@@l.d-b3465 Oh, man. I really wish I could hook up with/start a local Star Wars D6 RPG group. We moved across the country, so.....Anyway, back then I was toying with the idea (2013) as GM, as a player Really detested gungans. I still have all my stuff too. Thousands of minis, little diorama computer consoles
Jeez, it's like playground rules. "I hit you in the head with a lightsaber! So you're dead!" "No way! I'm wearing a helmet made of beskar!" "You can't have a beskar helmet! You're not a Mandalorian!" "Well... it's a super Sith metal that's even better! It's totally proof from lightsabers and makes them break!" "Nuh-uh! You can't break a lightsaber!" "Yeah-huh! This stuff does!"
"Let your little sister play!" "But Mooommmmmm, she doesn't even _like_ Star Wars!" "And we'll have space horsies and purple hair and generals in dresses and girlbosses and whenever an awesome character takes a helmet off it turns out it's _a girl,_ and..."
For the record there are two other metals that are lightsaber resistant. One is extremely brittle (cortosis) but can be woven into fabric and pressed into other metals, and it can cause a lightsaber to short out. Phryk (the other metal) can be made into an alloy, but it’s rarer than either beskar or cortosis
This is Disney at its finest. Throw out all of legends but go back and use what’s necessary for the sake of plot convenience and as you said ‘use playground rules’ all while doing fundamentally nothing for the characters plot or story. It’s the most annoying and frustrating thing to watch over and over.
I have to give them that. The fight choreography is really good. The laser sword fights were top notch. If only the writing was on the same level. Whoever is doing the choreo he knows what he's doing.
Mother Koril will eventually be revealed as the “big bad” with the line “No, I am your Mother!” to the united twins… the circle of disrespect to George Lucas will be complete…
It's mother Aniseya. "I have created you. You were my weapon to infiltrate and destroy the Jedi. Join me, and together we will rule the galaxy!" And the Girls "Okay." And from then on, everything what was Star Wars before will be legends.
I believe all these under-lit lightsaber battles are done so they can show off the lighting effects of actual glow-in-the-dark lightsabers. TFA made a big point about using LEDs on their lightsaber props so they would give the proper tint to the environment and give good reflections, etc. And it seems every show disney has done since has put them in the dark to show off that effect.
"Follow the rules of writing"? No, those systems are patriarchal, oppressive, and support historical power structures that silence marginalized voices, and all such norms must be dismantled! We must be able to write whatever stories we want, no matter plot inconsistencies, bad characterization, and cringe dialog! . I wish I was being sarcastic and over-the-top there.
My friend told me to watch ep 5 of the ejacolyte just for the saber fight and skip the crap. I said what's the point it'd be like trying to eat around shit.
Wow. I don't know where to go with that, because there's so much truth in it. The shit, because the fighting had gaps of "logic" making the aforementioned poopoo (shit) more, erŕmmm, palatable. Although much of the fighting was pretty good. For shit.
I have to give them that. The fight choreography is really good. The laser sword fights were top notch. If only the writing was on the same level. Whoever is doing the choreo he knows what he's doing.
I laughed out load when the two Walmart Jeddi's bang on their sabre's to get their batterys from shorting out and promptly go in to get killed in a couple seconds. The childish vindictiveness of Lezzy 'The Head' Headland is so incredible in this i feel like i'm listening to a storyline from a high school video/theatre class...what an incredibly petty and tedious show this is.
Because this is the Internet and I'm a fan, I have to point out that it's _Foundation and Empire._ (But will confess having to look that up to be sure, it's been like 30 years.) It was nice of Asimov to realize that the black swan effect is real. What he misses is that history is full of such horseshoe nails and lost kingdoms -- to paraphrase Andy Warhol, in the future everyone is The Mule for 15 minutes. The very best book I've ever read on the subject is Connie Willis' hilarious and charming _To Say Nothing of the Dog,_ which won a Hugo award back when those were worth something.
Have to say, it was one of the greatest villain reveals in literature history. It was highly effective because it reframed the whole story. We’re not hiding from enemy, we’re helping the enemy!
I didn't expected it. He was boring and still not the brightest candle on the cake. "My helmet prevents me from you reading my mind" - you don't tell your enemies about your armour. "I have no name" - does he know anything? "I want to use my powers the way i want" - for killing? I wonder what the Jedi have against this. And i bet he doesn't know where his towel is. I still hope that he's just a marionette of the real villain.
@@fiktivhistoriker345 The towel. Arthur Dent, wasn't it? Just forgot the name of the book. Has restaurant at the end of the universe in the series. His towel. I'll remember that Forever
If the Sith can build a helmet that disables lightsabers with a touch, why the hell not build a sword! The Jedi order would have already been extinguished.
Well actually *adjusts glasses*... there are two metals in the Star Wars universe that can withstand lightsaber strikes. First one is beskar, the metal that Mandalorians use, which can take a few hits from a lightsaber before it breaks. The other one is cortosis, which can briefly short-circuit lightsabers. The sith's gear in the episode was presumably made of cortosis. Various SW characters have made swords, shields, gauntlets and other gear out of cortosis. That history is mostly relegated to SW Legends, but it is what I would consider the original lore. This new Disney crap does not even compare.
@@tukkajumala If I remember right then both metals also are very rare. Beskar. if memory serves right, only exist on Mandalore (or whats left of it, depending when in time you look), home planet of mandalorians. Cortosis is simply seldom found.
If I remember correctly he also seemed to have sensed Osha was alive and his senses led him to her after her prisoner transport crashed on the frigid planet. Maybe he can sense when there is a person around but the senses can't tell people apart?
