It is shocking that someone has to point this out to you but clearly DSW does not feel at all constrained by continuity, lore, logic or reason. Those hetero normative concepts would limit their ability to produce their cherished neo marxist intersectional feminist identity politics shows. You know, for a modern audience…
Here's a novel idea. Wait until the series is over until you start to pick at supposed inconsistencies in the show. Ki-adi Mundi is not on the Jedi high council at this point. There could be a cover up in the end. Perhaps Qimir is able to kill Sol and Mae before they get back to Coresant and the secret dies with them. Regardless, Disney owns the Star Wars franchise now unfortunately. They can decide what is cannon and what isn't. They proved they don't care about what George Lucas wants when they scrapped his ideas for the sequel movies. This is our reality now so stop whining
No, thaaaaank you!! Ive argued about Qimir being a sith alone breaks canon in a more detrimental way than even the ki-adi-mundi argument, because the only sith who should exist during this period are Darth Tenebrous (who was born 247-167ish & lived to 67bby) Darth Plagueis or his master; whom is a Twi-lek & maybe Darth venamis. All of who are not human, and it doesn't matter if Tenebrous is the apprentice or master, 2 sith will still exist as per the rule of 2, & we all know this is canon; legends or disney Lucas. And the rule of 2 being what allowed the sith to thrive in the shadows all the way up to the rise of the empire! anyone who claims the title of sith other than those who exist at the time; becomes a rival, requiring a duel to the death for who claims the of Lord of the sith. & Ive gotten into some lengthy arguments trying to justified how this isn't canon breaking!😩 This foundational pilar is vital for the narrative of ep1-6 that disregarding the rule of Two and the current sith of the period fucks so many things up.
"A Jedi doesn’t pull her weapon unless prepared to kill." "Nah, sweetie, you're thinking of Fremen Fedaykin. A Fremen never draws their Crysknife unless they're prepared to wash it with blood... We Jedi use Lightsabers all the damn time. Like, even for haircuts, can opening and other dumb stuff." "What?" "Shut up and eat your Spice Cream."
@@NatHazel That universe which you say you see and feel, that universe is my dream... "What the thread has tied together, no one can separate!" "The power of ONE! The power of TWO! The power of mannnnnnyyyyy... " "The power of ONE! The power of TWO! The power of mannnnnnyyyyy... " "AHHHHHHH!" "My brides," Jabba said. "I welcome you to Siaynoq." The Royal Cart creaked slightly as Jabba arched his front segments upward, lifting his head. “You are the keepers of the faith!” Jabba said. They replied as one voice: “Lord, we obey!” “In me you live without end!” Jabba said. “We are the Infinite!” they shouted. “I love you as I love no others!” Jabba said. “Love!” they screamed. *The power of one the power of two the power of mannnnnnnyyyyy.* Solo shuddered.
@@johnnydubya8071 "It looks like Fremen did this. Look, there's Maker Hooks and Sandworm tracks, but I've never heard of them hitting something so big before..." "They didn't. But we are meant to think they did. These tracks are side-by-side. Fremen always ride single-file, to hide their numbers." ( points at sand crawler ) "And these blast-points, too accurate for Dune people. Only Imperial Sardaukar are so precise."
I dont watch disney products anymore , just watch some youtube videos about it . And I loved the name "Smilo-Ren" for that character , whoever it is .... :P
I was 6 years old when I was taken to see 'Star Wars' all those years ago. For most of my life I thought 'Star Wars' would be around forever. "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter." Disney thought if they threw enough money and PR at the 'crude matter' they could do away with the luminous magic that made 'Star wars' the thing that it used to be.
This is an interesting take but it seems to rely on a few things that are somewhat unclear. 1: It assumes that there aren't other groups/factions that use force powers or light sabers, that the Jedi deal with more commonly at this timeframe, that would the the more likely suspect in a case about murdered Jedi. In a previous episode the Jedi mention other Jedi factions and such that they think could be responsible. So a bunch of Jedi missing or dying from light sabers doesn't inherently imply "Sith" to these Jedi, as that is a very specific religion/group. AND, as long as anytime a Sith would have had a run in with JedI through that time, they killed them all and hid it properly... such events can transpire without revealing their existence. So Ki Adi Mundi not believing that Sith have been seen in a thousand years really boils down to what info/evidence he eventually receives. 2: It assumes that the Jedi's intent to do good, will always result in "good" for everyone else' perspective. That is not necessarily the case. For example, the Jedi have every reason to worry about random force users out in the galaxy, as they could do a lot of terrible things by accident or on purpose if seduced by the Darkside. So they have every good intention when they go to planets and insist on meeting force sensitive children, and then training them if permitted. Nothing evil about what they are trying to do, just pushy, but sometimes that is required. However, from the perspective of the people who are trying to live their own lives, do their own thing, live by their own beliefs, raise children the way they see fit, Jedi coming there is perceived as "Bad". The truth of "Depends on the perspective" is often a matter of what it means for your life. Sometimes two people have every good intention and can still end up at odds with one another. Sometimes two tribes can both have good intentions and end up fighting. Conflict does not always come from one side is good and the other bad. As for Sol lying - Qui Gon Jin lied to Anikin when he tested his blood for midcloreans. Obi's whole "darth vader killed your father" line to Luke wasn't exactly truthful. Mace Windu asking Anikin to spy on the palpatine isnt exactly forthcoming. Point being - Jedi DO, in fact, Lie. They do it for what they believe is the greater good. Some might say that all lying is dark, but then we have to say that every rebel spy who saved the galaxy from the empire was a liar and therefore bad.. I don't think its that simple. Also Note: Showing a kid a shiny object to get their intention isnt inherently creepy, that's sometimes just an adult interacting with a kid in a way that works. That's my two scents. Anyway cool video. Keep up the good work on this stuff.
Pretty sure The Acolyte is gonna be a weird an aberation...in the final episode Luke will wake up from a fever dream on that cold island really regretting eating that old cheese made from blue milk before he went to bed and that'll be it. All just a bad dream
I'm not going to be scripting my content as much anymore. Takes way too much time and I'm not getting to cover the content I want so this will be an easier way to cover more things
4:32 I think “The Master” was just mocking Sol for being unable to see beyond his mask and recognize him as “Qimir” from ep. 2, and also hiding secrets from theirs pupils instead of a direct connection to the Sith.
Thank you! They created a situation that makes it impossible for Star Wars fans to be immersed in the story when the concert is about how they keep from breaking what we know as fact.
I don’t mind the Acolyte’s portrayal of the Jedi. The Jedi are mortal beings and are subject to emotion and temptation. Just because they use the light side doesn’t mean they do not have failings. They have become complacent after being the primary force using organization for so long with no real challenge to that. They have had some challenges in the books, but nothing like facing their ancient enemy the Sith. And if Sol dies before getting this information to the council then Ki Adi Mundi would technically be right in The Phantom Menace; they have not seen the Sith in a millennium. They could chalk the Jedi deaths on Kohfar to the insects and possibly some kind of mind control or drugs from the bugs. That then caused them to turn on each other. Keeping the existence of the Sith a secret from the High Council.
They could have done something really smart with the story. Triplets instead of twins, another type of enemy apart from a sith. There was a million different things they could have done to grip the viewer. But no. They played it safe where they shouldnt have and made changes where they shouldn't have. Just mis management. Simple as that. Cheers Elaine.
