all of the claims that it retcons the movies are easily debunkable.

[@Darthsebastianolvera2001]

Nah at 22:47 After all of these years of watching your content I have never heard you raise your voice up high 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I was so on edge

[@cassieudy5718]

Disney retconning Plagueis into a freaky space lesbian would be the ultimate troll and I REALLY hope it happens. Absolutely hilarious. I love it.

[@MrKevin486]

Yea it would finally put an end to Star Wars. It's time to let it die. Disney clearly doesn't care about it. The final nail in the coffin.

[@cassieudy5718]

@@MrKevin486 Lucas already gave us the canon ending. It has been fan-fiction since Disney bought the franchise. It's cool--some has been good, some has been bad. But I enjoy modern SW a lot more when viewed through that lens. Superfans and lore fanatics are just torturing themselves taking any of the new content seriously. Let go, accept Lucas' ending, and enjoy the flashy visuals.

[@lespaul5734]

@@MrKevin486 People have been saying this for years. Not gonna happen, whether you like or dislike Disney Star Wars.

[@MrKevin486]

@lespaul5734 Disney as a whole is not doing well, especially Star Wars. The Star Wars parks are empty, no one is buying the toys and merchandise. But it's not just SW thats dying, Disney's woke agenda as a whole is killing the company. It's been slow because Disney had so much money to begin with. But even they are starting to run out of it. If they continue like this, they might not totally die, but be a shell of the former company they once were. Hopefully losing enough money to be bought out by someone not obsessed with leftist agenda.

[@garyomason]

I'm thankful I'm a lay-man in terms of the Star Wars Universe and at the age of 55 I consume ALL Star Wars productions as a child would, purely with innocence, non judgemental only interested with the story as it is given. I've enjoyed everything I've seen thus far minus Anakin slaughtering the younglings in III or his goofy banter in II. Other than that I love everything and it's been great to watch all these years. I don't give critics any acknowledgement as they want to add their own jaded opinions which I do not care for. I'd rather enjoy the entertainment than nitpick it to death with mindless drivel.💯

[@PityOnlyFools]

They are trying REALLY HARD to hate this show it’s hilarious.

[@mkyriacopolous]

​@@PityOnlyFoolsit's basic psychology of insecurity and lack of their own creativity, so, they insult and degrade ad nauseum.

[@ryans7721]

Well, it's excellent for their KZbin, I assume they are trying so hard to hate it now, just to get people clicking on their video.

[@IrrelevantPerson]

Dooku told Kenobi way more than the word Sith in attack of the clones lol. Sure they knew of a sith encounter by this point, but it was the first time they'd heard of Sidious and they went off of that information for the rest of the war, i don't get why this is so much worse. I dont even think Qimir is a true sith, more of a pretender like the knights of ren. Kylos theme motif even played when qimir was shown.

[@ThatGuy-tx4vm]

It doesn't matter if Qimir is a sith or not. What matters is what the jedi know and think.

[@Nick-st3qi]

I agree, also with the fact that he doesn’t announce himself to be a sith, he just kinda says “that’s what you would call me”. Then again it also seems like they’re leaning towards this being a more personal event with certain Jedi, and that it’ll be covered up from the rest of the order

[@IrrelevantPerson]

@@ThatGuy-tx4vm yep. So it’ll be interesting to see how sol dies or how the lower council covers it up to save political face

[@ThatGuy-tx4vm]

@@IrrelevantPerson idk exactly what they can do because if they did get the info that there was a sith then their response in episode 1 would not have been so firm. My guess is that Qimir might create a fake death scenario for the jedi like Dooku did with Syfo Dias.

[@IrrelevantPerson]

@@ThatGuy-tx4vm oh yeah I like that theory. Would clean everything up nicely just as the Jedi would want

[@LegoSensei]

My brother told me about you and i gotta say man i love how rational your view point on the show/series is. Instesd of creating rage bait content or just going on a rant on the direction of star wars. Its genuinely nice to see normal dissscusions about the series

[@matiaswagner8094]

"This is Star Wars right now" ... i never thought a sentence like this would ever make me this sad ... I have defended Disney Star Wars through everything up until this show hit my screen for the first time ... This is too much ...

