Star Wars as a whole just needs to be able to find a way to where they can make stories around every era without having to focus on just one like they have been doing for the last however many years For example, it be like me recommending that they center the next trilogy of films on a completely new time. But then say make two shows one focusing on another new era and the other focusing on a time period we know already.
No, because once they find something that actually resonates with audiences disney will do it to death. Like what they did with the mando and all the new series tie ins
One hope I have for the series (which we probably won't see) is Sith characters interacting with Jedi while hiding in plain sight similar to sequences from the Darth Plagueis novel.
I agree, that would be a great tie in to the Plagueis novel. But, unfortunately I also agree, that probably won't happen. Dave Filoni and his team are huge on legends so it could happen later.
@@db5627 to be fair - even though I prefer to keep my comments on this channel positive - I have absolutely no expectations for the series to be good... at this point Andor feels like it will always an anomaly for how great it is in comparison to everything else.
Rereading Darth Plagueis right now, there is a lot of mention of Darth Tenebrous's master creating a ripple in the dark side that almost had the Jedi catch the attention of the Sith. I don't think it'll be the same exact thing, but I want to look for some nod from that in the book in this show
This is a first, A creator advising basically this is going to be a series that's probably best enjoyed as it unravels and not from watching videos like this. Well done and thanks for the advice as I stopped watching just after you said this. I respect that you want your viewers to enjoy The Acolyte to its full potential and not just take advantage to get higher viewership. Respect. I will tune in each week for each episode review. Also thanks for the background.
i feel star wars has two types of fans, the toxic ones that hate EVERYTHING coming out and the other that understands this stuff and that its very vast. i love all the side stories. i love the expanse its adding. i hardly EVER pay attention to reviews anymore because its just toxic as hell
I appreciate the edit you put in! I even stopped watching trailers to be surprised, and I don't listen to potential correct guesses. Keep up the great work
I think that rather than lie about finding and killing a sith it would be really interesting to see them deny they found a sith. Like have the main characters fight and kill the sith then give their report to the counsel only for them to be like “it wasn’t really a sith, probably just someone who studied them, and we know it can’t be a sith because they are extinct” I think that would add a whole other layer to the downfall of the Jedi. But that’s just what I would like to see
Great video Alex! I was just about to ask about if Vernestra would be on the council at this point, but no need to as you had the same assumption. It would be interesting if she was. Also, maybe the masked dark side user is an acolyte of the true Sith Lord, which I personally believe is Tenebrous, but you don’t have to agree with me on that though.
I’m really excited for this!! I’ve loved the books I’ve read in High Republic and even though I love the stories we’ve gotten from the Skywalker era, it’s refreshing that we are finally getting to explore brand new characters away from that part of the timeline. I will still be the first in line for Skeleton Crew, but let’s take a dip together in unfamiliar territory!
Thanks for the final warning after you saw the sneak preview. I decided to wait until after I have seen the Acolyte. I am putting this video in my Watch Later list.
Finally a show outside of the Skywalker saga and not confined to the same 60 years 🤣. Old Republic & High Republic are definitely the best routes they should take moving forward
If they made this movie so far in the past BBY... They should have just went novel book version and went WAAAAAYY... back in the past. So far that instead of normal light sabers they used actual metal swords instead. Or sabers that was connected to a battery pack (I've seen novel book drawings of masters using them). Also back to the time where the Jedi was known as the Jedd---Di (Their first group name). Now that would be some thing to see.
I got the biggest grin when you swapped the usual outro to "For light and life" lol. So excited for this show and your always-excellent coverage of it 🫡
Im stoked for this show. All the haters are gonna be humiliated but wont own it. It is my greatest hope that this becomes the second best live action SW show after Andor.
If you think Andor is the best live action Star Wars show, you’re probably not going to like this. The style of Andor is completely different from a show about the Jedi.
Because Darth Anakin missed in trying to shoot Luke’s Xwing before the Falcon came….he let Luke destroy the Defense Star (Rebel propaganda stating it as a ‘Death Star’)
I love Star Wars Explained. Especially when he talks about what happened in each episode of a show, and easter eggs. You know, when he... explains... Star Wars. I never read any of the books (to have them all would bring me to bankruptcy, and they would simply get lost due to my family moving stuff around). And there are also links that I never made that he explains. For example, Asajj Ventress in Bad Batch. If it wasn't for him, I never would've known that she "died" before, and some of her lines made sense after knowing that. Stuff like that that I only know from watching his videos explaining everything
I’m excited….thank you for the background as I haven’t read any high republic books…..I do wish for a bane series from pre Disney canon…..story was incredible
Will master Yoda make an appearance. If he does, that would be awesome to see a little younger Yoda possibly with him having a Padawan learner. I know that would be fan service but for me, I would love to see a younger Yoda in this series. not being the Jedi grandmaster but just a Jedi master on the council with a Padawan going on missions. I am very excited for this new chapter in Star Wars.