The difference between Magnifico being the Mule in "Foundation and Empire" and discount Ezra Miller being Smile-O Ren is rather drastic Chato. The Mule was supposed to be anticlimactic because what made the Mule dangerous wasn't anything physical. He was the kind of person people would overlook, and that actually made him more dangerous. Part of the Mules powers was the ability to make people overlook/ignore him. The fact that he had spent a good amount of time gadflying around with Foundation aristocracy, using his power to weaken and demoralize them, was a work of genius and eerily echoes elements of Karl Popper's philosophical treatise "The Open Society and It's Enemies." The one thing I have to say I like about this episode, is the fact that lightsabers appear to be lethal once more. Something that Disney Wars has seemingly forgotten with the number of people who got run through in Kenobi and Ahsoka and the rest of the crap. However, why are the moths attracted to the flashlight bulb but not to the three foot long, glowing, brightly colored, plasma torches?
A literal festival of light, no moths. Yet somehow, twin one or two, knows to pin a little bed-light to Smilo's back, & lo, mass-moth attack! Unlucky, Smilo. Picky dang moths...
@@timbothejedi4146 The flying forest moths needed a guide, at night, to find a festival/extravaganza of light!? 😂 I know I'm busy gathering all the moths in my backyard, to bring them to my porch light each evening! 😂
Mae's whiplash motivation changes are actually explicable. When Mae strings up a Sith Lord with a simple snare, she doesn't know he's a Sith Lord. She just thinks he's her geeky weird trail-companion, a fellow underling of her Master. She also thinks that she's so far away from everything that her Master won't be able to track her down ... so instead of staying on her revenge trip, she decides to turn Republic's Evidence and then take off after her sister (whose murder seemed like much of the motive for Mae's revenge trip anyway, somehow) (who she now knows is alive!). After she's strung up the only other ally of her Master on the planet, she thinks she's got it made! Then she walks ten minutes down the trail to Wookie-hut and finds her potential savior stone dead of a lightsaber slash that's *still smoking.* Who killed the Wookie? She jumps, quite reasonably, to the conclusion that either her Master or one of his agents must have done it and the smoking wound tells her that they're likely still very close. So instead of her Master not being able to find her ... he's breathing down her neck *right now.* Time for a change of plan and a change of attitude! She still thinks she can bluff her way out of this and claim she's loyal, just very bad at this revenge-thingy. (Why her trail-companion wouldn't eventually go home and tattle on her isn't clear ... unless she *planned* on leaving him strung up until he died. *That's* stone cold evil and an *excellent* start on getting on well with her new Jedi friends!) She doesn't realize how badly she's screwed the pooch until she sees Mr. Nameless Sith Lord unmasked and realizes she's confessed *everything* to him already ... So many commentators have mentioned Mae's crazy jump from baddie, to ally, and back to baddie as something inexplicable. I don't blame them ... who trusts the show to have *reasons* for things? We've been fed so much pointless stupidity already! But when they do manage to bash a few things into making some sort of sense, it's polite to mention it.
The 'you have survived a lot' bit reminded me of reality TV pop programmes with the contestants relating their sob story backgrounds and the judges gushing about how wonderful they are whilst holding back fake tears.
There was a study done a while ago that found when you smile you actually MAKE your brain feel happy. Well I've been binge watching your videos and at the end when you give that ear to ear grin I've found myself mimicking it without realizing it. And wouldn't you know it, a feeling of joy even if only for a moment. I encourage everyone to try and copy Pauls absolute legendary smile.
The helmet and bracer he had were made of cortosis. What is cortosis and what does it do? Well, the show would never explain this but its a type of metal that can resist lightsabers and even short them out on contact.
Osha doesn't want him dead by light saber then seconds later is attaching the light to his back so he (hopefully) dies by moth... This is the level of writing on this show and the odd thing is there are literally tens if not hundreds of conflicting issues in the series just like this... It is not a one off problem, this is the problem, no one acts the way real people would act, let alone the supposed best of the galaxy.
"How did he get there after being so badly wounded?" After the extensive editing this footage had to go through to produce this final product, you can't expect miracles of continuity.
I read the Foundation books (originally stories when initially published) in the 1970s because they were in the library and because science fiction was what got me to read any fiction whatever. I… have trouble imagining these people reading them. Chato of course would have read them.
I haven't read Foundation since the '90s, but IIRC Asimov did a great job with the Mule by never tipping his hand. The idea of the fool being the villain in no way originated with Asimov, and I'm sure it was a trope before the word "trope" existed. So I give the writer(s) zero credit for plot twist or creativity, and in no way does it suggest they were familiar with Asimov. But I bet they thought they were super clever.
The other jedi when they found the 2nd dead Jedi can't know it was suicide, May came to planet and within day the Jedi is found with vial of poison lying beside his dead body. Sith can maybe break shields, control limbs of enemy, and cloud minds, so not obvious it was suicide .. Did they even find the vial, or just find the dead Jedi????.. I'm too lazy to look.. . .. if I talk a super depressed guy into suicide that also seems close to murder and is pretty evil act... . . . . .
So Sol killed the witches and we are going to find that out in the next episode and Leslie's wife did a mind trick to change the memories of everyone because she is the sith master
I am going to copy and paste this question so that I may send it to several content creators on RUclips. If you are not enjoying the show, why are you still watching the show? I stopped watching The Simpsons after season 11. I don't enjoy it anymore but, its going on season 37. Move on, or isn't this just about clicks on the channel?
Acolyte is better than most TV I had growing up.. .. We have all gotten too harsh and negative. .. Acolyte is stupid but occasionally pretty. . . Go try and rewatch stuff like MacGyver or ATeam, they are unwatchable, we have it pretty good now even if yes clearly half idiots are making stuff. Some Star Wars beats no Star Wars, you can only rewatch Empire Strikes back 10 times before even a bad show beats watching it an 11th time.
I'm really curious about the message of the show when it ends. Like what does it teach us? Why are they spending 180 million dollars for this specific story in a galaxy far far away. What makes it worth telling to billions of people? The originals were about not giving up for your family, friends and freedom, the prequels were about not learning to let go, not accepting the way of life and how it will turn you someone miserable, the sequels were about somehow Palpatine returned, Space Vegas, Holdo Manuever and how your real last name doesn't matter as long as you find yourself a new one. What is it about this one?