[@jedigamer9935]

I guess if Sol tells the Jedi, they will probably cover this incident up and the Jedi hypocrisy will come back later. If they know Sith are still around, they will be all like "the Sith aren't around" like in Ba Sing Se in Avatar.

[@Noctis198]

👏👏👏👏

[@thejusticeavengers1]

That makes them more nefarious in the prequels

[@thehalfricanguy]

Is he a Sith, though?

[@Goyanks28]

“There is no war outside the walls” lol

[@adamborgia3880]

A valid point. He might claim he’s Sith, even though whoever the true Sith is at this point would argue otherwise. There’s a scene in animated Clone Wars (not the CG one), where Ventress is introduced, and she confronts Tyrannus who is out scouting for his own “pupil” and she claims to be Sith, and he laughs at her and puts her in her place. Ventress was never truly Sith, but she associated with them and had aspirations before things changed. Maybe Qimir’s character is making similarly bold, but unfounded claims.

[@theshocktasticshow]

Take my helmet off so you can read my mind , no no no helmet comes off, and no mind read lol

[@christianbeach8975]

I interpreted it as jecki dying and osha showing up majorly distracted him

[@theshocktasticshow]

How do you feel that a Padawan faired better against the sith in fighting than the master jedi. Of course sol finally got the edge on him but the fight Jeki put up was much better looking than Sol's

[@The_blind_Jedi]

Without seeing what you have to say about it and point out the flaws I did not see. If they compressed episodes one through four into a half an hour, and then tac episode five on to it for a one hour season premier, this would be a decent start to a series.

[@ryanrichards6693]

Ok just throwing this out here because I have read a lot of the books, Old Republic, Clone Wars, Legends, and New Jedi Order. Love the Plagueis book, read it 5 times and I am still happy with this show. You know why????? BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE THAN THE JUST THE RULE OF TWO SITH OUT IN THE UNIVERSE. Palpatine is just the main embodiment of what Darth Bane started in the Old Republic days, but there are other Sith sects out there. The Lost Tribe, the Sith on Koriban that help Jacen/Darth Caedus in the second galactic civil war. So this is just probably one of those sects and I highly doubt they will replace Plagueis with one of the witches that is just ridiculous. With Disney bringing in Thrawn and making him cannon gives me hope they will do a Darth Bane, Revan, or Plagueis series later on too. Lets see how the Acolyte ends before jumping to conclusions. Last thing: The Sith telling the Jedi he is a Sith is deception that the Dark Side always encourages. If anything could be just a Dark Jedi that they haven't done yet.

[@dankirby6814]

I am currently re-reading the New Jedi Order book series, it is so good and it is sad it will never see the big screen

[@zatchimo5177]

Everyone is jumping to conclusions about how the series will turn out before it has concluded. Lets wait and see if they do violate cannon before getting upset that they are going to. I think its pretty obvious that everyone but the acolyte (my guess is Osha) is probably going to die. That would explain why no one knows about this incident in 170 years.

[@connorisswole]

don't act like the show is good now because of 1 good fight shit is trash

[@MrKevin486]

Its already trampled on canon by virtue of the force twins existing. It's totally undermined Anakin and his entire character arc, which, is the entire POINT of Star Wars. Unless they reveal that the twins were not force born and it was all a lie or something, nothing can fix it.

[@jbeattie02]

@@MrKevin486it’s cannon that plagueis had to experiment with old lost sith abilities to be able to keep people alive or bring them back to life, so there’s lore for these things being done previously. Also the force itself created anakin, not plagueis or palpatine. There has been no explicit statement that the twins were force created either, they could be a different form of clone for example, no canon broken yet

[@MrKevin486]

@jbeattie02 No, the lore is that there was NO previous examples and it took Darth Plagueis decades and decades of insane, grueling, vile, evil, unethical, trial and error to get where he did and he STILL didn't manage to actually create life. Anakin was the result of the Force fighting against the abominations that Darth Plagueis had attempted, and thus created Anakin as a balance or attack against what Plagueis was doing. Anakins creation was Something completely new and unprecedented because what Darth Plagueis was doing was also unprecedentedly evil and unnatural. He might have used some basis for what he was attempting in old holocrons, but no Sith had ever come close to going as far as he did. He basically invented the ideas. Anakin was not directly created by Darth Plagueis, he was a clap back by the Force itself. No one had ever succeeded in that, or even tried, before Plagueis. Until apparently these Lesbo witches, who can just create life willy-nilly. And without any recourse or attack from the Force like what happened to Darth Plagueis. The entire thing makes absolutely no sense.

