ACOLYTE Episode 8 BREAKDOWN - Every STAR WARS Easter Egg & ENDING EXPLAINED!
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What if Qimir and Osha are.. Palpatines parents!!!!! Even though the mother is of a different ethnic origin than Qimir, in real life it's still possible to give birth to a caucassian child ifthe mother is darker skinned. In real life Amandla 's parents are from different ethnic backgrounds. Also I wonder if Palpatine's life was extended like Qimir's? So he's actually older than he appears hence more knowledgable about the force.
Ashla and Bogan were both moons of Tython.
Only want season 2 so 🕶️Critical Drinker🥃 & Nerdrotic 👓 can Roast the 💩 outta them🔥
Garbage show
That cameo was actually Darth Tenebrous and not Darth Plagueis. It is evident because they made a point to cover his face from the nose down so as not to reveal his true identity. Also, Darth Plagueis would have a longer head.
Qimir romantically holds Osha’s hand while gazing over the vast ocean…Osha whispers quietly in Qimir’s ear…”I hate water. It’s wet, it’s cold, and it gets everywhere…”
😎
It’s like poetry. It rhymes.
LOL!!!
She did get a full view of the bod... Almost like Adam driver's Burberry centaur aftershave ad 😂
That would have been only if George Lucas was writing the script.
How do we know it was romantically???
Everybody knows that all the first cuss words in SW were from R2-D2.
Or chopper 😂
@@lucasO3032 Chopper is definitely the MVP . He is the rudest droid in Star Wars history
Then Darth Chopper took it to a whole other level 😂😂😂
That's why they were bleeped.
Beep Beep Beep Beep Mofo!!
When Palpatine tells Anikin the "The Tragedy of Darth Plaguis the Wise" was not a story the Jedi would tell him, it was implying it was a story they knew, were just withholding.
O shit man, good point! Always just took it at face value but now with Acolyte you get an example of how it might actually look instead of just vacuous words.
I don't think that's implied at all. We know the Jedi are clueless when it comes to the identity of the sith, why would they know enough to identify Palpatine's master?
The fact that we have a live action Star Wars that put a LOT of time and effort into incredibly well choreographed lightsaber fights makes me happy... 😊 There hasn't been lightsaber fights this good since the prequels. I'm tempted to say that the lightsaber fights in The Acolyte are the best we've ever seen.
Have you ever heard the tragedy of Han Solo the blind? He was the correllian smuggler who lost his sight the same time his girl was in a metal bikini.
Brilliant. 🤣
It's not a story that would be told without rancor.
Why are we ignoring the tracker sabotaging Sol's ship?
Because it made no sense AT ALL
The tracker was probably trying to keep sol from killing mae. He was about to shoot her down. But maybe the “tracker” sensed that the dark side of mae that was in mae was actually transferred to Osha.
Dude yes! Little guy was sniffing around and knew something was up the entire episode. Wtf!
Because it's in a long line of things that don't make sense with this series.
Basil answered to a higher power (Jedi), he had no choice but to sabotage Sol (before he did something stupid again).
I'm still confused about why that rat-lookin tracker decided to break the wires in Soles ship...like that was really random😂
@@divi1139 I took it as self preservation. Bazil disabled the ship because he thought Sol was gonna get them killed from his erratic flying.
Yes, that bugged me quite a bit. I never felt like we could understand what that dude was thinking. In the earlier episode when Mae is pretending to be Osha on the ship, I kept thinking he was going to smell the difference and know it was Mae since he was tracking her scent before. Once Sol figured out the ruse and stunned Mae, Bazzil was standing behind him in the scene, so I guess that's what they were implying, but it wasn't very clear.
as the Force live in every creature, I think it sensed Sol going evil trying to kill Mae
@@shadowthiago93 I dont think Sol was trying to kill Mai..if that's what he wanted he would have just done it when he had the chance...but also if that was the case why did Sol just leave the tracker in the ship like nothing happened, like he didnt just sabotage everything😂
@@arvelcrynyd6311 if this was the case, I would have liked a dialog bewtween Sol and the tracker where Sol voices some frustration towards the tracker for stopping him from getting to Mai
Don't forget, Cassian and Jyn looking out at the sunset at the end of Rogue One.
In Legends Luke constructed a shorter "shoto" lightsaber to defend against Lumiya's light-whip. He has that because of vernestra!
That's genius
in the sequel book to Star Wars, Splinter of the minds eye, he can just shorten his saber with a dial on his saber. So he did it first both times
Good catch, didn't even think of that.
Best comment I’ve seen so far great catch !
If only this series was as great as the Lumiya narrative!
