This is the first Star Wars series where I watch each episode as they air. I would normally wait until all episodes were available on Disney+ but I don’t want to see spoilers, so I have been making time to watch each episode. I finished watching the fifth episode of the show and I could not believe what I was watching. This episode was intense and I loved it. There will be spoilers below, so please be mindful if you haven’t watched the episode yet.
Major Spoilers for The Acolyte
This episode was brutal. The mysterious warrior is shown violently killing several unnamed Jedi. Jecki, Yord, and several of the characters race to help. As Jecki pulls off the warrior’s helmet, he stabs her with his lightsaber three times. Each time you see the burn through her chest and on the back of her robes. JECKI NOOO. I liked Jecki and figured she would be around for the whole series, but apparently not. Shortly after Jecki’s death, Yord rushes into help and his neck is broken by the warrior. I am in shock. Killing off several of the characters in such a short amount of time, I was unprepared. Is this the Star Wars version of the Red Wedding from Game of Thrones?
As I watched this episode, I liked the dialogue between Qimir (played by Manny Jacinto AND the person revealed to be the warrior) and Sol. After Jecki’s death, Sol says something along the lines of “She’s a child”. Sol is disgusted by how Qimir fights with his lightsaber and that he kills a child. Qimir responds with “Why did you bring her here?”. Qimir has a point. The Jedi are supposed to be on the side of the light yet they are training children to enter war or fight to defend themselves. The Acolyte, in my opinion, is helping to set up the prequels. The prequels show the Jedi downfall, but that doesn’t happen overnight or in five years. This type of story moment takes decades to build and The Acolyte provides context for those moments.
This episode of The Acolyte hit me hard. I was not at all prepared for what would happen. This episode completely changed the tone of the series and I’m intrigued by how the rest of the episodes will play out. Are you watching The Acolyte? I’d love to hear your thoughts, especially about this particular episode.
Bizarre Brunette 
I need to watch this – I’m not up to date with it 🙂
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Hopefully you just skipped to the end of this post and did not get spoiled because this episode was pretty significant in the series.
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I skipped the spoiler 😂
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I still need to catch up , but it’s cool that the series is keeping up the intrigue . Been busy with Elden Ring but will definitely have to come back to it
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Throughout all the hate comments that this show has been getting, I do think there are good moments within the show.
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Finally watched it , it’s not bad . But I do want a full explanation of what happened on that night of the fire from Sol . Like what actually happened . For me it’s the most important mystery of the show and I really want to know how morally grey the jedi can be .
As for the hate comments , I do think the show gets more than it should , although some parts are very slow for me and some of the acting can be kind of stiff from certain characters . But I’ve also had pretty much the same issues with Mandalorian, the Obi Wan show and that Boba Fett show . Imo the Ahsoka series was probably the strongest ( acting wise and pacing ) but it also had quite a few people hate on it for very weird reasons .
I do want the Acolyte to kind of explore the witch angle a bit more , as I thought the coven was one of the more interesting things a Star Wars show has introduced.
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