We will learn that the Jedi's inability to see past their own prejudices (with the witches) allowed the Sith to gain an upper hand and begin the downfall of the Jedi. This is of course, a criticism of western civilization (collonism) and how own intolerance towards indigenous peoples and difference customs lead to great evil.
Finally we have a true hero in this show. I admire Smilo's efforts to destroy the entire cast in one go, & end this show! Hopefully he knocked the last few out in the next episode, & that some talented writers took on the last episodes, with a fresh canvas. 😂
Imagine if Jedi actually drain a few years from those normal people around them, so they are slowly killing normal people. Jedi power isn't just a positive force that has no cost, right:? Then the Sith out to kill the Jedi would be the good people.
As a fan i was happy they pulled out cortosis (lightsaber shorting metal) it was one of the things that can challenge lightsabers and I never thought they would bring it to the screen
Someone pointed out Sol says where is your sister? whereas before he always referred to her by name, but might be giving the writers too much credit here lol. Gopher and Pip only 2 suspicious of Mae atm - Does Darth Zipperman know its not Mae? 2 Masters fooled by a parent trap would be comedy gold
In Star Wars Legends, there's an ore called cortosis that can short out lightsaber with just the briefest contact with a blade. Without refreshing my memory by consulting Wookieepedia, I recall that a lightsaber blade coming into contact with anything that is weaved with cortosis would permanently disable that lightsaber, not just for a few seconds at a time.
Cortosis won't permanently bork a lightsaber, it'll just short it out for maybe a second or so; since the material (though rare) was known for absorbing or dispersing large quantities of energy.
haven't watched a single nano-second of this dreck, but I get an excellent gist for it here, confirming that I needn't ever bother with this waste of my time, Chato is plenty entertaining
Well, do you really think the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would allow ANYONE to have an actually dangerous weapon? Is it just me or would the show have been better if they really leaned into it and put her in a high visibility vest, hardhat, etc., for the entirety of the show?
Haha! "Sarcasm" note in the display was really nice :D The show runners would not understand it otherwise ;) I like this. Now I don't need to suffer it through. Thanks!
The gauntlets and helmet are made with Cortosis Ore, which has a high absorption rate when it come to the energy put out by lightsabres. This absorption causes the sabres to short out, thus making the weapon useless. Its not to be confused with Beskar which is able to deflect the energy, but not absorb it.
Loved the content as always! As for the lightsabers sputtering out…in Star Wars legends/novels there was a metal called cortosis. It has a property where it absorbs energy. Lightsabers can’t cut through it and if they make contact with it they short out for a few seconds. It looks like the writers are taking from Legends and making it canon.
I love these recaps because they are funny, and they let me satisfy my morbid curiosity over what happens. For there is no way I'm going to sit through any Kennedy "Star Wars"-type "entertainment" product.
your question about the light saber malfunctioning there is a material in legends that could do it. The material is called Cortosis. This material can be woven into clothing, it is very rare, very hard to mine, and unrefined very dangerous. Could it be the helmet be infused with Cortosis, maybe but the mass use of Cortosis wouldn't be used until generations after the original trilogy by a force tradition known as the Imperial Knights, and then only in a gauntlet they would wear on there off hand to grab light sabers. Though as we have already seen this show doesn't care about how far in the future some is supposed to happen.
Smile O' Ren played by discount Ezra Miller did an excellent job, He is a good actor. But it was no surprised that Discount Ezra was Smile O' Ren. Him killing all Jedi was no surprised.
His helmet and bracer were made of some special plotmetal that temporarily shorts out the lasersword's circuitry. They sputtered whenever they hit either of those pieces of equipment. Yord somehow noticed that, and used the helmet at the end to short out Smilo's lasersword.
Yord with the quick thinking still gets his neck snapped - I'm having doubts about the Jedi's peacekeeping in this era, no wonder they fall decades later
Loving The EjacOlyte ... you are the condensed Readers Digest and Grouch Marx of reviewers. Whudda thunk an Ex-Network Executive had such wit, erudition and insight. Thank you for saving me from actually watching this drivel.
The lightsabers shorted out because of Cortosis. Not that this has been established in any other live action/animated shows or movies, it is just something we're supposed to know or not care about.
I enjoy how you explain what would improve the writing instead of just criticizing. We all know it's dumb. I also wonder when characters acting stupid to maintain the plot became the norm. I'm sure I was too dumb to notice as a kid. I certainly noticed even at the peak of The Walking Dead, when I'd scream at the TV because of their terrible tactics or discipline. It seems to be more prevalent post 2010s. I remember it happening in Dexter a couple of times, but not every episode.
Oh, I remember those flashlights that took two D cell batteries, and every time you turn them on you have to pop 'em on the side to get the light to come on full bright. They fixed it some time in the 80's but it was so frustrating having to walk and slap your flashlight trying to see. Gah! Never use the cheap red cat batteries in your light sabers folks!
The battle started at sunset and Mae and Osha start talking at dawn? Does this planet only have a 60 minute day? Were they wondering around for hours before running into each other?
Chato I think you're theory for the Sith lord was actually far better than what the show came up with! That would have added a lot of mystery and intrigue.
Overall,I think the show is excellent. I think the actress does an amazing job playing both roles. I really like the character Mae-Ho. She reminds me of Gamorra. It would seem that Qimir will inadvertantly reveal to Osha that Sol murdered her mothers and that Mae has been right all along.
What did I think? If I had watched the episode, the crazy end sequence would have driven to despair. Thanks again for these walk throughs - more illuminating the mini light sabre.
Cortosis, the metal that can shut down a lightsabre was introduced in the Legend books many years before Disney bought Lucasfilm. However it having the ability to block Force powers is new, I don't recall it having that use at all.
