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The Acolyte premieres June 4th on Disney+
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TransTrender
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Haven't watched but that thumbnail and title is very click bait and not helping.
AJUMP23
Member
If you can’t sense which twin is which then you are a terrible force user. This is Jedi 101 sense the dark side.
And I don’t know who the acolyte Sith is. I think I am supposed to recognize him. But I have no idea. Maybe the guy repairing stuff with good twin in the first episode.
And I don’t know who the acolyte Sith is. I think I am supposed to recognize him. But I have no idea. Maybe the guy repairing stuff with good twin in the first episode.
IntentionalPun
Ask me about my wife's perfect butthole
Haven’t watched yet but I’ve been assuming it’s gonna be the guy who made the poison that killed the floating guy.
(Aka the guy from The Good Place)
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AJUMP23
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I agree good fight choreography.
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Toons
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Ima start this off by saying I don't care what anyone else says, this was gas. It is completely obvious to me they were saving all the real meat for ep 4 so reviewers couldn't spoil. So I went in expecting them to show out and they did.
Legitimately immediate top 3 lightswber fights in star wars history contender right out the gate. The way its shot, paced, framed, it is all god tier. And actual Jedi dying brutally. A child getting 3 holes poked through her torso on screen, courtesy of Disney. A dude getting man of steel'd right after. I've never been one of the "Disney kiddies things" people but I never imagined I'd see lightsaber combat like this and happening to main characters.
This is exactly the sort of bold stuff the franchise needs. Ppl will be talking about these for a long while, no one was expecting these characters to die like this. The reveal im mixed on, it was telegraphed and a lot of people speculated, but man I really liked the actor as he got to ham it up playing the villain. Completely different aura from before, like he was acting in two different shows.
Well done guys. More of this.
The hughest ranking jedi in coruscsnt didn't even sense Palpatine for 20 years and he was conducting sith meetings 3 floors up from them. As a criticism, that kinda falls flat. Not entirely invalid, but given the way this show has played out i literally have no idea what they are gonna do next. And that's a good thing.
Hes been alongside mae since ep 2, he maid the potion she used to kill torbin and he got strung up last epsidoe. Idk how you could have missed him up til now.
God... that shot of Jecki getting lin cushioned from backside pov is so good. And now looking back it was entirely correct for Yord to have listened to Sol and gotten tf out of there.
Legitimately immediate top 3 lightswber fights in star wars history contender right out the gate. The way its shot, paced, framed, it is all god tier. And actual Jedi dying brutally. A child getting 3 holes poked through her torso on screen, courtesy of Disney. A dude getting man of steel'd right after. I've never been one of the "Disney kiddies things" people but I never imagined I'd see lightsaber combat like this and happening to main characters.
This is exactly the sort of bold stuff the franchise needs. Ppl will be talking about these for a long while, no one was expecting these characters to die like this. The reveal im mixed on, it was telegraphed and a lot of people speculated, but man I really liked the actor as he got to ham it up playing the villain. Completely different aura from before, like he was acting in two different shows.
Well done guys. More of this.
The hughest ranking jedi in coruscsnt didn't even sense Palpatine for 20 years and he was conducting sith meetings 3 floors up from them. As a criticism, that kinda falls flat. Not entirely invalid, but given the way this show has played out i literally have no idea what they are gonna do next. And that's a good thing.
Hes been alongside mae since ep 2, he maid the potion she used to kill torbin and he got strung up last epsidoe. Idk how you could have missed him up til now.
God... that shot of Jecki getting lin cushioned from backside pov is so good. And now looking back it was entirely correct for Yord to have listened to Sol and gotten tf out of there.
AJUMP23
Member
Vader and Obi wan could sense each other. Familiarity and friendship. Part of what the good twin and the Jedi guy have with each other. Palatines office is not in the Jedi temple it is in the senate and you see them taking ships to visit him.
it is a minor criticism but I just think it is weak not to notice.
sith has swole arms and I just didn’t care about the other people. But that is fair writing to keep him there and unknown.
Toons
Member
Vader didn't sense Luke in epsidoe 4, and Luke didn't sense Leia until epsiode 6. In the clone wars, when obi wan faked his death to infiltrate a bounty hunter circle, anakin didn't sense it. Ahsoka also didn't sense Anakin until half his mask got sliced in repels. Theres many instances of familiar not sensing each other for various reasons but the reason sol didn't sense osha has already been implied if not directly given: she seems too have cut herself off from the force.
Back in episode 1 seen the ship was going down she was being transported in, osha tried to use the force to pull her droid to her and couldn't do it. She hasn't used the force at all since. She no longer is "connected" to it.
I gotta say I'm not familiar with this actor but he managed to be convincing as a bumbling idiot and an edgy evil guy, so he's got variety. Im generally not to pricky with acting in SW as I think the majority of SW content gets by on acting that is serviceable at best, and yes I include the OT in that. But when there's solid work I notice.
I have no idea what you just said.