This comment section is a breath of fresh air compared to all of the hate on SW Theory's channel.
hate? they break canon and truly messed this entire star wars universe smh
@@CarlosLara-xu1mju then go watch swt😂
@@CarlosLara-xu1mjIt's better than its ever been. Stop watching if you're not enjoying it. You people have been bitching since 2017.
@@nathandts3401you people? Yeah, us people have stopped watching it, go check the viewership stats. Will it prevent more bad shows? Unlikely.
Theory just complains... attracts the negative fans..
When Sol did the force repulse like Starkiller in The Force Unleashed game I lost my mind.
because these guys have sold out..sad
When you mentioned a pair of characters gazing outward together for the endings of the darker Star Wars films, there is another one: Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor holding hands and then embracing on the beach of Scarif as the blast wave from the Death Star laser shot approaches and overtakes them.
I love how when Qimir's former master senses him in the Force, he acts like Jason Mendoza realizing a scheme has just gone south. "Later homies".
The scene was nonsensical. Qimir saw the ship and outright told Sol the ship was there for Sol, not him. He knows more Jedi are here and that his cover's still good as they're tracking Sol, not him, but then nonsensically let's his cover be blown by letting Vernestra sense him. Qimir's been able to hide his force powers with or without his helmet, there's zero reason Vernestra should sense him unless he's just waving around his force powers for anybody to sense at the moment. At minimum all he had to do was put his helmet back on and prevent it.
It was dumb and done only so Headland could "reveal" what everybody already suspected which was that Qimir was Vernestra's former pupil. Which winds up having zero bearings on anything as Vernestra instead blames Sol for everything instead of just blaming Qimir who actually was behind it and she knew was there.
@@therealmarkg171but she said i thought you are dead or somethinglike that after sensing him so there clearly is a connection and he immediately noticed its not any jedi but her so he went to hide and then he also observed her but did mot attack showing again that he is scared of her or at leastrepsects her or her strength
@@kilian8965 The issue is why he's letting himself be sensed at all when he knows there's other Jedi on the planet now who don't yet know about him. He should be concealing himself.
@therealmarkg171 Did he know she was with the group before they sensed each other?
@@casadelosperrosstudio200 Irrelevant. He knew the ship contained Jedi and that they were there for Sol and not him so he was sensing those things at minimum. It makes zero sense that he left himself open to be sensed back.
As, you know, based on the fact that once he’s sensed he blocks them again. Instead of just having done that before ever being caught.
Han’s “see you in hell” in Empire wasn’t the first SW curse word.
In the first movie, Han called Obi-Wan a “damn fool” and also said to Leia “What the hell are you doing?” Owen also said “there’ll be hell to pay.”
What is hell in the star wars world?
It's surprising to me how so many people think this was the first use of 'hell' in SW.
@@AlachiAnayo Could be a metaphor of Mustafar
@@alexp601it just sucks that people are getting mad at this, when there are so many other issues with the show
@@xsethnelson absolutely. Bad pacing. Intentionally about 75% dead air or repetition. Could have told an amazing and tragic story...but they chose to try to milk it for another 5 season shit pile worth about 20 minutes of good content spread across those episodes. We all should have known this was coming from the instant we first saw the runtime.
That no-shadow kick by Sol is what I have been waiting for (from Star Wars) for years! that was the best live action saber battle, yet.
I love your positive spin on things! Im so here for this.
Peter Griffin’s lightsaber cheese knife walked so Kimir’s mini saber could run
How GREAT was LEE JUNG jae's performance.. including his amazing fighting and lightsaber skills
🙌
he was cooking but it didnt convince osha at all lol
Fight scenes in this series are the best among other D+ SW series.
@@ladyvader2648 fight scenes were great
@@stephanieparker5049 True. I don't want this show cancelled because it's a waste if we won't see those fight scenes anymore, especially a potential Qimir vs Vern. I just hope they'll improve the writing.
Am I allowed to say I really loved this show?
Yes!
Props to chris cowan who designed the fights. Tossed a little Donny Yen bicycle kick in there too.
I must say this channel is good at its job.. I come to these videos to learn about movies and shows … not sit and hate on it as a group … these days it’s hard to learn anything new about SW bc everyone stuck in the past
And there’s sooooo much ironically sith-ish behavior! It’s… a lot. This is a lovely haven of appreciation and loving critique. It’s a breath of fresh air.
He misses things from time to time. There are better breakdown channels
Yup it's totally hard to enjoy something that sucks and actually used to be decent and welcoming and consistent. I feel you. 😂
This isn't Star Wars.
@@terjehansen0101" tHiS IsNt sTaR wArS"🥴🥴🥴
The senator was Martian manhunter on the CW's Supergirl
couldnt pin point where i'd seen him ...thanks
I thought I’d seen him!
Thank you! Wracked my memory.
And Hank Henshaw
He’s also Warlin Door from Alan Wake 2.
