#acolyte was great

[darth-jess]

Someday, when all the actors are too old to reprise their roles, Acolyte is going to get renewed because people will actually realize the story was pretty great.

[stevenrogered]

THE ACOLYTE 1x05, "Night"

[kcrabb88]

It's truly wild to me how many people out there don't understand that the Star Wars prequels are a tragedy or how tragedies work.

Posts like "these are the Jedi failed movies" truly just make me shake my head. They're actually the "fascism wears a smile until it strikes you down and then it's too late" movies. They're the "the senate became corrupt and clapped in the face of genocide" movies. They're the "make people scared enough of war until they accept authoritarianism" movies. They're the "fear and possessiveness will tear you up on the inside" movies. The Jedi were the heroes of lore, people loved and looked up to them, looked to them for safety, and then too much got put on their shoulders on purpose by Palpatine, and also by a senate that didn't want to act (not you Padme and Bail and Mon, you're perfect). They were drafted and used and scapegoated, which is, you know, a tenet of the vast majority of authoritarian governments (Hitler and Stalin, for instance, might be on different ends of the political spectrum, but they sure both did scapegoat specific groups and commit mass murder, just differently).

When some people say "these movies are about the fall of the Jedi" what they mean is "the Jedi failed" but that's not what "the fall of the Jedi means." It means they were wiped the fuck OUT. Like, Jesus, in Rogue One Tarkin is talking about burning out the final MEMORY of the Jedi by blowing up the holy city in Jedha. Palpatine had to get rid of the Jedi because to get rid of the Jedi was to get rid of the final people standing in his way after he had already worn them out. His intention was not only to kill them, but to alter the galaxy's entire perception of them. To rip away hope. People are always looking for the Jedi to be Bad or nitpick their mistakes (because while other people are allowed to make mistakes, the Jedi never are). Palpatine made himself look like a benevolent grandpa who would keep everyone safe. And that, more than anything, is what gave him SO much power. He stole the narrative.

It's just like. Of course WE know what was going to happen! We know from watching the OT that the PT can only end in tragedy. But the characters don't know that! They don't have all the info! That's how a tragic story structure works. We see it coming and they can't.

Anyway. The Jedi are laser-sword wielding monks with psychic powers who just wanted to do what they could to help. The world would be better if more folks remembered that.

[atlasshrugd]

no but the thing is, when the hero falls in love with the villain she is falling in love with the darkest parts of herself. she is owning her shadow and the owning makes her stronger. it is not about whether a ship is toxic or romanticising abuse because it’s not about two individuals. the struggle is not one between two people, just like the love is not between two people. when the hero falls in love with the villain she is loving herself. when she loves herself she is stronger, better, able to transform darkness instead of running from it. at the moment of loving, a person changes. the loved changes. and the love of the villain changes the hero. it’s all about this, don’t you see?

[eggdrawsthings]

okay guys hear me out. we get "Tales of the High Republic" and one of the arcs is a story of Sol during his padawan or jedi knight era 🥺

[padmestrilogy]

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[lokislady17]

Again, this is probably nothing, just me thinking too much…again. I want to talk about the differences between Osha waking up on the Jedi ship vs. her in Qimir’s cave. On the Jedi ship, Osha is just lying there without a blanket nor do we see any evidence of her having received any first aid. However, in Qimir’s cave, not only is she in his bed, she is covered with a blanket and her wounds are bandaged. The Jedi may have rescued her but it is Qimir who goes the extra mile in seeing to her care and comfort. Just my thoughts.

[ser-rctslcyer]

Regret + Guilt | Master Sol

The Acolyte - 1.07 - Choice

[swan2swan]

One of the things Skeleton Crew nailed more than most other Star Wars projects is the efficiency of the character design on the kids.

Neel is obviously an alien. He's got blue skin. And a trunk. Those big black eyes. He wobbles. This infuses the show with a diversity we haven't had since Resistance, something unique to the toybox we're playing in.

