Mini Series The Acolyte 1.05 - Discussion Thread (Spoilers Allowed)

Since when have helmets prevented such in SW? That's a first, no? Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

 

Ya that came outta nowhere. Also, won't Sol be able to just read Mae's mind since the X-Men telepath thing is a SW thing now?

 

Being able to read people, even while wearing a mask/helmet or not, has been a SW thing since forever. How else would Obi-wan "force wave" his way from having to show his identification. This force-trick worked on the weak minded, and that means he had to connect to that mind. And Luke certainly read his father's emotions and conflicted feelings, while Vader wore a mask.

Perhaps its not really reading this thoughts. Like ... I can tell you have pancakes this morning for breakfast and you're currently thinking about that overdue book you didn't return to the Sith Library. And more like the emotions and truth of the matter. Sol can't read this guy at all. Not even as a dark sider. Perhaps the mask is shielding that emotional connection. And that's definitely a handy trick for the Sith to have when hiding for a 1000 years.

 

Waiting for Bor to weigh in on this before making up my mind

When the Sith still had his mask on and said "Don't you recognize me" or whatever he just meant "Don't you recognize me from when you staked out my little alchemist shop on that other planet?" Then when he was unmasked, Yord did indeed recognize him. I think that's all that was intended by that line. It's cluing in anybody in the audience who hasn't guessed his identity that this is somebody we've already seen in a scene with Sol.

Duel of the Fates still clears. Maaaybe tied with Battle of the Heroes. Better than anything from Episode 2.

 

Dude literally says if I take my mask off you'll be able to read my thoughts though. That's the new aspect.

 

Yeah, and the reason he knows so much about Sol is because of Mae.

 

Which literally makes zero sense. It's as if we are reconning that aspect for some reason for the sake of this story.

 

isn't though?


See through you we can...

 

It can be a new concept without being a retcon

 

Tough one. It's really well done (especially the action), and I appreciate that the swap was confirmed in this episode. I still like the two episodes being separate, for the framing of Day symbolically emphasizing its ending. Plus, I think if the two were together, most of the attention would go to the 'second half'.

It just doesn't feel so good now having fewer characters I'm invested in.

 

I see. I thought you emphasizing both. Carry on.

 

Yes the Magneto helmet thing is the out of nowhere aspect of reading minds. Obviously Luke could sense his father's feelings and Vader always had his mask on....until the end of course.

 

What does chimera mean?

 

Wow, this was a really brilliant episode in so many ways.

Maybe the best single episode of Star Wars Disney has produced on many different levels.

Manny be a great Sith. I loved his look, his dialog, how he uses cortosis to disrupt lightsabers. It all worked. The tree cutting, the using the Force to impale multiple Jedi on his Saber at once. Great stuff.

The lack of character shields. Again, brilliant. Jecki's death scene, just wow. Same with Yord.

Even Osha & Mae's story got strengthened here after some meh before this.

Sol is great.

It may be a bit of action over substance, maybe Manny is a bit too strong, but that's minor stuff. I very much appreciate what this show delivered on this episode.

 

They also gotta explain how Sol doesn't report to Ki Adi Mundi that the Sith is a Sith.....and explain why Anakin could never levitate lol. He woulda never needed that high ground...


Either Sol has to die or he is a scumbag who doesn't report it.

 

I can't remember the last time I felt so diametrically conflicted about a tv episode or movie.

The lightsaber choreography was absolutely stunning. Jecki in particular was beyond amazing, both with sabers and in hand to hand. The cinematography was fantastic. And I really liked the music, especially at the beginning of the episode.

But at the same time, I am absolutely gutted at Jecki's death. She showed that she was an absolute badass, and then bam! Brutally slaughtered. I'm even bummed at Yord's demise. He may have had his quirks, but he meant well and in the end... That was harsh. I did appreciate his blink-and-miss-it trick using Darth Q's own helmet against him. That was clever. Poor Yord.

9/10. My one quibble is that it feels like a scene got cut out between Mae stunning Sol and Osha and Mae talking at the edge of that precipice. The transition there didn't make much sense, and it makes me think we missed something.

 

That is a really excellent point! That scene has always extremely bugged me for exactly that reason. I agree, this now makes a lot more sense and I bet you're right.