[@jbeattie02]

So the force itself created anakin, the witches created the twins (yet to be explained how btw), so doesn't dispel any previous canon

[@lucianmccloud7652]

Im crossing my fingers that this is just a short story about the 2 potential sith appreciates that Darth Plaguies killed 😂

[@Unholy_Louie]

Master Giant Forehead would have wiped the floor with all of these suckers; especially with the help of Grand Master Anderson Skyscraper Even Master Yogurth said that he has the biggest lightsaber in the order, after all: "seen it, I have."

[@Jonathan-q7n2m]

Baxk to the good ol days. Back to the holiday special. Back to Black. Back to jack.

[@hakansoderholm6514]

the killing of litle cheetara was Brutal! and like You are saing - that IS Sith! and it should be like this! a pity I liked that one 😞

[@joshm3484]

Because Darth Vader destroyed Starkiller Base to defeat Dooku. Duh

[@alexneff]

Na anikin blew up the death star flying on a unicorn 🦄

[@enriquecota9066]

Jedi acting like Reno 911. You are under arrest. 🤦🏻

[@RC-qf3mp]

Hahaha. Yes, exactly.

[@freebobafett]

Like when Mace Windu tried to arrest Palestine? I don't get how you idiots criticize shit that happened in the movies you supposedly like, but when it happens in this show, you hard it

[@loublanco1976]

@@RC-qf3mpdidn’t mace windu say the same thing in revenge of the sith?

[@wildbard4112]

@@loublanco1976 Yes, that's what Jedi do

[@madisonbordenave4869]

Mae: I will turn myself over to the Jedi Jedi: you are under arrest Mae: *resists arrest with all her strength*

[@jhs2110]

Palpatine did refer to Plaguis as HE in his story so maybe all hopes not lost

[@obessive4093]

Clearly Palpatine misgendered Plagueis, that bigot.. 🙄

[@LordFleaBottom]

