Okay so I am very aware of all of the internet discourse surrounding the newest Star Wars show, The Acolyte. It became the newest streaming casualty. Of course there are two sides to all criticism where major properties are concerned, the valid critiques and the straight up racist and sexist bullshit. Now I am a very very casual Star Wars fan so I can’t actually speak to how the newest show handles the lore. And quite honestly I don’t care. The Star Wars universe and its canon are so expansive now, every little thing not fitting into the very narrow original movie version of the lore is honestly fine. But the very vague, not really criticism of “bad writing” is something that I can, and will address. So let’s dive into the one season wonder, The Acolyte episode 1.
https://vocal.media/geeks/the-acolyte-h1a60dct
The Acolyte episode 1 set up the main conflict and the characters extremely well while also leaving the audience with questions for the series to answer. I think it was a fantastic first episode with some great character moments. I also love that it seems to focus on how the rest of this world interacts with the Jedi and just the Jedi themselves. It makes the world feel so much richer and more well rounded. I really got nitpicky and I am very judgy and I couldn’t find anything super major wrong with it. Maybe the show gets worse but honestly if it keeps up like this y’all really complained about nothing.
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