The sith in the show could be an assassin to either Darth Tennabrus, or Darth Plagieus. They could also be an unknown pupil of Tennabrus before Plagieus... Just if I had to guess
The idea that there can NOT be a Sith in The Acolyte as it would break canon is simply false. Yoda said in The Phantom Menace that "always two there are". Maybe I'm crazy but doesn't "always" mean "always"??? Why is the Star Wars fan community confused on why some in the council don't believe there could be Sith still around? It seems obvious to me the Yoda knows more than the rest of the council.
You are exactly correct. Yoda would be around 750 years old at this time. He would have to know knowledge about the Sith just because of his age and being around the galaxy for so many centuries. We saw in the clone wars where he had the faces fear and his fear was the dark side inside of him. I would personally like to see a younger Yoda in this series that is on the council that is not the grandmaster of the council along with him having a Padawan learner. Obviously, he will not dominate the show, but it would be nice to have an episode or two with him in it with a Padawan. Maybe this will give him a chance to explain what he meant in the Phantom Menace.
Ur missing the fact that the Jedi believed the Sith have been extinct for a millennia, and yet the High Republic is hundreds of years before Prequels and Sith exist now. It doesn't add up simply cause the Jedi will be aware sith exist in this time period now
@@seasnek7024 It didn't add up before either, this is actually an opportunity to make it add up. The Jedi Order believes the Sith are extinct after they were eradicated in a Jedi-Sith war. And yet Yoda in episode II knows about the Rule of Two, a Sith doctrine implemented by Darth Bane AFTER the war that "destroyed" the Sith. The only way for him to know that is if he or other Jedi found some evidence of it in the years during which the Sith are believed to be extinct. Edit: I'm unsure about the time chronology but if memory serves Yoda is born some 80-ish years after the Sith are destroyed.
@darthjesus7079 Darth Bane and his rule of two existed long before Yoda was born. But yeah I get what you're saying. Still don't have high hopes for this show
I seem to remember that when Disney took over that they explicitly said that any books were no longer considered canon; I have never read any of them so it never bothered me, but cool if I'm wrong; I think people who have invested deeply in the extended story beyond the movies and TV shows should be rewarded for it.
That mask reminds me of the Mask of Exim Panshard from Shadow of the Sith. In that book it was worn by an Acolyte of the Beyond, allowing a long dead Sith Lord to possess her.
No spoilers here, but much of what this guy goes on about is never mentioned in The Acolyte. If you're vaguely familiar with Star Wars: Jedi, the Force, light sabers, Dark Side, then you already know everything you need to enjoy the series.
I am so hyped for this series. I think it is going to be amazing. I am going to refrain from making any guesses about the story for myself. I am also super excited to explore more of this era. I might even inspire me to expand my High Republic collection from the first couple of books, which I still have not had time to read yet. I'm really looking forward to seeing more aliens as well! Great video!
Lately been thinking of the OG Clone Wars animated shorts. Asajj proclaims herself a Sith to Dooku when they first meet. A proclamation that Dooku scoffs at and quickly dismisses. Point of View is a big thing in the SWU. Asajj and potentially our "Sith" in this series can say they are Sith but does that mean the Jedi will believe them? Does that even mean they ARE Sith, even if they BELIEVE themselves to be? EXCITED FOR THIS SHOW!
Basically a story set in the period before the Republic started declining towards political corruption and tension between the inner and outer planets.
The problem with shows like this is that we ultimately know what happens and compare how it fits into the Skywalker saga. They also can't introduce new weaponry because we'll just wonder where was that back then. They really need to continue the story from Rey and move forward. Introduce new threats, throw in some callbacks for nostalgia, but come up with fresh ideas.
Yeah I you go at warp speed to the Phantom menace. They have roughly 100 years to play going forward and 100 years or so going backwards. Plenty of content to show and plenty of new stuff to discover.