Then there's KB. She's got a cool Space Visor...which is not Essential, a la Geordi in Star Trek, but does give her an immediately recognizable face in a way we haven't seen since Sabine in Rebels (which may also not count because she's just got a Mandalorian helmet, which was already associated with Boba Fett...in fact, I'd call this Completely New). She's also got the white hair that falls across her face, and while if you put a gun to my head and told me to draw her clothes, I'd die, that's not necessary for her design: she can swap clothes whenever and she'll be identifiable.

Fern looks pretty basic, but she's got a Cool Jacket. That ties her in with Kay, Han, and Cassian (I'm gonna be honest, I think they were trying for something similar with Poe's jacket and Finn in the sequels, but they never really pulled it off for myriad reasons). The dark color of the jacket contrasts well with her pale skin, dark hair, and bright shirt (orange below, white for the main story). The blue patch also makes it have Instantly Identifiable Potential.

And then there's...um...um...*sweats*...Protagonist Kid.

He's probably got the most easily-forgettable design, but that's okay, he's the protagonist, he's meant to have some Audience Imprinting. A little subtlety can go a long way there, it's been a staple of Star Wars. But his hair has a VERY distinctive silhouette, and that's enough. Worked for Luke Skywalker back in the day, after all...and Anakin later. From bowl cut to that stupid Padawan cut to the moppy mullet foreshadowing that of his son. Sometimes all you need is "It's the guy with the Long Hair" and you're golden. As long as he doesn't pull an Ezra and lop that off to ruin his look entirely (yeah, I'm still not over that, I get it, but I really think Ezra's design suffered in the later seasons), he's Good Forever.

[brainonthebox]

These people gotta accept that sometimes writers just suck at writing.

[thewingedwolf]

some parallels between the prequel trilogy and the acolyte

[jewishcissiekj]

can I say something. Headland was so caught up in Enemies to Lovers that she forgot to develop anything between the characters. ok that's it.

[mylastmoleculeofserotonin]

In all honesty, the answer to why we haven’t seen more of Tasi Lowa is probably because she was just a side character. However, I like to think that Yord intentionally didn’t bring her on the mission because he thought it was too dangerous for her bc this makes Jecki’s death way more sad and poignant. Like, Sol was the only one on the mission who knew who Mae was, what she was doing and why she was doing it. He was also confident that he could get through to her, having been thinking for 16 years as to what he would say to her, so he didn’t see too much risk bc he knew Mae wasn’t after Jecki. However, Yord had no context beyond a mysterious dark sider just killed two Jedi Masters, and now he, only a knight, is sent to apprehend her and there is no way a Padawan would stand a chance. This then makes Jecki’s death all the more tragic bc as the Stranger points out, Sol brought Jecki on the mission because he was so blinded by his thoughts/feelings towards Mae that he didn’t think twice about this being Jecki’s first mission. Meanwhile, Yord, who saw how dangerous the mission could be, spared his Padawan and in all likelihood probably thought Sol was crazy for bringing not only a Padawan, but a civilian on one of the more dangerous missions in 900 years.

[reyturnofbensolo]

Fuck D/LF!

🖕

[atlasshrugd]

when the sinned loves the sinner it is a transformative act. the love does not erase the sin but it cleanses the sinner of all that they have been. love is redemption and it can exist without logic or reason. whether or not the sinner deserves to be loved is no consequence. the love has fundamentally altered them, the fact that it is there. the sinned gains nothing from loving the sinner except for the peace of owning their destiny. for it is one’s destiny to strive to be complete. one cannot be complete when it only exists in a half. so the pieces must be collected and the sinned must love the sinner without the expectation that their love will change them, because it already has. when love exists without reason it is because the love is not a human love. it is now part of the creative and destructive forces of all that has lived, that has made life what it is. and at the moment of loving, the sinner is changed. the pieces are collected. both have returned home.

[newgreanii]

I keep seeing these takes where people are like, “Qimir isn’t evil or manipulative! He literally asks for consent and is being persecuted by the Jedi!!!” and I’m reminded of a similar post and think: