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Star Wars: The Acolyte |OT| Only Murders in the Temple
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I fell off Mando's last season, didn't watch Ashoka and don't feel a ton of pull to watch this. Is it worth catching up? I really liked early Mandolorian but after Boba it just felt like it dragged.
I can survive silly SW shows (I survived Boba fett's 1950s scooters) but I don't expect dull.
I can survive silly SW shows (I survived Boba fett's 1950s scooters) but I don't expect dull.
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Theoretically the four people being hunted would be aware of such a thing.
You don't need to catch up to anything to watch this show. Maybe rewatch TPM if you hate yourself.
I feel Carrie-Ann Moss baited, dammit... Really thought she would actually be in the series. Apart from that it was fun. I don't think I'm made for the current fashion of very short seasons though, I grew up with "25 episodes of 45 minutes is one season" tv so now everything feels way too short.
That was a fun couple of episodes. It's nice to see the Jedi before everything went bad, haven't kept up with the High Republic stuff so all of this is new to me.
I wonder if they'll keep the slight wushu touch the fights had in these episodes. It would be a neat way to show how the Jedi of the Prequels have started to lose their way if they lost the elegance they once had.
I wonder if they'll keep the slight wushu touch the fights had in these episodes. It would be a neat way to show how the Jedi of the Prequels have started to lose their way if they lost the elegance they once had.
Yeah it's gonna turn out they're culpable for burning down Osha's village in some way. I hope we get there soon because the response/aftermath of that reveal is where things could really pick up. You've got characters like Yord and Jecki very much drinking the Jedi kool aid, gonna be interesting to see whether that's still the case when the dirty laundry about their masters starts getting aired.
Then you've got Sol telling Osha to let go of her grief for all these years, only for it to turn out that he's been hiding the truth from her the whole time. That's the drama I need from this show
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Really enjoyed both episodes, I'm excited to see where this goes. I'll finally watch Andor to pass the time between eps
But he was scared to death of the Jedis? I'm chalking it up as bad writing or character development. I hope I'm wrong though
Yeah, it seems very obvious Sol is covering up some aspect of this, especially for him to so immediately believe Osha. Can't wait for shit to hit the fan.
I hope it is. Maybe her love interest makes sense but I don't think he's stronger than her.
we had better, because this would be some crazy false advertising otherwise lol…
Is The Acolyte show connected to any other Star Wars shows I would be missing out on by not watching them yet? I haven't yet seen Asohka, specifically. Or Clone Wars/Rebels.
Qimir: Everyone has a weakness. The Jedi justify their galactic dominance in the name of peace, and peace…
Mae: …is a lie, I know.
Qimir says the "it's a lie" bit in the trailer.
Very blink and you miss it dialogue when Mae says "Peace is a lie, I know 🙄" to Qimir.
No.
Wow good catch.Qimir: Everyone has a weakness. The Jedi justify their galactic dominance in the name of peace, and peace…
Mae: …is a lie, I know.
Qimir says the "it's a lie" bit in the trailer.
Qimir: Everyone has a weakness. The Jedi justify their galactic dominance in the name of peace, and peace…
Mae: …is a lie, I know.
Qimir says the "it's a lie" bit in the trailer.
Completely slip my mind, thanks man!
I think it's more crazy that we could spot this kind of things before the it even airs
we had better, because this would be some crazy false advertising otherwise lol…
It's gonna be a flashback to whatever shady shit they were doing on that planet
AJAB
all jedi are bastards
we had better, because this would be some crazy false advertising otherwise lol…
They also hid Osha exists despite seemingly being the main character outside Sol/Mae. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a lot of stuff they're holding back/trying to trick us with.
Acolyte is 100% unconnected from any of the prior shows/movies. Very easy jumping on point.
I protected myself from Star Wars for the last 6 years, waiting for a project not tied to references, old actors, stale planets, and mishandled nostalgia. This show is very refreshing and I like it a lot so far.
I'm looking at the cast list to figure out who The Master is. The setup is a good mystery. I wonder why Mae still intends to go through with the plan if her sister is still alive.
I'm looking at the cast list to figure out who The Master is. The setup is a good mystery. I wonder why Mae still intends to go through with the plan if her sister is still alive.
They added a grain filter to the image which is something streaming just does not handle well.
I liked the filter in this one. Made it look more like the OT to me. Those snow scenes felt straight out of Empire.
Fully agree. Had to let out an audible groan when they didn't accompany her on the prison ship. The bit with the poison dealer.. fuck me man, what they picked up from the convo should have told them enough to haul his ass back to Coruscant. The Jedi seemed to be a-ok with mind controlling random escapees, but they let this guy just go with a slap on the wrist?
Ah that explains it, why would you do that when it's only going to be streamed? It's like watching a DVD or something. Ah well, the first episode really hasn't grabbed me anyway, not sure I can be bothered watching any more. All these Star Wars series (apart from Andor) are just so...flat. You can tell they're just made because D+ needs content and not because anyone actually cares about making them.
In one of the first scenes they're outside the ship, in space, and some random wires catch fire. In space. Then they put it out with a fire extinguisher. In space. Just....ugh.