I think Mae has a twin sister who's killing Jedi. Master Sol is sent to capture Mae but she convinces him that she's not the murderer, then both run against time to prove she's innocent and we'll see some action like in TCW when Ahsoka was trying to prove her innocence, facing good guys and bad guys alike. I hope it's not that and if it is that then I hope is very well done cause it's a story that has been told many times before. However I'm happy to see a show set outside the Skywalker saga timeframe.
I definitely can see the mystery baddie being a Sith. I think we all have this idea of an unbroken, uncontested chain of Sith under the Rule of 2 starting with Darth Bane reaching all the way to Darth Sidious and Vader. But we all watched Darth Sidious have 3 different apprentices: Maul, Tyranus & Vader. Heck we even watched Maul claim to be Sith when he took Savage Oppress as his apprentice with mind to challenge Sidious & Tyranus. These situations can easily be played out in The Acolyte or any number of other of scenarios, maybe the former smuggler guy got his hands on something that makes him believe he became one or he is possessed by that mask like Darth Momin did in the Vader comic. Lots of ways to make the antagonist a Sith without breaking canon.
Thinking about Qimir, he could be similar to Darth Vectivus from Legends if he turns out to be a Sith himself. Kind of a trip that he's played by the actor that played dopey Jason on The Good Place.
Im watching it now & I LOVEEEEE ITTTTT lol the fight is incredible especially the Sith. From what I see they have no idea what a Sith is that is how in the future they learn from them I would think
If the character with the red lightsaber is indeed a Sith Lord, I would prefer they almost get the information back to the council but end up getting killed before they can similar to the end of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. It would really emphasize all the stuff that had to go wrong to cause the collapse of the Republic in the Prequel Trilogy.
Can't wait for the incel Star Wars "fans" to hate this show because Star Wars fans love to hate anything that's not the first six movies. this show will be awesome and I can't wait for everyone to throw a fit about it.
Honestly most of them are just teenagers who grew up with the prequels and don’t even care for the originals. Saying that cause I was like that, but I have faith that a lot of them will just grow up and figure out how to form their own opinions and all that
Darth Teeth will be a fresh addition to the Sith the newest Sith we have gotten was Darth Momin from the Comics also new characters keep the Universe fresh.
My prediction: Carrie Ann Moss “dies” the first episode. That starts everyone on a hunt for the killer. The twist is she’s either the sith or acolyte and is drawing the Jedi out, or that someone is training dark side users and breaking the rule of 2 and she wants to find out who. The sith in the trailer has a mask. You only mask for a reveal. I think she’s the big bad.
Headland is canonising more EU content? I am so much more excited for the Acolyte now, there are so many absolutely AWESOME ideas from Legends that *need* to be showed to a wider audience and presented in their full glory
GREAT VIDEO! Thank you! I'm curious to see WHICH of your predictions were Right and Wrong. I'm more curious to hear, if you'd share, how you reached each of them, too. Side note: You've made no mention of the potential for "virtue signalling" or the kinds of ridiculous implied messages (morality lessons) we got with the SOLO movie (especially that snarky "female" droid) which many attributed to KK's "sticking her two bits in" (as someone once put it to me) "and practically destroying (the) Star Wars (universe)".. Did you notice anything like it in Acolyte? Should this be of any concern to "old school" fans from the OT, moving forward? Thank you! :)
OK, I JUST watched the first 2 last night, myself, so I'm now RE-WATCHING your vid! Btw, you've got a new SUB! THANK YOU for all your work -- GREAT STUFF!! For Light and Life
Came here to learn about the books, the non-acolyte stuff, yano the ‘before you watch’ stuff. “Books exist, here’s an entire video about the acolyte”… wtf
Im thinking how can this series, NOT be set up to Palpatine's backstory, in some way. Also the Phantom Menace film being revisited this month might be a hint to the Acolyte plot.
so the lightsaber whip everybody's crying about was actually introduced years ago? Why am I not surprised that people that didn't bother to read the books are mad about "new" stuff??
@@godssss42 yeah, more or less. If you're deciding what deserves to be a part of the story and what doesn't, you have to at the very least, know the story.
@@sebastianpiriz well afaik these people aren’t deciding what’s in the story-they are deciding whether to spend their time to watch the story. If they were hired to produce/write/direct, maybe they should be required to read everything that constitutes “the story,” just like JJ Abrams was required to read Empire’s End etc. before directing Episode 9 /s maybe during preproduction the director could take a quiz making sure they understood all the (very good) reasons the light whip is in there.
@@godssss42 you know what I meant... its ok to not like a thing, but not liking a thing its not the same as making it a personal crusade to hate it and try that everybody hates it too.