A minor mystery we didn't get an answer to. How did Mai get off Brendock and meet Quimer. Hope I spelled the names right.
This! She says she waited by the tree, but for how long and for who?? Mother Koril must figure in somehow, as we never know her fate.
1) How did the senate find out about Jedi dying but not the High Council?
2) Why is the senate talking to Vernestra at all? Does she lead the high council now? All the Jedi?
3) What was that ridiculous Plagueis cameo? It makes no sense! Was he there all along?
4) Why did Sol go into the asteroids? Why not just follow her outside of it?
5) Why was Sol targetting her? Was he going to shoot her down?
6) Why did Basil rip those cords out?
7) Why didn’t Sol just kill Qimir?
8) How the fk did OSHA bleed the crystal that fast without a problem? This almost KILLED Darth Vader!!
9) Where did OSHA’s force powers come from all of a sudden?
10) Why did Sol give up to OSHA? She pulled a Sabine SUDDENLY being super powerful? If she had the power all along then why could she not pull PIP to her on the prison transport?
11) Why is the senate having a conversation with Vernestra about the Jedi? Why are they not speaking to the high council?
12) Why did Mae let herself get captured? What did that do for them?
13) Why did Vernestra solidify the senates belief that the Jedi can go bad with her lie? How does that "protect" the Jedi?
14) How did the high council NOT know that Vernestra was full of shit?
15) Am I suppose to believe all the Jedi that know the truth also chose to lie to the High Council? There are at least a dozen Jedi ALONE in the situation room watching Mae (not Sol) kill the Jedi. None of them talked? They ALL kept the secret??
16) Mae spends 16 years feeding on hate and then suddenly does good?
17) OSHA spends 16 years being good and then suddenly becomes evil?
18) Why would Qimir all of a sudden be Dr Love to Osha?
19) How the fk can Yoda be a part of this lie?
20) If Qimir can wipe a persons mind with the flick of a wrist then why not ALWAYS do that? Why fight at all if you can just revert anyone to the age of 1? How was this powerful ability so easy to do?
21) How come the Jedi can sometimes sense people and sometimes need a tracker?
22) How did OSHA power the elevator? The power supply for that facility blew up 16 years prior! She didn't have an alternate power source so HOW?? Where did the power come from?
What the fk did I just watch????
Regarding your review... Ryan...
1) Vernestra did NOT frame Sol to "protect the Jedi Order". Telling the Senate that their fears are REAL does not protect the Jedi, it weakens them. She did it to protect herself and you know it!
2) You said that we see who Vernestra was reporting to "the entire time" but you know that's bullshit too! She specifically said that she was going to keep it from the High Council (you claim Yoda himself ordered her to keep it from the council without a single shread of proof to that) and had she been reporting to Yoda 'the whole time' then she wouldn't have anything to tell him at the end? He'd already know.
3) Yoda did keep things from the Senate in the past but NEVER from the High Council. What are you talking about?
4) The fight between Qimir and Sol was well done, I must admit, but the fight between OSHA and Mae was ridiculous. If you watch, not a single strike is intended to hit the opponent. They're just hitting each others strikes.
5) Why do you keep implying that Sol did something evil? The witch turned into a dark cloud, demon looking spirit (with sharp teeth) and appeared to be absorbing Mae (who Sol thought was OSHA). How can you NOT see he was reacting to protect and not to murder? YES, he should of done any number of things other than go lethal but there is no denying he did it as a protective measure and not an evil move!
6) Vernestra "might" be up to no good? MIGHT BE?? She LITERALLY lied to the council AND the senate. She IS up to no good!
7) Qimir tells Mae she cannot kill a Jedi with a weapon and yet the 1st Jedi she kills was with a weapon? Explain?
8) All us 'continuity hawks' are still right! Ki Adi Mundi KNEW the Jedi were killed by an assassin and NOT by Sol so he's STILL lying in TPM. How do you NOT see that?
9) Ryan... Vernestra's chair looks NOTHING like Emperor Palpatines... come on man!
10) If Qimir is not a Sith then WHY would Lesley Headland say this is a show about THE SITH? ANd if Qimir IS a Sith then why the hell is he being so NICE!? That's not how the dark side works!
Ryan... MAKE IT MAKE SENSE and stop the shill antics bro!
I think most questions you raise in Part one of your comment section are fair. No one has ever said this show is perfect.
I think your weakest arguments are in points 8 and 10 of your reply to Ryan’s view are the weakest. Just because the ‘assassin’ kills Jedi does not make them a Sith. It was Mae, and, who knows, she might become a Jedi? Venestra says at the end that ‘she wants to make this right’. Does Mae become a Jedi? In which case would Ki Adi Mundi still not be right in what he says?? Even when OSHA kills Sol, she’s not a Sith.
As to point 10, is this not a show about the emergence of the Sith. I am also reminded that Palpatine was ‘so nice’ to Anakin as he groomed him. The same might be happening here. Good comments but I just wanted to make some observations.
I’m hoping that the $180m budget was for two seasons - because there should be no way on Hell’s Earth this first season should have cost $180m to make, in my view.
@@craigoliver7723 Fair counter points. According to Ryan though, the flying through the ice scene apparently shows where the money went... I know the assassin killing Jedi doesn't make her a Sith but what I'm saying is that a room full of people saw that video and it was CLEARLY not Sol doing the killing so I'm wondering if Vernestra's entire enclave is lying with her or what? If they are well... Ki Adi Mundi is also part of that lie now. I can by a Jedi or 2 going dark but an entire enclave of them?? Makes little sense.
Still confused why it seemed the twins switched ideologies so seemingly easily.
Mae was always more follow orders, akin to the jedi
Osha wanted to be free, away from the rules
Mae just wanted Osha to know the truth. And Osha was basically raised by the man who killed her mom. And everyone else died because of the jedi. And Sol lied to her.
Because they're not twins, they're the same person.
Daenerys Targaryen type character arcs
Bad writing obviously
I love how Doug just started quoting Weird Al Yankovics song Yoda 😂❤
He's been into the 'member berries.
You mentioned again about all the sith triangles in this series. I don't ever remember hearing anyone mention this before, but I recently noticed that Shmi Skywalker's belt has a bunch of triangles on it too!! Poetry it rhymes!!
Great job with your reviews. I always look forward to them just as much as the episodes.
whoever wrote the "Troy and Abed in the morning" into this video, i thank you
every time Ryan said 'emotions' in this video, all i heard in my head was Troy yelling 'My Emotions...MY EMOTIONS!!'
I just want to say 'Thank you Ryan and co!!!" You have given such a great review of this series without all of the negativity that I have seen on other channels. I am a 51-year-old woman who remembers the hatred given to the prequels when they came out. Then watched all the hatred for the Disney movies. This show is NOT as bad as a lot of SW fans are saying it is. It's not perfect, but nothing is. I have enjoyed it and am glad to find a space that doesn't try to shame me for doing so. I so want a season 2. I need to see more of Darth Plagueis! 😍 Let me go buy a ScreenCrush t-shirt! Thanks again for 7 great videos about this series.
Woah there grandma settle down.
What was your favorite part about it?
@serenadeX31 Wow, never expected to see ageism directed toward me. But since you have no idea what I look like, I'll just shrug and wish you good health as you continue to live your life.
@@patrickhayden8183 I really liked The Stranger, Manny Jacinto's character. I was really interested in his dynamic and if there is a season 2, hope we see his backstory. Of course as Palpatine will rise, it means The Stranger gets killed, but they should be able to do a season about him.
I agree. The negativity gets old. I enjoy watching all the new shows.
I enjoyed this series! I hope they continue it. As always, Screencrush “crushes” the coverage! Also, I laughed out loud when Ryan says “…they’re going to smash”
Thank you ScreenCrush for the great content!! See ya on the next Star Wars project!!
I’m sorry you turn into a smoke demon without any warning you’re getting the saber…. Nobody believes the witches were just some friendly old ladies raising two kids from dark magic to be upstanding citizens 😂
Exactly
What about the mole guy? He's still alive, I feel like he saw everything on the forest planet
Basil had space rabies and the Jedi had to space shoot him behind the space woodshed with their space shotgun
He also saw sol try to shoot down Mae. So maybe he decided to go along to go along.
Mind control, “accidental” death, pay out., willingness to cooperate. there are lots of reasons he would go along with the public story
Turns out that the most milquetoast Jedi of all, Venestra's padawan assistant Poindexter, is the only one still alive that can talk to Basil. And since no one, especially Venestra, listens to a damn thing Poindexter ever says no one finds out about the Sith except Yoda. The end
He wasn't present for all of it. You could argue his perspective is equally unreliable. I also don't think he personally saw Qimir.
I flipped out of my seat when I saw Darth Plagueis
I could be wrong but I feel like this show was like specifically designed to be watched one episode at a time like most weekly released shows AND to be watched all over again back to back in a binge session. Because I chose to rewatch every single episode before watching the finale and I personally feel like it made the show so SO much more enjoyable overall. You almost get even more/better context from previous episodes simply by having knowledge gained from later episodes. Like the scene where The Stranger cuts down a forest full of Jedi, knowing he couldn't see a f**king thing, imo, makes that scene so much cooler.
THAT LIGHTSABER FIGHT WAS EPIC
Doug - Nice job working in the Weird Al reference. Good dog!
At 16:29 - This wasn't a reveal ... Qimir killed Jecki with the little one
Or did he?
