The Acolyte Episode 6 - Well We've Never Seen THAT Before in Star Wars
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I have a buddy who is a twin and he HATES the twin swap trope. Anyone who has been around twins for more than ten minutes can tell them apart, and we dont even have the force.
I’m a twin and people within seconds know who is who. The one time we tried a twin swap didn’t work at all
For a gen ed i took a mystery literature class and essentially it said twin stuff is dumb, so the fact they pull this shit w a professional budget is crazy
My dad and uncle are twins. They’ve been mistaken for each other before, but by strangers who happened to see both of them. They are very different, and very recognizable.
@@lens_hunter As a twin, people definitely can't tell us apart unless they've interacted with us for a while. It's pretty hard for people to figure out.
@lsandjs9793 its Disney and they think we're all kids or idiots
It doesn't offend me that Osha got a peek at Smilo's saber but just imagine the backlash if it was Smilo spying on Osha butt ass naked lol
Double standards in society and hollywood
Saw her twerk video, I wouldn't mind seeing the front but the back looks like it leaves a lot to be desired.
bruh
"I've spilled my bacta fluid all over the place"
there wouldn't be any
We got nude Sith before GTA6
This is the worst universe.
what is GTA6?
@@lukeyznaga7627 Grand theft auto six, it's a highly anticipated sequel to GTA5, and now it's a meme to say that we got something before GTA6 was released, as it's taking a long time for it to be developed.
@@jaden_skywalkertbh considering the scope of the project and the fact that GTA VI isnt the only project they have been working on the fact that its been 11 years isnt even that crazy
@@mattdragon1253 yeah people are just impatient for it
This whole series feels like Headland wanted to write a twilight story but she got was Star Wars instead.
Lesbian Headlamp... you've done it again....
The only thing she can write is a cheque
the show is basically a billion dollar therapy session for Leslye Headland
Lonely women wrote the script for this episode
lol it wouldn`t be so bad if it made any sense .. they just did that because of kylo ren ..adam didnt need to show anything .. what kinda sith is that .. i did love jecki ..they killed her
ironically a married lesbian wrote this episode
Nothing to worry Qimir is Asian, I think he could not satisfy her needs I bet Osha is used to longer lightsabers xD
Insecureperson wrote the comment above.
Jesus this is the worst community
I think the biggest issue, is not that it breaks canon, it's that nothing good comes out of breaking it, just the same as with the Kenobi show...you're already walking on eggshells with fans by breaking canon, so you better make sure that those eggs that broke, serve the best damn omelette anybody could ever taste...apparently they are the worst cooks on the planet...
*In the galaxy.
@@christempleton5615 Only good example of "breaking cannon" was retconning Maul's death.
That's exactly right. It contributes nothing, it's just a largely unwatchable exercise in antagonism.
@@ASSASSIN79100 Agreed...that's a good example actually, because that didn't make sense to me either at the time, but it turned out to be pretty good in the end, at least i thought so anyway
Good point 👉
This episode feels like it was written by Harvey after he dropped his towel in front of his maid
bro; I guess only bald heads can have purple lightsabers
You know what would REALLY add to this series? Sexual tension between the main character and the psychopathic murderer she just met!
Anakin and Padme?
@@paulbinder7434 💀
@@paulbinder7434yeah except he wasn’t a psychopath yet and didn’t just openly whip out his johnson and stand before her long enough for her to get a good look
@@paulbinder7434 I don't remember anakin on mustafar whipping it out after he betrayed the jedi
@@TempleRevolutionProject I mean, she fell for him after just meeting him (only meeting once before as kids)
And still married after he went on a psychopath murdering rampage on sand people.
Also it was implied they got it on at Naboo
Ki-Adi-Mundi now is pretty old in Disney canon, my theory is he has dementia.
Would explain a lot 😂😂
“The Sith have been extinct for a millennium”
Yoda looks at Qui Gon*
“Dementia he has”
Ki-Adi-Mundi ''Biden'' by his dementia... When we going to see that Star Wars series? A Master Jedi suffering Forcementia ;p LOL
Ki-Adi-Biden
Even two brains couldn't save this guy...
Bazil obviously would’ve brought down Palpatine’s whole operation, he would’ve smelt Maul, Dooku and Grievous all over him.
youre still on youre fake bot account kid
Bot
pause 💀
@RoseJHibbard so let us in on a secret while you're here with your bot alt, do you actually trick people into clicking your links and what do you earn from them clicking it. I'm genuinely curious on how it works
HE? Did you misgender Bazil?
on the note of sexual tension, didn't Luke kiss his sister?
And how about Leia slave of Java...
keeping the family line pure!!
@@1gzo And the sexualization of young padme
I cried when Qimir said "Do you know how I got these scars"
"there's this place in Mos Eisley.. and..."
"My master was a... smuggler. And a Sith. And one night, she gets more emotional than usual. I get my lightsaber to defend myself. She doesn't like it. Not... one... bit. So, my droid watching, she turns on me, with her whip, and she says: "I am your mother". She whips me. "Put... a chick... in it..." And she puts the whip into my ass. "The... force... is... female..."
“My father was a drinker and a fiend”
My father was a Jedi
Smilo-Wren
“What” is the perfect response title for this episode.
It’s a perfect response to this show.
