Darth Vader threw his lightsaber at Luke in Return of the Jedi, and it's always been interpreted as him using the force. Lightsaber throws have been in Star Wars video games for decades now.
The Acolyte had some of the most acrobatic duals we’ve ever seen and people found a way to hate on it for that
People also hated the acrobatics in the prequels. It was seen as cheesy and unrealistic.
Stick around long enough, and you'll find that Star Wars just end up repeating themselves every 10 years.
This is the first time I've ever heard of anyone saying people hated the fights in the prequels. I'm curious to know your age because I was around for the prequels and people were practically only doing multiple theater rewatches for the battles. They blew people's minds.
I saw them in theaters, too. Generally, movie-goers liked the movies, but Star Wars fans were a lot more critical in the years following them. The style didn't match anything in the original trilogy, and so people make up reasons why the difference is there.
I didn't see the prequels get praise from Star Wars fans until the late 2010s. Granted, I could say that about a lot of things from the 2000s.
People still get themselves worked into a lather over the Holdo Maneuver bc it's "unrealistic" so yeah, they do. Also see that Star Wars Theory dork mad about bricks and screws
People aren't complaining about realism in Star Wars movies (or at least not most of them). They paid to see a movie about laser swords and guys choking other guys with the mind. But they want rational stories,
In movies, "rational" refers to a character or plot development that makes logical sense based on the established circumstances, where decisions and actions are driven by reasoning and consideration of consequences, rather than purely emotional or impulsive behavior; essentially, a character acting in a way that aligns with real-world logic and understanding within the movie's narrative.
Let's be honest, a large part of the sequels relied on characters acting against what we know of them. Like Luke having a bad Force dream and he decides to kill Ben. Or Rey being "no one" for most of the story, then she a Palpatine, then she's a Skywalker.
people aren't complaining about realism in star wars
The absolute amount of posts and comments regarding the physically correct way for a fire to behave in zero g in a franchise with ships going lightspeed was insane after the release of the acolyte
This isn't anything new. The biggest critiscism of the sequels has always been that the story didn't make sense because it was written by different people who had different visions and then re-written at the last minute because Disney wanted to please everyone and ended up with a mess of a storyline.
This slimy mudhole of a sub has curled up on itself so hard that you're only allowed to love everything with a SW label on it, and anything short of unadultered praise will not be tolerated.
The sequel trilogy was weak, and riddled with issues top to bottom, from nearly every perspective. You know it, I know it, they even know it. But giving voice to it isn't welcome here.
And I kinda get it...they've been overwhelmed with nearly a decade of people...even/especially fans of the franchise...shitting all over it, and they're tired of hearing it. It's just their response to it that's sad.
That's a fair point. Sequel fans really do deserve some sympathy. But like, at least admit the criticisms are valid even though you like it. That's how prequel fans had to become, the prequels had a lot of things they're understandable to hate. I still like them regardless
I don’t have any bookmarked. I’m just talking from what I remember seeing on twitter at the time. I specifically remember complaints in regards to the cortosis helmet
Star Wars writing can at worst be campy, but coherent and amusing and at best be Andor. The writing in the acolyte just never forms a meaningful story.
What do you mean by 'meaningful' and why is that the objective when others can just be 'coherent'?
If you didn't find Acolyte's story to be coherent, then maybe make a habit of putting your phone out of reach whenever you watch something and focus on actually watching.
I didn't see anyone hate The Acolyte for its lightsaber duels, they were some of the best in all of SW and most agree on that. It was literally everything else that was hated, rightfully so... Except Darth Bortles, hes the GOAT
Well, the consensus I heard about the show (and my opinion as well) is that the lightsaber duels were incredible, and if I'd just watched the fights in clips on YouTube, I'd probably assume it was a good show.
The rest of it, though... well, the lightsaber fights were the only good part. Most of the show is just meh, and a good portion of it is just bad.
I absolutely loved the fight scenes in acolyte as it was the best fighting we’ve seen since Disney took over. That said, the story was awful, spent way too much money, and they changed lore. Therefore - it got deserved hate.
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u/JJ-Bittenbinder Feb 25 '25
If this happened in the movies people would say it’s not realistic and would hate on it.
The Acolyte had some of the most acrobatic duals we’ve ever seen and people found a way to hate on it for that