The Acolyte
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Summary
I ’ll intromit , my first thought asThe Acolyteepisode 7 ’s end credits began to roll was , " How will I review this ? " While I was expectingThe Acolyteepisode 7 ’s flashback story to be dull , I was not expecting it to be so messy . In theory , the conception process : Revisit theunanswered questions ofThe Acolyteepisode 3by show the events on Brendok from the position of the Jedi . In practice , the instalment is a chaotic , discrepant , frustrative penultimate entering with glimpses of enormousness .
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The Acolyte Episode 7’s Reveals Were Necessary (But Poorly Handled)
With the truth of what encounter on Brendok hanging over four episodes , I was eagerly predict discovering this episode ’s flashbacks . For the most part , a wad of the questions promote byThe Acolyteepisode 3 were answered . The reveal that the Jedi were searching Brendok for aStar WarsForce vergencewas a great style to bind the show into wider lore . Everything that followed afterwards , however , was too hasten and scatterbrained to lead a long-lived impact .
The reference that Brendok was rendered exanimate by a Hyperspace Disaster was a wild mention to the firstHigh Republic Star Wars book : ignitor of the Jedi .
Unfortunately , The Acolyteepisode 7 attempted to chock up in too many characters , motivations , storylines , and resolutions to form a coherent whole . Sol and Torbin ’s respective hot - headed logical thinking for taking Osha and Mae aside from Brendok was festinate , while the constant back - and - Forth River of what Aniseya and Koril want for their children was maddening to witness for a 2nd time after sequence 3 . Admittedly , The Acolyteepisode 7 greatly improved my perceptual experience of Master Indara , who seemed just about the only coherent thinker in the intact episode .
The Acolyteepisode 7 can not adequately carry the morally hoar idea of misapprehension and contrasting belief breed conflict that it aims for …
While each distinct character ’s need work in a vacuum , The Acolyteepisode 7 does n’t make any of them find warranted or bring in . decisiveness are made on a caprice , illogical pick threaten living on both sides , andThe Acolyteepisode 7 can not adequately convey the virtuously gray themes of misunderstandings and contrasting notion to breed the conflict it aims for . Half - baked motivations , increasingly baffling runtimes , and instalment counts ofStar WarsTV showsresult in a excited scramble to the ending line .
The Acolyte Episode 7 Is Indicative Of The Biggest Star Wars TV Problem
More episodes and longer stories are needed in future Star Wars shows
IfThe Acolyteepisode 7 ’s messy story proves anything , it ’s thatupcomingStar WarsTV showsneed to invest to longer episode and season . It is no surprise that the bestStar WarsTV shows includeThe Clone Wars , Rebels , The Bad Batch , andAndor , all of which consist of multiple seasons that have 10 + episodes each . While eight episodes work in some cases , likeThe MandalorianandAhsoka , a show that aims for a account as heavy , complex , and multilayered asThe Acolyteneeds a format that allows that narrative to be search to the fullest .
The characters and their motivations would be much improved had the show consecrate more than one or two scenes to each one in episode 7 . Sol ’s press that Osha must be his Padawan come out of nowhere ; it ’s weirdly obsessive . His ensuing decision to murder her female parent and let Mae die are entirely heady as a answer , as he does everything he can to train a character he has known for a combined total of around 10 minutes .
With more episodes to further search the story , The Acolytecould have turn over much deep into Sol ’s desire to train a Padawan . It could have show a past loser to do so as a Jedi Knight , and a backstory of Sol necessitate that connection could have inform his option while build them feel pull in inThe Acolyteepisode 7 . Not only would this make his character boundlessly more compelling , but it would provide Lee Jung - jae , a go along bright flicker ofThe Acolyte , with a story worthy of his performance .
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The Acolyte episode 7 could have outlined that Sol and Osha had a connection through the Force to explain the former ’s desire to train the latter , but or else left that absent and further muddied the storyline .
The Acolyteepisode 7 also detail more about young Torbin . Dean Charles Chapman does a great job for the most part , but his grapheme suffers from the same problems as Sol . His heady decision to rush headfirst into the hornet ’s nest so he can render to Coruscant results in expiry and destruction that later sees him take his own life story . Why does Torbin wish to recall home so much ? Your surmise is as secure as mine .
The Jedi Grand Temple on Coruscant has surprisingly black blood , and here ’s everything about its chronicle and connection to the dark side explained .
The Acolyte Does Not Know What Story It Wants To Tell
Witches, Jedi, Sith: The Acolyte’s story doesn’t form a cohesive whole
A reign opinion I had afterThe Acolyteepisode 7 ’s endingwas that the show had no idea what story it was secernate . Is it a chronicle about the Sith infiltrate the Jedi ? If so , where exactly is Qimir when all of this is going down ? Is it a story about a battle between two religious group and their contrasting ideologies brewing catastrophe ? It could be if onlyThe Acolytededicated the sentence require to enjoin such a complex story well . Is it the tragic story of twins ? Is it all of these combine ?
Of course , I am well cognizant that there is one episode left forThe Acolyteto twine its account . Every individual problem , defeat , critical review , and unrequited question I have could all be resolved in the coda . But I but can not penetrate how one more instalment , which will undoubtedly not go beyond 40 minutes , can wrap up everything needed to be considered satisfying . Showrunner Leslye Headland has expressed a desire forfuture time of year ofThe Acolyte , but she has also promise that time of year 1 will twine up cohesively , a realness I can not see coming to fruition at this point .
The Acolyte episode 7 had flashes of greatness : the fight stage dancing stay wild , the music and production design mostly influence well , and broad Star Wars reference fit the show nicely within the timeline .
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Both sides of the storyThe Acolyteis tattle are interesting in closing off , but they do n’t ensnarl to forge a percipient narrative , a worrying mansion with one sequence left . Characters are making sheer , aliveness - changing decisiveness with little motive , others are switching sides and flip - flopping between goals with little reason , and the overall end game ofThe Acolyte ’s story remains a whodunit . More prison term was take to say a story so inherently complex , whichThe Acolyteepisode 7 frustratingly epitomize .
The Acolyteepisode 7 is now streaming on Disney+ .
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The Acolyte is a television serial set in the Star Wars universe at the end of the High Republic Era , where both the Jedi and the Galactic Empire were at the summit of their influence . This sci - fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunite with her former Jedi Master as they inquire several crimes - all leading to darkness break out from beneath the surface and groom to bring about the final stage of the High Republic .
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