It's kinda crazy how even though i havent read the books and my knowledge on the animated shows is limited, I knew EXACTLY who Plagueis was when he showed up and got excited 😂
@comicop2513 qimir, he's little island is full of cortosis! Enough for 2 sith surely. The problem here is not çortosis nor the PILLOW Sheets. Lesley and Disney simply don't follow the lore which I'm gonna forgive. Continuity is my issue. You telling me that Cortosis suddenly became so rare that by the time Sheev is born it's forgotten. Also Plagues was on the planet! Unless it wasn't Plagues and actually it was a banker?
Maybe the bleeding was different as well because Osha did it without taking the crystal out. Every prior instance that I can remember of bleeding kybers happened with the crystal out of the saber.
What, you didn't catch Yoda at the very end? He's a very important character in Star Wars, and it's likely they used the same puppet from The Last Jedi. 😄
I love that the first image Osha has to sense in the test in episode 3 is a Tooka cat, and then in the main time period of the show, she has a sticker of a Tooka Cat on Pip. Might headcanon that she chose that sticker to remind her of when she first met Sol.
With these tests I do find myself wondering how common these images are to the galaxy at large. Like would either of them know what a wampa is? Does the Force give them the answer if they are able to see it? Or is "a large bipedal shaggy monster" a good enough answer when you don't know it's name?
I'm shocked you didn't include the final scene with Vernestra visiting this strange diminutive big eared Jedi Master. I would like to know who he is. Jokes aside, the Plagueis and Yoda cameos made me jump out of my seat. I love all the lore, Canon and Legends, that Leslye put in this series. She really knows her stuff and I respect that she not only included them but made most of them story relevant like the cortosis or bleeding a crystal. That was perhaps one of the best things in the series. All the callbacks in the last episode especially felt very tasteful.
“he was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil” vernestra says this abt quimir just like how obi wan does “will i ever see you again” osha says this to her mother like how anakin says this to his own mother
From a lore standpoint, I like to think Sol's blade going from blue to red after Osha ignites it could be because she bled the crystal while it was still in the saber. Every other instance of bleeding happens when the crystal is removed from the saber, after all
thats because people are clouded by their hate, and are always looking for something negative. people are ALWAYS compareing it to legends and then complain that it isnt legends, not being able to accept that this is its own seperate thing. legends isnt going to get worse just because this existe, and people need to get over them selfs. i wont lie, i was sceptical of the show at first, but ones i watched the whole thing, and then rewatched it one more time, i can say for sure that in my opinion that i really liked it. sure there are a few things here and there, but over all it was actually really good. the plot was great, and the motives of the characters makes total sense. one of the coolest parts about it for me is the portrayal of the jedi's flaws and how that actually leads nicely to the prequels. the lightsaber fights too were really awesome! and i really think its a cool plot point that it was neither the jedi or the sith who managed to create life out of the force first. the jedi feard this power and wanted to gatekeep it, while the sith wanted to take it and control it. its original and overall a really enjoyable show 😄
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@@Ragnorok657 Ooh, ok I get you. We'll just have to wait for season 2. That was my main problem with the last episode, too much looking towards season 2 rather than finishing season 1.
Cortosis was my favorite little Easter egg of this show. Also thank you for covering this show sensibly. 🙏 Edit: Holy crap, I missed the Selkath! KOTOR was my OT growing up so this makes me happy.
Even if I didn’t like this show I think I would be able to appreciate the acting by Lee Jae Jun (master sol) and Manny Jacinto (Qimir) they were fantastic the whole way through
Qimir’s lightsaber is potentially a reference to an old 2009 lightsaber toy called the “Duel Action Lightsaber”. It had a smaller lightsaber that could be detached from the hilt and used separately like we see Qimir doing. The only reason I know this is because I had it growing up and I always wanted to see something like it on screen and now I finally have.
A small correction in 4:03 , it's not a Razor Crest. It's a Utilipede Transport without it's upper fin. You can see a ship exactly like it in the Ferrix Shipyard in Andor.