@@Emanon... That not true, I was there when George Lucas came out with the Phantom Menace I. A lot people did not like that movie and where upset with George Lucas especially with Jar-Jar Binks. I was there when he re-did the original trilogy with re-vised special affect on Blue Ray and that really upset a lot of people.
@@Emanon... I'm sorry but your making strawman argument. There was even a video of "The people vs George Lucas" in 2010 by Alexandre O. Philippe. People get very touchy when come to Star Wars. Many see the Hero's Journey of Luke Skywalker as themselves. It has become a "Rorschach test" for many people who see what they want to see in Star Wars.
Yeah so like, he might not be a proper Sith. There may have been dark siders that called themselves Sith or he's saying that the Jedi would call him a Sith. Or we just don't know the whole story because the series isn't over yet.
I'm sorry but you picked the wrong franchise to complain about. George Lucas has always been first to break cannon. I remember when George :Lucas redid the the special affects in the original Star Wars trilogy that really pissed off a lot fans, and what made it worse when they begged him to release a original version he said "no, never". Wow, that pissed off everyone.
And then what pissed off fans even more was that had it written in the contact that Disney would never release the original version of the Star Wars trilogy.
In the trailer Venestra was using her light whip on the forest world so she will turn up at some point she'll cover up to whole thing The twins: may die or disappear once they find out the truth of what happened at the witch settlement Qimir: is highly likely to die (he called himself a sith but were on the sith totem pole he fits no idea no Darth name so he might be the Acolyte of the current sith apprentice) Sol :depending on how he was involved in the witches settlement fire Mae/Osha may end up killing him Then who ever is left get sorted out by Venestra she's more concerned about appearances than doing what's right thus ki-adi will believe what he says in the prequels as he'll be in the dark much like everyone else. That's more it less what I hope happens, probably wishful thinking though 🤞
I'm waiting for Qimir to somehow be Sol's long-lost son, and they have a rip-off, "I am your son" moment. Back in Sol's partying days, he hooked up with a witch. 😂 That'd be a cool flashback if they gave Sol some 70s looking side-burns.
The mystery becomes: how to hush it up. No? Sol calls Venestra, who comes to the rescue. Venestra is Sithy or Abelothy. We have to tie it to Ahsoka S2, right? Venestra wipes out Smilo-Ren, says he's failed, a useless apprentice, Dookus him. Sol has to die. Osha has a head injury. Mae is sworn to secrecy as the acolyte. Venestra and Mae depart for Dathomir, or find a pergil somewhere. Ki-Adi-Mundi reports to the Council that a very strange series of events with inconclusive findings has occurred. Council closes the file and restricts the archives. Just consume product, and get excited for next product.
One thing I give to them the visual design of "Smile-o Ren" helmet is very good. And then it gets removed quite shortly after the reveal, such huge wasted potential.
I figure out why this show is so badly done. Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek took Leslye Headland production that was suppose to be a movie and force her to do a serial tv series. Chapek was in a rush to get content on Disney Plus.
I have an idea how they're going to bs their way out of it.. (and yes, I'm aware it's all been filmed for months now lol) Master Sol is shown to have mind powers so to speak and it even suggested that OSHA has had her memories clouded/erased. Therefore, Sol will literally mind-wipe Ki-adi-Mundi's memories to save himself or some shit.
I mean, when Brian and Kevin contradict established lore, you're super cool with it and present it as lore equal to the original Dune books. So whatever you do to achieve that, do it with Acolyte and you will have a time
I'm not an expert on Ki-Adi-Mundi, but it seems like the simplest explanation would be that Mundi was secretly seduced by the Dark Side, helped cover up the events of The Acolyte, and lied to the Council in The Phantom Menace. We'll see if the showrunners were at least smart enough to do something like this, but more likely they didn't even realize they broke continuity in the first place.
This all started with the choice of Ryan Johnson, who while filming his SW movie that he’d never seen a SW movie when they made the offer to him to direct. They have no clue and no plan. Sad too, cause they bought a ready-to-go money machine that would’ve worked, had they only listened to fans. Or just gone off of the damn books..fuck, that’d been good..
Qimir was careful to conceal his actions as a Sith from the Jedi Order, which often dealt with rogue students and independent Force users. The Jedi Order weren't plaster saints. The Sith themselves argued that the Jedi desired power and engaged in questionable conduct, which the franchise clearly shows. (Order 66 and the Jedi Purge were instigated after the Jedi Council attempted to overthrow the democratically elected government of the Republic instead of going through proper channels, presenting evidence instead of hearsay). Obi-Wan in Episode IV explains to Luke that the Jedi had grown complacent and were largely responsible for their own destruction. You can't blame the franchise for presenting this condition on screen.
It's as easy as Mundi seeing things from 'a certain point of view'. We don't even know yet if the guy is an actual sith, he just said the Jedi might call him a sith. We do know the Jedi are wanting to burry this incident and not report it to the upper ups on the council and the Senate. Is it really that hard to believe Mundi and the others would be all... "It was a dark jedi/warlock from Dathimir. Nothing to see here, definitely no Sith."
I believe it is all going to fall on Vernestra. She’s the one who is worried about the optics of everything going on in the show. My theory is that Sol will die at the end and it will appear that Qimir dies and Vernestra covers it all up and excludes all the facts from the small council.
I am giving it the benefit of doubt, and let them finish the story before I pass judgment. Conehead Jedi could have lied, due to a cover up, or it turns out Smiley isn’t a Sith at all
So, I do appreciate them kind of shieing what often happens to "heroes" whem in the absence of their great villain; what they can become without the benchmark to hold thenselves up against. I will say that this is probably seems like desperately looking for a silver lining, to what is otherwise amassing into a s---storm, but it isn't. I haven't watched this series, despite originally feeling that it had possibly the most potential, where we could have seen what new canon Darth Plagueis was up to, and if it differed from his Legends novel. Would he still be real? Just a convenient story to tempt Anakin? Still a Muun mad scientist, and moneylender? Tenebrous? It had so much hope, and the galaxy around the Jedi; the places they don't go, and can't always see, is so vast...yet here we are. To an extent I accept, and even like some alterations to established facts. Did PJ do stuff in LotR that made me shake my head? Yes, but he also made changes that I wish were what the books gad done, and even George Lucas could be a pure clod, so I don't just see his writing ad sacrosanct. HE changed things, and made mistakes, and there are whole segments of the old expanded universe that I liked more than a fair bit of the man's own writing, but there ARE established elements you shouldn't change; things that, in their own way, are the things many loved, and to day you do to, but want to change, leads me to ask "Then what dud you love, exactly?" This was my problem with Rings of Power. They also had the opportunity to fill in a timestamp that had lore, but also had space, and that one could use to "fill in" a good, even mostly original, story, but they just couldn't do that. They were TOO focused on making it theirs, and making it not, and while I can certainly see the desire to take "old classics", and make them more inclusive, or less divisive, if you feel they were, if you rip out all the bones, and replace them with plastic resin, that's not even still a dinosaur, while replacing them with other bones means it's not still THAT dinosaur. Disney is, in my mind, yanking our key bones of the core structure, and without them, it can't necessarily still stand under its own weight, or still be the thing it once was.
The Stranger (Qimir) isn't a Sith Lord. He's a skilled darkside user and a zealot who's practising the Sith tenets/"religion" for his own gain. He's a Sith Lord wannabe for sure, but he's not at the top their food chain. Also, Leslye Headland has recently stated there's a second Sith character upcoming in the mix. My guess is that Sol and possibly Qimir, will not survive. Vernestra Rohw, apparently more concerned about political implications/optics involved, will obscure, maybe even cover up the facts of the Brendok Jedi deaths so the Council will continue in their complacency believing that the Sith no longer exist right on up to their fall a century later. And unchallenged by this series, Kai Adi-Mundi's statement in TPM remains as canon.
I feel he could either have been concealing the sith as part of some order that we haven't seen in the Acolyte. It could also be that the fact a sith was involved was lied about to the council (I admit i am really stretching because so far this series has been very obvious and lacking a lot of depth)
The show last year was touted as this showcase of the 'Jedi at the peak of their powers', yet so far we have seen the exact opposite. Osha is nothing more than a damsel in distress, 6 years worth of Jedi training should have amounted to some kind of action to demonstrate this at the very least, but nothing. I am struggling to understand exactly why there needed to be twins, but alas this is probably the least of the show's unanswered problems and the list continues to pile up. I'm convinced the show is going to have an unnecessary ambiguous ending as clearly the inception of this show exposes the most fatal flaw in my opinion, which is there was never any actual long term plan to this. Otherwise I really enjoyed this video and this is the first time I have come across your content. Thanks for the input :)
Disney SW canon this high republic ERA is there loop hole 100 years before George SW canon episode 1 of the movie or in simple terms before the Skywalker Saga.
You clean up the timeline by killing everyone involved. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the Sith lord in the Shadows is Darth Tenneberous, who in legends was A Bith scientist.
Mundi is a secret Sith. He was surprised during Order 66 because he thought he was exempt and got betrayed. This is why he denies Sith existing. I'm just trolling.
The antagonist was not confirmed as a Sith. He said that the Jedi could call him one. It's reasonable to think this person would lie about anything convenient or simply use a term he thought the Jedi would recognize.
"Um.. it was a conspiracy to keep this quiet. Yeah, that's it. Mundi was part of the cover up... yeah... that's the ticket. Oh, Mundi's age discrepancies, that's the Mandela effect. You just think his age doesn't make sense." smh... All other criticisms aside, everyone from top to bottom in this project is just f'n lazy.
I can't imagine getting so mad about one line from over a decade ago said by a character that no one liked. Also the Jedi were always corrupt. It was one of the main themes of the prequels
I still find it questionable. Smilo Ren says "I have no name. You might call me Sith." He didn't really seem to consider himself Sith. So IDK. Normally Sith seem proud of calling themselves Sith.
I still suspect “Qimir” isn’t _exactly_ a Sith. And even if is the case, and someone survives to tell the story correctly, probably the order will suspect the murder is actually a non-Sith dark-side user - these were an ocasional issue during the high republic.
I think its simple, Sol is going to go back and cover up what happened. Thats how they will keep true the saying of the sith have been absent for a millenia line.
I’m still head canoning it that this is Kay-Adi Mundi senior and the one from the prequels is Jr it’s the one way I have left to fix this massive gaping plot hole and the age discrepancy.
@@permeus2nd Also, reports come out that adults where seen with their kids playing in their yards with their lightsabers after this episode. Wow, "massive trigger". LOL hahahahahaha 🤣
I think this series has already gone beyond the point of no return with breaking canon. Three jedi masters and multiple knights killed, many sporting light saber injuries, I don't think there is a reasonable way to conceal these events. Even more than that, the show itself hasn't show any capability from the writers at subtlety, or writing in general, so I don't think they would be able to patch this mess even if they wanted to, and I don't think they do.
He said, "Some of you may call me Sith" I Don't think he is a "Sith Lord" If anything, he is an apprentice or an acolyte himself. The while show might be in reference to him 🤔 will see 👀
I can tell this topic has changed something in the way you narrate these videos. Previously it was very scripted, with a kind of contained voice and static intonations. Whereas now, you're chatting, talking naturally, improvise, a bit more confident and at-ease as well. It's nice.
SMILE-O-REN took off his/her/they/it mask and revealed............ . . . . . . . ...that the real sith was all the diverse strong lesbian witches we made along the way"....
Luke: Leia, do you remember your mother, your real mother? Leia: Just a little bit. She died when I was very young. Luke: What do you remember? Leia: Just images really, feelings. Luke: Tell me. Leia: She was, very beautiful, kind, but sad. Why are you asking me this? Luke: I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her. (Actual dialogue from a Star Wars film considered canon.)
Disney's ownership of Star Wars has been 50/50, hit or miss imo. Some good, and some pretty bad. I don't know if some of their writers are ignorant of established Star Wars lore, or arrogant and feel they can do a better job going forward with it effectively clashing with past lore, leading to the dumb crap we've seen so far in The Acolyte? Maybe a dangerous combination of the two? .... I'm really not happy with how Disney has portrayed the Jedi. It's been pretty ham-handed and poor.
As a life long Star Wars fan since A New Hope, it is disheartening to see the quality of Disney Star Wars projects. At this point, it is apparent to me that Disney Star Wars is either really bad at storytelling, or, they are intentionally trying to crap on everything George Lucas created : From “There is no good or evil” to portraying the Jedi being inept to light sabers being nothing more than non lethal glow sticks… The Original Trilogy portrayal of the Jedi as civilized keeper of the peace and defenders of light is no where to be seen.
Ki-Adi Mundi was working with the Sith all along. Actually, you know the theory of Darth Jar Jar? It was true, but Jar Jar was the Sith Apprentice, Palpatine, and his pupils were just a distraction to the real threat and puppet masters of the Galaxy. When Ki dies in the movies, he even has Sith eyes, he was looks surprised because he thought Jar Jar wouldn't betray him so soon. Jar Jar on the other hand is actually running the empire from the shadows while Palpatine thinks he is the top dog. One Sith in the Jedi Council and the other in the Senate, two of the most powerful and influential institutions in the Galactic Republic. Just think for a second... or don't 😂😂😂
You seem to have a similar vibe to that Cities by Diana chick, I forget her name. You should colab with her. No idea where you two align. Maybe an Arrakeen City Skylines....
he's not necessarily a real "sith." he just said that the jedi might call him that, meaning they would just be prejudiced to his dark side affiliation rather than him actually practicing the philosophy of the sith or even being a sith lord or apprentice
@@NerdCookies thank you for the info. it would then mean that there was a previous sith lord that he killed, which adds another layer to the story. still seems like he is more of a dark force user that got "recruited" and trained than an actual sith, but there are 3 episodes left to explore. always love your content
So apart from a few RUclips comments and videos from channels I trust not to go to asskissing or to hating (on any subject not just SW) I avoid the internet so I don’t know what the controversy is meant to be. But based off the thumbnail ied guess it’s a question of is he a Sith Lord and the answer is No! I mean at the min I aren’t sure if he is even Sith, so here is the problem that a lot of fans have, they don’t know all the lore heck I don’t but I know enough, been a Sith isn’t the same as been a dark side force user it’s the same difference between believing in the Christian god but not been a Christian, been a Sith is a religion just like the Jedi order is (this is the problem with the Jedi of the prequels and apparently also of the high republic era they stopped been a religion and became a political group) it’s interesting because they make this same mistake inside the setting too out of all the Jedi we have seen on film ied say we have only seen 4 real Jedi (hermit Yoda, old Ben, Qui-Gon jinn and maybe ROTJ Luke I’m a bit iffy on Luke as I aren’t sure if he knows enough of the religion to be counted) at that point of his life, he definitely dose after the films though) and it’s a similar story for the bad guys most of them don’t believe in the Sith religion there’s a massive debate in the fandom that’s been going for nearly as long as there has been a setting if Sidius is really a Sith or just uses it to fit his needs. But to I hate calling him this but it seems to be the name that’s stuck in the fandom smilelow Ren (or however it’s spelled, I suck at real names to so ied butcher his character name too I’ve only heard it like 3 times) I don’t think he is a real Sith he seems to know part of the Sith ways but not all of them so maybe he was been trained but the person training him died when he was still young or maybe he is a self trained Sith (the equivalent of a hedgewitch in witchcraft) this would also fit in with the Samurai film idea, basically he is something like a Rhone a masterless Samurai or in this case a masterless Sith.
Another great vid breaking down the issues. The best partg of this episode was them killing off a bunch of the whiny jedi. Bad writing, bad production, bad action. Hell they killed off their best actor Dafne Keen and her best work to date has been opposite a talking, armor wearing polar bear. LOL!
Ppl think the EU is an established canon. You know who doesn't and never did? Everyone who ever owned Star Wars. Everyone. You know who changed canon multiple times? Everyone who ever owned Star Wars. Everyone. You know who asked any of the fans about any of this? No one. Not one.
There's no need to even try to explain WTF story Disney is trying to tell. It's not Star Wars. It's fever dream fan fiction. Nobody cares about it. Long live the OG. But thanks for the effort Cookie
This just sounds like sloppy and lazy writing / world building. No thought or effort seems to have been invested into building a believable story. We lost somebody from my unit the other day, killed in a contact in the Congo. Why I mention this is that there are Questions when somebody gets killed in action, or just killed at work in general, be it an accident, enemy action, or for whatever reason. Significant questions, and lots of them, and lots of senior people are very interested in the answers to those questions. There is, without fail, a formal inquiry into what happened, to identify the cause and to hold people accountable, if necessary. I cannot imagine that the Jedi Order is any different from any other organised entity, where its personnel work in hostile environments and there is risk of injury or death. One or two deaths can maaaaaybe be fudged away as an accident, but by the time the third body hits the floor, or there's more than one incident involving injury or death, there will be so much scrutiny on what's going on that it will be impossible to hide. The events very well may be spun for public consumption, but internally the truth *will* be known, if not necessarily widely. Just the mundane side of things like HR needing paperwork to process end of service administration, and disbursing benefits to the family mean you can't just wave away deaths.
This Sith was really intriguing and looked like a total badass in the Trailer and early episodes. However, in Episode 5 he looks more like some hillbilly from Joe Dirt.
I doesn't matter if they had put another character they would have complained. People forget that George Lucas really pissed off the fan base when he made The Phantom Menace I. The character of Jar-Jar Blinks really upset a lot of people there was even a campaign to kill him off. Then George Lucas came with re-vised Blue Ray of the original trilogy of Star Wars with updated special effects that really pissed off the fan based and they wanted a Blue Ray release of the original Star Wars with out the modifications. What enraged them was that he said "No, never".
There was even a film called "The People vs George Lucas" and how the changes they made to the original Star Wars trilogy upset a lot of people. It came out in 2010 directed by Alexandre O. Philippe.
Sorry, you picked the wrong franchise to love it has always been controversial that just way George Lucas is. He someone that wants to upset the apple cart.
Everyone is getting so bent aboit one little minor statement of Lord from movies the fan base didn't exactly warm to, when they were released. This isn't Rings of Power level lore nuking. People should just chill out and enjoy it for what it is. I for one love blowing up the goodie two shoes fauning of the Jedi. More complex, nuanced Star Wars and not a 12 year old's adventure fantasy is welcome. I loved Andor for that. This show isn't going to rise to that, absolutely not but, I can still enjoy it.
This show feels like an attack on the legacy of George Lucas. It’s purposefully polarizing, and the press around the show prior to its release raised my suspicion. Having seen the first three episodes, and then seeing the summaries of the 4th and 5th, I’m convinced this show was mad to make fans mad. Disney’s response to the criticism has been predictable. They claim the anger is due to racist and sexist fans. But why didn’t Andor or Asoka receive the same defense from Disney? Leslie Hedland has said that she wanted to go against George Lucas’ vision and even said asked what right he had to decide what Star Wars is.
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You seem a lot more animated in this video than usual. Did this upset you that much? I mean, I get it, just something I noticed.
It is shocking that someone has to point this out to you but clearly DSW does not feel at all constrained by continuity, lore, logic or reason. Those hetero normative concepts would limit their ability to produce their cherished neo marxist intersectional feminist identity politics shows. You know, for a modern audience…
According to Leslie Headland they are two Sith lords. Get triggered!!!!😮
Here's a novel idea. Wait until the series is over until you start to pick at supposed inconsistencies in the show. Ki-adi Mundi is not on the Jedi high council at this point. There could be a cover up in the end. Perhaps Qimir is able to kill Sol and Mae before they get back to Coresant and the secret dies with them. Regardless, Disney owns the Star Wars franchise now unfortunately. They can decide what is cannon and what isn't. They proved they don't care about what George Lucas wants when they scrapped his ideas for the sequel movies. This is our reality now so stop whining
No, thaaaaank you!!
Ive argued about Qimir being a sith alone breaks canon in a more detrimental way than even the ki-adi-mundi argument, because the only sith who should exist during this period are Darth Tenebrous (who was born 247-167ish & lived to 67bby) Darth Plagueis or his master; whom is a Twi-lek & maybe Darth venamis. All of who are not human, and it doesn't matter if Tenebrous is the apprentice or master, 2 sith will still exist as per the rule of 2, & we all know this is canon; legends or disney Lucas. And the rule of 2 being what allowed the sith to thrive in the shadows all the way up to the rise of the empire! anyone who claims the title of sith other than those who exist at the time; becomes a rival, requiring a duel to the death for who claims the of Lord of the sith. & Ive gotten into some lengthy arguments trying to justified how this isn't canon breaking!😩 This foundational pilar is vital for the narrative of ep1-6 that disregarding the rule of Two and the current sith of the period fucks so many things up.
Disney- "I've altered the deal George.. Pray i dont alter it any further".
According to Leslie Headland they are two Sith lords. Get triggered!!!!😮
@@HellBot-gi5si you already said that
"We must all fear evil men, but there is another kind of evil. One we must fear most, and that is the indifference of good men".
"A Jedi doesn’t pull her weapon unless prepared to kill."
"Nah, sweetie, you're thinking of Fremen Fedaykin. A Fremen never draws their Crysknife unless they're prepared to wash it with blood... We Jedi use Lightsabers all the damn time. Like, even for haircuts, can opening and other dumb stuff."
"What?"
"Shut up and eat your Spice Cream."
Is this what a fever dream feels like? 😂
@@NatHazel That universe which you say you see and feel, that universe is my dream...
"What the thread has tied together, no one can separate!"
"The power of ONE!
The power of TWO!
The power of mannnnnnyyyyy... "
"The power of ONE!
The power of TWO!
The power of mannnnnnyyyyy... "
"AHHHHHHH!"
"My brides," Jabba said. "I welcome you to Siaynoq."
The Royal Cart creaked slightly as Jabba arched his front segments upward, lifting his head.