So can someone explain to me exactly what is canon in the Star Wars universe and what isnt? Because in the Star Trek universe, the rule of thumb has always been “whats said, mentioned, seen or referenced on screen in the shows or films is canon”. And most of this 1000 year history in Star Wars Ive never heard of before.
Star Wars had an expanded universe from its creation in 1977 though George Lucas never really cared about any of it. When Disney bought Star Wars in 2013 they categorised all old EU content as “legends”. Canon is everything released after 2013 the only things released before 2013 that are still considered Canon are the original trilogy, prequel trilogy, the 2008 clone wars animated movie and series (not the earlier 2d clone wars animation that is considered legends). Hope this helps!
@@pwningo3o4 Actually it's everything released after April 24th in 2014. The Dawn of the Jedi-Comics, Maul: Lockdown, Kenobi (the novel) and Honor Among Thieves all released in that same year and all of them are still from Legends.
I hope the show respects what George made. I like some of what I've heard from the staff, but some of it also worries me. Either way, I'm intrigued to see it.
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If this show is successful, maybe they should make more shows focus around this era. We do need more stories set outside the Skywalker Saga.
Star Wars as a whole just needs to be able to find a way to where they can make stories around every era without having to focus on just one like they have been doing for the last however many years
For example, it be like me recommending that they center the next trilogy of films on a completely new time. But then say make two shows one focusing on another new era and the other focusing on a time period we know already.
They are going to do a High Republic Series...3 Movies.
I hope you're right but it seems there is so much hatred coming from cetain communities of the fandom that like to ruin everything for the rest of us.
Istg if we get another clone wars centric show down the line
No, because once they find something that actually resonates with audiences disney will do it to death. Like what they did with the mando and all the new series tie ins
One hope I have for the series (which we probably won't see) is Sith characters interacting with Jedi while hiding in plain sight similar to sequences from the Darth Plagueis novel.
I agree, that would be a great tie in to the Plagueis novel. But, unfortunately I also agree, that probably won't happen. Dave Filoni and his team are huge on legends so it could happen later.
Give up hope now.
@@db5627 to be fair - even though I prefer to keep my comments on this channel positive - I have absolutely no expectations for the series to be good... at this point Andor feels like it will always an anomaly for how great it is in comparison to everything else.
@@Jedi_Spartan fair enough. Keep it positive.
@@Jedi_Spartan Smart you are ... yes hmmm?? ergherghghhhhh...
Rereading Darth Plagueis right now, there is a lot of mention of Darth Tenebrous's master creating a ripple in the dark side that almost had the Jedi catch the attention of the Sith. I don't think it'll be the same exact thing, but I want to look for some nod from that in the book in this show
This is a first, A creator advising basically this is going to be a series that's probably best enjoyed as it unravels and not from watching videos like this. Well done and thanks for the advice as I stopped watching just after you said this. I respect that you want your viewers to enjoy The Acolyte to its full potential and not just take advantage to get higher viewership. Respect. I will tune in each week for each episode review. Also thanks for the background.
i feel star wars has two types of fans, the toxic ones that hate EVERYTHING coming out and the other that understands this stuff and that its very vast. i love all the side stories. i love the expanse its adding. i hardly EVER pay attention to reviews anymore because its just toxic as hell
I appreciate the edit you put in!
I even stopped watching trailers to be surprised, and I don't listen to potential correct guesses.
Keep up the great work
Threepio is alive in this era. Anakin didn't build him from scratch. He salvaged a totaled old protocol droid and added parts as he found them.
The worst cameo
Cool fact but I hope to god he doesn't make a cameo
That's so lame.
And more girl boss
Thanks for all the time you give to people like me who love Star Wars, but do not know the "History" of it all.
Thx u all
I think that rather than lie about finding and killing a sith it would be really interesting to see them deny they found a sith.
Like have the main characters fight and kill the sith then give their report to the counsel only for them to be like “it wasn’t really a sith, probably just someone who studied them, and we know it can’t be a sith because they are extinct”
I think that would add a whole other layer to the downfall of the Jedi.
But that’s just what I would like to see
Great video Alex! I was just about to ask about if Vernestra would be on the council at this point, but no need to as you had the same assumption. It would be interesting if she was. Also, maybe the masked dark side user is an acolyte of the true Sith Lord, which I personally believe is Tenebrous, but you don’t have to agree with me on that though.