Just fyi, the Immaculate Conception isn't about Jesus' creation; that is known as the Virgin Birth. Instead, the IC refers to how Mary was born free of Original Sin (so she was "immaculate" and worthy to bear God's child). Common misconception
Have Jedi ever utilized their ability to see images on a screen without actually seeing the screen anywhere else in canon? Seems like a good trick that's only used during tests of kids lol
I think the red in Osha's eyes wasn't dark side eyes but the reflection of Sol's lightsaber after she bleeds the crystal. The reflection is there again when she's wielding it. She did see that future with the helmet on
One thing I caught was The Stranger uses a Shoto offhand lightsaber, while they have appeared in many canon sources, they first come from the original Marvel run where Luke builds one to accompany his main lightsaber as part of a strategy to fight Lumiya's lightwhip. Vernestra his former master wields a lightwhip and he may have built it specifically to combat her
You missed the reference to the parody movie Spaceballs by Mel Brooks: there’s a character named Barf played by John Candy. Barf is a half-man, half-dog Mog, the padawan that travels with Vernestra to Khofar is named Mog Adana, they even made his hairdo look like Barf’s hairdo.
Noting the concept of corrupting, or bleeding, Kyber crystals to turn them red is only one end of the spectrum. As hinted at, this action essentially hurts the "spirit" within the crystals themselves, not unlike a person or animal being beaten into submission, allowed to recover, but still having scaring from the experience. For the crystals, the color red is that scaring. In the novel "Ashoka" near the end it is described that her white blades were the result of her being able to "heal" two corrupted, aka "bled", Kyber crystals taken from an Inquisitor she had killed.
What are your thoughts on the controversy on Star Wars right now, are you trying to maintain a positive attitude or do you have problems with one or both sides of the argument?
I don't understand the hate for this series at all... it all makes sense and seems to fit in for me. Looking at this video Leslye and her team have obviously done their research...
Its just the sign of complexity and quality, it really stirs people up! I was definitely stirred throughout the whole series, but didn't need clicks online. Loved the journey and can't wait to see what Leslye does next!
No the writing is that bad is the problem like Mea change every position to turn herself bc her sister alive but later she want to kill master sol. Or why Master Torbin off himself even tho he didn’t do anything yes I know he went to the “Stone Flammable” fortress but Master Sol encourage him to go with him so it’s Master Sol fault not Torbin. Why did the Witches died so easily bc I thought their ideology is powerful either way the power with many but it useless against one Jedi. Again there so many plot holes but I’m glad is over and never make this season ever again
There was already a section of the fanbase to disturbed by Disney SW to ever enjoy something from them. While others have more recent disappointments. Hating on Disney for it not being right-wing predates this series, hiring a LGBTQ show runner isn’t to their taste. The show runner used to be Harvey Weinstein’s personal assistant. Some people’s enjoyment is based on them feeling represented. New SW always gets a lot of hate/this wasn’t the SW they were looking for. A certain part of the fanbase is now hoping/wanting Andor to be the new standard for SW storytelling, even though it is very much an oddball. The any attention is good attention is very much true for the Social Media algorithms. And the show itself is far from perfect, the story telling is down right weird. Without a clear main character.
@@jonathanmendiola3775 All of those things were explained, not one of them is a plot hole. The thing is - you were required to pay attention. The writing has plenty of room for improvement, but not for any reasons you mentioned.
12:33 If you look close, you can see that it's not her eyes turning red. It's the reflection of a red light saber blade. We're seeing the reflection of her vision (also showing that her vision showed her holding the light saber, not Mae like she said).
I don’t think anything’s pleasantly surprised me more in the Disney+ Star Wars series than seeing Osha bleed the blue lightsaber to red. Incredible visuals and just perfect for the narrative
Been waiting far too long to see that on screen, animated or live action. Now we just need to see the inverse, a light side user healing a bled crystal, turning it white.