Is this your first star wars production?
View: https://youtu.be/8g3wAie8Fxo?si=bPELLrimuPbyNIta
There's also sound in space. ugh.
That was the worst beginning to any Star Wars show I have seen.
Acting, directing, writing. All terrible.
It made me wish for more speeder chases by Robert Rodriguez. That's how bad it was.
Awful, awful, awful.
I'm kinda shocked. Biggest sin was wasting the fantastic casting of Carrie-Ann Moss as a Jedi on this show.
Acting, directing, writing. All terrible.
It made me wish for more speeder chases by Robert Rodriguez. That's how bad it was.
Awful, awful, awful.
I'm kinda shocked. Biggest sin was wasting the fantastic casting of Carrie-Ann Moss as a Jedi on this show.
Instantly killing off Carrie Anne Mosse was a big bummer. Also seems like the trailers made a much bigger deal about finding out the idenity of the mysterious Assassin than the show itself. That the four jedi did something bad on that planet is also not exactly played as a secret so I hope they have some bigger revelations in store besides that.
Most positive aspect so far are the fight scenes which have a good Matrix like energy, should be exciting when there's actual lightsabers clashing.
Most negative part are probably all the inner Jedi politic discussion which just feel awfully stilted in acting and writing not unlike the prequels.
Also just some general oddness here and there, like Osha first saying that she has faith in the Jedi proving her innocence but then running away anyway after the ship crash or Mae fleeing the city and then just showing right back up in the city again, even meeting the same guy the Jedi already knew about.
Most positive aspect so far are the fight scenes which have a good Matrix like energy, should be exciting when there's actual lightsabers clashing.
Most negative part are probably all the inner Jedi politic discussion which just feel awfully stilted in acting and writing not unlike the prequels.
Also just some general oddness here and there, like Osha first saying that she has faith in the Jedi proving her innocence but then running away anyway after the ship crash or Mae fleeing the city and then just showing right back up in the city again, even meeting the same guy the Jedi already knew about.
I watched the 2nd episode today, and am still really into it. I didn't believe what people say about Star Wars fans can never be happy, until I read this thread. 😅
It's not peak TV, but I would be lying if I say that I'm not enjoying it, it's fun and feels fresh seeing the different times and places.
Genuinely astounding how y'all aren't picking up on the part where he was literally being tracked by the Jedi. Like they didn't let him go he genuinely was on the equivalent of house arrest. And it's literally pointed out that Yord not accompanying Osha on the ship was a mistake on his part which is why he's spent so much time overcompensating.
The jedi making easily avoidable mistakes led to their downfall and we're seeing the early signs of that. Beyond that, think of it from Yord's perspecttive, what is an unarmed force sensitive who willingly surrendered without resisting gonna do? Mind trick the droids?
Mae went back to kill Yimir and Osha had the critical thinking skills to realize how it looked that she was the sole survivor of a prison's ship crash post prison riot. Same as her realizing how it looked when the dude got poisoned and she was holding the bottle. Neither of those are oddities in the script.
I thought the two eps were pretty good, much better than I expected after reading comments in this thread. I was expecting book of boba bad based on the nitpicks. oh no, a Star Wars uses wipes!
it was better paced than Ashoka's first few episodes, you didn't fell like you needed to watch dozens of animated eps. maybe because I still love me some old school action adventure shows that this was fine. Took me a while to realise one Jedi was the kid from Logan. One silly bit, The goofy Jedi after he realised he couldn't see the dealer fella with Mae.
gutted no more Carrie Anne moss but since she's a Jedi….
this is filmed in the UK, right?
yeah, I quite enjoyed that So far.
it was better paced than Ashoka's first few episodes, you didn't fell like you needed to watch dozens of animated eps. maybe because I still love me some old school action adventure shows that this was fine. Took me a while to realise one Jedi was the kid from Logan. One silly bit, The goofy Jedi after he realised he couldn't see the dealer fella with Mae.
gutted no more Carrie Anne moss but since she's a Jedi….
this is filmed in the UK, right?
yeah, I quite enjoyed that So far.
Welp, that's it for me, y'all. Coming back to this thread next week once everything has cooled off.
I honestly kinda want to watch it again even though I only liked not loved what I've seen so far. I'm curious if there's anything I missed.
Also, shout out to the creative team for getting a live action Selkath in there. It went by pretty quick so I couldn't tell if it was all CGI or not. It's pretty clear Lucasfilm is hiring people who love KOTOR, Andor had a big shout out to it too.
Also, shout out to the creative team for getting a live action Selkath in there. It went by pretty quick so I couldn't tell if it was all CGI or not. It's pretty clear Lucasfilm is hiring people who love KOTOR, Andor had a big shout out to it too.
I thought they were keeping an eye out on him and his shop in order to catch mae again? Once they lose sight of him, they try to give chase while mae and him escape
Puts on nerd glasses. Lucas in the commentary for RotS said that the Battle of Coruscant was technically in the upper atmosphere, not space, hence gravity still effecting things.