Thanks for explaining the High Republic to everyone, there is so much hate on the internet I am getting sick of this
I’m really excited for this!! I’ve loved the books I’ve read in High Republic and even though I love the stories we’ve gotten from the Skywalker era, it’s refreshing that we are finally getting to explore brand new characters away from that part of the timeline. I will still be the first in line for Skeleton Crew, but let’s take a dip together in unfamiliar territory!
Thanks for the final warning after you saw the sneak preview. I decided to wait until after I have seen the Acolyte. I am putting this video in my Watch Later list.
Finally a show outside of the Skywalker saga and not confined to the same 60 years 🤣. Old Republic & High Republic are definitely the best routes they should take moving forward
they fumbled it so hard
If they made this movie so far in the past BBY... They should have just went novel book version and went WAAAAAYY... back in the past. So far that instead of normal light sabers they used actual metal swords instead. Or sabers that was connected to a battery pack (I've seen novel book drawings of masters using them). Also back to the time where the Jedi was known as the Jedd---Di (Their first group name). Now that would be some thing to see.
What you need to know: it was terrible. Don’t waste your time
The most important thing to know is, in this universe, Anakin destroys the Death Star.
Lol
I got the biggest grin when you swapped the usual outro to "For light and life" lol. So excited for this show and your always-excellent coverage of it 🫡
Im stoked for this show. All the haters are gonna be humiliated but wont own it. It is my greatest hope that this becomes the second best live action SW show after Andor.
@@dylanh4326 "This will be much worse than Andor, which I'm not sure is possible" You didn't just say that, did you?
If you think Andor is the best live action Star Wars show, you’re probably not going to like this. The style of Andor is completely different from a show about the Jedi.
The gold robes remind me of Dagan Gera. Btw i wonder how Tanalorr could fit into this.
Dagan was a High Republic Jedi. Tanalorr was destroyed by the Nihil, so roughly a hundred years before Acolyte. Doubt it or Dagan will play any role
I’m cautiously optimistic about this show. I do think it’s a solid move in the right direction though.
A TV Show is good before the release James Mangold Dawn Of The Jedi movie also this will open up the Universe even more so.
Yeah it won’t be.
Anakin is blew up the Death Star
And Yoda wasn’t part of the high republic
Because Darth Anakin missed in trying to shoot Luke’s Xwing before the Falcon came….he let Luke destroy the Defense Star (Rebel propaganda stating it as a ‘Death Star’)
@@autecheeedefense star? Empire has always referred to it as the Death Star. Watch rogue one
@@straka125 LOL
I’m being facetious and trolling as an ‘Imperial Wokester’ trying to gaslight and whitewash the evils of the Empire!
Finally a storyline that won't be propped up by cameos. This was interesting, thanks.
Andor???
@@ABCDyeahyeahyeah I agree completely, Andor excelled because of its top notch storyline and characters with depth.
I love Star Wars Explained. Especially when he talks about what happened in each episode of a show, and easter eggs. You know, when he... explains... Star Wars. I never read any of the books (to have them all would bring me to bankruptcy, and they would simply get lost due to my family moving stuff around). And there are also links that I never made that he explains. For example, Asajj Ventress in Bad Batch. If it wasn't for him, I never would've known that she "died" before, and some of her lines made sense after knowing that. Stuff like that that I only know from watching his videos explaining everything
Haven't followed SW too closely of late (read The Wheel of Time) so this was a very helpful video as I get back into things.
Thanks
I’m excited….thank you for the background as I haven’t read any high republic books…..I do wish for a bane series from pre Disney canon…..story was incredible
I am so happy she loves “legends” I'm sure this series is going to be great. Especially everything about legends is amazing!
Will master Yoda make an appearance. If he does, that would be awesome to see a little younger Yoda possibly with him having a Padawan learner. I know that would be fan service but for me, I would love to see a younger Yoda in this series. not being the Jedi grandmaster but just a Jedi master on the council with a Padawan going on missions. I am very excited for this new chapter in Star Wars.
I think the council may be hiding truth about the sith from the rest of the order, yoda in the phantom menace knows of the rule of two
I really want a sith focused story. Thats all we need is a sith story.
Awesome thanks Alex. So excited 😊
THANK YOU FOR UR SERVICE
Thank you, great video! :)
The other white walkers must be very proud of young Osha becoming a padawan
The sith in the show could be an assassin to either Darth Tennabrus, or Darth Plagieus. They could also be an unknown pupil of Tennabrus before Plagieus... Just if I had to guess
Fingers crossed for Plo Koon
Same homie, Plo’s Bro’s unite.