“You are the keepers of the faith!” Jabba said.
They replied as one voice: “Lord, we obey!”
“In me you live without end!” Jabba said.
“We are the Infinite!” they shouted.
“I love you as I love no others!” Jabba said.
“Love!” they screamed.
*The power of one the power of two the power of mannnnnnnyyyyy.*
Solo shuddered.
Ok dune boy
@@johnnydubya8071 "It looks like Fremen did this. Look, there's Maker Hooks and Sandworm tracks, but I've never heard of them hitting something so big before..."
"They didn't. But we are meant to think they did. These tracks are side-by-side. Fremen always ride single-file, to hide their numbers."
( points at sand crawler )
"And these blast-points, too accurate for Dune people. Only Imperial Sardaukar are so precise."
I dont watch disney products anymore , just watch some youtube videos about it .
And I loved the name "Smilo-Ren" for that character , whoever it is .... :P
An evil company to the core.
I was 6 years old when I was taken to see 'Star Wars' all those years ago. For most of my life I thought 'Star Wars' would be around forever.
"Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."
Disney thought if they threw enough money and PR at the 'crude matter' they could do away with the luminous magic that made 'Star wars' the thing that it used to be.
According to Leslie Headland they are two Sith lords. Get triggered!!!!😮
This is an interesting take but it seems to rely on a few things that are somewhat unclear.
1: It assumes that there aren't other groups/factions that use force powers or light sabers, that the Jedi deal with more commonly at this timeframe, that would the the more likely suspect in a case about murdered Jedi.
In a previous episode the Jedi mention other Jedi factions and such that they think could be responsible. So a bunch of Jedi missing or dying from light sabers doesn't inherently imply "Sith" to these Jedi, as that is a very specific religion/group. AND, as long as anytime a Sith would have had a run in with JedI through that time, they killed them all and hid it properly... such events can transpire without revealing their existence.
So Ki Adi Mundi not believing that Sith have been seen in a thousand years really boils down to what info/evidence he eventually receives.
2: It assumes that the Jedi's intent to do good, will always result in "good" for everyone else' perspective. That is not necessarily the case.
For example, the Jedi have every reason to worry about random force users out in the galaxy, as they could do a lot of terrible things by accident or on purpose if seduced by the Darkside. So they have every good intention when they go to planets and insist on meeting force sensitive children, and then training them if permitted. Nothing evil about what they are trying to do, just pushy, but sometimes that is required. However, from the perspective of the people who are trying to live their own lives, do their own thing, live by their own beliefs, raise children the way they see fit, Jedi coming there is perceived as "Bad".
The truth of "Depends on the perspective" is often a matter of what it means for your life.
Sometimes two people have every good intention and can still end up at odds with one another. Sometimes two tribes can both have good intentions and end up fighting. Conflict does not always come from one side is good and the other bad.
As for Sol lying - Qui Gon Jin lied to Anikin when he tested his blood for midcloreans. Obi's whole "darth vader killed your father" line to Luke wasn't exactly truthful. Mace Windu asking Anikin to spy on the palpatine isnt exactly forthcoming.
Point being - Jedi DO, in fact, Lie. They do it for what they believe is the greater good. Some might say that all lying is dark, but then we have to say that every rebel spy who saved the galaxy from the empire was a liar and therefore bad.. I don't think its that simple.
Also Note: Showing a kid a shiny object to get their intention isnt inherently creepy, that's sometimes just an adult interacting with a kid in a way that works.
That's my two scents.
Anyway cool video. Keep up the good work on this stuff.
-"Plan? There ain't no plan!" -Pig Killer, Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome
This channel needs over 1m subscribers! Great analysis and implications!
0:15
“…fuck.”
- Geralt of Rivia
Pretty sure The Acolyte is gonna be a weird an aberation...in the final episode Luke will wake up from a fever dream on that cold island really regretting eating that old cheese made from blue milk before he went to bed and that'll be it. All just a bad dream
Can all of us wake up from Disney Star Wars? From the sale of Lucasfilm? "Oh, uh, it was just a dream." - George
According to Leslie Headland they are two Sith lords. Get triggered!!!!😮
IF only
I sense a clear shift in your voice compared to usual videos covering DUNE and the like, I can hear the anger. As Palpatine would say "GOOOOD, goood"
I'm not going to be scripting my content as much anymore. Takes way too much time and I'm not getting to cover the content I want so this will be an easier way to cover more things
Makes a lot of sense and I think makes for a more engaging video
Good to see you getting around more Elaine
Thank you, Nerd Cookies.
4:32 I think “The Master” was just mocking Sol for being unable to see beyond his mask and recognize him as “Qimir” from ep. 2, and also hiding secrets from theirs pupils instead of a direct connection to the Sith.
That's not a Sith Lord. That's the Gimp from Pulp Fiction.
Thank you! They created a situation that makes it impossible for Star Wars fans to be immersed in the story when the concert is about how they keep from breaking what we know as fact.
I don’t mind the Acolyte’s portrayal of the Jedi. The Jedi are mortal beings and are subject to emotion and temptation. Just because they use the light side doesn’t mean they do not have failings. They have become complacent after being the primary force using organization for so long with no real challenge to that. They have had some challenges in the books, but nothing like facing their ancient enemy the Sith. And if Sol dies before getting this information to the council then Ki Adi Mundi would technically be right in The Phantom Menace; they have not seen the Sith in a millennium. They could chalk the Jedi deaths on Kohfar to the insects and possibly some kind of mind control or drugs from the bugs. That then caused them to turn on each other. Keeping the existence of the Sith a secret from the High Council.
Thanks Elaine
It wouldn't be Star Wars without continuity issues!🥰
They missed an opportunity by not casting Dan Ackroyd as Ki-Adi-Mundi.
They could have done something really smart with the story. Triplets instead of twins, another type of enemy apart from a sith. There was a million different things they could have done to grip the viewer. But no. They played it safe where they shouldnt have and made changes where they shouldn't have. Just mis management. Simple as that. Cheers Elaine.
"Give me the cookies, and give it to me nerdy."
Disney is bound and determined to destroy Lucas' vision and SW. Thanks for another dose of Cookies,Elaine.
According to Leslie Headland they are two Sith lords. Get triggered!!!!😮
Lucas wrecked his own vision by selling it off.
He didn't need to and he certainly didn't need the money.
Blame Lucas as much as Disney.
@@Emanon... That not true, I was there when George Lucas came out with the Phantom Menace I. A lot people did not like that movie and where upset with George Lucas especially with Jar-Jar Binks. I was there when he re-did the original trilogy with re-vised special affect on Blue Ray and that really upset a lot of people.
@@Emanon... I'm sorry but your making strawman argument. There was even a video of "The people vs George Lucas" in 2010 by Alexandre O. Philippe. People get very touchy when come to Star Wars. Many see the Hero's Journey of Luke Skywalker as themselves. It has become a "Rorschach test" for many people who see what they want to see in Star Wars.
"Hope the show does minimum damage to the lore"........🤣🤣🤣
The series isn’t even over. Wait until that happens.
It doesn't matter. If the whole show is shit and the ending is what makes it all worth it. That's a bad show and dumb writing
Did you miss the part where she says it messes with the immersion?
Yeah so like, he might not be a proper Sith. There may have been dark siders that called themselves Sith or he's saying that the Jedi would call him a Sith. Or we just don't know the whole story because the series isn't over yet.
@NerdCookies
29 minutes ago
The actor and showrunner both confirmed in recent interviews that he's a "Sith Lord".
That reminded me of the reveal in Iron Man 3, like, "THAT'S the Mandarin??" Like cue the sad trombone ... wonk wonk woooooonk
Fans just need to come together and collectively agree this is not canon
I'm sorry but you picked the wrong franchise to complain about. George Lucas has always been first to break cannon. I remember when George :Lucas redid the the special affects in the original Star Wars trilogy that really pissed off a lot fans, and what made it worse when they begged him to release a original version he said "no, never". Wow, that pissed off everyone.
And then what pissed off fans even more was that had it written in the contact that Disney would never release the original version of the Star Wars trilogy.
In the trailer Venestra was using her light whip on the forest world so she will turn up at some point she'll cover up to whole thing
The twins: may die or disappear once they find out the truth of what happened at the witch settlement
Qimir: is highly likely to die (he called himself a sith but were on the sith totem pole he fits no idea no Darth name so he might be the Acolyte of the current sith apprentice)
Sol :depending on how he was involved in the witches settlement fire Mae/Osha may end up killing him
Then who ever is left get sorted out by Venestra she's more concerned about appearances than doing what's right
thus ki-adi will believe what he says in the prequels as he'll be in the dark much like everyone else.
That's more it less what I hope happens, probably wishful thinking though 🤞
According to Leslie Headland they are two Sith lords. Get triggered!!!!😮
I'm waiting for Qimir to somehow be Sol's long-lost son, and they have a rip-off, "I am your son" moment.
Back in Sol's partying days, he hooked up with a witch. 😂 That'd be a cool flashback if they gave Sol some 70s looking side-burns.
Coulnt care less what Disney do. It is not cannon
Are the prequels not canon then..?
It is canon, that's the problem. Star wars is dead
It’s Disney Star Wars canon. Which has nothing to do with Star Wars canon. Just treat them as entirely different IP because they are.
I just want good Star Wars films. With writing on par with the Old Republic games.
Darth Malgus would be awesome but, I fear they'd turn him into someone who picks flowers and croqhets.
Great video and analysis btw.
The mystery becomes: how to hush it up. No?
Sol calls Venestra, who comes to the rescue. Venestra is Sithy or Abelothy. We have to tie it to Ahsoka S2, right?
Venestra wipes out Smilo-Ren, says he's failed, a useless apprentice, Dookus him. Sol has to die. Osha has a head injury. Mae is sworn to secrecy as the acolyte. Venestra and Mae depart for Dathomir, or find a pergil somewhere. Ki-Adi-Mundi reports to the Council that a very strange series of events with inconclusive findings has occurred. Council closes the file and restricts the archives.
Just consume product, and get excited for next product.
I can hear it in your voice how frustrated you are.
And I understand and empathize with you.
One thing I give to them the visual design of "Smile-o Ren" helmet is very good. And then it gets removed quite shortly after the reveal, such huge wasted potential.
I figure out why this show is so badly done. Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek took Leslye Headland production that was suppose to be a movie and force her to do a serial tv series. Chapek was in a rush to get content on Disney Plus.
I have an idea how they're going to bs their way out of it.. (and yes, I'm aware it's all been filmed for months now lol)
Master Sol is shown to have mind powers so to speak and it even suggested that OSHA has had her memories clouded/erased.
Therefore, Sol will literally mind-wipe Ki-adi-Mundi's memories to save himself or some shit.
I mean, when Brian and Kevin contradict established lore, you're super cool with it and present it as lore equal to the original Dune books. So whatever you do to achieve that, do it with Acolyte and you will have a time
You must have me confused for someone else to claim I'm "super cool" Brian and Kevin's contributions...
I'm not an expert on Ki-Adi-Mundi, but it seems like the simplest explanation would be that Mundi was secretly seduced by the Dark Side, helped cover up the events of The Acolyte, and lied to the Council in The Phantom Menace. We'll see if the showrunners were at least smart enough to do something like this, but more likely they didn't even realize they broke continuity in the first place.
This all started with the choice of Ryan Johnson, who while filming his SW movie that he’d never seen a SW movie when they made the offer to him to direct. They have no clue and no plan. Sad too, cause they bought a ready-to-go money machine that would’ve worked, had they only listened to fans. Or just gone off of the damn books..fuck, that’d been good..
Qimir was careful to conceal his actions as a Sith from the Jedi Order, which often dealt with rogue students and independent Force users.
The Jedi Order weren't plaster saints. The Sith themselves argued that the Jedi desired power and engaged in questionable conduct, which the franchise clearly shows. (Order 66 and the Jedi Purge were instigated after the Jedi Council attempted to overthrow the democratically elected government of the Republic instead of going through proper channels, presenting evidence instead of hearsay).
Obi-Wan in Episode IV explains to Luke that the Jedi had grown complacent and were largely responsible for their own destruction. You can't blame the franchise for presenting this condition on screen.
Twist: the secret Sith master is Ki Adi Mundi😂
It's as easy as Mundi seeing things from 'a certain point of view'. We don't even know yet if the guy is an actual sith, he just said the Jedi might call him a sith. We do know the Jedi are wanting to burry this incident and not report it to the upper ups on the council and the Senate. Is it really that hard to believe Mundi and the others would be all... "It was a dark jedi/warlock from Dathimir. Nothing to see here, definitely no Sith."
I believe it is all going to fall on Vernestra. She’s the one who is worried about the optics of everything going on in the show. My theory is that Sol will die at the end and it will appear that Qimir dies and Vernestra covers it all up and excludes all the facts from the small council.
According to Leslie headland, there are two sith Lords. Get triggered!!!!😮
I am giving it the benefit of doubt, and let them finish the story before I pass judgment. Conehead Jedi could have lied, due to a cover up, or it turns out Smiley isn’t a Sith at all
So, I do appreciate them kind of shieing what often happens to "heroes" whem in the absence of their great villain; what they can become without the benchmark to hold thenselves up against. I will say that this is probably seems like desperately looking for a silver lining, to what is otherwise amassing into a s---storm, but it isn't. I haven't watched this series, despite originally feeling that it had possibly the most potential, where we could have seen what new canon Darth Plagueis was up to, and if it differed from his Legends novel. Would he still be real? Just a convenient story to tempt Anakin? Still a Muun mad scientist, and moneylender? Tenebrous? It had so much hope, and the galaxy around the Jedi; the places they don't go, and can't always see, is so vast...yet here we are. To an extent I accept, and even like some alterations to established facts. Did PJ do stuff in LotR that made me shake my head? Yes, but he also made changes that I wish were what the books gad done, and even George Lucas could be a pure clod, so I don't just see his writing ad sacrosanct. HE changed things, and made mistakes, and there are whole segments of the old expanded universe that I liked more than a fair bit of the man's own writing, but there ARE established elements you shouldn't change; things that, in their own way, are the things many loved, and to day you do to, but want to change, leads me to ask "Then what dud you love, exactly?" This was my problem with Rings of Power. They also had the opportunity to fill in a timestamp that had lore, but also had space, and that one could use to "fill in" a good, even mostly original, story, but they just couldn't do that. They were TOO focused on making it theirs, and making it not, and while I can certainly see the desire to take "old classics", and make them more inclusive, or less divisive, if you feel they were, if you rip out all the bones, and replace them with plastic resin, that's not even still a dinosaur, while replacing them with other bones means it's not still THAT dinosaur. Disney is, in my mind, yanking our key bones of the core structure, and without them, it can't necessarily still stand under its own weight, or still be the thing it once was.
The Stranger (Qimir) isn't a Sith Lord. He's a skilled darkside user and a zealot who's practising the Sith tenets/"religion" for his own gain. He's a Sith Lord wannabe for sure, but he's not at the top their food chain. Also, Leslye Headland has recently stated there's a second Sith character upcoming in the mix. My guess is that Sol and possibly Qimir, will not survive. Vernestra Rohw, apparently more concerned about political implications/optics involved, will obscure, maybe even cover up the facts of the Brendok Jedi deaths so the Council will continue in their complacency believing that the Sith no longer exist right on up to their fall a century later. And unchallenged by this series, Kai Adi-Mundi's statement in TPM remains as canon.
I feel he could either have been concealing the sith as part of some order that we haven't seen in the Acolyte. It could also be that the fact a sith was involved was lied about to the council (I admit i am really stretching because so far this series has been very obvious and lacking a lot of depth)
The show last year was touted as this showcase of the 'Jedi at the peak of their powers', yet so far we have seen the exact opposite. Osha is nothing more than a damsel in distress, 6 years worth of Jedi training should have amounted to some kind of action to demonstrate this at the very least, but nothing. I am struggling to understand exactly why there needed to be twins, but alas this is probably the least of the show's unanswered problems and the list continues to pile up. I'm convinced the show is going to have an unnecessary ambiguous ending as clearly the inception of this show exposes the most fatal flaw in my opinion, which is there was never any actual long term plan to this. Otherwise I really enjoyed this video and this is the first time I have come across your content. Thanks for the input :)
Disney SW canon this high republic ERA is there loop hole 100 years before George SW canon episode 1 of the movie or in simple terms before the Skywalker Saga.
He never said he was a Sith master. He is the apprentice.
You clean up the timeline by killing everyone involved. At this point I wouldn't be surprised if the Sith lord in the Shadows is Darth Tenneberous, who in legends was A Bith scientist.
Mundi is a secret Sith. He was surprised during Order 66 because he thought he was exempt and got betrayed. This is why he denies Sith existing. I'm just trolling.
"Guys its Pickachu" Jason Mendoza is a sith interesting lol
The antagonist was not confirmed as a Sith. He said that the Jedi could call him one.
It's reasonable to think this person would lie about anything convenient or simply use a term he thought the Jedi would recognize.
I don't think canon exists anymore....all franchises have been comprised in this way
"Um.. it was a conspiracy to keep this quiet. Yeah, that's it. Mundi was part of the cover up... yeah... that's the ticket. Oh, Mundi's age discrepancies, that's the Mandela effect. You just think his age doesn't make sense." smh... All other criticisms aside, everyone from top to bottom in this project is just f'n lazy.
Lucasfilm should pivot to doing SW shows in anime form; hire Madhouse to design it and Beau DeMayo to craft the stories
Leslye Headland worked side-by-side with Hervey Weinstein, she's a write off much like her show.
I can't imagine getting so mad about one line from over a decade ago said by a character that no one liked.
Also the Jedi were always corrupt. It was one of the main themes of the prequels
I still find it questionable. Smilo Ren says "I have no name. You might call me Sith." He didn't really seem to consider himself Sith. So IDK. Normally Sith seem proud of calling themselves Sith.
@NerdCookies
29 minutes ago
The actor and showrunner both confirmed in recent interviews that he's a "Sith Lord".
I still suspect “Qimir” isn’t _exactly_ a Sith.
And even if is the case, and someone survives to tell the story correctly, probably the order will suspect the murder is actually a non-Sith dark-side user - these were an ocasional issue during the high republic.
You can hear the exasperation
I'm betting that The Acolyte will make the case that the jedi were corrupt because of men.
I think its simple, Sol is going to go back and cover up what happened. Thats how they will keep true the saying of the sith have been absent for a millenia line.
I’m still head canoning it that this is Kay-Adi Mundi senior and the one from the prequels is Jr it’s the one way I have left to fix this massive gaping plot hole and the age discrepancy.
According to Leslie Headland they are two Sith lords. Get triggered!!!!😮
@@HellBot-gi5siwhy would that trigger me? Are you ok because you seem to be talking nonsense?
@@permeus2nd "triggered"
@@permeus2nd Also, reports come out that adults where seen with their kids playing in their yards with their lightsabers after this episode. Wow, "massive trigger". LOL hahahahahaha 🤣
I think this series has already gone beyond the point of no return with breaking canon. Three jedi masters and multiple knights killed, many sporting light saber injuries, I don't think there is a reasonable way to conceal these events. Even more than that, the show itself hasn't show any capability from the writers at subtlety, or writing in general, so I don't think they would be able to patch this mess even if they wanted to, and I don't think they do.
He said, "Some of you may call me Sith" I Don't think he is a "Sith Lord" If anything, he is an apprentice or an acolyte himself. The while show might be in reference to him 🤔 will see 👀
I can tell this topic has changed something in the way you narrate these videos. Previously it was very scripted, with a kind of contained voice and static intonations. Whereas now, you're chatting, talking naturally, improvise, a bit more confident and at-ease as well.
It's nice.
How are they going to explain breaking Darth Bane's Rule of Two?
SMILE-O-REN took off his/her/they/it mask and revealed............
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...that the real sith was all the diverse strong lesbian witches we made along the way"....
Luke: Leia, do you remember your mother, your real mother?
Leia: Just a little bit. She died when I was very young.
Luke: What do you remember?
Leia: Just images really, feelings.
Luke: Tell me.
Leia: She was, very beautiful, kind, but sad. Why are you asking me this?
Luke: I have no memory of my mother. I never knew her.
(Actual dialogue from a Star Wars film considered canon.)
To be fair she could have been referring to her adoptive mother and not Padme
@@jameswillen6749 So you consider your adoptive mother your "real" mother. Weird...
@@jameswillen6749 To be fucking fair, Mundi could have been referring to Wookie years.
Disney's ownership of Star Wars has been 50/50, hit or miss imo. Some good, and some pretty bad. I don't know if some of their writers are ignorant of established Star Wars lore, or arrogant and feel they can do a better job going forward with it effectively clashing with past lore, leading to the dumb crap we've seen so far in The Acolyte? Maybe a dangerous combination of the two? .... I'm really not happy with how Disney has portrayed the Jedi. It's been pretty ham-handed and poor.
As a life long Star Wars fan since A New Hope, it is disheartening to see the quality of Disney Star Wars projects. At this point, it is apparent to me that Disney Star Wars is either really bad at storytelling, or, they are intentionally trying to crap on everything George Lucas created : From “There is no good or evil” to portraying the Jedi being inept to light sabers being nothing more than non lethal glow sticks… The Original Trilogy portrayal of the Jedi as civilized keeper of the peace and defenders of light is no where to be seen.
Ki-Adi Mundi was working with the Sith all along. Actually, you know the theory of Darth Jar Jar? It was true, but Jar Jar was the Sith Apprentice, Palpatine, and his pupils were just a distraction to the real threat and puppet masters of the Galaxy. When Ki dies in the movies, he even has Sith eyes, he was looks surprised because he thought Jar Jar wouldn't betray him so soon. Jar Jar on the other hand is actually running the empire from the shadows while Palpatine thinks he is the top dog.