There is a metal in Star Wars Legends called Cortosis, it can absorb and dissipate lightsabers damage and can cause them to short out the blade briefly. I am assuming he has a helmet and gauntlets made out of it or plated with it.
Believe it or not, there was a Martial Art in the Star Wars Extended Universe. Teräs Käsi was developed to fight force users and was in the game Masters of the Teräs Käsi. Obviously they didn't want to use that name however as they'd have to pay a royalty.
Yord arrives at the scene from the oposite side. He was in the back, in the same direction that smilo ren and osha came running. But arrives at the scene behind osha and sol. Dude ran laps to arrive behind them
The fight scene actually filled me with good feelings to some degree. And the use of Cortosis armor to short-circuit the lightsabers was a nice touch. Also Yord getting deleted so swiftly made me feel great, I hated him with a passion. Such a lame jedi... Then they started talking again, and Sol SOMEHOW didn't sense that the twins were swapped... Back to square one
We really treated Jar Jar too harshly
Darth Jar Jar. Robot chicken had it right
@@RobertStewart-i3m - Yeah... one of those "Theories that would've been cooler than what we got"... and definitely better than what we're getting now.
@@l.d-b3465 Oh, man. I really wish I could hook up with/start a local Star Wars D6 RPG group. We moved across the country, so.....Anyway, back then I was toying with the idea (2013) as GM, as a player Really detested gungans. I still have all my stuff too. Thousands of minis, little diorama computer consoles
@@l.d-b3465 I'm with it
No, no we didn't.
Dont forget, it's no ordinary stun gun. It's a stunning and brave gun!
Jeez, it's like playground rules.
"I hit you in the head with a lightsaber! So you're dead!"
"No way! I'm wearing a helmet made of beskar!"
"You can't have a beskar helmet! You're not a Mandalorian!"
"Well... it's a super Sith metal that's even better! It's totally proof from lightsabers and makes them break!"
"Nuh-uh! You can't break a lightsaber!"
"Yeah-huh! This stuff does!"
"Let your little sister play!"
"But Mooommmmmm, she doesn't even _like_ Star Wars!"
"And we'll have space horsies and purple hair and generals in dresses and girlbosses and whenever an awesome character takes a helmet off it turns out it's _a girl,_ and..."
@@jimluebke3869 LMAO now yoda voice "a great post have you written"
For the record there are two other metals that are lightsaber resistant. One is extremely brittle (cortosis) but can be woven into fabric and pressed into other metals, and it can cause a lightsaber to short out. Phryk (the other metal) can be made into an alloy, but it’s rarer than either beskar or cortosis
@@ethanannen2608 I don't phryking care.
This is Disney at its finest. Throw out all of legends but go back and use what’s necessary for the sake of plot convenience and as you said ‘use playground rules’ all while doing fundamentally nothing for the characters plot or story. It’s the most annoying and frustrating thing to watch over and over.
The trees falling the wrong way was the best part. Somehow slid upwards and fell out of the way...how convenient.
Yeah. Saw that and wondered maybe gravity works differently on that planet,...nah, it's shit writing
the trees swing the other way
I just thought "these are awful CG trees".
I have to give them that. The fight choreography is really good. The laser sword fights were top notch. If only the writing was on the same level. Whoever is doing the choreo he knows what he's doing.
@@admincpt Every planet seems to have Earth's gravity in SW
Lightsabers from the Temu system are delicate and break easily with use.
Mother Koril will eventually be revealed as the “big bad” with the line “No, I am your Mother!” to the united twins… the circle of disrespect to George Lucas will be complete…
Don't give them any ideas
Ya I still think “horny mom” is the villain.
@@alexneff True story!!!
It's mother Aniseya. "I have created you. You were my weapon to infiltrate and destroy the Jedi. Join me, and together we will rule the galaxy!"
And the Girls "Okay."
And from then on, everything what was Star Wars before will be legends.
@@fiktivhistoriker345 it’s one of the “Mother’s” … we haven’t seen Koril yet and her anger can motivate her… we will see in Episode 8!!!
I believe all these under-lit lightsaber battles are done so they can show off the lighting effects of actual glow-in-the-dark lightsabers. TFA made a big point about using LEDs on their lightsaber props so they would give the proper tint to the environment and give good reflections, etc. And it seems every show disney has done since has put them in the dark to show off that effect.
I'm sure Lesbyan Headlice has no idea who Asimov is.
Damnit! Chato spoiled the Foundation!
"Follow the rules of writing"? No, those systems are patriarchal, oppressive, and support historical power structures that silence marginalized voices, and all such norms must be dismantled! We must be able to write whatever stories we want, no matter plot inconsistencies, bad characterization, and cringe dialog!
. I wish I was being sarcastic and over-the-top there.
I shall follow as instructed oh wise one....or something.
BEfore your post, I just text same
Not copy u. Just Truth
Yea, you could say they’ve lost the plot.
@@CBDubz First you need to have it to loose it
"lightsabers from wayfair" lol i can relate
I was thinking lightsabers from Wish.
My friend told me to watch ep 5 of the ejacolyte just for the saber fight and skip the crap. I said what's the point it'd be like trying to eat around shit.
Wow. I don't know where to go with that, because there's so much truth in it. The shit, because the fighting had gaps of "logic" making the aforementioned poopoo (shit) more, erŕmmm, palatable. Although much of the fighting was pretty good. For shit.
just have some kids run around at night with glow sticks...same same
@@GH-ub7qz Maybe those longer ones, and twirl them around and stuff.
But you'd get that precious kernel of corn!
I have to give them that. The fight choreography is really good. The laser sword fights were top notch. If only the writing was on the same level. Whoever is doing the choreo he knows what he's doing.
Even in your most effusive state, Chato, your laser focused critique and cutting insight still shines bright. You are a lightsaber of comedic reviews.
