#sol the jedi

[shield-and-saber]

LEE JUNG-JAE, THE ACTOR THAT U ARE

THIS MAN WAS FUCKING EMOTING TO HELL AND BACK TODAY, GIVE HIM AN AWARD, GIVE HIM A MILLION AWARDS

THE WAY HIS ENTIRE FACE DISTORTED WITH GRIEF, LITERALLY SHAKING WITH THE FORCE OF IT. TO THE SUDDEN CALM AND STILLNESS OF HIS FACE WHEN HE TELLS MAE (basically) "I'M GONNA TALK AND YOU'RE GONNA LISTEN"

HIS TALENT

[sepulchralblues]

It’s remarkable how Sol keeps justifying his murder of Mother Aniseya sixteen years after it happened. He needs himself to be right, needs Osha to require saving, because it’s the only instance that allows him to walk away without a stain on his conscience.

Granted he feels guilty about murdering his padawan’s mom, but it would be so interesting to see what was going on in Sol’s head in the heat of the moment. Was it his “deep connection” to Osha that he believed was going to lead her to becoming his padawan? Did that influence his view on whether Aniseya was really a threat to Osha? Because she says it as she’s dying - she tells Sol she was going to let Osha go, and Sol can’t have that be true because if it is then what he did wasn’t in the defence of the innocent it was premeditated murder.

Sol can’t have it be true so he tells himself that it was a lie, that Osha was in danger, if not from Aniseya then from Mae, from Mother Korril, from everybody on Brendok because he needed her and believed with everything in him that she needed him too.

And for sixteen years he’s had the opportunity to recall that truth he buried so deep it never saw the light of day until they were back in Brendok. For sixteen years he’s lied to Osha and planted the seeds to destroy the potential relationship she had with the only other person who could have understood her. From her twin, her mirror, the other side of her coin.

So when Osha learns the truth, when she finds out just how much of her life has been a lie - how much of the past she was forbidden from healing from and grieving has been a lie. How the closest thing she has had to a father figure has spent every day of their relationship lying to her, she snaps.

And kills him.

[thefandomfires]

I firmly believe that in episode 8 when Qimir says to Sol:

“Thank you for leading me to her.”

“We make a great team.”

He is 100% talking about Osha.

Who was is that sent Osha into the apothecary?

Sol

Who brought Osha to Kofar?

Sol

Sol is the reason Qimir and Osha’s paths cross.

Qimir saying they make a great team is also totally him talking about him and Osha. Bro spent the entire time with her on that island trying to recruit her and you’re gonna tell me that line isn’t about her?

[oshalittlestar]

Yeah no way they can pull Qimir back scars story, Osha accepting her darkness/rejecting the light, her reaction to the helmet, her maybe training with Qimir/ their relationship evolving , Mae own reaction to Sol's story, Osha's Padawan trial-or flashback of her time with the Jedi, and a conflict resolution of Osha Qimir vs Mae and Sol while serving a satisfying final in ONE EPISODE. They just can't.

not in 1 setting, and certainly not after we just spent the fucking ENTIRE episode on Brendok..

[mlys05]

[groove-on-boogie-down]

According to Qimir, Osha loves people “who can only go so far” but not deep enough. Not as deep as she can. So for her to seek love, it not be reciprocated, then hear Sol almost confess he loves her after lying for 16 years SURELY must rattle Osha’s perception of love and connection as taught by jedi.

The jedi teach a love that is to be released, non-possessive, truthful. However, Sol was possessive and lied which kept Osha at a distance and was contrary to their teachings.

On the other hand, Osha loved deeply and could not let go of her hate or grief. So her feelings would be considered dark and dangerous by jedi standards.Yet, Sol is the one who let “dark side” tendencies slip in and it ruined him.

The love Osha learned from her family was passionate and raw. Sacrificial. Communal. And she likely sought that in everyone she met after being taken from Brendok.

Sol’s love was lies, death, and self aggrandizement.

Imagine being told that the foundational love your family raised you on was wrong? But your teacher betrays you in the name of his “correct” version of love?

Sol’s irresponsibly created a cycle that now Osha has to live with and process. She does what he does, kills after he kills, and it is his failure, like he says in the show.

But Osha is left to pick up the pieces of this hypocrisy and come to terms with the dissonance.

She can neglect the example her father figure left and instead embrace emotion and the displays of love her mothers taught, by connecting with Qimir who offers the depth she desires and by fighting for her sister, Mae.

She has a lot of emotional work ahead of her as she confronts how her feelings led to the violence she was told to reject. But perhaps she will love and emote freely again, and realize she’s loved back just as much.

End.

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TLDR: Osha was taught showing emotions is wrong by the jedi who raised her and killed her mother. Which led her to emoting and killing him. This must feel conflicting as Sol was wrong!! But was Osha also wrong for getting revenge? According to the jedi yes. Does it matter now, though? This is what she must process. Additionally, yearning for love that isn’t reciprocated and being taught certain behaviors are wrong only for your teacher to exhibit these behaviors and betray you in the name of love, then you yourself do those behaviors and kill him, must be an overwhelming whirlwind of emotion! I want to know what processing that will look like for Osha who now is connected Qimir who offers her the understanding and reciprocation she’s been longing for.