Interesting. Hadn’t thought about that.
@@craigoliver7723 Return of the Jecki!
When Vernestra calls someone and you hear the voice on the other end saying “it’s highly unorthodox, but I will see what I can do” the voice sounds JUST like Papa Palps.
That's what I thought too!
Yeah so Palpatine is a human. He wouldn't be alive. They can't retcon that because it's established lore in the sequels. It's literally the plot. He has a human lifespan and wants to live longer. If he was born earlier, that means by the culmination of the entire series, he was quite literally still on that quest. So how or why would it be Palpatine?
It’s not him though.
Ya I pointed this out on like six videos. Nobody responded. It definitely was him no? Like he was some lackey at the time.. Good ear!
Birthdays don't matter in Star Wars anymore lol
So am I the only one who thinks they named the Tynnan Bazil after The Great Mouse Detective? Basil of Baker Street, master detective… hmmm 🤔
I thought he was named after the MI5 guy from “Austin Powers - International Man of Mystery”
I thought it was the Siberian hamster from fawlty towers (I’m old)
Bazil is Tynnan for Penfold.
Doug with that Community reference lolol 😂
Ohh... I never watched community. That's why I didn't get it but it was still clearly meant for a wide audience.
Qimir's whole design was very Japanese inspired. He wore a Gi, his mask was clearly inspired by Hannya masks, and he had a Wakizashi. I loved this show, really hoping for a second season.
Same. The internet responded really badly thanks to the weekly release, so I hope they rethink the way they tell the story in a second season. But I am pleased the final episode tied everything together.
I absolutely loved this show, the suspense and horror aspects of the show were done beautifully. The lightsaber duels were some of the best in all of Star Wars.
I feel Qimir might still start the Knights of Ren. He may be an acolyte to Plagueis, or even just an assassin like Ventriss was for Dooku. Qimir might be thought to be dead, but comes back and starts the KoR. Plagueis will use Osha (and maybe Mae) to figure out how to make his own vergence in the force. Really good episode, and series, leaving us with a lot of questions.
During the awesome lightsaber sound (18:56), the stranger is trying to pull Sol’s saber into his helmet to try and deactivate it. Sol, remembering this from the forest, deactivates/destroys the siths saber.
Do you know what fighting style Sol uses? I REALLY like it!
Thank you for that!!! I forgot he kept smashing his helmet into their sabers!!!
@@davidcassout45 Yeah, I caught that too and thought it was pretty clever. Sol turning off his own saber before it could be deactivated put Qimir off balance and allowed Sol to gain the upper hand. That was some awesome choreography!
Sol did the forbidden Anakin lightsaber technique! 😂
Absolutely loved the Acolyte and really want a season 2. I want to see how this story continues to unfold!
I really love your videos because you can easily speak about the good and the bad of Star Wars without being like those annoying old fans… it’s really refreshing… ❤
Been waiting for this all day!!!
Yeah he and dog are way better then new rockstars imo
The bleeding of the lightsaber was awesome in live action
I think what everyone is missing is that Qimir is actually Darth Venamis who is looking for an apprentice so he can eventually overthrow his master Darth Tenebrous! What Qimir doesn’t know is his master had another apprentice Darth Plagueis who was SPYING on Qimir and Osha and if we get a season 2 we will see Darth Plagueis take his place as the master of eventually Palpatine in season three
This was an amazing finale honestly. I had a great time watching it, and almost every channel is hating on it for not strictly following the canon books that no one has read since 2012.
They are not canon books.... That's the whole flaw in such criticism. They never were canon.
I didn’t mind the rest of the season but this finale was terrible
Mind wipe is also a big call back to what happened to Darth Revan
And Quinlan Voss.
And it didn't work with Revan so Mae's probably getting her memories back, if they get another season.
@@KingOfMadCows Well Revan wasn't actually willing ^^"
@@KingOfMadCowsummmm it did
Well in this episode it felt more like Men in Black.
I just watched the whole thing start to finish.
"Balance in the Force" is the best fantasy element in Star Wars writing. That's why I needed this show.
All throughout Star Wars (if we've been watching closely), we've been told that we're only getting a "certain point of view." There's alot of pressure on Sith characters. I like Qimir quite a bit.
Thanks for pointing out all of the balance themes!
Finally, somebody who appreciates Acolyte for what it is and doesn't criticize it for "ruining canon" or "diverse casting"
Hey Ryan. Just want to say that I was a huge New Rockstars fan since Wandavision, but I come here first now. You guys crush it and I love your content.
In legends the only way Luke could defeat lady lumiya who has a lightwhip was with a shoto. I suspect that’s why Qimir has one. You see he uses the helmet to hide himself from his former master Vern. If he ever wanted to defeat her with her lightwhip he’ll need a shoto.