This is B4 plo koons time... Seriously??? This is what I'm saying these new era fans don't even know timelines!👎👎 Two thumbs way down!
Won't return
The idea that there can NOT be a Sith in The Acolyte as it would break canon is simply false. Yoda said in The Phantom Menace that "always two there are". Maybe I'm crazy but doesn't "always" mean "always"??? Why is the Star Wars fan community confused on why some in the council don't believe there could be Sith still around? It seems obvious to me the Yoda knows more than the rest of the council.
Exactly, that’s what I was thinking
You are exactly correct. Yoda would be around 750 years old at this time. He would have to know knowledge about the Sith just because of his age and being around the galaxy for so many centuries. We saw in the clone wars where he had the faces fear and his fear was the dark side inside of him. I would personally like to see a younger Yoda in this series that is on the council that is not the grandmaster of the council along with him having a Padawan learner. Obviously, he will not dominate the show, but it would be nice to have an episode or two with him in it with a Padawan. Maybe this will give him a chance to explain what he meant in the Phantom Menace.
Ur missing the fact that the Jedi believed the Sith have been extinct for a millennia, and yet the High Republic is hundreds of years before Prequels and Sith exist now. It doesn't add up simply cause the Jedi will be aware sith exist in this time period now
@@seasnek7024 It didn't add up before either, this is actually an opportunity to make it add up.
The Jedi Order believes the Sith are extinct after they were eradicated in a Jedi-Sith war. And yet Yoda in episode II knows about the Rule of Two, a Sith doctrine implemented by Darth Bane AFTER the war that "destroyed" the Sith. The only way for him to know that is if he or other Jedi found some evidence of it in the years during which the Sith are believed to be extinct.
Edit: I'm unsure about the time chronology but if memory serves Yoda is born some 80-ish years after the Sith are destroyed.
@darthjesus7079 Darth Bane and his rule of two existed long before Yoda was born. But yeah I get what you're saying. Still don't have high hopes for this show
I seem to remember that when Disney took over that they explicitly said that any books were no longer considered canon; I have never read any of them so it never bothered me, but cool if I'm wrong; I think people who have invested deeply in the extended story beyond the movies and TV shows should be rewarded for it.
There has been A LOT of books written since disney took over that are cannon.
Thank you for this video.
That mask reminds me of the Mask of Exim Panshard from Shadow of the Sith. In that book it was worn by an Acolyte of the Beyond, allowing a long dead Sith Lord to possess her.
No spoilers here, but much of what this guy goes on about is never mentioned in The Acolyte. If you're vaguely familiar with Star Wars: Jedi, the Force, light sabers, Dark Side, then you already know everything you need to enjoy the series.
I am so hyped for this series. I think it is going to be amazing. I am going to refrain from making any guesses about the story for myself. I am also super excited to explore more of this era. I might even inspire me to expand my High Republic collection from the first couple of books, which I still have not had time to read yet. I'm really looking forward to seeing more aliens as well! Great video!
Twins and the bad one becomes good after murdering people because you know she's a woman of colour
Y’all should try the Star Wars: The Old Republic MMO
11:09 or the story of Zayne Carrick from the Old Republic comics!
Love the video thanks
Lately been thinking of the OG Clone Wars animated shorts. Asajj proclaims herself a Sith to Dooku when they first meet. A proclamation that Dooku scoffs at and quickly dismisses. Point of View is a big thing in the SWU. Asajj and potentially our "Sith" in this series can say they are Sith but does that mean the Jedi will believe them? Does that even mean they ARE Sith, even if they BELIEVE themselves to be? EXCITED FOR THIS SHOW!
“We’re not gonna see many familiar faces”
THANK YOUUUU! This fan service bias is very tiresome!
Basically a story set in the period before the Republic started declining towards political corruption and tension between the inner and outer planets.
I really hope we see Tera Sinube in this series! Even if it's just a brief appearance with the Jedi High Council 🥺🤞🏻
6:49 well the empire did commit genocide on most aliens
The empire has a right to defend itself
@@MagicalSkyWizard not a good time to be excusing genocide 😂
Actually, one of the TV spots showed us footage of Vern’s lightwhip.
I love the books, characters such as Lorna Dee and the other Nihil characters are so badass.
Well they can't really reference the Nihil too much since that story is still being told in the books.
Darth plagues has a cameo for 8seconds pretty dope
Welp, turns out its a dumpster fire.. who could've guessed...