I laughed out load when the two Walmart Jeddi's bang on their sabre's to get their batterys from shorting out and promptly go in to get killed in a couple seconds.
The childish vindictiveness of Lezzy 'The Head' Headland is so incredible in this i feel like i'm listening to a storyline from a high school video/theatre class...what an incredibly petty and tedious show this is.
The way you re tell the story is more fun than the real story 😆😆😆
Dude, props to you for the ‘Foundation and Empire’ reference!
Props to you for recognizing it and having an excellent pfp!
Because this is the Internet and I'm a fan, I have to point out that it's _Foundation and Empire._ (But will confess having to look that up to be sure, it's been like 30 years.)
It was nice of Asimov to realize that the black swan effect is real. What he misses is that history is full of such horseshoe nails and lost kingdoms -- to paraphrase Andy Warhol, in the future everyone is The Mule for 15 minutes.
The very best book I've ever read on the subject is Connie Willis' hilarious and charming _To Say Nothing of the Dog,_ which won a Hugo award back when those were worth something.
@@jimluebke3869 You’re right! I remember the awesome cover by Michael Whelan and Magnifico leaning on the remains of Trantor.
Have to say, it was one of the greatest villain reveals in literature history. It was highly effective because it reframed the whole story. We’re not hiding from enemy, we’re helping the enemy!
"Who in their right mind did not think it wasn't him"? That's Acolyte levels of writing.
it was possibly trinity. a fake death and all. but he was always the most likely
Main bad guy has black helmet, cape, and red light saber.
Groundbreaking creative stuff here.
@@albertosillywhips7281 Yeah, on this channel. Not Disney poo
I didn't expected it. He was boring and still not the brightest candle on the cake. "My helmet prevents me from you reading my mind" - you don't tell your enemies about your armour. "I have no name" - does he know anything? "I want to use my powers the way i want" - for killing? I wonder what the Jedi have against this. And i bet he doesn't know where his towel is. I still hope that he's just a marionette of the real villain.
@@fiktivhistoriker345 The towel. Arthur Dent, wasn't it? Just forgot the name of the book. Has restaurant at the end of the universe in the series. His towel. I'll remember that Forever
If the Sith can build a helmet that disables lightsabers with a touch, why the hell not build a sword!
The Jedi order would have already been extinguished.
Apparently, that metal is very brittle - hence the cracks in the helmet + repair job on it.
Datrh Vader has shoulder cauldrons made of it. Luke hits it in Empire
It's also in I Jedi by Stackpole
Well actually *adjusts glasses*... there are two metals in the Star Wars universe that can withstand lightsaber strikes. First one is beskar, the metal that Mandalorians use, which can take a few hits from a lightsaber before it breaks. The other one is cortosis, which can briefly short-circuit lightsabers. The sith's gear in the episode was presumably made of cortosis.
Various SW characters have made swords, shields, gauntlets and other gear out of cortosis. That history is mostly relegated to SW Legends, but it is what I would consider the original lore. This new Disney crap does not even compare.
@@tukkajumala If I remember right then both metals also are very rare. Beskar. if memory serves right, only exist on Mandalore (or whats left of it, depending when in time you look), home planet of mandalorians. Cortosis is simply seldom found.
Master Squid Game has read May's mind in a previous episode, but now he can't realize that she is impersonating her sister?🤨
If I remember correctly he also seemed to have sensed Osha was alive and his senses led him to her after her prisoner transport crashed on the frigid planet. Maybe he can sense when there is a person around but the senses can't tell people apart?
"the Luke manicure"
I nearly choked on my breakfast 🤣🤣
Don't ask questions. Just consume product and be excited for more product!
"What's wrong with your FACE?"
Pizza Rolls, anyone?
Ahhh a time before RLM were hack shills and actually criticised Disney
“Oh my dear Lord, they finally lit a scene!” -I laughed, oh dear Lord did I laugh.
I absolutely love that Chato is wearing the amazing jacket in the videos.
The difference between Magnifico being the Mule in "Foundation and Empire" and discount Ezra Miller being Smile-O Ren is rather drastic Chato. The Mule was supposed to be anticlimactic because what made the Mule dangerous wasn't anything physical. He was the kind of person people would overlook, and that actually made him more dangerous. Part of the Mules powers was the ability to make people overlook/ignore him. The fact that he had spent a good amount of time gadflying around with Foundation aristocracy, using his power to weaken and demoralize them, was a work of genius and eerily echoes elements of Karl Popper's philosophical treatise "The Open Society and It's Enemies."
The one thing I have to say I like about this episode, is the fact that lightsabers appear to be lethal once more. Something that Disney Wars has seemingly forgotten with the number of people who got run through in Kenobi and Ahsoka and the rest of the crap. However, why are the moths attracted to the flashlight bulb but not to the three foot long, glowing, brightly colored, plasma torches?
It’s a puzzler since they were shown to be attracted to light sabers in the previous episode.
wait till you realize Discout erza millar IS the spike head mom. she used dark sith powers to transition and change her face.
😂😂😂 honestly, I wouldn't be surprised at this point.
F^*k me running they're gonna do it.
Or the spike woman was a man all along 😂😂😂😂😂
@@ruthsantos6845 This series is so poorly done I'm rooting for the union.....to go on strike somehow preventing this to continue
@@ruthsantos6845 that a mannnhn, baby
A literal festival of light, no moths. Yet somehow, twin one or two, knows to pin a little bed-light to Smilo's back, & lo, mass-moth attack! Unlucky, Smilo. Picky dang moths...
Was dumb but it showed OSHA leading the swarm back twords them all. Then she stuck the light on
They should've swarmed the lightsabers
@@timbothejedi4146 The flying forest moths needed a guide, at night, to find a festival/extravaganza of light!? 😂 I know I'm busy gathering all the moths in my backyard, to bring them to my porch light each evening! 😂
It's Ralph Wiggums 1M watt nightlight
@@timbothejedi4146 And they didn't attack her... why?
