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There is a lot to like about Star Wars’ latest series, The Acolyte. It’s presented one of the more complex images of Jedi in history; on this show they are far more flawed and complicated than they’ve typically been shown in the past. There have been some really intriguing mysteries about Mae and Osha and their shared past. And the show has also featured some really fun use of wirework and lightsaber battles as well. But there’s something that’s holding this show back — and it’s an issue we have encountered on other Disney+ Star Wars series. Parts of this show don’t look great. The creature de...
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Episode 7 of The Acolyte had ties to the prequels, the sequel trilogy, and the long history of Star Wars. And just as earlier Star Wars films and shows have drawn from Kurosawa movies like The Hidden Fortress and Seven Samurai, The Acolyte draws from Rashomon, where a crime is shown multiple times from multiple perspectives, and each time you see the events they are shown in a different version, calling into question each account and forcing the viewer to reckon with the lack of clear objective truth. That’s just one of the movie references, Easter eggs, and little details you might have misse...
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X-Men ’97was perhaps the most well-received Marvel show on Disney+ to date. The series got good reviews from critics and was extremely popular with longtime fans of theX-Men and the animated series that inspired this sequel show. But there was a problem: One of the key figures behind the series, creator and writer Beau DeMayo, was let go from the show shortly before X-Men ’97 premiered on Disney+. So continuing the series’ success will fall on someone else’s shoulders. According to Deadline, that someone is Matthew Chauncey, who has previously been a writer and producer on. Marvel’s other Disn...
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WandaVision took its cues from the long history of television sitcoms. The trailer for its new spinoff, Agatha All Along, looks to be taking its cues from various police and horror shows. But which ones? Well, for example, did you spot the Mare of Easttown references all through the opening shots? In our latest Marvel video, we break all of that down — and go through the Agatha All Along trailer a frame at a time to spot all the little details, Marvel references, and Easter eggs you might have missed. We’ll discuss whether Wanda is really dead in this show, explain who Aubrey Plaza is playing ...
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This episode of The Acolyte, “Teach/Corrupt,” is set on an “Unknown Planet.” But is it really unknown? This looks a lot like the long-hidden Jedi Temple where Rey finally found Luke Skywalker in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. They have similar mountains, similar rocks, and even similar alien life forms. So are they the same? In our latest Star Wars video, we break down all of Episode 6 of The Acolyte. In addition to answering that question, we’ll talk about Force dyads, Darth Plagueis, the High Republic era, the fascinating similarities between Qimir and Yoda, and lots more. Watch our full Easter e...
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The following post contains spoilers for the first six episodes of The Acolyte. Most Acolyte episodes have binary titles. The premiere was “Lost / Found.” The next was “Revenge / Justice.” The big two-parter that revealed the identity of the mysterious Stranger manipulating the story’s events from off-screen was “Day” and then “Night.” Episode 6 was called “Teach / Corrupt,” in reference to the fact that the two lead characters on the series, twins Osha and Mae (both played by Amandla Stenberg) have swapped places and are now being counseled by each other’s teacher. Former Jedi Osha has been t...
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The latest episode of The Acolyte resolved a bunch of the big theories surrounding the latest Star Warsshow by revealing the identity of the Stranger who has been manipulating Mae into killing Jedi on his behalf as part of some mysterious plan. But it still leaves a lot of questions that the show has yet to resolve. Are Mae and Osha a dyad in the Force? Are Mae and Osha actually the same person, with one Force projecting the other? Could the Stranger connect directly to the rise of Palpatine and the events of the Star Wars prequels? Are Mae and Osha’s mother a secret Sith Master controlling th...
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Well now we know that The Acolyte’s mysterious Sith Lord turned out to be (SPOILER ALERT) Qimir. Did the reveal work? To most fans watching the show, Qimir was the obvious (and maybe even only) suspect in the cast. But is it bad to be obvious? And how will this reveal impact the remaining three episodes of the season? That’s the subject of our discussion of the latest Star Warsepisode. Our panel of experts discuss how Qimir’s reveal alleviates some of the issues we previously always had in The Phantom Menace, why Qimir is a more interesting villain than Palaptine, and whether the way the show ...
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Oh man, stuff went down on this week’s The Acolyte. We learned the identity of Mae’s mysterious Sith master. We saw the deaths of several significant characters. We saw the beginnings of a whole twin magic subplot. And we saw the payoff of several clues and hints from the very beginning of the season paid off. We also got a totally new sort of Force-defensive technology: A helmet that can shield your thoughts from a Jedi. But did you know there have been similar devices in Star Wars comics before? It’s true. And it’s just one of the many Easter eggs, hidden secrets, and little details you migh...
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The following post contains SPOILERS for Star Wars: The Acolyte Episode 5. The latest episode of The Acolyte answered the biggest question on the show to date — namely the mysterious identity of Mae’s Sith Master. (It was Qimir! The guy who looked like the obvious red herring was … actually just the bad guy all along?! Huh.) But the new Acolyte episode also raised some new questions along the way. Mainly viewers are puzzled by one recurring element of “Night”: The fact that the Jedi lightsabers keep sputtering out and malfunctioning during the battle with the Sith. This is something that’s alm...
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