Doubt you watched it
I Love it
The problem with shows like this is that we ultimately know what happens and compare how it fits into the Skywalker saga. They also can't introduce new weaponry because we'll just wonder where was that back then. They really need to continue the story from Rey and move forward. Introduce new threats, throw in some callbacks for nostalgia, but come up with fresh ideas.
Yeah I you go at warp speed to the Phantom menace. They have roughly 100 years to play going forward and 100 years or so going backwards. Plenty of content to show and plenty of new stuff to discover.
They could do something drastic like skip ahead by 500 years.
Believe him when he tells you to stop watching his video!! Sheesh man feel like I know everything now
I think Mae has a twin sister who's killing Jedi. Master Sol is sent to capture Mae but she convinces him that she's not the murderer, then both run against time to prove she's innocent and we'll see some action like in TCW when Ahsoka was trying to prove her innocence, facing good guys and bad guys alike. I hope it's not that and if it is that then I hope is very well done cause it's a story that has been told many times before. However I'm happy to see a show set outside the Skywalker saga timeframe.
I think Yoda will be in it, but just in the council scenes
I definitely can see the mystery baddie being a Sith. I think we all have this idea of an unbroken, uncontested chain of Sith under the Rule of 2 starting with Darth Bane reaching all the way to Darth Sidious and Vader. But we all watched Darth Sidious have 3 different apprentices: Maul, Tyranus & Vader. Heck we even watched Maul claim to be Sith when he took Savage Oppress as his apprentice with mind to challenge Sidious & Tyranus. These situations can easily be played out in The Acolyte or any number of other of scenarios, maybe the former smuggler guy got his hands on something that makes him believe he became one or he is possessed by that mask like Darth Momin did in the Vader comic. Lots of ways to make the antagonist a Sith without breaking canon.
Sidious didn’t have 3 at the same time. Hell Anakin hasn’t even turned when Tyranus died.
@@eastwaters4082 Please show me where I said "3 at the same time"
Thinking about Qimir, he could be similar to Darth Vectivus from Legends if he turns out to be a Sith himself. Kind of a trip that he's played by the actor that played dopey Jason on The Good Place.
This is cool but,.... Revan, give me Revan!!!
High republic is pretty much just the golden age in destiny
What show is that at 1:02?
Young jedi adventures?
@@imam.pramono Thank you :)
@@ChynaFearsBuckwheat2001 i copied it from the other's comment 😀
@@imam.pramono Lol!
Its so good! I had no idea u can have a bonfire in space without oxygen!
8:48
Is this the first expletive I've ever heard on this channel?
Im watching it now & I LOVEEEEE ITTTTT lol the fight is incredible especially the Sith. From what I see they have no idea what a Sith is that is how in the future they learn from them I would think
If Darth Plagieus is in this I could see them using a plotline where Plagieus is experimenting with creating life and "creates" Anakin.
If the character with the red lightsaber is indeed a Sith Lord, I would prefer they almost get the information back to the council but end up getting killed before they can similar to the end of Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter. It would really emphasize all the stuff that had to go wrong to cause the collapse of the Republic in the Prequel Trilogy.
What show is the footage from a minute in to the video from, where a bunch of Jedi are raising their lightsabers?
Young Jedi Adventures
The one holding the red lightsaber… Steve Palpatine😂
Thank you, Alex! 🌠
Pip looks like the original tricorder from Star Trek (that's a great thing! ❤️)
Can't wait for the incel Star Wars "fans" to hate this show because Star Wars fans love to hate anything that's not the first six movies. this show will be awesome and I can't wait for everyone to throw a fit about it.
Already seeing the Nerdrotic and Sheev Talks-thumbnails incoming.
Honestly most of them are just teenagers who grew up with the prequels and don’t even care for the originals. Saying that cause I was like that, but I have faith that a lot of them will just grow up and figure out how to form their own opinions and all that
Giving criticism doesn't make you an incel.
@@nachtzaubererit usually does
@@foodini666 no, that just means you're sensitive
We’ll definitely get the lightsaber whip. It was in one of the latest trailers
Whoa! What’s this “For Light and Life”? Where’s “May the Force be With You!” ??
You shouldnt have to know anything before watching something. Everything should be explained throughout the show to make sense
Lol
IT SUX !!!!! There, that is all you need to know!
Reverse affirmative action casting. Wokeness has not infiltrated Star Wars.
Can't wait star wars fans don't get alot of Jedi stories
This must be sarcasm.
Darth Teeth will be a fresh addition to the Sith the newest Sith we have gotten was Darth Momin from the Comics also new characters keep the Universe fresh.