This is arguably the best episode from The Acolyte and I still didn’t feel completely satisfied from it. I think I’m DONE watching the rest of it. I gave it 5 episodes too many when I should’ve kept it at zero. We’re now left with another mystery regarding Sol and what really happened in Brendok? What’s Sol hiding? The reveal will be bashed because we all saw it coming from a smilo away. It actually makes Mae look more of a dumbass that she didn’t know who her master was all this time and treated him like a fool when she was the fool. I’m fine if Qimir happened to be Smilo Ren but I thought it would’ve been better off if he was only a red herring and it was a character we hadn’t seen yet. Make it a complete surprise. So the convenience having similar hairstyle after 16 years is for Mae to do an Arryk Cargyll did in House of the Dragon? Do a Parent Trap? All Mae had to do was cut the longer part from the back of her hair and she will look exactly like Osha. Why doesn’t Sol not sense that’s Mae? Does Qimir know that’s Osha? Why not kill her since she already knows his identity? Why would Osha turn to the Sith when she’s been pro-Jedi since she was a child? Wasn’t Mae the one who fell in Brendok? Who told her Osha was dead? Who has been sheltering Mae all these years? She couldn’t find out after 16 years that Osha trained to be a Jedi since that’s what she wanted the last time they saw each other? The writers turned Mae into the biggest dumbass in this story. She wasn’t aware of her master who stood right next to her all this time. It’s like Vader not checking in on his home planet. That maybe he should try to attempt to find the man who decapitated him. But yeah, he hates sand. Props to Jecki. She handled the fights better than Yord did, a Jedi Master. 🤦🏻 Yord was frickin’ WEAK! You see one scene with his lightsaber against Smilo Ren/Darth Venom’s and then it took only 2 seconds for unmasked Qimir to twist his neck to death. Yord sucks! Only Qimir, Sol and Jecki showed any real skills in these fights. The lightsabers that kept going out was a bit annoying and I didn’t like how the trees were obscuring the early fight scenes. Too bad Jecki had to die in it. She was becoming a more interesting character than the Aniseya twins and Rey. Better moves than Shin Hati from last year and I was loving Shin Hati. Better moves than Rey in any of the Sequel Trilogy movies. Props to Daphne Keen. The slipping out of a second lightsaber from her was pretty cool only for Jecki to die that way. The real MVP is Qimir as he was able to kill 7 of the 8 Jedis. We know 5 of them were redshirts but I didn’t expect Yord and Jecki to die in it this soon. But then the ridiculous scene when Osha put Pip on Qimir’s back to attract those giant moths. He probably would’ve killed Mae and Sol had Osha didn’t do that. But for story purposes, Mae and Sol needs to wear their plot armor. I still felt dissatisfied from this episode. I don’t think I will continue it any further. Maybe I will watch the final three episodes like half a year later on a random day. I can already predict how this unfolds. Osha will kill Qimir at the end. Maybe we will get some fan service that Qimir was serving under Tenebrous but I don’t find this story and this mystery very interesting. It’s just a BAD show and Amandla can go ahead and call me a racist and sexist for it. Make another music video for us, you narcissist. June 2025: Andor Season 2 ^ My most anticipated for anything next year. For 2020: The Last Dance My favorite from 2020 being a big Michael Jordan fan with The Mandalorian Season 2 a close 2nd. For 2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home Lived up to it’s hype and remains my favorite Spider-Man movie ever made. Yeah, it can be overrated and the story is pretty awful. But it was MCU’s last very good movie/event. I don’t think Deadpool & Wolverine will surpass No Way Home for me because I don’t care about the people that Deadpool cares about. No Way Home gave us the ultimate fan service of Tobey, Andrew, and Tom together at last! For 2022: The Batman Became one of my top 5 favs of 2022 behind Elvis, Top Gun: Maverick, House of the Dragon S1, and Andor S1. I didn’t initially like Andor but it’s become my favorite thing that Disney has ever done for Star Wars. Andor had no lightsabers and it still surpassed Revenge of the Sith which has an idiotic story on how Anakin turned so fast. Anakin spent 13 years with the Jedis and then decides to kill his Jedi brothers and sisters because he wants to save Padmé. That’s stupid. For 2023: Loki Season 2 Became my favorite for all of 2023 while Air was my favorite movie. Loki only had 12 episodes but it was consistently good. I think Loki’s worst episodes are better than any episode from The Acolyte. Oppenheimer is in my top 5 but it wasn’t exactly my favorite and neither was MI7: Dead Reckoning Part I. For 2024: House of the Dragon S2 After two episodes, is currently living up to the hype. Should surpass Season 1 easily since there’s more action in it. More war. I still can’t believe Episode 2 made the two most hated characters for book readers and made them likable! Aegon and Otto’s scenes were the chef’s kiss. 😘 Give Tom and Rhys their Emmy noms. My most anticipated was never Deadpool 3. I think that movie can reach my top 5 but I’m not as psyched about it as others. Just more of Ryan Reynolds’ shtick that gets tiresome. For 2025: Andor S2 I believe it’s going to live up to my expectations like Loki S2 did and what HOT D is currently doing. I believe Andor S2 easily surpasses that Rey movie and The Mandalorian and Grogu movie. I’m more interested in the Dawn of the Jedi than I am for a Rey or Mando movie. After Mando Season 3, I don’t seem to care much about The Mandalorian. The finale of The Book of Boba Fett and Mando S3 ruined The Mandalorian for me. We all know Grogu was created to sell toys. Best Disney Star Wars (only live action) 1. Andor S1 (2022) 2. The Mandalorian S1 (2019) 3. The Mandalorian S2 (2020) 4. Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016) 5. The Force Awakens (2015) 6. Ahsoka (2023) 7. The Mandalorian S3 (2023) 8. Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022) 9. The Last Jedi (2017) 10. The Rise of Skywalker (2019) 11. The Book of Boba Fett (2021) 12. Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) 13. The Acolyte (2024) After Rogue One, everything after is pretty mid or awful. I may need to rewatch Solo again. Some folks seems to love it. I only saw it once and while I didn’t hate it, I don’t remember much from it. Han Solo remains one of my favorite SW characters but I wasn’t feeling that movie because Harrison Ford wasn’t portraying him. The Acolyte is without a doubt the worst Star Wars project I have ever seen. Shame too because I was very intrigued by it when I read the synopsis for it about 4-5 years ago. I’ve tried playing both sides trying to defend it and then objectively criticize it. Weak story, weak dialogue, and weak acting. It’s going absolutely nowhere. I’m done. Y’all can finish the rest. I will be more focused in House of the Dragon S2 and The Boys S4. Much better shows than The Crapolyte. Love to Sol but the rest can all die and I wouldn’t care. I expect the ending is Osha kills Qimir and she, Mae, and Sol live happily ever after. Such a predictable and pointless story. Smilo Ren >> Kylo Ren Manny Jacinto still can’t save this shit show. Although Smilo Ren is cooler than Kylo Ren as he did kill 7 Jedis by himself while Kylo lost to an untrained girl, I still wouldn’t buy an action figure of Smilo. The story should’ve focused on Qimir and how he became a Sith. Not on Tia and Tamera from Sister, Sister.

