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It was obvious who was who but I think he’s just a midboss to introduce someone further up the chain. We are told this is how we learn about the Jedi being infiltrated by the Sith so I have a suspicion this is all just misdirection.
 
ngower said:
It was obvious who was who but I think he’s just a midboss to introduce someone further up the chain. We are told this is how we learn about the Jedi being infiltrated by the Sith so I have a suspicion this is all just misdirection.
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i read a recap on the net somewhere that suggested he might be a knight of ren, probably even ren ( their founder) , which would fit more than an actaul sith , because he does not to call himself this way. also that rcap noticed that the theme of kylo ren is cited a lot during the episode
 
I've been watching the...sigh...Skywalker Saga....in order over the last few weeks and am ready to lob a flaming-hot take into the room: beyond proper nouns (names, species, planets) there are very few, if any, made-up words in Star Wars' OT (and most of the made-up ones, like Droids, have a familiar etymology). I think that helps a ton for the accessibility of the story itself, and gives the actors less to overcome and a lot more to grab onto when delivering dialogue.

Otherwise the mekneks over-tinker the holos and they turn out like poodoo.
 
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Shame it took 5 episodes to hit the mark for Acolyte though - I almost gave up on it - wonder how many did?
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Still not completely convinced. Episode 5 was great and I really like the the high republic book project but so far , dialogue and character development are not particularly well written
 
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the partner and i are watching andor- my first rewatch since it originally aired and her first time through. we just got through episode 6, the eye, with that incredible heist scene. she was devastated by nemik's death. skarsgard is amazing, and we haven't even got to his pivotal scenes. i can't wait for her to see the rest.
 
Episode 7 over the acolyte was a little more exciting. The series is definitely better when it's action driven but it really falters whenever it's character-driven.

the episode gave a little more background about the things that happened on Brendock but lots of things remain unclear due to bad writing : how is such a little fire able to spread so fast and completely destroy this stone/metal fortress, why did all the witches die when Indira freed kelnacca...it is not book of Boba fat bad writing but still overall disappointing
 
Jan said:
Episode 7 over the acolyte was a little more exciting. The series is definitely better when it's action driven but it really falters whenever it's character-driven.

the episode gave a little more background about the things that happened on Brendock but lots of things remain unclear due to bad writing : how is such a little fire able to spread so fast and completely destroy this stone/metal fortress, why did all the witches die when Indira freed kelnacca...it is not book of Boba fat bad writing but still overall disappointing
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The motivations of all the characters just feel muddy now. Indira was the only one who was clear headed. If Mae watched Sol kill her mother in front of her, why did she not go straight for him first? They're really going to need to stick the landing in the finale because I felt 7 was a massive step back from 5 & 6.
 
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The motivations of all the characters just feel muddy now. Indira was the only one who was clear headed. If Mae watched Sol kill her mother in front of her, why did she not go straight for him first? They're really going to need to stick the landing in the finale because I felt 7 was a massive step back from 5 & 6.
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frankly, i do not see them do that, they've been good at the action and suspense, but not on characters and dialogue. The more i think about it although I liked the action, episode 7 did not clear many things it was supposed to. Sol is extremely muddy. He kills the first mother out of nowhere and then does not really fight back the second mother who attacks him. And the most important characters of the series sol and the twins seem extremely muddy or not following an inner logic. Iat the moment i fear qimirs benefit is that we don'tknow much about him
 
Jan said:
Episode 7 over the acolyte was a little more exciting. The series is definitely better when it's action driven but it really falters whenever it's character-driven.
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I really appreciated the reference to the hyperspace disaster 100 earlier, which at this point is the most direct reference made so far to the publishing initiative.
 
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I really appreciated the reference to the hyperspace disaster 100 earlier, which at this point is the most direct reference made so far to the publishing initiative.
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Yes, noticed that too. They have vernestra, too but beides the Name and her look there is not much connection to her youbger Version from the books, except for her Light whip
 
Overall still dissapointed with the acolyte.
again beautifully choreographed action sequences and plagueis and yoda cameos as fan service, but the whole character developement of osha and mae is just badly written and rushed. in this episode it goes from tryinfg to kille ach other to reuniting their sisterly bond and then separating again. the mind whipe seems a lazy way to make the crossing over symmetric and get mae on the jedi side in the end. why was their no way to flee with her and drop her off somewhere on the way. Is there any logic to what the path finder rabbit did? and there seems to be an unwritten law that cute robots are light side only because that switched seemlesly from osha to mae. quimir might be the most interesting character coming from this but mainly because we don´t know much about him
 
Agreed. I loved the concept of the show but the execution was terrible. There was no mystery to the show they deemed as a murder mystery. The motivations were all muddy except for Sol but I really hated how he turned into Anakin and didn't even apologize for his actions. It was a stupid stubbornness that what he did was right. It took him from being a great character to a bit of a mess. I don't really care for a 2nd season because the only character worth checking out is Qimir. Osha's turn just felt silly. I get you want to make Venstra be this grey character but now she's covering up murders to keep the Jedi in power and not answerable to the Senate. So the show made Jedis a bit like bad cops who cover up for other cops bad actions. And roping Yoda into it. This is why I don't like prequels. You don't need to backbend canon to explain something that already was told in a later in the timeline story. Please either go really far into the future or way back in the past to a time that has zero influence on the existing canon.
 
mdmost said:
This could be really fun. Star Wars set in a Goonies/Amblin atmosphere is right up my alley. It looks like all the fun kid adventure movies from the 80s that we don't get anymore outside of Stranger Things. This very much feels like The Explorers, Flight of the Navigator, and Goonies.

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Looks awesome!!
 
mdmost said:
This could be really fun. Star Wars set in a Goonies/Amblin atmosphere is right up my alley. It looks like all the fun kid adventure movies from the 80s that we don't get anymore outside of Stranger Things. This very much feels like The Explorers, Flight of the Navigator, and Goonies.

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Someone turned the Amblin dial up to “extreme suburban childhood nostalgia” and broke the knob!
 
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