"Don't use chiropractors, folks!" 🤣
I often say my name when I am talking to myself so that the audience and I know I am talking to me.
'He does not follow the rules of combat' Does that mean he's willing to kick Jedi in the nuts to gain an advantage?
Why no one has figured out that "force choke" variant is beyond me.
Mae's whiplash motivation changes are actually explicable. When Mae strings up a Sith Lord with a simple snare, she doesn't know he's a Sith Lord. She just thinks he's her geeky weird trail-companion, a fellow underling of her Master. She also thinks that she's so far away from everything that her Master won't be able to track her down ... so instead of staying on her revenge trip, she decides to turn Republic's Evidence and then take off after her sister (whose murder seemed like much of the motive for Mae's revenge trip anyway, somehow) (who she now knows is alive!). After she's strung up the only other ally of her Master on the planet, she thinks she's got it made! Then she walks ten minutes down the trail to Wookie-hut and finds her potential savior stone dead of a lightsaber slash that's *still smoking.* Who killed the Wookie? She jumps, quite reasonably, to the conclusion that either her Master or one of his agents must have done it and the smoking wound tells her that they're likely still very close. So instead of her Master not being able to find her ... he's breathing down her neck *right now.* Time for a change of plan and a change of attitude! She still thinks she can bluff her way out of this and claim she's loyal, just very bad at this revenge-thingy. (Why her trail-companion wouldn't eventually go home and tattle on her isn't clear ... unless she *planned* on leaving him strung up until he died. *That's* stone cold evil and an *excellent* start on getting on well with her new Jedi friends!) She doesn't realize how badly she's screwed the pooch until she sees Mr. Nameless Sith Lord unmasked and realizes she's confessed *everything* to him already ...
So many commentators have mentioned Mae's crazy jump from baddie, to ally, and back to baddie as something inexplicable. I don't blame them ... who trusts the show to have *reasons* for things? We've been fed so much pointless stupidity already! But when they do manage to bash a few things into making some sort of sense, it's polite to mention it.
Lightsaber hairtrim and luke manicure!! So good!!
"The Luke manicure!", brilliant!😂
Don't use chiropractors, folks 🤣 It's these pearls of wisdom that keep bringing me back.
The 'you have survived a lot' bit reminded me of reality TV pop programmes with the contestants relating their sob story backgrounds and the judges gushing about how wonderful they are whilst holding back fake tears.
Or, maybe the line should mean "Why aren't you dead yet?"
From Chatto's narration this sounds like a chore to watch, thank you for the service mr. Chatto
There was a study done a while ago that found when you smile you actually MAKE your brain feel happy. Well I've been binge watching your videos and at the end when you give that ear to ear grin I've found myself mimicking it without realizing it. And wouldn't you know it, a feeling of joy even if only for a moment.
I encourage everyone to try and copy Pauls absolute legendary smile.
The helmet and bracer he had were made of cortosis. What is cortosis and what does it do? Well, the show would never explain this but its a type of metal that can resist lightsabers and even short them out on contact.
But only when in it's pure form and in significant amounts. Has to be enough to absorb and redirect the energy. Which is why it's so rare.
Osha doesn't want him dead by light saber then seconds later is attaching the light to his back so he (hopefully) dies by moth... This is the level of writing on this show and the odd thing is there are literally tens if not hundreds of conflicting issues in the series just like this... It is not a one off problem, this is the problem, no one acts the way real people would act, let alone the supposed best of the galaxy.
“OH MY DEAR LORD, THEY FINALLY LIT A SCENE!” 🤣 10:30
hang in there, Chanto. only three more episodes
"How did he get there after being so badly wounded?"
After the extensive editing this footage had to go through to produce this final product, you can't expect miracles of continuity.
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@@micco6020 RUclips is suppressing my "like" count. Some of my comments get more favorable replies than upvotes.
The Mule association also occurred to me but that would mean that Healamp and her writers actually READ science fiction, which I sincerely doubt.
I read the Foundation books (originally stories when initially published) in the 1970s because they were in the library and because science fiction was what got me to read any fiction whatever. I… have trouble imagining these people reading them. Chato of course would have read them.
@@markiangooley Yeah, read Foundation back in the 70's, too. I guess only us old guys remember this stuff nowadays...🤣
Headland has never read Asimov. Strong possibility she has never heard of him.
@@psychonaut5921 Im in my 40s and am listening to them on audiobook now, I started the TV show but only 3 episodes in.
I haven't read Foundation since the '90s, but IIRC Asimov did a great job with the Mule by never tipping his hand. The idea of the fool being the villain in no way originated with Asimov, and I'm sure it was a trope before the word "trope" existed.
So I give the writer(s) zero credit for plot twist or creativity, and in no way does it suggest they were familiar with Asimov. But I bet they thought they were super clever.
why do people keep saying she killed two jedi, she only killed one and one killed himself
Good point.
The other jedi when they found the 2nd dead Jedi can't know it was suicide, May came to planet and within day the Jedi is found with vial of poison lying beside his dead body. Sith can maybe break shields, control limbs of enemy, and cloud minds, so not obvious it was suicide .. Did they even find the vial, or just find the dead Jedi????.. I'm too lazy to look.. . .. if I talk a super depressed guy into suicide that also seems close to murder and is pretty evil act... . . . . .
The power of yawn, the power of two yawns, the power of many yawns.
So Sol killed the witches and we are going to find that out in the next episode and Leslie's wife did a mind trick to change the memories of everyone because she is the sith master
Or, how about the real sith is harvey weinstein?
@@theevermind the real sith was the friends we made along the way
Still god awful & can’t wait for this travesty to be over
I stopped watching after episode 3. Meaning for me it IS already over. Don't tell me you will keep watching.