The rise of Darth nakedus
@@markpaul5943 🤣
@@jordangerardpotier for real!
@@LoDown295 Darth schlong
To your point: absolutely yes, the sexual tension was totally unnecessary and we could have done without out it..
To play devils advocate: George is the one who didn't let Carrie put underwear on and put her in a slave bikini and made sure Natalie was extra busty for the "no Anakin we can't be together" scene and the convenient crop top on Geonosis... And put Ahsoka in a tube top.
Our dude was a wee bit of a nerdy horn dawn and hey I wont knock it. But it does give me leeway to forgive the unnecessary sexual tension
what tension?
Ok but hold up… George didnt put sexualized content in AOTC?? Padme was 🔥
And Princess Leia at Jaba's Palace??
Don't forget about Leia in ROTJ
They weren't straight up naked.
@@lawhammergaming When you can see full nipple, it's not far off
They still had clothes and Leia’s bikini costume was requested by Carrie.
Padme’s sexualised outfit was just form fitting.
I cried when Captain Kirk showed up and said "Are we some kind of Acolyte Squad?" Truly the best moment in all of the Star Wars.
This joke was almost as cringe as this show
My favorite part is when Sol asks, "What are you?" and the Acolyte answered, "I am... the Acolyte..." It was truly one of the scenes of all time, it was even better than the part when the Acolyte said, "It's Acolytin' time!" and Acolyted the Jedi all over the place using the Power of Many. But what really sold it for me was the shocking plot twist in the finale when we realized that Qimir was in the Amazon with Osha's mom when she was researching spiders right before she died. The Acolyte was truly one of the most shows ever created, and it even Acolyted my highest expectations. 10/10 would watch again.
I know it's a joke, but I wanted to crush my skull with my phone for a few seconds...thank you
@@Historical-Stuff Hahaha!
When she said there's a tempest in me I cried
I love how theory is speed running these recaps because he simply doesn’t give a fuck anymore haha
Maybe he should just quit
@freelands8355 yeah he really should, this guy says he is done with star wars and then makes another vid on it
@@thedragonnatorpd210any star wars content creator is going to make content on the newest star wars show. that’s just kinda common sense
@@callm3wheneverits common sense from an engagement standpoint.
Which for youtubers it means money.
Which also means a lack of integrity, especially if you're on record saying you're done with new content. Clearly he's not.
@@doug-core8850 he’s the biggest star wars creator so he loses out a ton by not covering it up which doesn’t make sense financially as he is a business at the end of the day. people want to hear his output and what he has to say about the newest star wars content because he is an unbiased output and not a shill for the media
Vernestra’s nausea from hyperspace is from the books! you’d know that if you read ‘em lol
You'd think he'd know that since he spends so much time looking at wookiepedia just waiting for them to edit something.
@@doug-core8850 LOL
Even if it wasn't, i really sont see how thats a problem. Why does Theory have such weird takes like this. He complains about things that arent even a problem. Its hard to take him seriously.
@@vice2versa exactly, like how it’s weird to see Osha eating. Like how’s that weird she needs food to survive
I think he forgot Obi-Wan also hates flying.
Not to defend this shit, but there's been some "sexiness" in Star Wars before. Kylo Ren was shirtless, Leia in that sexy gold bikini outfit, Padme in that sexy dominatrix outfit, Aaya Secura's outfit, meh. Episode was still trash though.
Agreed
Plus the chick in Andor laying in bed with Cassian with just her underwear on
That doesn't fit the narrative that Disney bad and George would have never done this.
Came to write all this but you nailed it
Yes, Kylo Ren shirtless was just as dumb as this. Although at the same time perhaps it shows how QImir is really a precursor to the Kinghts of Ren and Kylo.
I lost it at "by holding down buttons like on the iPhone"
xDDDD
I understand that you said George wouldn't go there with the sexual tension, but let's not forget Leia in a bikini. Not saying that's excusable, but George ain't innocent 😅
Star wars nerds dont know what sexual tension looks or feels like
I think he gave Fisher some (not very convincing) story about why she couldn't wear a bra. And there was a bizarre photo shoot that seemed to involve slave Leia and darth vader on a beach. But I think most of that stuff was treated with a level of embarrassment - and 'corrected'. The slave leia thing could be defended as coding that Leia was a humiliated trophy - if taking it as face value meant that Jabba was into other species. She killed him with her chain (ie. the instrument of her subjugation), didn't she?
But taking a gander at smilo's wang seems... it's not exactly keeping things at a level of subtext.
Sure but same time he was also pointing out the nudity. Slight step up from Leia
You're one of the only channels I watch anymore when it comes to new SW content. I like that you can show what is wrong with the show without resorting to the "SW is WOKE NOW! Fans CRINGE after new HORRIBLE episode" thing that so many youtubers do. It also shows one can dislike a show only for what it is and not what it represents, so thanks !
The 50 shades of sith you cannot resist the dark side.
I was left with the impression that Sol always knew that twin was Mae. You could see it in the hug scene for example, he regrets whatever happened to her and was talking to her as if she was Osha to play along to see where she would go.
Even if it is not so, Sol just happened to experience a very very traumatic encounter with Qimir, when they [Jedi] initiallly thought they were just going after Mae. I believe it would be ok if he was unrest, tired, toughtful, mourning after what happened (maybe they just could have portrayed it better?).