Dazraell
Gold Member
The guy from this video thrives on creating clickbait videos based on madeup claims and speculations. Nothing he said over the years was ever true, so I would take everything from his channel with a grain of salt
ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
Darth Teeth isn't the master. He's the apprentice trying to train an apprentice (an Acolyte).
Cortosis was on screen for the first time ever. The Jedi seemed shocked because it's so rare.
The fight choreographer is obviously big fan of Fallen Order/Survivor.
LOL they mock him on the sets of every Star Wars production. If someone tosses something in a trash can and misses, they call it "Zeroh'd".
Cortosis was on screen for the first time ever. The Jedi seemed shocked because it's so rare.
The fight choreographer is obviously big fan of Fallen Order/Survivor.
LOL they mock him on the sets of every Star Wars production. If someone tosses something in a trash can and misses, they call it "Zeroh'd".
AJUMP23
Member
It isn't good, it was just a good episode, and it had very little dialog, so it was hard to screw up. Overall this show is a major disappointment.
TheInfamousKira
Reseterror Resettler
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
It was true that her character was supposed to be in other shows. US$ 15 million?! Probably not, but I have no fucking idea anymore. Shit is getting out of hand money wise with those productions
Emergency reunions after the bad reviews could be considered a fact since this situation is kinda similar to the whole Battlefront 2 shebang, which they announce to have damage meetings with EA. Because of the video of Amandla dancing?! Probably not, but since this video also helps with the backlash, is fair to assume to someone said something during those meetings, not much tho
I have no idea who this guy is, and 99% of those bold big letter videos are clickbait, still, those points are true
@thread
RLM says that they could do something more subtil, like Robocop criticizing capitalism, or Ghost Busters that has the state fucking their private company. Still, both of those movies are the story in the front, not changing the force (again)
TheUsual
Gold Member
I'm glad Mae was confident in her lightsaber skills. So stupid to watch.
ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
What other shows? The series is set 100 years before the Prequels and nearly 150 years before any of the other shows.
Trilobit
Gold Member
I have to rinse my soul with clips from the original trilogy after each episode. In the right hands we could have had amazing stories and felt incredible anticipation for every future movie. I wish Lucas would have sold the rights to a better studio. Imagine if we could have had the quality of Nolan's The Dark Knight in a modern Star Wars film.
I'm incredibly disappointed by the lightsabers in this show. I understand the need to have a lightsource that casts light on the actors, but they need to up the CGI. They look like glowsticks instead of incredibly powerful and lethal weapons.
I'm incredibly disappointed by the lightsabers in this show. I understand the need to have a lightsource that casts light on the actors, but they need to up the CGI. They look like glowsticks instead of incredibly powerful and lethal weapons.
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deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
Future shows
There is a lot of stuff on pre production, also like a lot of dead stuff, like the Yoda movie(?)
ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
There was never a Yoda movie. That’s what happens when you watch Mike Zeroh.
MayauMiao
Member
Well since lightsaber can't kill anyone in Disney's Star Wars, I guess cutting hair is all it can do.
Lightsaber scissor please.
MayauMiao
Member
The problem is the so called "modern audiences" are too dumb to notice it.
ManaByte
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MayauMiao
Member
Didn't watch, just making fun how lightsaber lately has been downgraded to flesh wound.
ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
That’s not a flesh wound.
AJUMP23
Member
Lightsabers killed about 5 Jedi in the most recent episode.
GymWolf
Gold Member
AJUMP23
Member
deriks
4-Time GIF/Meme God
I have no idea who this is
ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
You literally just posted one of his videos.
ManaByte
Rage Bait Youtuber
She’s dead.
DeafTourette
Perpetually Offended
Triangles, circles and Yin Yang symbols have been prevalent in this series thus far. I think the triangle in Keen's character is representing something... Still not sure what they represent tho.
BadBurger
Many “Whelps”! Handle It!
For me, it shows that Qimir's character was wronged horribly by the Jedi. At east according to him. He hates them in a way that not even Palpatine hated the Jedi. He doesn't even give them names. They're merely objects to him.
I can't wait to see how this plays out. The first few episodes were whatever. But this is straight up Andor territory now.
ManaByte
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Kazdane
Gold Member
Really liked this episode. It seemed obvious that the Sith was going to be Qimir, but everything else I was not expecting. The coreography was great, the fights were brutal and the story might end up being something great.
It also seemed obvious that both Qimir and Sol have noticed they have the other twin now. So if that's really the case, I'm looking forward to how they develop this (particularly why Mae, who's hell bent on killing the four Masters, including Sol, hasn't done so yet)
ManaByte
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Kazdane
Gold Member
Have a little faith (or don't? lol)! I mean, maybe I'm just way too naive. But so far I've enjoyed all new Star Wars and Star Trek shows. Sure, some were more engaging (Andor was brilliant, imo) some were worse (episodes VIII and IX were rough), but I just couldn't find myself hating any of them. I'd rather get new content than nothing at all (especially if you can tell there's been thought and care put into it, which I feel it has). If I ever feel like watching the old series/movies, I can just watch them whenever, but there's no surprise factor in those.
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