One Sith in the Jedi Council and the other in the Senate, two of the most powerful and influential institutions in the Galactic Republic. Just think for a second... or don't 😂😂😂
He didn’t say he was a sith. He said that jedi would call him a sith. Most likely because the jedi wouldn't know better.
Maybe Mundi is being retconned as being part of a coverup concerning the events of this series.
Ki Adi Mundi is part of the cover-up. That's why he denied the Sith's existence.
Or he doesn’t know what happened on Khofar
He says, "YOU would call me sith". I don't think he's sith. He's something else, connected to the witches perhaps.
Obi-Wan lied about knowing r2d2 ......
You seem to have a similar vibe to that Cities by Diana chick, I forget her name. You should colab with her. No idea where you two align. Maybe an Arrakeen City Skylines....
I think the Acolyte is nothing more than a mockery of Star Wars as told through the eyes of Leslie Headland.
he's not necessarily a real "sith." he just said that the jedi might call him that, meaning they would just be prejudiced to his dark side affiliation rather than him actually practicing the philosophy of the sith or even being a sith lord or apprentice
The actor and showrunner both confirmed in recent interviews that he's a "Sith Lord".
@@NerdCookies thank you for the info. it would then mean that there was a previous sith lord that he killed, which adds another layer to the story. still seems like he is more of a dark force user that got "recruited" and trained than an actual sith, but there are 3 episodes left to explore. always love your content
There’s no problem once you accept that this isn’t Star Wars.
Why are people abusing themselves with this 💩??? That being said, keep being awesome! 😊
They made Darth Gimp better with the Force than Darth Vader.
So apart from a few RUclips comments and videos from channels I trust not to go to asskissing or to hating (on any subject not just SW) I avoid the internet so I don’t know what the controversy is meant to be.
But based off the thumbnail ied guess it’s a question of is he a Sith Lord and the answer is No! I mean at the min I aren’t sure if he is even Sith, so here is the problem that a lot of fans have, they don’t know all the lore heck I don’t but I know enough, been a Sith isn’t the same as been a dark side force user it’s the same difference between believing in the Christian god but not been a Christian, been a Sith is a religion just like the Jedi order is (this is the problem with the Jedi of the prequels and apparently also of the high republic era they stopped been a religion and became a political group) it’s interesting because they make this same mistake inside the setting too out of all the Jedi we have seen on film ied say we have only seen 4 real Jedi (hermit Yoda, old Ben, Qui-Gon jinn and maybe ROTJ Luke I’m a bit iffy on Luke as I aren’t sure if he knows enough of the religion to be counted) at that point of his life, he definitely dose after the films though) and it’s a similar story for the bad guys most of them don’t believe in the Sith religion there’s a massive debate in the fandom that’s been going for nearly as long as there has been a setting if Sidius is really a Sith or just uses it to fit his needs.
But to I hate calling him this but it seems to be the name that’s stuck in the fandom smilelow Ren (or however it’s spelled, I suck at real names to so ied butcher his character name too I’ve only heard it like 3 times) I don’t think he is a real Sith he seems to know part of the Sith ways but not all of them so maybe he was been trained but the person training him died when he was still young or maybe he is a self trained Sith (the equivalent of a hedgewitch in witchcraft) this would also fit in with the Samurai film idea, basically he is something like a Rhone a masterless Samurai or in this case a masterless Sith.
Hmm, made a change in your recording prosses Elaine?
Yep
To be fair, every Star Wars contractict eachother all the time. Not just the disney ones.
Another great vid breaking down the issues. The best partg of this episode was them killing off a bunch of the whiny jedi. Bad writing, bad production, bad action. Hell they killed off their best actor Dafne Keen and her best work to date has been opposite a talking, armor wearing polar bear. LOL!
I don't envy you Elaine watching this abominable series so you can report on it for us.
Ppl think the EU is an established canon. You know who doesn't and never did? Everyone who ever owned Star Wars. Everyone. You know who changed canon multiple times? Everyone who ever owned Star Wars. Everyone.
You know who asked any of the fans about any of this? No one. Not one.
There's no need to even try to explain WTF story Disney is trying to tell. It's not Star Wars. It's fever dream fan fiction. Nobody cares about it. Long live the OG. But thanks for the effort Cookie
This just sounds like sloppy and lazy writing / world building. No thought or effort seems to have been invested into building a believable story.
We lost somebody from my unit the other day, killed in a contact in the Congo. Why I mention this is that there are Questions when somebody gets killed in action, or just killed at work in general, be it an accident, enemy action, or for whatever reason. Significant questions, and lots of them, and lots of senior people are very interested in the answers to those questions. There is, without fail, a formal inquiry into what happened, to identify the cause and to hold people accountable, if necessary.
I cannot imagine that the Jedi Order is any different from any other organised entity, where its personnel work in hostile environments and there is risk of injury or death. One or two deaths can maaaaaybe be fudged away as an accident, but by the time the third body hits the floor, or there's more than one incident involving injury or death, there will be so much scrutiny on what's going on that it will be impossible to hide. The events very well may be spun for public consumption, but internally the truth *will* be known, if not necessarily widely.
Just the mundane side of things like HR needing paperwork to process end of service administration, and disbursing benefits to the family mean you can't just wave away deaths.
This Sith was really intriguing and looked like a total badass in the Trailer and early episodes. However, in Episode 5 he looks more like some hillbilly from Joe Dirt.
I didnt see the point of putting Ki-Adi-Mundi in the series. They could have just easily created a new Cerean Jedi character.
I doesn't matter if they had put another character they would have complained. People forget that George Lucas really pissed off the fan base when he made The Phantom Menace I. The character of Jar-Jar Blinks really upset a lot of people there was even a campaign to kill him off. Then George Lucas came with re-vised Blue Ray of the original trilogy of Star Wars with updated special effects that really pissed off the fan based and they wanted a Blue Ray release of the original Star Wars with out the modifications. What enraged them was that he said "No, never".
There was even a film called "The People vs George Lucas" and how the changes they made to the original Star Wars trilogy upset a lot of people. It came out in 2010 directed by Alexandre O. Philippe.
Sorry, you picked the wrong franchise to love it has always been controversial that just way George Lucas is. He someone that wants to upset the apple cart.
Everyone is getting so bent aboit one little minor statement of Lord from movies the fan base didn't exactly warm to, when they were released. This isn't Rings of Power level lore nuking. People should just chill out and enjoy it for what it is. I for one love blowing up the goodie two shoes fauning of the Jedi. More complex, nuanced Star Wars and not a 12 year old's adventure fantasy is welcome. I loved Andor for that. This show isn't going to rise to that, absolutely not but, I can still enjoy it.
I wanted a sith centered story with assassination espionage and political infiltration of the sith sneaking into the republic not more Jedi stories
This show feels like an attack on the legacy of George Lucas. It’s purposefully polarizing, and the press around the show prior to its release raised my suspicion. Having seen the first three episodes, and then seeing the summaries of the 4th and 5th, I’m convinced this show was mad to make fans mad. Disney’s response to the criticism has been predictable. They claim the anger is due to racist and sexist fans. But why didn’t Andor or Asoka receive the same defense from Disney? Leslie Hedland has said that she wanted to go against George Lucas’ vision and even said asked what right he had to decide what Star Wars is.
Countdown to star wars stans coming up with convoluted and completely made up explanations for why the Acolyte makes sense....