The shoto is a neat idea actually. One thought I've always had waws to take the Darth Maul saber... and add a catch so it can break in two. Thus literally have two light sabers connect, or pop apart as you will.
Did anyone else find it hard to sympathize with Osha and Mae after OSHA killed Sol? Their story was sad. But just as a viewer who was conditioned to sympathize with Sol, I just didn’t feel much emotion towards their heartfelt goodbye at the end after force choking Sol to death.
I don't know if we were supposed to fully sympathize with her any more than we're supposed to sympathize with any dark side user, especially the Sith. At moments in the past, we have had reason to feel for a number of Sith or at least see where they are coming from (think Dooku through Tales of the Jedi, Ventress, Baylan, Anakin), but I don't quite think we've ever really sympathized with them.
It's just poor writing; Sol was just about to reveal his deep emotions for Osha, but, wait! She has learned the Darth Vader death grip! Seriously? If anything, have Qimir kill Sol before he can address Osha with his version. That would have made more sense.
@joshuarigney9529 Ya Anakin being a good example, he is arguably the main character in the prequel trilogy and his switch to the dark side is so fast and drastic and he absolutely loses his mind by the end, hardly sympathetic after choking out his pregnant wife
I don’t think we are supposed to sympathize with her but at least understand her point of view. “Just because I understand doesn’t mean I agree.” - Tech
I agree
Thank you for all the neutral, unbiased reviews of The Acolyte!
Mae being told to feed on her anger when she was a kid led to her setting the coven on fire and killing everyone. She had a lot of regrets and this probably kept her from really being able to stray into anger again. So she had trouble to pass the tests to join the Sith. Osha on the other hand never got to cope with that because the Jedi doesn't allow them to experience emotions, teachings she still held on to after she left.
Ah yes, Sol did it and acted alone. The guy who was on coruscant teaching younglings during the first murder.
“A rogue Jedi named Sol killed his accomplices”
The Jedi still know that Mae was the assassin that killed Indara and Torbin, they just now think Sol was her master orchestrating everything.
They litterly said he killed his accomplices as well. Guess you missed that part. 🥴
I didn’t miss it. In the context of the statement about accomplices Vernestra was referring to the 3 other Jedi he was on a mission with 16 years ago.
Yeah sorry man. I respect your positivity but I think you’re losing credibility with your takes on this show.
When the show started I said “If I get to see a cameo of Plagueis once I’ll be happy.” I’m happy 😂
a glass of putrid swamp water would probably make you happy if you like anything about this dumpster fire.
@@johnprovenzano-nb4fz If you're so repulsed by other people liking something you don't, you are very confused about how enjoyment works. That doesn't makes you smart either, just needlessly aggressive.
@@vanlaser5385wah wah waaaaah
Is that all it takes to make a shill happy?
@@vanlaser5385 If you think that's an insult, you are gravely mistaken. We've seen what makes you cheer, your boos mean nothing
This was an awesome breakdown! I always look forward to running to your channel after watching these shows
LOVED when you played Seal’s “Kiss by a Rose” when Anakin meets the younglings.
i really enjoyed the series a lot, for so many reasons! I and am looking forward to more of this!
Thank you! Good to see some Acolyte love. Before this came out, I had doubts and didn’t think it would be good. But I was still gonna watch it ‘cause I love Star Wars. This show proved me wrong and won me over in the end. And I really want a season 2. They left many opportunities open.
Literally just got on YT to see if SC uploaded anything yet, I was not disappointed.
Same, but was disappointed as it was not here 2 hours ago. I feel better now ;P
Let's say it again. THAT IS SOME GOOD STAR WARS
They stuck the landing a lot cleaner than I could have expected and am glad they setup the next season so well while finishing this one's arcs
There is no second season
@@robertmaness7714 hopefully
@@robertmaness7714 There will be.
A continuous plot conveniences leading up to very last scene.
@@paulbirkenstock1959 unless they get better writers
You can always know when an episode is written by Ryan because of the "your mom" jokes lol, I love it
Lol who is the character he was talking about though? Do you know?
@@angelabrowne8617Your mom.
One of the few positive and deep analysis of this show online. The show wasn't all the way crap! Thanks for showing how the show does have "The Force With it."
I enjoyed this show more than Kenobi
He saw this show as Star Wars, and STAR WARS and he didn’t feed the trolls. The show was not perfect but it was entertaining.
21:40. Also as soon as Vernestra sensed Qimir, he quickly put his cortosis helmet on to avoid the Jedi Master to read his thoughts.
He knows he's in trouuuubulllll!
I would like to thank this channel for being neutral and not just bashing the series
Season two: Yes, please.
