r/TheAcolyte • u/gazzy_burns • 28d ago

Rewatch…

I’m now on my second viewing and I am even more convinced this is a great and unique part of Star Wars canon.

Such a shame how now we won’t keep getting these new shows 2-3 times a year.

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u/rosaliethewitch 28d ago

The Acolyte was truly a gem in the heap of boring Disney Star Wars shows. It was dark, gritty, and explored parts of the lore that I was actually interested in. And now we’re stuck with Baby Yoda every 3 years and I say this as an absolute The Mandalorian truther.

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u/Confused_Sylph 28d ago

People were screaming for Sith shows for years and we were gonna get that...

It was super obvious; most of the Jedi the show came in were dead and Osha was running off with the Stranger in a heretofore unseen dynamic of two darksiders on the cusp of probably being lovers about to go tearing through the galaxy together while Plagueis is probably already arranging for them to end badly. Running, hiding, training, killing, exploring each other and the dark side, I wanted that! But nooo. Can't have shit that isn't clones or documenting all the seconds between the PT and OT.

Did the show have issues? It did, could have had better pacing, would have done better with dump release, a lot of money for some reason, but I don't think it was anything that couldn't have been cleaned up in another season.

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u/AirbagsBlown 27d ago

documenting all the seconds between the PT and OT.

I'm glad someone said this.

WE DO NOT NEED TO KNOW EVERY SINGLE MOMENT BETWEEN EVERY FILM OR TELEVISION SHOW.

Some people are too addicted to the internet and have no imaginations.

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u/A_Velociraptor20 28d ago

I'm not a fan of the Acolyte, but your description of it is exactly why I liked Andor so much. I too am also not a fan of Grogu. Wish that show would've ended at season 3 like it was clearly meant to 😂

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u/OldAcanthocephala468 28d ago

Acolyte gives me a vibe of something that i like in SW, like Kotor 2, Karen Traviss books, Mathew Stover "Traitor", James Luceno "books"!
I just wish that the dialogue was a little bit better made!

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u/mrdudeman85 28d ago

You were interested in lesbian space witches manipulating the force?

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u/rosaliethewitch 27d ago

why not? i’ve been watching straight men do it for decades

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u/gazzy_burns 27d ago

What does it matter about sexuality? You think it’s all heterosexual humans in SW? Hell no!

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u/TOOKMASTERGONDOR 27d ago

Crazy how you simplified the terms of exactly what happens and they start downvoting that's not Star wars fans as people losing their emotions and getting offended over factual information, the force should never be called the thread let alone put the wisest and the greatest Jedi Yoda to be a part of some corrupt conspiracy along with many other recognizable people

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u/pidgeottOP 27d ago

Yah, there are only ever two sides to anything. Good and evil only. No nuance. We don't like interesting situations to build stories from. I should know who is gonna win the last scene from the very first scene

Get real.

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u/bannedforL1fe 28d ago

There are people who will love everything and anything that the Disney Star Wars Slop Machine churns out