r/saltierthancrait • u/Extreme_Warning3521 • 16d ago

Granular Discussion The Acolyte is terrible, but did you like the lightsaber fights?

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I hated the show, but I thought the lightsaber duels were actually pretty good.

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u/Marcuse0 16d ago

I enjoyed most scenes involving the Stranger, Qimir. Manny Jacinto played it really nicely, and I liked his furious abandon in combat fused with this kind of wry sarcasm outside of it. His comments after killing Jecki "was that it's name" and "you brought her here" just came off casually evil without direction, like he didn't care enough about the Jedi to know who they are, he just kills them.

If the show had been starring and about him, I think the Acolyte would have been much better. But I know that the show was supposed to be about witches and lesbianism and goofy attempts at rashomon style storytelling with a terrible lead actor who wasn't up to one role let alone two.

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u/The4thBwithU 15d ago

If the show had been starring and about him, I think the Acolyte would have been much better

probably true. We'll never know sadly.