The Acolyte is terrible

[Hulk]

I saw ANH 11 times in the theater. Once at a drive-in I recorded on the Radio Shack cassette recorder I got for Christmas so I could listen to it at home.

I had the Story of Star Wars album in which C3PO told and abbreviated version of ANH.

I stood in line for 2 hour to see the ESB.

I didn't like the Ewoks but ROTJ was still strong and a fitting conclusion to the original trilogy.

The prequels didn't quite live up to the hype for me at the time but I was still blown away for the most part and enjoy watching them today.

The sequels were not good and when from okay (#7) to really stupid (#9).

Obi-Wan was quite surprisingly good.

The Acolyte is terrible. I mean really bad like destroying the world of Star Wars for me. So many stupid things happen it's not worth going through them but... The bad guy in the dumb helmet with no motive kills like 5 jedi quickly but is defeated by Sol easily? The twins or whatever the hell they are are vapid, shallow, and have no reason for being. They can also defeat Jedi masters without even using a lightsaber.

Master Sol is so guilty for killing a Force witch that turns into some dark cloud or something? Why? That dark cloud looked pretty ominous to me. If you don't want to die then don't morph into a dark force cloud.

So bad I had to fast forward through the last painful episode.

Disney has killed the franchise. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted.

 

[Pohemi]

I was trying to decide if it's better or worse than Boba Fett (which was pretty terrible after the first episode or two, IMO).

I tried to suspend my disbelief as I watched it, but some of those glaring plot holes/tools are hard to look past. It seemed rather aimless altogether. I had hoped for better after seeing the teaser trailer a while back.

I am disappoint.

 

[BoomerD]

I've pretty much given up on the Star Wars universe since Disney bought them out. It seems like they're trying to drive away everyone except children.

 

[Hulk]

George should buy it back for 1/10 what he sold it for and bring it back to life.

 

[Hulk]

Why can't they take some of the better novels and adapt them? There are so many good ones out there.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

There are only 3 Star Wars movies. I refuse to taint my child hood memories.

 

[Hulk]

There are only 3 Star Wars movies. I refuse to taint my child hood memories.

That is a solid point of view.

But there are some classic scenes in the prequels.

"Anikin Skywalker, meet Obi-Wan Kenobi"
"Fought well you have my old padawan.."
"I have waited a long time for this moment, my little green friend."

 

[dank69]

Andor was incredible.

 

[kage69]

It was hard to keep interested after those horrible prequels. Attack of the Clones was so bad.

Rogue One was a pleasant surprise I thought, but when the Mandolorian went all reheated Kurosawa I felt ripped off. Same for the stupid amount of time devoted to credits.

I like Pedro Pascal as much as the next guy, but I am so done with what Disney has fucked this franchise into.

Edit: dank mentioned the one SW title I haven't heard bad things about, I might check it out. Maybe.

 

[Greenman]

I watched the first episode and gave up. It was just all around bad. How it got an 85% critics rating on RT is beyond me.
There was a time when anything produced by Disney was at worst ok, now the best they can do is a dumpster fire, it's really disappointing.

 

[dank69]

It was hard to keep interested after those horrible prequels. Attack of the Clones was so bad.

Rogue One was a pleasant surprise I thought, but when the Mandolorian went all reheated Kurosawa I felt ripped off. Same for the stupid amount of time devoted to credits.

I like Pedro Pascal as much as the next guy, but I am so done with what Disney has fucked this franchise into.

Edit: dank mentioned the one SW title I haven't heard bad things about, I might check it out. Maybe.

You will not regret it.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I've pretty much given up on the Star Wars universe since Disney bought them out. It seems like they're trying to drive away everyone except children.

Both andor and rogue one are excellent. The rest is, for the most part, drek with fan service.

 

[mikeymikec]

IMO the only scene in the prequel trilogy that was worth a damn:

Also the only time where Ian McDarmid gets a chance to show evil with a bit of nuance, express gravitas befitting his hidden position of power, and act like he was recalling a personal memory, then the confirmation that he's got Anakin hook, line and sinker.

I wonder if this scene was written long before Lucas had lost his creative marbles, or perhaps it was written by someone else.

 

[brianmanahan]

better or worse than the christmas special?