This opens up a way to make some wonderful stories about the Sith. Additionally, I think it can show how the Sith didn't just take over all at once, rather the Sith were slowly working in the shadows, manipulating the Senate as well as the Jedi, all while using assassins/acolytes to spread chaos without revealing their existence and their plans.
Hellllll No! This show was fucking horrible
@@daveg2938then don’t watch it
It’s such a simple thing to do really
@@mikeljackson9192 why I like star wars? When star wars is BAD I will call it out. Cry about it
Just enjoying SW content.
This is the only place to get a NON BIASED Star Wars reaction. Cannot stand the other channels besides Star Wars explained. Both of these channels give info and not their bias
So, like two weeks ago Osha could not pick up a set of keys with the force. Are we to expect that force choke was so powerful, that the now powerful Sol couldnt resist it? She must be a fast learne...rememberer.
My bigger problem with the whole thing is that it was me who got the power of many from their mother. The ceremony was interrupted before Osha could get hers. So if Osha is the more powerful one then what was the ceremony?
Because Mae & Osha are the same person.... They have an affinity for the dark side and the only reason why Mae was stronger than Osha in the beginning was because she was tapping into the dark side. When Osha started tapping into the dark side she became way stronger. She couldn't become a Jedi because her power was in her emotions which the Jedi teach you to suppress. Also they gave you hints that Osha & Mae were sharing skills/abilities. Osha picked up Mae's fighting style without ever being taught it and Mae picked up Osha's mechanic abilities with the robot, the door, etc.
But you forgot she read the script.
I think he just let it happen. He literally said that it’s okay
One of my favorite small details of this episode was how Kimir, Mae and Osha triangulated around Sol.
The "that's your mom" jokes always catch me off guard. The one at 22:15 actually had me invested
But why does she keep changing her motivation?
I absolutely love that show. Hope they soon start filming season 2
Am i the only one who was happy to see Martian manhunter? I yelled 😂
I yelled too.
Thanks again for your reasonable coverage of The Acolyte. The toxicity online is outrageous. I can't understand how "fans" can bitch so incessantly about some things. They obviously just WANT to hate everything new.
I can appreciate that some people like the content produced by Disney, but I also understand how Disney is destroying what many fans loved about Star Wars. It's like their content is wearing a Star Wars costume, but it's definitely an imposter. Sometimes, depending on who heads the content, it actually feels like Star Wars, but then it's forced to tie into the stuff that doesn't.
If you truly don't understand, think of a favorite IP from your childhood--going back decades--then imagine the IP is sold, and the new owners throw away most of that fictitious world you grew up experiencing, so that they could do whatever they wanted with that world. Being optimistic, you might say 'ok, let's give them a chance to retell the history of that world'. Then the new owners took that opportunity to crap all over the characters, and established lore, that you loved about that fictitious world...and there was nothing you could do about it, except yell STOP! PLEASE STOP! You might think that, because they didn't have a problem tossing out decades of lore, that they would hear their fans, and then course-correct--nope, instead they tell you that YOU are the bad person for not liking their story.
I know Star Wars isn't the only IP to receive this treatment--many stories have been retold many different ways--but Star Wars was special to so many--no one thought it would receive the 'hey, you know what we should do?... (insert idea that's not born from the story, but from an agenda, goal, or the desire to subvert expectations)" treatment--as if the characters and lore didn't matter.
To be clear though, no one wants to not like Star Wars anymore. I remember not liking 'The Force Awakens', but people were optimistic, saying we just have to wait for the sequel. Honestly, I don't know why they felt that way, it just wasn't good Star Wars, but just in case I was wrong, I hit the theater for the opening night of 'The Last Jedi'. I was face-palming through that entire movie...it was cringe-inducing. I don't remember a single moment of the audience cheering or anything. When I left the theater that night...I knew. Star Wars would never be the same experience ever again, it was something else--something meant to destroy my childhood memories I guess--but over the years I realised I don't have to accept this stuff as Star Wars...it quite obviously isn't. What I experienced up until the IP was sold--THAT'S STAR WARS--this stuff is a poor imitation that no longer receives any financial support from me. It is amusing now to see just how bad it continues to spiral though...I guess that's something.
In the book Plagueis knows of around 6 non-Jedi force users that were identified by his master that could be potential apprentices or dangers to the Sith plans. I always thought Plagueis would show up to eliminate Qimir.
Yeah, but that is someone else's story, not Leslie's story.
Same I was waiting for that the entire time
It could be the story of season 2 since they said Plagueis & Palpatine will be in that season
@Steven-lg3zk have they confirmed a second season??
You thought wrong, he didn't do that.
Loved it! A great show!!
I liked this series. I hope there's a season two!
Thanks for not getting caught up in the hate hype.
TRUE!
Not Doug singing the Weird Al song 😂 13:59
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yo-da.