Regarding the shirtless - I am hetero but I am ok with that it is very natural (maybe it is my european vibe - i know americans are very prude). But never happened? Remember when Leia was like enslaved by Jabba? She was more than shirtless 🤣
+1 on the impression that Sol knew all along, figuring out how far Mae would go.
To me, the Osha/Quimir scenes were quite good, TBH. I think, it shows, how the dark side like trust issues, fear and hate can overwhelm you.
It's already been shown in the transformation from Anakin to Vader - you don't just *popp* become evil, and to some extend there's no 100% wrong or right/good or evil.
If they wanted it, to me that nailed that message quite well.
To be fair, Kenobi notoriously “hates flying.” So I don’t know if I’d say the Jedi are “above” motion sickness.
Yeah but he wasn’t gay and lame.
“Tracker whose nose is stronger than the force” is hilarious 😂😂
Biggest star wars channel on UA-cam and he forgets that jedi can often have their senses clouded by the dark side as they say numerous times throughout clone wars and the prequels
@@DarkestKnightshadeI have to agree with you on that, but the writing just seems off. I also feel this shouldn't have been the introduction to the high republic. Only your true die hard star wars fans get what is trying to be portrayed while everyone else is lost bc they only know what they've seen from the previous films and shows, which the high republic is opposite it was the Jedi at there highest point to eventually there down fall before the phantom menace. If you have to watch review shows to understand what is supposed to be going on for the avg watcher than your show isn't written well. I think the bad acting goes in hand with bad writing. If the actor is great or strong and the writing isn't good than the acting will follow suit. If the writing is really good it can help the avg actor along with a good director. The 2 male actors Sol and QMIR are doing the best they can with what they got written for them. Amandala has some moments but the facial expressions look exactly the same for everything. Maybe no one is telling her different, hopefully it's not a case of everyone gets a trophy so no one's feelings get hurt
@@furious_wrath7079 i mean you do realise we are in the period of time where the downfall of the high republic begins right? The jedi at this stage dominate, but the are starting to become arrogant and complacent, as is seen, they arent taking these incidents as serious as they should. They demand kids to be tested, even in areas they technically dont have jurisdiction. They enforce behavior that isnt right (forsaking all emotions etc.)
Luke was one of the greatest jedi ever and had emotions. He learned of the force when he was pretty much an adult. The entire first 3 episodes are about showing the mistakes of the jedi. The original trilogie is about showing the return of true jedi values. The jedi are good and try to be good but they never are perfect beings. They make mistakes and even bad things at times, even if with good intentions.
sadly it seems starwarstheories is pretty blind to things that have always been part of star wars just because he ideologically doesnt seem to like this series. It aint great, its meh, but it aint as dogshit as many are trying to make it seem and therefore invalidating alot of the actual critique.
Yeah it’s also bollocks. The force isn't some radar that's constantly turned on. Vader (THE CHOSEN ONE) didn't instantly detect his own flesh and blood with either Leia OR Luke.
Yoda, oh the great powerful Yoda was constantly going on about darkness clouding everything.
Sol clearly has a lot on his mind, for one thing. Secondly, HE FIGURED OUT IT WAS MAE! There was no scene where that creature went and informed him. He figured it out via context clues, through convesation about her childhood and Pip. They didn't do the best job of portraying it but he did.
@@DarkestKnightshade dude, May has a fucking tattoo on her head! Is Sol blind? The writing of this show is indefensible.
Humanizing the Jedi isn't a problem. That can make them more relatable. Qui Gon eats dinner and becomes annoyed at Jar Jar so.. I think it's everything else.
I swear Theory nitpocks so mich about thongs that AREN'T even proplems. Makes it hard to take him seriously.
@@vice2versafr. Show sucks ass but those are the wrong things to be making fun of. Make fun of the fact that the plot is stupid
@@mattdragon1253 Right? It's hard to appreciate the real criticisms he makes when he's also complaining about Jedi eating food - like wtf?
I %100 agree with this comment. They are biological beings and they have their own natural cycle of bodily events. Just because they have The Force doesn't mean they don't take a dump or eat etc. We just don't really need to see ALL that in screen, unless if it's for a well written purpose or because the setting of the enviroment is in a way that requires them to show some humanization.
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks this way. As someone with Motion Sickness whenever I ride as passenger in a car I have thought about how Space travel would feel for me
“This show is for kids why do you care so much” and now there’s a naked scene
Those of us who were young kids for the original trilogy were deeply disappointed with the prequels. Those who were young kids for the prequels are deeply disappointed in these new Disney Star Wars productions. Nothing can live up to how we feel the first time we discover Star Wars.
I remember in Star Wars the Clone Wars S1E1. Yoda told the clones that even though they looked identical and had the same DNA, they were all very different in the Force. In this show, there is one twin in the light side, and one twin far into the dark side, and yet a Jedi Master can't distinguish them.
Color blind
maybe because he wasn't in the right place of mind because everyone in his taskforce got killed including his own padawan. Swt is nostalgia blinded on top of being media illiterate it seems.
@@r4y_ow314are you trolling lmfao, nobody who says “media illiterate” when talking about a fictional story has friends..