[@Oldhabitsdiehrd]

Well done fellas. You said it perfectly. Love your channel.

[@extrojan22]

I think Disney has just said forget the legends or lore we’re just doing our own thing at this point.

[@kapuda9364]

Super lame

[@austinalthaber4068]

It's akin to what the Halo showrunners did with the show. "It's non-canon but we want to tell our own story because we can't actually create anything."

[@IrrelevantPerson]

They said that in like 2014 when they bought it lol... having a new canon literally means that legends has no effect on it

[@extrojan22]

@@IrrelevantPersonwhich is not gonna make a lot of fans happy, hence the divide. I don’t know, it’s frustrating.

[@extrojan22]

@@austinalthaber4068don’t even get me started with Halo. Killed that character. I couldn’t even make it though the 1st season.

[@nickwilson6393]

Now that’s what we’ve been waiting for. Manny Jacinto thank you for saving this trash

[@dirusrex611]

maybe quimir was being arrogant, and thought he cornered sol. Also maybe he is a fanatic, a pretender, and the true sith will put him in his place in time. maybe he is a proto knight of Ren

[@jacksonyon5276]

Bro killed like 8 Jedi and possibly could’ve beat Sol. He is no pretender

[@trey5747]

@@jacksonyon5276 I think he’s more of a maul or ventris type character so either he’s just calling himself a sith or he is a pretender

[@bigwig252]

Maybe he is actually the Acolyte who went rogue.

[@mynameisNeo369]

To be fair, he never called himself a sith. He said the Jedi would call him that, but didn't claim it over himself. Not to be rude fr, I may be overthinking that

[@BLERDJUUHEARDNETWORK]

That’s what I think is happening. I think people are jumpin the gun a little bit. Just becuz qimir said he was a sith doesn’t make it true

[@Malkav]

The fact that this is the most queer, most diverse, most women empowering and most inclusive (no white men) Star Wars ever overshadows every minor script or acting letdowns. As a feminist and Joe Biden supporter I, my wife and her boyfriends absolutely love The Acolyte.

[@sillymovieeditors356]

Dang i never seen Stupendous Wave this mad XD

[@aaronholmes344]

I got WHIPLASH with the writing on this episode.

[@TheLastKentuckyIrregular9524]

Hey they finally did something right. That was a fantatsic fight.

[@DesertGuy702]

How in the world does Yoda not sense any of this? Jedi dropping like flys being violently killed by a dark side user. His cane would be dropping no doubt. Makes zero sense.

[@matthewpowell9743]

The same way Yoda never sense Plaguis or Palpatine. The Jedi Tempel was built on Sith Ground. That is why there senses was clouded. But Yes you are right how they going to explain all these Jedi Missing?? make it look like a Car Crash....

