I didn’t realize this was the season finale before watching and was mostly confused that was it after tonight’s episode. Seems like they started more loose ends in that one episode, maybe in hope of another season, but it felt like it could have used an episode or two more to set that up better. Spoilers below:

The Acolyte - Episode 8 Season Finale Discussion Spoilers
  • I kept expecting the Green Jedi woman to ultimately be behind the destruction of the witches fortress. It still doesn’t make sense that the stone structure could sustain so much damage from some paper burning. Maybe bad editing or something in the previous episodes, but seems like there’s still a side of a story being withheld.
  • Reveal of Yoda (or yaddle before growing hair!) and who I assume is Plagueis was underwhelming. Either could have been omitted without issue. If they were going for fan service, focus on one. If it is Plagueis, does the timeline even make sense??
  • Honestly, I wish there were more episodes with the Lesbian Witch Cult which weren’t all flashbacks. That conflict with the Jedi was interesting (for the two days it happened in universe) and could have explored more of that side of the force before it was killed off. I guess I’m in the minority based on the backlash that received.
  • Kung fu and lightsaber battles were pretty good. Is this the first time in live action a jedi has turned off a lightsaber mid fight? I think out of everything, the choreography was the strongest aspect of the series.

What’d everyone else think?

  • @AirDevil
    6•2 months ago

    Watched it last night. Really enjoyed it but I have several questions

    • Why did Osha and Mae actually fight in their old room? Mae saying “hey, Sol actually killed our family, not me. Let’s go have a civil discussion with Sol” would have really negated the need for a fight. UPDATO - Mae tried, Osha didn’t listen. Gave into dark side emotions.
    • Why doesn’t anybody ever mention the significance of bleeding a kaiber crystal?? Afaik, this is the first on screen appearance of that phenomenon. A Star Wars game has this casually happen also. No character given any context or background to it. An episode in Visions has a control-z of bleed crystals, but they don’t talk about the significance. If what we have come to know as the Dark Side of the Force is just semantics, why would that affect a kaiber crystal?
    • Who is the Stranger besides Vanestra’s old Padawan? Did they have a falling out? How did he turn Sith?
    • How did the Stranger learn about Cortosis and why don’t the Jedi know more about it?
    • Is Vernestra covering up some other stuff? They mention her headaches in hyperspace twice, but give no mention about her Force Visions while traveling in hyperspace *Why was “no weapons” a rule? I didn’t see any significance or context to this requirement. UPDATE - it’s attunement to the dark side of the Force. It’s implied with the Force Choke.
    • What happened to that Nightsister who survived, Mother Koril?
    • Why did people not like Yord? Backstory was insinuated and then he died without much characterization :[
    • Did they abandon the search for the Force Vergence on Brendok? Vanestra and all the other Jedi were at the fortress where it may have been. But nobody really cared or looked for it. Was it the Bunta tree? If not, was the Bunta tree significant at all?
    • Why was Sol initially driven to Osha and Mae? He saw some kids in an uninhabited planet using the Force, but he would have known they were too old to be Padawans. What would have driven him to discern they were the same person created by the Force Vergence upon just seeing them? If he saw that so clearly, why wouldn’t other Jedi draw the same conclusion?
    • Why not more lightsaber whip? It made a 0.75 second appearance, once. Come on Vernestra :[
    • @[email protected]
      4•2 months ago

      The dark and light side of the force are not Jedi specific.

      The son/daughter clone wars episodes explain this.

      The force has balance, the dark side being evil is a Jedi construct.

    • VindictiveJudgeEnglish
      1•2 months ago

      Why did people not like Yord? Backstory was insinuated and then he died without much characterization :[

      That was just Jecki. Yord’s kind of a fop and Jecki is super serious and stuffy, so they don’t gel great.