@@G59forlife. that's cap and my point still stands
@@r4y_ow314 "media illiterate" ha what dumb thing to say
"Very masculine looking jedi" got my crying over here.
How Sol is not masculine Jedi?
Nah that skinny twig of a jedi was not masculine at all 😭
@@zigurdur92 he's not talking about Sol. He's talking about the boy with Venestra in the jungle...
Reminds me of "squeaky-voiced teen" from the Simpsons.
@@zigurdur92 he’s talking about the dude who’s skinny as fk because theory has been hitting the gym and eating protein like a bear for a while
That lightsaber whip reminds me of Spaceballs "Shit! I hate it when i get my Shwartz twisted!"
The pacing in this show is all over the place. Within a few minutes Mae is hunting a Jedi, then turning herself in, then immediately against them. Okay. Qimir is the goofy henchman, turned (oh surprise) the bad guy, turned "join me naked in the pond I'm actually not that bad". And now Sol is sketchy, I guess.
I'm just waiting for Ryan George's inevitable pitch meeting for this show 😂
Might be the best thing that’ll come from the show
"So Sol now has the Jedi assassin in his ship who killed Trinity, I bet they're going to go against each other in a tough fight!"
"Actually it's gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience."
barely an inconvenience...
"Star Wars has been extinct for a millenia"
Osha kept on looking at Qimir’s hot dog! 😂
Who can blame her? He's hot
I actually like when the Jedi becomes humanized. One of my favorite scenes from SWTCW is when Anakin and Ahsoka go to a diner to get some good food because Anakin was tired of the military rations. I love how you see them as humans…because they are. (Except for the alien species of course ;)
Lol “hopefully the water wasn’t cold”
Lol 😮 it probably was
Shrink balls 😂
Great line
That's why Osha used the heat lamp
The water was cold and he's also asian. She was probably looking because something was completely missing.
Step 1: defeat Carrie Anne Moss in hand to hand combat
Step 2: Get stepped on by a squirrel
Step 3: Profit
Mae is so truly, utterly, abjectly pathetic and pitiable a character I cannot imagine that this isn't some kind of masochistic fetish or joke among the writers. Absolutely everything she sets out to do, she fails at, comedically. She is actually like the butt of every slapstick joke, one of the Three Stooges but the other two abandoned you for being such an embarrassment.
The lame thing though, is that Trinity let her, she never really fought back, just defended, even when she could've incapacitated the girl without killing her
@@wolfmauler For a vengeance-fuelled Jedi slayer, Mae sure has killed no Jedi at all basically.
I disagree with the humanising Jedi part (Luke surviving in Dagobah with food rations, Yoda eating too) but the tummy issues was just laughable, as well as her insecurity about it, mixing Jedi masters with fart jokes is not really Star Wars
Agree. Also in the prequels Obi-Wan hates flying it causes him uneasiness, another humanizing trait we have precedence on
Actually, there is no tummy issue, it is sad that people are just blinded by hate at this point. Going hyperspace cause unwanted Force visions to Vernestra and she simply dislikes that.
Luke eating rations in dagobah serves anchoring the harshness of the training, it's not mundane. I didn't watch the show but if the tummy aching doesn't serve the plot in any way it's simply humanizing jedis for no reason and is useless. It would be like Qui Gon pulling a bag of chips during a jedi council meeting
Apparently this character is from the High Republic novels and she has issues with hyperspace in those too (idk I’ve never read them personally)
@@danielcavese17 now you're giving prequal haters more ammo "actually I've just decided i hate atoc because it has a character experience nausea and anxiety, completely unimersive, unwatchable"
"Taking fresh risks with Star Wars lore while having infectious fun playing with the stylistic trappings of a galaxy far, far away, The Acolyte is a Padawan series with the potential to become a Master." is the write up on Rotten Tomatoes. Infectious fun?...........I would love to hear this series' biggest fan explain how that sentiment is justified at all....
*Tyrone summed it up right: Osha joined the Dark Side because she looked at Smile-O-Ren's... well, umm... yeah.*
🤣🤣🤣
cmon, he just wanted her to touch his lightsaber and make it grow
Passion, emotion. Things osha is clearly having trouble with this whole season...
Yeah dude you're so clever, its this scene amd only this scene.
Come on man
It's pretty obvious Qimir brought her there, Mae left her lying in the forest on Khofar.
Yeah, I didn't like this episode but so many of the nitpicks theory made seem like they're out of sheer ignorance
Yeah he complained during the watch party about that too, but he probably just forgot that Mae left her there and that he found her. He makes the breakdowns right after the watch party.
I didn’t get that question either - it was pretty obvious that he took her there after finding her at the end of the last episode.
No wonder why he can't remember luke eating in almost every movie he was in
I still havent forgiven George for making Ki-Adi-Mundi and Yoda two of the biggest idiots in all of Star Wars history in the prequels. Prequel kids today just don't understand how much we hated the prequels for that
Why is it “good to finally see a masculine Jedi”? What a weird thing to say.
LOL.. She doesn't get "tummy aches". In the books she gets triggered crazy visions during hyperspace.
I thought Star Wars was for everyone, not just perverts with poor taste.
It's always been for everyone and it's always been pretty diverse. That's why it's hilarious to hear these activists claiming they're somehow advancing Star Wars like everyone else before them has failed. The sheer narcissism of these people...
@@marzipanmonkeyKathleen Kennedy is literally a textbook sociopath.
🤣🤣🤣
Cake? 🍰
its for dope smoking leftists, has been since Disney
Let's just assume OSHA is slow. Qimir didn't have a case for self-defense since it all started with him sending her sister to kill Jedi. OSHA already knows this and she knows the Jedi didn't immediately kill her when she was their prime suspect. She knows the Jedi didn't kill Qimir when he sold the poison used to kill another Jedi. She knows the Jedi didn't kill her sister when they finally caught up to her. She knows Qimir attacked her and the Jedi from behind, even though they didn't know anything about him and were only there to arrest her sister. The icing on the cake is her knowing that Sol had an opening to take Qimir's head off and he didn't do it.
There's no case that could be made to a person with a proper functioning brain that Smilo was defending himself. That would only work if OSHA didn't see all these things that contradict that narrative firsthand.
The driving force behind the plot of this show is that everyone suffers from short and long term memory loss which opens them up to being manipulated by the dark side of the "thread."
Imagine in TPM when Maul Fought Qui Gon and Obi Wan? Imagine if he killed them then in the next movie he's walking around the palace nude with Padme
LOL Disney on nudity:
-Tried to secretly removed nude scenes from there streaming service
- Makes Steamy Star Wars scenes ;p
which show on number 1?
It gets the green light cause a lesbian made it
**Princess Leia in bronze bikini **
Has entered the chat
@@NoBreakz I dare Disney to have their female main characters wear bikini.
@@diamondheadify-v5i have you seen return of the Jedi?
The worst part of this show for me is they make Jedi masters look so pathetic. As a child, I remember being in awe about them; almost looking up to them. Such a damn shame what they did to them.
So first they're too powerful and now too weak? Y'all complain over anything 😂😂😂
@@DesignedAssassinSame mfers who say Jedi can’t be too powerful if they’re women, then complain when Jedi get outmaneuvered and die.
@@DesignedAssassin Are they mutual exclusive? Didnt know... Jedi Masters in The Acolyte are completely banal, they die just because. Meanwhile Padawans are extremly powerfull like X23 and Sabine in Ahsoka. There should be a reason why there is a hierarchy system to diferentiate the level of the Jedis, but its getting diluted because people who train for what amounts to nothing are capable of feats equal or greater than Jedi Masters. Thats a problem no?
@@DrMundo92Sol is a master and so is Vern and they are both easily the strongest in the show.
Dude, I'm sorry but if the only interpretation of the Jedi that y'all will accept is "larger than life" because that's how you viewed them when you were eight years old, then you're making it impossible for there to ever be any media made that takes a deeper look at them that will ever satisfy you.
The problem is you, not the show. You have a child's mentality, and a need for every show made about the Jedi to coddle that mentality so that you can bathe in nostalgia and never grow up, and you need to work on that for yourself. It's time to grow up.
"Hopefully the water wasn't cold."😂😂😂😂
I believe Sol knew who Mae was because of the way she spoke about losing a lot to become a Jedi and her questioning about what happened on Brendok. You can see the realization in his face. Maybe the gopher had something to do with it but I don't know.
the scene in the pond was like a porn parody of star wars
I seen better ones
@@evangingerson1271😂
The Blue Milk Lagoon
A very, very bad parody. There are a few adult movies out there that have better acting than this.
No, no it wasn't. Maybe you're not totally film literate and that's fine. It was to convey Qimirs control of the situation, he's willing to stand there naked and defenceless in front of Osha. It’s also meant to symbolise the allure of the dark side of the force.
Kinda goofy, but i'm not mad at it. I liked that Smilo is more subtly persuasive in using emotions to win over Osha, and not cartoonish evil.
Getting completely naked in front of a teenage girl, after slaughtering her retinue is subtle to you?
its still cartoon...like 8yr old level
@@GH-ub7qzoh yeah mean like how george wrote grievous
She doesn't have "tummy issues" 🙄 Space travel unsettles her because it gives her visions.
Anakin has multiple scenes without a shirt. Also Padme’s episode 2 geonosis outfit.
In the defense of Sol, his Padawan along with many other Jedi knights he worked with were all killed. Since he is more in touch with his emotions than most of the Jedi we've seen in this series, I can imagine that his feelings of pain and loss clouded his judgement making him temporarily unable to sense mae was disguising herself as osha.
loose....lol...nah...that doesn't fly
Problem is that explanation relies on the viewer having preexisting knowledge of how jedis emotions affect their connection to the force to even be able to make those mental gymnastics on their own with no context in the actual show so what's the point of looking for any depth at that point
@@moro2485 like he said....not preestablished....and i guarantee getting destroyed in a mvm would make you focus on fundamentals untill well after....
It's sad to see Theory become what he used to protect against. I agree that his criticisms have nothing to do with race/identity/etc... but... he's gatekeeping Star Wars, and getting lazy on remembering details. When the prequels came out, there were so many who criticized how crazy it was to introduce these huge, 'whacky' new concepts (like midichlorian) to the lore that seemed to totally deviate from the continuity of the original trilogy. Yet, like Theory used to advocate for - it brought many new people in to Star Wars. I grant that back then it was George doing the 'branching' and not Disney, but still - these are people who are passionate about Star Wars trying new things, even when I don't like it myself. The constant negativity and gatekeeping are tiresome. More sad however is the constant missteps for a 'lore master'. For example, calling out the duel in Ep5 for 'how unrealistic that it is the padawan who holds their own instead of the master jedi' in the saber duel (who was it that defeated Darth Maul again?), or in this video, how "Star Wars doesn't show skin" (Leia with Jabba, anyone?), or Jedi don't eat on screen (huh?).... so many 'callouts' that are just... objectively wrong. As Theory says, we're all entitled to like or not like the content. Not suggesting he 'should' like it. But do wish he'd go back to welcoming people TO Star Wars, not just gatekeeping George Lucas. Do wish he'd go back to consistently being the loremaster - instead of conveniently forgetting to push some more negativity...
I think post Pablo Hidalgo incident kinda drove him into the arms of the cynical side of the fandom.
I agree. I'm not particularly enjoying The Acolyte but some of the criticisms seem to contradict a lot of previous things Theory liked.
I think he needs to talk to a therapist about his attachment to his childhood. Idolising the past as much as he does is not generally seen as a good thing
It's ironically the opposite to what his idol Lucas did who was always looking forward
He realised he can make more money by getting more engagement from both sides of the fence with this current personna.
Shit here i am arguing with people proving me point here and making him money basically.
See it works lol
While I agree that certain things under heavy fire are a little out of proportion, it's hard to really defend a 'new thing' if the new thing isn't really all that good. For example, the witches referring to the Force as the Thread, imo wasn't really all that bad. They were secluded and weren't hammered with the concept of the Force like the rest of the galaxy. They grew up with their own interpretation of it, and that's fine. What's not fine is destroying the concept of Force conception with the idea that random witches can do it on call.
I think where Disney as a whole f****ed up is when they did away with all the SW media we fans grew up loving and saying it wasn't canon, in favor of whatever the hell they made up. I always thought the coolest thing SW could do was adapt the Old Republic into a show or movie. A time where there were armies of Jedi and Sith duking it out... a time where there were way more Mandalorians... etc. But then Disney said no, and started doing their own thing. Many were open minded at first, and then the 'new things' just didn't hit with viewers. Instead of bringing people in, it's turning people away.
Doesn't help that a lot of their writing choices are deliberately done bc of pandering to certain 'concepts'. There are tons of IPs that have included people of different lifestyles and backgrounds that people love, but the difference between them and stuff like this is 1. the marketing and 2. the delivery. Shows like this do it in such an obnoxious way that people hate it and see it as 'agenda'. When the director and actress being interviewed giggled happily about it all, it told many fans to expect a story that was going to tell them how to view people and not decide for themselves.
I agree, some call outs that you just named are a bit petty and not the core of the problem, but that doesn't change that there is indeed a problem. Theory has pointed out lore problems with this show, but since he is doing it on an episode by episode basis, he has to simply address what he feels about this specific one. His other videos on episodes with lore breaking content, he addresses respectively.
I try not to be a cancel person, but considering the disgusting, horrific crimes of Ms Leslye Headland, it's hard to imagine watching anything she was a part of.
How dare you criticize them
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Regarding the nudity and sexual tension:
George did write and film slave-girl Leia. There is precedent of random semi-nudity.
The nudity there however served a purpose where this show just throws it in for noting. RotJ used it to humiliate Leia and establish the hedonism of Jabba. In this show its purely eye-candy for the female 'audiance'
It served a very clear purpose. Sol the Jedi stunned and trapped Mae. The Sith however offered freedom and vulnerability. He was naked and unarmed. He offered Osha the chance to kill him in his most vulnerable state, even left the lightsaber there for her to do it
@@jamesarnold7253They could have done that without him being butt naked
@@jamesarnold7253he didn’t need to be naked for this effect…
@Moomoomoomini in the Queen song Save me they didn't have to write he was naked and far from home but did to show vulnerability
The IDF don't have to strip their prisoners naked to make them vulnerable but do anyway. Nudity being used to show vulnerability is a very common thing. Especially in a series where hidden knives are a big part of the plot
@@jamesarnold7253 house of dragon did it better with aemond
The “tummy ache” is not actually due to motion sickness. In the high republic books, she actually has visions which shut down her body and transport her to other places which she cannot control. Since she hates this and probably has some trauma or stress about it, she hates traveling in hyperspace
Exactly! This and other things that are going clear over star wars theory bald head. Its sad because he's really missing some interesting stuff but cant even think straight because he already had it in his head that he hates the show. Hes really losing a lot of credibility. Thankfully we have new rockstars to give accurate breakdowns.
@@VikTheRebel oh no, I agree with him. and I hate the show too. I'm just pointing this out. yea u got the wrong take homie
@@VikTheRebel i swear that part made me stop watching theories review. Its such a pointless complaint thatakes me question his credibility.
What in the fuck is Disney actually doing
Entertaining the world❤
I watched one episode, ONE. Didn't expect the storyline to fall off this far but at the same time I am not surprised
Obi-wan hates flying. I always assumed it was because he gets motion-sick. Either way, that was the least of the problems with this episode.
My incredulous, slack-jawed face while watching this video would take my webcam on a greater emotional journey than all the facial expressions of Osha, Mae, and Venestra combined.