[@carlosgaleotegandara7812]

The closest yoda came to sense plagueis was when plagueis was forced to go berserk after bountyhunters chooped his jaw

[@obi-wangregobi8033]

19:27 I'm not sure if there necessarily is a greater message to the show, but I feel like I see what story they're trying to tell. To me, I think this is a story about how the Sith almost returned a century earlier. It's about an apparent Sith apprentice who got tired and frustrated with having to hide their power so they decided to act, more than likely against their Master's wishes and knowledge, and took the fight to the Jedi wanting to show them the Sith weren't gone and strike fear into them but also to find their own apprentice and lead a new Sith doctrine. It does go against the Rule of 2, but I think that's the point. It's like Qimir is doing the opposite of Anakin's line from AotC, "Sometimes we must let go of our pride, and do what is requested of us." Qimir seems very prideful and so wouldn't surprise me if he's let his pride go to his head and is not doing what's requested of him. He's chosen to go against the Rule of 2 by wanting to openly out the Sith because he's tired of the hiding and the subterfuge. I also think another point of the show is to further expand on the arrogance and blindness of the Jedi that was heavily pointed to in the prequels, namely in AotC when Obi-Wan talks of Anakin being "arrogant" and Yoda saying, "Yes. A flaw more and more common among Jedi. Too sure of themselves, they are Even the older, more experienced ones." It's showing both they're complacency, their sense of superiority, as well as their arrogance and ignorance because the centuries of peace have made them this way. All of this ultimately led to their downfall and I think Acolyte is giving us a glimpse as to why.

[@mosfet74]

Fantastic episode!!!!!!! Qimir was great!!!!!!!!!!!

[@lildaddyftx]

Everybody fucking complaining about the writing of the show and other details. Just enjoy the action this episode gives you and head into next week.

[@MrKevin486]

This is the absolute dumbest comment ever. "Don't think, just be a total NPC and shovel Disney's shit into your mouth endlessly without question." Wtf.

[@andrewcoleman293]

Good writing matters TF

[@Judah-w6z]

I do like how we get to see cortiors armor in live action for the first time

[@Heidelmann]

Headland's a KOTOR fan eh.

[@Judah-w6z]

@@Heidelmannmaby I am maby I'm not it depends

[@YokozunaNumber1]

The best comment I saw about the series was, "Kathleen Kennedy is hiring random women she meets at Starbucks to write the episodes."

[@SupYall123]

Much respect for focusing on story and rational analysis. Just subscribed.

[@oendj]

I dont think I’ve ever heard Stupendous “out of character” if that makes sense. Like his own natural speaking tone rather than his normal presentations in his videos. Makes me feel the weight of how he really feels about the acolyte.

[@aaesdee841]

While this is my favorite episode, the show overall is lacking. I only watch the movies, so the lore aspects are above me, but even I noticed. If they did not have Mudi, and Smilo Ren said sith to Osha at the end, then this show would have worked for me. Episode 3 is still the worst, but this episode would have redemed it. Now I'm conflicted.

[@nilesrodriguez4343]

Bane would have killed him before he even finished the sentence.

[@writingref]

Thats my head canon

[@deganhardt77]

I have come to accept the fact that Filoni isnt the savior I thought he would be.

[@ericmillerjr]

I’m not sure how much Filoni was consulted for in this series. This series has been in development for years before Filoni was promoted to his current role. Filoni needs to come out and distance himself from this crap series if that is the case.

[@ericmillerjr]

I just checked IMDB. Dave Filoni is not listed on this series at all. Looks like he was NEVER consulted. Not even connecting with Filoni was a huge mistake by Leslye Headland.

[@Ellefsen97]

@@ericmillerjr Lucasfilms needs to create a creatives room that is responsible for mapping out the future projects. Lucasfilms have a Story Board, but the franchise needs a room with executive decision power over the greenlighting of shows and movies

[@nik2957]

​@@ericmillerjrAccording to one of the writers on the show (Kiechel), Filoni gave notes after they wrote it and has to ultimately approve.

[@RC-0215_Blaster]

Can i just say how happy and excited i genuinely got when yords neck got snapped like that was fucking awesome and shows that you can kill a jedi without a weapon

[@bleeblahbloop5905]

The other episodes I understand. Hating this one just shows how all of you are really not into Star Wars at all lol. Was legit choreo saber fights with stakes yet y’all want to reach and whine 😂