 

[MrSquished]

I just saw Episode 7 of the Acolyte last night, one more to go.

I like the show. Andor is by far the best, this is not on that level, but I am enjoying this take on the force outside of our usual Skywalker/Solo and the usual suspects.

I like this examination of the Jedi from a different light, in a new way with new characters. I fucking love that there is a witchy coven with powers of the Force - I mean in a giant universe, why wouldn't their be one - it's cool.

Let's see how the last episode goes but if I would give Andor a 9/10 right now I see this as a 6.5-7/10 - better than most Star Wars shows.

 

[JM Aggie08]

I like it enough.

No one hates Star Wars more than 'Star Wars fans' - angry middle-aged men who cling to and yearn for the magic they felt in their childhood.

 

[BoomerD]

Both andor and rogue one are excellent. The rest is, for the most part, drek with fan service.

Andor was “meh” at best. Rogue One wasn’t horrible…but not great.

 

[Pohemi]

I enjoyed Ahsoka for the most part, despite the vague aimlessness and all of the considerable fan service it contained. You sort of needed a lot of referential knowledge to grasp who/what was happening for a lot of it, though. Namely, the 'Clone Wars' animated series. It had a lot of background story on Ahsoka, her history, and her various relationships and acquaintences. Much of that would have been confusing and almost non-sensical without that background knowledge.

It wasn't well fleshed-out, and assumed people watching it would know much of this background.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

Andor was “meh” at best. Rogue One wasn’t horrible…but not great.

... Alright, 'among the various live-action star wars film offerings, those two are the best', how about that?

 

[K1052]

Andor was incredible.

For my money the best SW property in a long long time.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Yea I loved Andor and Rogue One. The newer movies were ok, nothing to write home about and just entertaining enough. But I couldn't get into any of the shows Disney put out. Was not a fan of Mandalorian. I didn't know enough about Ahsoka, but the show didn't compel me to look into it at all. Tried to get into Obi but I couldn't (might try to rewatch it - maybe) and I was into about the 5th episode of Acolyte and just stopped watching it. I may go back just to finish it but I most likely wont.

 

[Hulk]

I like it enough.

No one hates Star Wars more than 'Star Wars fans' - angry middle-aged men who cling to and yearn for the magic they felt in their childhood.

Hmm. That might be me.

The witches of Danthomir were referenced in one of the novels, I forget which one but I remember Yoda saying "Repelled by witches..." And they were using the Force to fly.

I didn't get into Andor but so many people are saying how good it is I'm going to watch again.

At least in the prequels the Force usages were well-thought out and made sense. Now it's like Green Lanterns ring in that it can just do anything a scene requires.

 

[Shmee]

I really liked some of the older Star Wars games, from the old canon. Like Dark forces and Empire at War. I don't pay that much attention to the new Disney canon.

 

[[DHT]Osiris]

I like it enough.

No one hates Star Wars more than 'Star Wars fans' - angry middle-aged men who cling to and yearn for the magic they felt in their childhood.

I'd argue against this part specifically. I'm not a rabid star wars fan so I may be wrong, but I personally just want a well told sci-fi story.

What drives me absolutely bonkers about almost everything SW is it all has to tie in to like a handful of characters of dubious moral standing. The story covers actual thousands of years of a galaxy-spanning group of civilizations and somehow everything spools back to like three stupid individuals.

Rogue One was the best star wars movie because it had almost nothing to do with anything. It still had fan service but the main characters were completely separate from everything else.

 

[MrSquished]

Finished the acolyte last night. I thought it was a pretty good series. I liked the ending.

Again andor is the best. If that show is a 9+, then the acolyte would be a 7.

I'm so glad this show didn't have the usual suspects characters. I like that they examined the Jedi from a different angle, not just flattering, and showed some of the politics of the time, many years before Star wars.

I thought it was really cool about how the twins came about. Hoping to find out more about that in season 2 . I could see what drove them through the show after learning everything. I could see Sol's obsession, it all made perfect sense at the end. Also they did have a big fan service at the very last scene.

I'd like more shows like these. Shows way before Star wars, with all different characters, exploring some of the things we know from Star wars, like the Jedi, but from a different angle from a different light.