#Star Wars the last Jedi spoilers

[stealingpotatoes]

cal: man i hate that vader guy, he killed my master

ezra: yeah he killed my great grandmaster and almost killed me and kanan

ahsoka: he was my MASTER, basically my brother

luke: ……

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[animatedjen]

When we were fighting Dagan, those... hallucinations. What were they for you? Our friends, suffering because they followed me. And I couldn't do anything to stop it.

[darth-memes]

[thewingedwolf]

some parallels between the prequel trilogy and the acolyte

[reyturnofbensolo]

It’s hard to not be excited for this, but I’m not gonna be fooled again. This is Star Wars and it’s gonna end badly for them😔…

[sol-insidious]

Sit down. Be humble.

[kaxtwenty]

I love how Qimir aka Darth Teeth was all like “I just want freedom to use my powers how I wish, the Jedi are the big meanies here,” when anyone who’s paid even slight attention to how Sith work knows that he just wants to use his powers to commit genocide and enslave people.

That’s it.

Qimir believes he’s oppressed because the Jedi won’t allow him to murder and enslave people as he pleases. Because he, like every Sith, is a fascist.

[loganpine]

--ACOLYTE SPOILERS -- Official bid to name the ship 'Qimosha'

"If you're not going to join me, can I put my clothes back on?"

[bluntblade]

One thing that I really love about The Acolyte is the way in which Osha's story emerges as a dark mirror to Rey's in TLJ.

With TLJ, I found there was something really effective in how Johnson wrote Rey's temptation not as her being a mere 30 Anger Points from turning Dark Side, but as her being at risk of making a terrible mistake which would lead to the Dark. Which, for me, is very much the sum of Osha's decisions in the last act of The Acolyte. She doesn't pledge herself to the fight for Dark Side supremacy and vow to crush democracy, but she does choose the self-serving and unforgiving option.

Qimir's argument isn't about Powah, in the Sheev sense. He's not pitching her supremacy over the Galaxy. Instead, he pushes Osha to claim a subtler kind of power, and to decide that, contrary to Jedi ideology, she has the right to be judge, jury and executioner, and to dole out death to those who hurt or impede her. That's why, when she confronts him about his killings, he doesn't even address the idea that murdering any of the Jedi was wrong. Yord wronged her, Jecki wouldn't have been what Osha wanted her to be. Through his prism, that's all it takes for him, and Osha, to be justified in killing.

Moreover, in murdering Sol, Osha gives Qimir the leverage to make her his pupil, at the cost of Mae's memories - which is to say that, just as Rey would've done had she gone along with Kylo's offer, she sacrifices the last other person she cared about. Perhaps Mae will gain peace with Vernestra (though I have my doubts there), but she's doing so having given up well over a decade of the memories that make her who she is. Incidentally for extra horror, just watch Severance and then consider this story in light of that show's subject matter.

Obviously there are major differences, but ultimately it comes down to the same choice, presented to a young woman, along with the sad truth about her family.

[starscream1998]

Because RTD cited the 'Rey's parents are nobodies' twist in The Last Jedi as his inspiration for the Ruby Sunday twist I'd like to take the time to explain why I liked the former and not the latter.

If you go back and watch The Force Awakens there isn't actually anything that implies Rey's parentage is a big deal. Maz leaves off with flat up telling Rey they are never coming back and there's no line in that film that contradicts what TLJ then implies.

If you go back and watch Season 1 of Doctor Who there is so much that doesn't work with Ruby's mum being ordinary. The Doctor's memory changing, the snow, Maestro's reaction, the bloody 'she was naming Ruby' nonsense.

[stealingpotatoes]

Shin hati is technically being trained by a jedi. Not entirely sure if that's good or bad for the sort of jedi crew.

it's neither bc she's busy rn <3

[animatedjen]

Cal Kestis | Jedi Survivor

[darth-memes]

[aspiringwarriorlibrarian]

Didn't you know? There is always a clear bad and good guy in every situation. An abuser and a victim. One who must be punished and another that must be avenged. This always the case, all the time, without any grey areas or nuances and if you say otherwise, you are an apologist.

Gee it's almost "every good person has the potential for darkness and every bad person has the potential for light" is a core theme of this series or something. But clearly what it is means is that Good People are always good even when they do bad things, and if they do enough bad things it turns out they were Bad People all along, and we don't have to confront our own fallibility as people or the dangers of bias at all.

[devilfic]

I am… very confused as to why vernestra framed sol instead of qimir

she clearly knows her old padawan is alive, he’s evil, and is also directly responsible for mae (and osha’s) actions. why frame a jedi and bring more scrutiny upon the order when you could frame the Clearly Evil Guy and sic every jedi in the galaxy on his ass?

I assume it’s because if he unmasks they’ll know who he is and find out what actually happened to him but the sol accusation doesn’t really hold water. several jedi and civilians know mae killed indara and (in this case could arguably be convinced against it, but) torbin. indara’s murder is most damning. everyone knows sol isn’t responsible

[misswitch19]

Maybe this is just me, but I have very particular feelings on Rey being a Skywalker, bc yes, obviously she is a Skywalker and not a Palpatine (I'm not going to even touch that), but I feel like people need to acknowledge that she's not a Skywalker just bc she got Leia's and Luke's lightsabers. No. Rey is a Skywalker because both Luke and Leia met her for five minutes and immediately picked her over Kylo Ren as the family favorite. She literally is the girl that goes to her ex's family dinners bc they invite her and not him. She literally assumed his place as heir to the Skywalker legacy, and she is so funny for that. She is Rey Skywalker, and she will forever be one of the baddest bitches in the galaxy