My prediction:
Carrie Ann Moss “dies” the first episode. That starts everyone on a hunt for the killer. The twist is she’s either the sith or acolyte and is drawing the Jedi out, or that someone is training dark side users and breaking the rule of 2 and she wants to find out who. The sith in the trailer has a mask. You only mask for a reveal. I think she’s the big bad.
Gulp Shitto confirmed?
I bet this show will get the Willow treatment--tax credit.
Headland is canonising more EU content?
I am so much more excited for the Acolyte now, there are so many absolutely AWESOME ideas from Legends that *need* to be showed to a wider audience and presented in their full glory
Are there two high republic art books?? I see two in the background there.
All you need to know is: They are proving South Park right.
What did South Park prove?
@@daniele.tennant7258 Watch South Park Panderverse!
@@daniele.tennant7258They won’t answer you. They just want to spout off nonsense without challenge.
Man actually 100 years in the past I wouldn’t double the major sith figure is young Sidious or his master.
Don’t need to know anything, i’ll watch and enjoy a new show.
Way! For light and life!
GREAT VIDEO! Thank you!
I'm curious to see WHICH of your predictions were Right and Wrong.
I'm more curious to hear, if you'd share, how you reached each of them, too.
Side note:
You've made no mention of the potential for "virtue signalling" or the kinds of ridiculous implied messages (morality lessons) we got with the SOLO movie (especially that snarky "female" droid) which many attributed to KK's "sticking her two bits in" (as someone once put it to me) "and practically destroying (the) Star Wars (universe)"..
Did you notice anything like it in Acolyte? Should this be of any concern to "old school" fans from the OT, moving forward?
Thank you! :)
OK, I JUST watched the first 2 last night, myself, so I'm now RE-WATCHING your vid!
Btw, you've got a new SUB! THANK YOU for all your work -- GREAT STUFF!!
For Light and Life
Came here to learn about the books, the non-acolyte stuff, yano the ‘before you watch’ stuff.
“Books exist, here’s an entire video about the acolyte”… wtf
Im thinking how can this series, NOT be set up to Palpatine's backstory, in some way.
Also the Phantom Menace film being revisited this month might be a hint to the Acolyte plot.
so the lightsaber whip everybody's crying about was actually introduced years ago? Why am I not surprised that people that didn't bother to read the books are mad about "new" stuff??
Wtf does this comment even mean…ppl aren’t allowed to criticize something they don’t like unless they know when it was introduced?
@@godssss42 yeah, more or less. If you're deciding what deserves to be a part of the story and what doesn't, you have to at the very least, know the story.
@@sebastianpiriz well afaik these people aren’t deciding what’s in the story-they are deciding whether to spend their time to watch the story. If they were hired to produce/write/direct, maybe they should be required to read everything that constitutes “the story,” just like JJ Abrams was required to read Empire’s End etc. before directing Episode 9 /s
maybe during preproduction the director could take a quiz making sure they understood all the (very good) reasons the light whip is in there.
@@godssss42 you know what I meant... its ok to not like a thing, but not liking a thing its not the same as making it a personal crusade to hate it and try that everybody hates it too.
@@frontierlandfrank5314 yeahh, I doubt they care.
I love it
So can someone explain to me exactly what is canon in the Star Wars universe and what isnt? Because in the Star Trek universe, the rule of thumb has always been “whats said, mentioned, seen or referenced on screen in the shows or films is canon”. And most of this 1000 year history in Star Wars Ive never heard of before.
Star Wars had an expanded universe from its creation in 1977 though George Lucas never really cared about any of it. When Disney bought Star Wars in 2013 they categorised all old EU content as “legends”. Canon is everything released after 2013 the only things released before 2013 that are still considered Canon are the original trilogy, prequel trilogy, the 2008 clone wars animated movie and series (not the earlier 2d clone wars animation that is considered legends). Hope this helps!
@@pwningo3o4 Actually it's everything released after April 24th in 2014. The Dawn of the Jedi-Comics, Maul: Lockdown, Kenobi (the novel) and Honor Among Thieves all released in that same year and all of them are still from Legends.
I hope the show respects what George made. I like some of what I've heard from the staff, but some of it also worries me. Either way, I'm intrigued to see it.
4:16 Man! Should I finish the Video or Not?
Can’t wait to NOT watch this show!!
cant wait till they touch on the old republic era
I’m worried they’re gonna butcher the old republic with bad casting or something. 😂 Absolute peak starwars storytelling.