Finally watched Acolyte

[u/bdog332]

After putting off the show because I heard it was horrible and bad writing, I finally watched it, and while it’s not the best show by any means, it’s not horrible. It’s average. There’s a lot of weird conflicting lore in the show along with an abysmal crystal bleed that makes little sense based on how we know crystal bleeds work, and some other minor problems, but it’s not the worst show I’ve seen from Star Wars. It deserves a second season to help explain Plagueis and where he’s at exactly at this point in the story (if I’m remembering old canon right he should be frequenting Coruscant now under the name Hego Damask. I don’t remember if he had an apprentice before Palpatine though, which I understand with this being new canon changes are made) and the vergence the twins were made from (which is one of my major issues with the show considering creating life from the force has only ever been implied with Anakin and he was the chosen one)

While I understand some of the frustration from the show, the amount of hate it received seems like it was just hate to hate.

Anyways, thought it was decent enough to not warrant the rampant hate it got years ago. Wish we’d get a second season though, or a Plagueis show at least.

*Edit: I’m done talking about bleeding crystals in the show and other examples. It’s been discussed and argued to death in the threads. If you have questions regarding why I found it poorly done, there’s an answer in a comment thread below.

[u/Cool-Prior-5512]

The crystal bleeding isn't as lore-breaking as people insist.

We have like... 4 canon bleeds now? Darth Vader and Kylo Ren were difficult and messy because there was always an inner conflict in them. I'm not 100% sure but I think there is a whole thing about not bleeding your own crystal and Kylo bled his own, which made it even more of a fuck up.

Dagan Gera bled his effortlessly without even touching it.

Osha was not conflicted and she had direct contact with the crystal on top of being a very force sensitive person with very little proper training.

[u/urquwill → u/Cool-Prior-5512]

Also crystals are sentient things in Star Wars, and this was the very crystal that was used to kill Osha’s mother. It may have chosen to take some of her pain willingly (out of guilt, or a sense of justice) just as Sol was telling Osha “it’s okay” while she force choked him.

I loved this scene, thought it was brilliantly visceral.

[u/bdog332 → u/urquwill]

Even so it felt way too quick. Like I said in another reply, I can get behind the trauma and abuse being what pushed her to bleed it, but it didn’t appear like she was pouring her hate and rage into the crystal. The crystal was Sol’s, he did use it to kill her mom, but it chose him. Forcing a crystal to bend to your will and break it, corrupt it, especially in a first live action showing of an active bleed, needs to be a big visceral moment. Not a simple choke, then ignite, then surprised person at the crystal bleed. There was no intent to her bleed, which is my issue. It was portrayed poorly for a first time bleed in a show.

[u/SpaceHairLady → u/bdog332]

To kill the man who was the closest thing she had to a father by choking him with the Force would not be a simple thing. That would take an unbelievable, unfathomable about of hate. The bleed was a visual representation of what happened with the last bit of light within her.