Star Wars: The Acolyte

[Khev]

Yup lol

I've got Star Wars Theory's live reaction playing and he's cracking me up because he's literally tearing up with laughter at Ki Adi Mundi conspiring to keep the Jedi murders a secret from Yoda and the rest of the Council and then will pretend to believe that the Sith "have been extinct for a thousand years" in TPM?

EDIT: Okay he stopped laughing and is now stomping around in fury, ah good times. I'm so glad I no longer care.

 

[The Buffinator]

Just when you think this show couldn’t possibly get any worse….it does. The complete lack of intrigue for a supposed mystery is mind boggling. Well, at least this episode is mercifully short at 28 minutes 30 seconds (excluding the recap and credits).

 

[Khev]

Just when you think this show couldn’t possibly get any worse….it does.

I totally read that in that one 90's trailer guy's voice (the one who narrated the SW:SE trailers, lol.)

 

[e30ernest]

Episode 4 was rough for me too. The acting was really bland here, and the script felt disjointed. I felt the whole episode could have been 10 minutes long.

 

[pixletwin]

Very disjointed episode. Clunky clunky stuff. Still, it was better than last week. 4/10

 

[Asta]

As soon as I saw this guy, Bazil, I wondered if he was the same species as Odumin, who posed as Spray the skip tracer (debt collector) in Han Solo's Revenge, as from the writing I imagined him like an otter:

Turns out he is, so this must be their first live action appearance. (Sad news for their species that it had to be in The Acolyte).

Tynnans were based on a cross between an otter and a beaver.

https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Tynnan#:~:text=The Tynnans were a species,during the Campaign at Salient.


So there's that, a nod to the 1979 expanded universe, though Bazil's played more for laughs as a cute pet dog.


It's a better episode, but the benchmark was pretty low.

This is the story to watch...

 

[Mandible]

What an absolute snooze fest.

The dialogue exchanges are abysmal beyond comprehension.

That’s the biggest crime.

It’s freaking boring.

LOL at skinny boy Sith it’s freaking obvious now who it is.

The Acolyzzzzzzzz.

Man, you deserver a medal -really taking (several) for the team! You're a better man than I - after 1 & 3, I'm done.

As I don't give a crap about spoilers or watching anymore - who is the Muppet Sith? You said it's obvious because of the physicality or character? If it's character - what's the ***** problem? Why is he having a whinge?

 

[Sachiel]

This is the story to watch...

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[Johnny1378]

I think she does, but even if she doesn't it's still a testament to either her own speaking ability or minimally the existence of at least a foundation of well-rounded character traits in the person she's playing.

Carrie often had no idea what her character was even talking about and joked about the clunky dialogue but she still found ways to describe Leia in a way that was endearing:

It’s true that the prequels had some bad dialogue, but they seem like fine literature compared to some of the dialogue in The Acolyte.

There are scenes in The Acolyte where a character will say a line of dialogue and then later say or do something else that directly contradicts what they just said. Some times even in the same scene.

 

[jye4ever]

The scenes literally feel like a high school play it’s really that bad.

The low key slow paced low volume acting left me wishing to watch paint dry instead.

Mae flips on a dime which comes out of left field which made zero sense.

 

[Asta]

The scenes literally feel like a high school play it’s really that bad.

The low key slow paced low volume acting left me wishing to watch paint dry instead.

Mae flips on a dime which comes out of left field which made zero sense.

It's like the directors are telling the cast, "Less energy, less passion. Make it flat and put a pause in it."

From the first episode I was surprised by Dafne Keen. She's the only one I know from anything else, and she's always been good. Yet here her delivery is very matter of fact, though in episode 4 she seems to be a little more animated in her speech.

 

[greymask]

I'm still subscriced with d+, need to finish the CW.. Now, should I watch ep4? Since when watching a SW related show feels like a chore..

 

[chrisstbh]

Ki-Adi-Mundi wasn't born until like 40 years after this, and he says in the prequels that the Sith have been extinct for 1,000 years.

I think this show has interesting ideas, just poorly executed.

 

[Prime Clone]

It's like the directors are telling the cast, "Less energy, less passion. Make it flat and put a pause in it."

Slower! Less intense!

 

[loki2371]

This is the story to watch...

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Is this the beginnings of a new and future fan favorite Star Wars love story in the making??

Move over Han & Leia.... Forget about Anakin & Padme!!

 

[Otomofan]

Episode 4 was fine. It's so weird to compare a "normal" episode to last's week monstrosity.

Don't get me wrong, this show is crap, but other than Episode 3 I still rate it higher than Ahsoka.

 

[loki2371]

For those (like me) that don't actually watch this drivel anymore but want to be entertained by those that are brave and do, here is a great review of ep4.....

A long read, but comical.

Day (The Acolyte - S01E04)

 

[loki2371]

Have to share this. Was posted in the comments in the article above....

Best 4 minutes ever...

 

[Asta]

Is this the beginnings of a new and future fan favorite Star Wars love story in the making??

Move over Han & Leia.... Forget about Anakin & Padme!!

 

[Asta]

He wasn't just a traitor covering up the existence of the Sith in the PT, but he also lied about his age because The Acolyte takes place in 132 BBY...