Can’t believe I’m so excited for season 2! This episode is what the show should have been from the start.
I love these breakdowns bc it does show that they have out thought into the episodes even if the execution and final product is underwhelming.
I really hope there's going to be more seasons of this show. This was done so well.
Are you joking?
Even Ryan says he appreciated the concepts of the movie but feels it fell flat.
I totally agree
Take out the twins and focus on on Sol and Qimir as the main characters and we have ourselves a show.
The sisters Mae and OSHA was so bad, they couldn't make up their mind what they wanted to do
Don't get me started on that furry thing either
Screencrush not spoil something in the thumbnail challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)
Those things are red herrings about 2/3 of the time anyway. Was Anakin in this episode?
This is the perfect reason why the Jedi masters rules , say they can’t have any emotional attachments
He let Mae slipped off didn’t even sense or noticed , no focus 🧘
Then got choked out betrayed, by being emotionally attached
A Sol, he does Not have - Yoda
I feel like Sol is one of the reasons that Yoda made up that rule.
Do NOT make fun of Simon. Always do what Simon says.
Highlight of the episode was OSHA rage inducing the kyber crystal from Sol's light saber.
You said Mae turns the light saber however it was OSHA.
Who can tell them apart at this point?
I'm really confused about why Mai needed to be left with the jedi...like just because there are only two seats on the ship doesnt mean that she cant just stand in the ship while it goes into hyperspace..like come on..Osha: "Sorry Mai, I just found you again after over a decade apart and I love you so much but we only have two seats on the ship..cant stand next to me, sit on my lap or chill in the storage area sooooo sucks to suck now we gotta whip ur memory"...like what???😂😂
Because Qimir was going to kill Mae
Yeah, it was dumb. Bad writing 100%
@@CherylLawson they are literally all on the same side by the time they are at the tree (Also Qimir cant kill Mai if he wants Osha to join him)..They definitely all could have gotten along..Mai could have just helped them without training to be a Sith.
I think is becase the one that the Jedi council wanted for the murders was Mae, not Osha, so if Mae goes with them, they would not stop looking for her and interrupt Osha's training. Now is only Vernestra that is looking for Osha and Quimir not the whole jedi order.
A simple answer is she's a scapegoat. Cops needed to arrest someone, plus Qimer only wants to train Osha since Mae failed the test.
i feel like a lot of yall are missing a point which he stated in the beginning of the video. their “switch” in ideology wasn’t random or quick. everyone has good and bad in them. osha and mae are the same person (light and dark) a theme being shown throughout the entire series. osha always leaning towards the teachings of the sith while mae leaning towards the jedi. light and dark in everyone. i still think mae will end up becoming a wayseeker but will probably be a jedi at first.
Plagueis uses Osha & Mae to gain the ability to create life himself..
Palpatine wants to do the same after trying to take it from him, he realizes he needs a vergence to absorb to achieve it himself
Makes sense. people will complain tho :/
Plagueis' entire backstory is that he's a scientist who used the Force to manipulate the organic midichlorians themselves. It's what Palpatine also does to survive by creating clones of himself he can essence transfer to, why he wants to take over Rey who's his genetic grand daughter and therefore compatible with him, and how he manipulated Snoke who was a failed but still Force powerful clone of himself. Let alone all the Mandalorian and cartoon story arcs related to this same genetic midichlorian manipulations that all stems from Plagueis' experiments on the midichlorians themselves.
It is BEYOND lore breaking to switch this up to what the show seems to be instead implying that Plagueis instead just somehow learned about some witches pulling on "Force threads" by a vergence could manipulate life. Especially given the Plagueis cameo occurs before Osha ever even knew she'd been created using the Force so he can't have learned it then either.
@@therealmarkg171thank u bruh hopefully they understand this but they prolly wont
@@therealmarkg171 I would bet he gave the location of Brendok and the ritual the witches used to Mother Aniseya to have them perform the experiment for him. If you read his book, you would know this is exactly the kind of manipulation Plagueis would pull. He loves working in the shadows, manipulating others to do what he wants without them ever knowing. I would not be surprised if Qimir was one of the many apprentices Plagueis had his eyes on.
Season 2 with Vernestra vs. Qimir, Vernestra vs. Osha, and ultimately Plagueis killing Qimir.
Maybe Qimir can escape their duel and become the first Knight of Ren. Maybe his sith name is 'Darth Ren'. Would be interesting.
And bringing in a young palp
I don’t think you will be that far off.
@@freynathey are ready have the time line so messed up why not it’s not like he isn’t going to be born for another 40 or so years
I can see Qimir fighting Palpatine and Palpatine disarming him and Plagueis saying “Do it!”
The jokes of my mom are always the best 😂
Thank you for easing my anxiety around this series.