I am going to copy and paste this question so that I may send it to several content creators on RUclips. If you are not enjoying the show, why are you still watching the show? I stopped watching The Simpsons after season 11. I don't enjoy it anymore but, its going on season 37. Move on, or isn't this just about clicks on the channel?
u ever try not watching or you that pathetic you're not watching and still can't wait for it to be over?
Acolyte is better than most TV I had growing up.. .. We have all gotten too harsh and negative. .. Acolyte is stupid but occasionally pretty. . . Go try and rewatch stuff like MacGyver or ATeam, they are unwatchable, we have it pretty good now even if yes clearly half idiots are making stuff. Some Star Wars beats no Star Wars, you can only rewatch Empire Strikes back 10 times before even a bad show beats watching it an 11th time.
@@alexwilliamrussell South Park said it best. Memba berries.
I'm really curious about the message of the show when it ends. Like what does it teach us? Why are they spending 180 million dollars for this specific story in a galaxy far far away. What makes it worth telling to billions of people? The originals were about not giving up for your family, friends and freedom, the prequels were about not learning to let go, not accepting the way of life and how it will turn you someone miserable, the sequels were about somehow Palpatine returned, Space Vegas, Holdo Manuever and how your real last name doesn't matter as long as you find yourself a new one. What is it about this one?
We will learn when the sister saga ends.
@@CallMeChato Can't wait. Even if they don't make a S2, i'd like to see you cover a fan fic S2. Sorry. Just fic maybe. Fan is a bit excessive word.
We will learn that the Jedi's inability to see past their own prejudices (with the witches) allowed the Sith to gain an upper hand and begin the downfall of the Jedi. This is of course, a criticism of western civilization (collonism) and how own intolerance towards indigenous peoples and difference customs lead to great evil.
We already know! 😊 It's the most important piece of work headland ever did. That's what it is about 😂
Can you imagine how many lives this will be saving?
18 chiropractors are angrily cracking their knuckles.
Pickled luncheon loaf! Now I’m going to have cold cut nightmares
You'll get the meat sweats.
Oh, she must have seen parent trap. Lol
Finally we have a true hero in this show. I admire Smilo's efforts to destroy the entire cast in one go, & end this show! Hopefully he knocked the last few out in the next episode, & that some talented writers took on the last episodes, with a fresh canvas. 😂
Imagine if Jedi actually drain a few years from those normal people around them, so they are slowly killing normal people. Jedi power isn't just a positive force that has no cost, right:? Then the Sith out to kill the Jedi would be the good people.
As a fan i was happy they pulled out cortosis (lightsaber shorting metal) it was one of the things that can challenge lightsabers and I never thought they would bring it to the screen
It also made him blaster proof at least on stun setting?
Doesn't cortosis disable them entirely, not just make them sputter?
Eating two day old diarrhea is better than two week old diarrhea... but it's still diarrhea none the less.
Absolutely love Olive and pimento loaf... Can't find it in Florida anymore. Guess I'm going to have to jet up to Nova Scotia get me some! 😊
Ah, you eat fried baloney.
You’re hilarious. Your background sold me immediately! Follow!
Yay! Thank you!
@@CallMeChato Don’t thank me, it’s you that cracked me up. Good on you, sir! I appreciate honest laughter. You’ve a gift!
Zippermouth has BTS haircut.... Sol must be jearous.
Star Wars pulled off a Parent Trap twin switcheroo. Who would have predicted this? Clever writing, uhmmm?!
Someone pointed out Sol says where is your sister? whereas before he always referred to her by name, but might be giving the writers too much credit here lol. Gopher and Pip only 2 suspicious of Mae atm - Does Darth Zipperman know its not Mae? 2 Masters fooled by a parent trap would be comedy gold
Dude I said that as soon as there were twins too :)
In Star Wars Legends, there's an ore called cortosis that can short out lightsaber with just the briefest contact with a blade. Without refreshing my memory by consulting Wookieepedia, I recall that a lightsaber blade coming into contact with anything that is weaved with cortosis would permanently disable that lightsaber, not just for a few seconds at a time.
Cortosis won't permanently bork a lightsaber, it'll just short it out for maybe a second or so; since the material (though rare) was known for absorbing or dispersing large quantities of energy.
I despise Filoni. He's the one who must have told Headland about shit like Cortosis armor. They just pick crap out of the EU when it suits them
Filoni's cowboy hat is made of cortosis
haven't watched a single nano-second of this dreck, but I get an excellent gist for it here, confirming that I needn't ever bother with this waste of my time, Chato is plenty entertaining
How dare these bots disrupt the sanctity of the CallMeChato youtube chat!
Disney is the best acolyte is the best woo woo woo force is femal... * gets force choked *
Critic reviewer here. Beep boop. 🤖 I hope you have enjoyed the fantastic Acolyte story so far! Beep boop. 🤖
@@a_lost_one you forgot to say stunning and brave
@@a_lost_one You ain't the type of bot I was referring to lol
I love how Osha has her Nerf/Fisher Price Lightsaber.
Well, do you really think the Occupational Safety and Health Administration would allow ANYONE to have an actually dangerous weapon?
Is it just me or would the show have been better if they really leaned into it and put her in a high visibility vest, hardhat, etc., for the entirety of the show?
Who wouldv'e guessed that discount Ezra was Darth Gimp.
Haha! "Sarcasm" note in the display was really nice :D The show runners would not understand it otherwise ;)
I like this. Now I don't need to suffer it through. Thanks!
"Luke Manicure" contrast with the photo is hilarious! You are the master of understatement. 11:25
The gauntlets and helmet are made with Cortosis Ore, which has a high absorption rate when it come to the energy put out by lightsabres. This absorption causes the sabres to short out, thus making the weapon useless. Its not to be confused with Beskar which is able to deflect the energy, but not absorb it.
A good pickle doesn't save a bad hamburger.