Is "wooden women" truly the new norm of Star Wars?
strong women acting, just look at daisy ridley in the last 3 movies... such great acting and they are bringing her back
Theory is turning into Star Wars Homelander
Hayden was shirtless as fanservice in revenge of the sith
Vernestra saying she is uneasy in hyperspace is reference to the canon novels, where she gets force visions while in hyperspace. If you are going to be a Star Wars lore channel, it’s probably a good idea to know the material before you mock the show referencing something you didn’t even know about.
The tummy issues is the character development I've been waiting for
Finally the IBS+ community have representation in Star Wars.
Firstly, there is precedent for this in legends. Secondly, even if there wasn't - Is it so inconceivable that in this universe of wizards and witches and magic and aliens that SOME people would not respond well to hyperspace travel?
@SWTheory I think George set the standard with Leia's bikini. There's nothing wrong with pushing the standard further. They did it tastefully. They're pushing the point about one path to the Darkside being "desire."
Still shocked this was 180 million dollars. Everything seems like such low quality. Especially the lightsaber in this episode
Osha’s thoughts betrayed her. She was like: Maybe I’ll stay a little longer. (After seeing Sith Quimir come out of the pool). 😂
The darkside is supposed to be alluring
@@doug-core8850 this is Twilight type sh&t where the sparkling vampires are supposed to attract human bait
@radrobd123 Well, it's working.
Haven't watched a single episode of this and don't intent to watch them.
I only watched episode 5 for the saber fights
same
Congrats!! Thank you so much for letting me know James
Probably good for our sanity to stay on this course
Intend
I have the fix for The Acolyte. Just make The Acolyte into legend. Doesn’t help with the bad writing, but it fixes all the inconsistencies in one fell swoop and we can pretend this never happened.
Just like the actual legends brand of the eu then.
What inconsistencies?
@@doug-core8850 I'm half joking, but they have to do something. The Acolyte is a disaster. So many fans were looking forward to something creative, the Sith perspective, etc and instead we got terrible writing, poor acting, inconsistency within the show itself and inconsistency with the larger SW universe and a political message that many people are sick of hearing. Making it legends kinda makes it go away. Then we have to hope Ahsoka improves. IMHO, they should have stuck with animated for the Ahsoka series.
The lightsabers look so bad. How have they regressed in twenty years?
lets also note that the female directors are only giving the shirtless scenes are only given to muscular guys
Who put Kylo Ren in a topless scene?
@@heatherinth3sky i m talking about they acolyte, also ren is still muscular, they are not as inclusive as they want to appear, no sesy scene for sol, or the padawane
Or basil
The fat Jedi won’t get a shirtless scene?
As a form of recompensation, I demand to see shirtless scenes with pretty actresses. It would only be just and equal, no?
Bro the sexual tension is a bit nit picky. George specifically had carrie be braless in her princess outfit, then there's the slave outfit. You could say he turned it down in the prequels but even then both ayla and padme had some casual midrift. Lets be real this scene had more sexual tension in it than the entirety of Anakins relationship on screen. Why does starwars have to be so good yet so bad at the same time its wild...
Definitely agree. I don't know why he says those types of scenes are unnecessary when Slave Leia sets a huge precedent. I also think his gripe about showing Jedi eating is stupid. The force stopping you from needing to poop and eat is really dumb, and I hope that's not a canon thing. How does needing to eat detract from someone who can block blaster fire, force push, and read the minds and intentions of people? Another comment also mentioned Yoda cooking in Empire.
I agree with most of Theory's points, but he has some baffling takes from time to time.
I'm actually glad now that the show is gay because then I don't have think too much about the sexual tension between those two 😭
So basically this show is just a feminist revenge fantasy “the originals did it to us so now we’re gonna do it to the men”
@@tradertrader6070 You could be right, but the funny thing is that no one is gonna feel triggered by this. Straight ladies will love it. Gay men will love it. Straight dudes are probably like "That guy is jacked, I want to go workout," and the actor himself is probably like "Fuck yeah, look at me."
So who exactly is the target of the revenge lol?
If george didn't want sexual tension he would have not put Natalie Portman in those outfits
Same with Slave Leia then….what a double standard.
*me, listening to Theory's sarcastic tone*
"I can *feel* your anger. It gives you focus. Makes you stronger...."
I like how Vernestra wears some kind of 70’s v-neck underneath her “Jedi clothes”.
That's an ADIDAS soccer jersey from the 70's!
Vernestra doesn't get sick in hyperspace, as shown in the High Republic books when she was actually a good character, she just gets force visions.
I wish he did some research before posting the “review” but it’s whatever
Look, I'm not defending this dumpster fire, but she said "its unsettling" and could point to force visions and not nausea.
@@mercuryshadow09 I'm talking about what he said in the video
@@user-fu1tg6zz4vyeah I got it now, I commented literally right before he got to that part. 😂
Theory needs to spend less time hanging out with choreographers and more time in understanding Star Wars. If he doesn’t have time to do the research then he could simply watch Screencrush.
I think this is the first time canon ever had a naked scene at all for anything ever in Star Wars.