[septemberlikeastorm]

question, do we think osha heard sol tell mae that the twins are one? & she just focused on the more pressing mom murderer matter? obv qimir/the stranger was super interested in this piece of information & i can def see that rat bastard (affectionate) withholding it from her until it leads to their third act breakup, & i HATE third act breakups

[starwarsconceptart]

Jedi Master Lightsaber Initial Concepts by Adam Burn

Concept art of some of the different Jedi Master Lightsabers in The Acolyte.

[a-heart-of-kyber]

Have a meme about Qimir's absolute unreasonable hatred of this man for absolutely no personal reason 😅.

[theacolyteqna]

Hey guys, I know there’s not a lot of people following me but, I was thinking of writing an Acolyte fanfic, I never wrote a fanfic before but I was inspired to write one because of this sketch.

Is going to be one we’re osha and Sol has this kind of Thanos and Gamora relationship, we’re she was the perfect daughter that got away. The fanfic is going to be sad and angsty, qimir is still going to be the love interest but the main plot is this perfect daughter that left her whole life behind

I will be writing this based on voting which will end at the end of August 20th, 2024 and the first 5 chapters will be released on September 1st, 2024.

I don’t know how to tag people yet because I’m new to this app but, I want to give credit to the artist so here’s the link.

Basic list of stuff the story will have

Thanos and Gamora relationship

favored child trope

Siblings rivalry trope / friend rivalry

Shelter trope

Love interest

Don’t know no if it still going’s to be enemies to lovers

Academic rivals

Or childhood best friends

I’ll edit the list as, I go.

Also all the second place votes will be add to another fanfic that I’m thinking of.

I don’t know if I want to do a modern Alternate Universes or stay in the Star Wars realm but I kind also write both versions.🤷‍♀️

[angstdelights]

The Acolyte 1x02

[shield-and-saber]

no one's saying it, so i have to

SOL WAS SEXY THIS EPISODE. HE WAS IN DISTRESS (sad), AND THEN HE WAS ANGRY (hot), AND THEN HE WAS MYSTERIOUS (lurking in the shadows, switching from the kind and gentle demeanor to stern and serious and with that lower pitched voice)

[sepulchralblues]

Mae tells Sol about how desires can cloud your judgement and ep6 is such a visual reminder of that for Sol.

After Khofar, Sol is so busy drowning in his own guilt and the latent emotions of what happened in Brendok all those years ago that it takes him so long to see through Mae-disguised-as-Osha. It’s such a piercing difference from the whole ‘Jedi need to remain distant from emotional attachments’ that it really shows you why.

Sol needs Osha to be safe, he needs the one good thing that came out of Brendok sixteen years ago to remain with him, to show him that he didn’t truly fail, that even if he presents himself before the Hugh Council with the truth there is still salvation for him in the form of Osha.

But then Osha isn’t Osha anymore, she’s Mae and suddenly Sol can’t find that salvation anymore.

Gonna need another post to contrast this to how Qimir was instantly able to recognise Osha while unconscious because he doesn’t look for what he wants he simply sees what already is

[thefandomfires]

Hey my fellow Acolyte fans, one of my mutuals on Twitter brought this to my attention.

If you go to Disney plus > help > search share feedback this will pop up! Have fun everybody!

[oshalittlestar]

Suddenly his reaction is much more understandable when you take into account he probably knows what happened on Brendok.

he's probably put off by the fact she's still so protective of her old master, so attached emotionally to Sol, even though he literally killed her mom, his acts and obsession with Osha played a great part in destroying the coven/ the Witches and did not save her sister. No wonder Qimir was weird out.

[anthony-crowleys]

Osha killing Sol like that doesn't feel right to me because he didn't get to explain his actions to her.

And by that I mean the writers didn't want him to and just made him repeat that he did the right thing and that he wanted to do what was best for her.

He could have said the classic "It was a mistake I'm sorry forgive me!!!"

He could have said "I was wrong and acted irrationally because I was worried about your safety please forgive me."

He could have said "I didn't understand the power your mother was wielding and thought she was about to cause harm to me, my friends and you (even tho it was Mae in that scene), I'm sorry???"

Or my favorite that covers all the points "Hey kid look your mom transformed in a cloud of black smoke and also started to dematerialize your sister who I thought was you and I panicked?"

Old Sol didn't looked as delusional and misguided as young Sol up until ep. 8, and you'd think he would have learned from his mistakes, but no, 180 surprise he's actually convinced he's in the right and doesn't explain the very specific situation that led him to kill her mother on top of that.

Like they really gagged him in that scene smh

And I mean, even tho I love him and I'm sad he's dead, the point I'm making is: Osha should still kill him but at least make him try to explain.

That way, the fact that she doesn't listen and just snaps is even more powerful, because like this he really looks totally and completely in the wrong, which, I'm sorry, he isn't, and she looks kinda justified, which… Defeats the point of her going full dark side to a degree, because it's not as impactful if they are painting him as a delusional selfish idiot that doesn't understand that he has made a big mistake and just doubles down out of fucking nowhere because the hints we got were pointing more towards a repression of a general "darkness" and not an implicit and deeply rooted self-rightouness.

So, good person who fucked up big time but he's genuinely sorry and asking for forgiveness is denied that AND killed while unarmed BAM! welcome to the dark side girlie!!

Anyway, this show couldn't make up it's mind about the characterizations of it's main cast and just put them at the whims of a unfocused plot, so they decided that now he is a self-righteous broken dumbass and that he will not act like a normal person trying to make her see what happened from his perspective.