Loved the content as always! As for the lightsabers sputtering out…in Star Wars legends/novels there was a metal called cortosis. It has a property where it absorbs energy. Lightsabers can’t cut through it and if they make contact with it they short out for a few seconds. It looks like the writers are taking from Legends and making it canon.
I love these recaps because they are funny, and they let me satisfy my morbid curiosity over what happens. For there is no way I'm going to sit through any Kennedy "Star Wars"-type "entertainment" product.
your question about the light saber malfunctioning there is a material in legends that could do it. The material is called Cortosis. This material can be woven into clothing, it is very rare, very hard to mine, and unrefined very dangerous. Could it be the helmet be infused with Cortosis, maybe but the mass use of Cortosis wouldn't be used until generations after the original trilogy by a force tradition known as the Imperial Knights, and then only in a gauntlet they would wear on there off hand to grab light sabers. Though as we have already seen this show doesn't care about how far in the future some is supposed to happen.
You never fail to entertain me. So much fun examining silly writing. 🎉
Those lightsabers came from Disney World (Friend of my mine got one that wouldn’t light up after a few days), really hope someone kept the receipts 🤣.
Nice jacket! I saw your flying video so I know the history. That’s a really nice touchstone you have to your father!
Smile O' Ren played by discount Ezra Miller did an excellent job, He is a good actor. But it was no surprised that Discount Ezra was Smile O' Ren. Him killing all Jedi was no surprised.
His helmet and bracer were made of some special plotmetal that temporarily shorts out the lasersword's circuitry. They sputtered whenever they hit either of those pieces of equipment. Yord somehow noticed that, and used the helmet at the end to short out Smilo's lasersword.
Yord with the quick thinking still gets his neck snapped - I'm having doubts about the Jedi's peacekeeping in this era, no wonder they fall decades later
Loving The EjacOlyte ... you are the condensed Readers Digest and Grouch Marx of reviewers. Whudda thunk an Ex-Network Executive had such wit, erudition and insight. Thank you for saving me from actually watching this drivel.
The lightsabers shorted out because of Cortosis. Not that this has been established in any other live action/animated shows or movies, it is just something we're supposed to know or not care about.
I enjoy how you explain what would improve the writing instead of just criticizing. We all know it's dumb. I also wonder when characters acting stupid to maintain the plot became the norm. I'm sure I was too dumb to notice as a kid. I certainly noticed even at the peak of The Walking Dead, when I'd scream at the TV because of their terrible tactics or discipline. It seems to be more prevalent post 2010s. I remember it happening in Dexter a couple of times, but not every episode.
$180,000,000 budget.
$50,000 production
$179,950,000 Weinstein's assistant's pockets.
Sounds about right.
Though KK'd probably want a cut.
And they told amadala she can make a music video
@@monsieurcommissaire1628 it's kk's money to play with
But Headland made KK cry when she pitched this show. So it has to be amazeballs.
Studio plants and usually 3 camera setup from a 70’s tv show.
I heard from another youtuber that the helmet is what shorts out the light sticks. It's made out of some special metaloid I guess.
4:43 why do the sabers look like lady massage wands?
Oh, I remember those flashlights that took two D cell batteries, and every time you turn them on you have to pop 'em on the side to get the light to come on full bright. They fixed it some time in the 80's but it was so frustrating having to walk and slap your flashlight trying to see. Gah! Never use the cheap red cat batteries in your light sabers folks!
Light it, Light it, LIGHT IT! had me laughing out loud, it was my first thought when i saw the slide 🙂
The battle started at sunset and Mae and Osha start talking at dawn? Does this planet only have a 60 minute day? Were they wondering around for hours before running into each other?
Chato I think you're theory for the Sith lord was actually far better than what the show came up with! That would have added a lot of mystery and intrigue.
Keep in mind someone is still yet to wield the thread-whip-saber :D
Freddie Mercury would've been more intimidating as a Sith compared to that Liu Kang reject.
Overall,I think the show is excellent. I think the actress does an amazing job playing both roles. I really like the character Mae-Ho. She reminds me of Gamorra.
It would seem that Qimir will inadvertantly reveal to Osha that Sol murdered her mothers and that Mae has been right all along.
What did I think? If I had watched the episode, the crazy end sequence would have driven to despair.
Thanks again for these walk throughs - more illuminating the mini light sabre.
Per usual Paul, your video is more entertaining than the subject matter you're discussing. Thank you sir. 🙏
Cheers.
Many thanks!
Willow is lonely in Tax-Write-Off Hell. Send him the Acolyte to keep him company.
I used force push to turn the TV off on the remote...
" it would be better if they just followed the rules of writing".
Lol . Thanks, Chato
I do enjoy your reviews. Thanks!
Glad you like them!
Cortosis, the metal that can shut down a lightsabre was introduced in the Legend books many years before Disney bought Lucasfilm. However it having the ability to block Force powers is new, I don't recall it having that use at all.
Sol had to take a dump in the woods
Chato, in your shorts you were few heart beats from the end, glad someone gave you helping hand.
There is a metal in Star Wars Legends called Cortosis, it can absorb and dissipate lightsabers damage and can cause them to short out the blade briefly. I am assuming he has a helmet and gauntlets made out of it or plated with it.
Believe it or not, there was a Martial Art in the Star Wars Extended Universe. Teräs Käsi was developed to fight force users and was in the game Masters of the Teräs Käsi. Obviously they didn't want to use that name however as they'd have to pay a royalty.
Yord arrives at the scene from the oposite side. He was in the back, in the same direction that smilo ren and osha came running. But arrives at the scene behind osha and sol. Dude ran laps to arrive behind them
The fight scene actually filled me with good feelings to some degree. And the use of Cortosis armor to short-circuit the lightsabers was a nice touch. Also Yord getting deleted so swiftly made me feel great, I hated him with a passion. Such a lame jedi...
Then they started talking again, and Sol SOMEHOW didn't sense that the twins were swapped... Back to square one
Nice touch there, that they have real world handcuffs 😂