I just wanna shoutout whoever in the watch party said “Darth Sushi Roll” when the bathing in the pond scene happened. youre a menace 😂
Lmaaao “a very masculine jedi” 🤣
George slapped all sorts of sexual tension into AotC 😂
To me the scene was less about sexual tension as much as it was Qimir manipulating Osha by creating an illusion of vulnerability. It's all power games to get her to be receptive to the seeds of doubt he intends to plant.
Exactly. Seduction does not have to be sexual.
I see you, Disney shills. They've all piled on to Theory and you guys are terrible at blending in.
@@BryceShamwow you see only what your imagination comes up with, apparently 🤦
Only clowns and losers call people "Disney shills" based on nothin but an observation and literally zero statements on whether the shit has been good or not. 🤦
@@BryceShamwow being able to be critical of everything and also being fair isn’t being a Disney shill it’s being a normal person sexual tention in Star Wars isn’t new like at all y’all are just mad that Disney did it too I’m not a huge fan of this show I don’t hate it like most people but I’m also not like in love with it and there are flaws and things I don’t like
@@tommyfamolare8740 "Y'all".
The problem is complacency and comfort. Normally, at some point someone with some degree of authority would call out all this BS before the production even starts. Someone would have fired these ‘writers’ and actually filmed a Star Wars show. But apparently, now any kind of hypocritical dumb-ass incoherent idea passes through. Because of complacency. No standards anymore. Not for quality, not even for the kids watching.
I think maybe George Lucas now prefers to have attempted to do that 10-year project and risk not being able to finish it than watch how his creation is perverted and shat on.
So you're shitting out all that despite reshoots and even bigger production overhauls being a big part of lucasfilm modern film making history.
With your baseless argument duel of fates would've gotten the full go ahead.
I agree with most things theory says but there was no issue with men being shirtless most shows do worse with women and actual nudity and we literally have slave leia in ep 5 and both anakin and kylo shirtless for a scene it’s nothing to complain about
Most of the other stuff he says is equally ridiculous so consider this a wakeup call. He goes into these with the mindset "Disney bad, now how do I justify that?" and works backwards.
@@F0XD1E Well there is a good amount Disney does wrong but no everything
Honestly as much as I do hate the acolyte for how much it breaks canon. I disagree with the notion of Jedi being larger than life to an extent, you don’t really need to be told that they take shits, that’s just common sense, you can see Jedi multiple times drinking (Anakin and Obi-Wan in Hondo’s bar) or eating (Anakin and Padme, or Anakin and Ahsoka going to a diner) which that kinda thing I feel builds relatability with the characters. It doesn’t work with acolyte cuz who’s relating with Shrek’s long lost cousin?
That isn't even what that scene is referring to. In the novels hyperspace travel causes Vernestra to have uncontrollable force visions. It's a reference for those who have read the books to go "oh cool", but without that knowledge I can see how it might seem quite goofy.
"You don't really want to think of them as Humans. They're supposed to be much larger than life"
Luke, who started out as a simple moisture farmer that grew to save the Galaxy.
Yoda, disguised on Dagobah as a hermit that invites Luke to come inside his hovel and *gasp* eat food.
Anakin, born a slave who loses his mother and the entire prequel trilogy is about the turmoil between his human emotions and the dogma of the Jedi.
Dude, you've completely lost it.
And Vernestra getting unsettled in hyperspace was a legends thing which unsurprisingly you weren't aware of but will use it as criticism against showrunners you claim don't understand the lore. Classic.
atleast some ppl in the comments arent insane, half his takes are just horrible and make no sense at all anymore, just hating to hate the show
he can’t make an objective review anymore and it’s sad
WAIT! I had to come back to this just to ask. I’m not watching this crap because I hate what they’ve done to SW but that Sith guy without his shirt for some reason, did he just say “rule of two” are they trying to say he started that instead of BANE?! Please don’t tell me they’ve gone that stupid. I know they have reached astounding levels of stupid but this idea would be just sad.
Bro forgot about slave Leia and padme and shirtless anakin. And the masculine comment, really?
The lightwip reminded me of Family Guy Obi-Wan 😂 I laughed so hard.
1:47 lol the “hopefully the water wasn’t cold” actually was so funny
are the Sith immune from shrinkage?
@@radrobd123 Secrets only the Sith know…
“The very masculine Jedi”🙃🙃🙃
Vernestra doesn't get sick while travelling through hyperspace. She gets powerful force visions in hyperspace which she defensively describes as "unsettling".
Bro said Jedi shouldn’t be seen eating 😂 completely forgot about ep 1 with qui gon, Luke eating aunt beru/owen, Luke eating with yoda, Kenobi at dex’s diner. A WILD take theory, good lord man
Hate has clouded his mind. Dude has actual brain worms.
Maybe. I figured he meant like there should be more substance. Like the examples u gave aren't about them eating, nor are they filling time with them eating, they instead discuss issues. That said I see ur point as well
Jedi cant eat? What do they do then?
In robot chicken episode Yarael Poof gets them pizza 😂
@@lgc41004 yeah this episode was pretty bad and the show is nothing special, but so many of theorys criticisms in this video felt so asinine
As Osha beheld Qimir emerging from the water, she grasped the hilt of his massive black lightsaber firmly in both hands. The phallic connotations of the lightsaber's design were not lost on her or the audience, and Osha's grip on it seemed to convey a sense of power and control.
But does his saber have a red tip?