I got the impression that the witches didn't actually turn to smoke but instead it was a sort of mind trick that made them appear as smoke. This is how I understood that Sol was able to stab the mother with his saber. The way he reacted by looking around at the smoke and made a facial expression like "this doesn't seem right" then stabbed at the last known location of the mother and impaled her. Almost like a mental version of Batman dropping smoke bomb. It is kind of hard to stab smoke. And the witches primary power was established as mental manipulation.
i do not believe that is the case in this show. that would seriously put to question the rule of two. plagueis is the master, qimir being the apprentice. this is just speculation, but i believe the only reason that osha was allowed to be trained by the sith is because she is an individual created through the force, which makes her very valuable to both the sith and the jedi. it might be how plagueis managed to learn the powers that palpatine spoke of in revange of the sith.
Wow so many good easter eggs in this series - thank you! Speaking of mind wipes, I keep thinking about how Qimir says to Sol "Don't wipe my mind or whatever you Jedi do" in the apothecary...
The red in Osha's eyes in the finale looked moreso like a reflection of a red lightsaber than the Sith Eyes. As if it were her vision continuing as Qimir pulled the helmet off.
Giving Qimir a touch of Kylo Ren's theme could be meant to foreshadow the origin of the Knights of Ren. Qimir may identity as a Sith for now, but the presence of Plagueis at this point in the timeline means that won't be the case indefinitely since we know Plagueis eventually takes on Palpatine as his final apprentice and the rest is history. I think Qimir may go on to found the Knights of Ren after he is eventually betrayed or disposed of by Plagueis.
after seeing all the episodes.. I think the show was a mixed bag. The story was great; but it would have been SIGNIFICANTLY better to just make it a 2 hour movie, without all the staccato endings to the episodes ruining it.
I know there's a lot of hate for this show but there is a ton of great Star wars Lord that they explored and I'm super happy I got to see it sorry for the haters but I thought this show was really well put together maybe we better writing and better direction it could have been great
i believe it can be really dangerous for the target and could damage their minds. and it seems from my understanding that it only works on weak minded individuals, or those who accept it willingly.
@@pizzaaFAENFamiliarity with the other mind could help as well. If Qimir has been probing her mind, it might have made it easier. And Mae might have figured out Qimir is The Master several times before, but was given the choice of having that memory removed to stay alive.
Great video! So many Easter eggs! I’m hoping the Kylo Ren music was hinting at Qimir becoming the first Knight of Ren! Manny Jacinto said in an interview that Leslye is “an encyclopedia of Star Wars” and that there are Easter eggs & nods to the high republic and the original trilogy, and he was right!
Glad the Ki Adi Mundi drama seemed to be short lived. Honestly, I think his species' new longevity makes a lot more sense than what Legends established - you can't look at his appearance in Ep 1 and tell me he's only 60 years old. Dude looks exactly like any other extremely long-lived alien character would.
I love how Osha and Mea wear opposing colors (black and white just like the sides of the force) and fight exactly the same. It's like they're the two sides of the same coin. As stated. At the end, Mae who wears white, does the good thing and Osha, who wears black chooses the dark side.
Interesting that you read it as the helmet possessing Osha… I read it as Osha possessing Qimir (like Mother Aniseya did to Torbin). With the sensory force deprivation effect of the helmet unlocking hidden witchy powers in her
Glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed Kylo’s Theme accompanying Qimir. It doesn’t really make too much sense to me either other than the parallels between Qimir and Kylo as characters, but then again a lot of the Acolyte’s score has moments that reminded me of stuff John Williams wrote for the entire Skywalker Saga. Maybe it’s more of a homage than anything else, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Hey, Alex. Are you gonna cover the new reference book "The Rise and Fall of the Empire"? So far, it's been such an insightful read with neat details on how the Empire ruled the galaxy and why it fell. I was wondering if you're gonna share your take if you've read it.
Osha and Anakin have another similarity: their relationship with their mother. Besides both having asking will they ever see their mom again, it was the loss of a mother that they could never get over.
Well kylo rens theme in that one scene with qimir is what a lot of people think is supposed to hint that qimir was the first and founder of the knights of ren
What about when Mae was brought into Venestra's office and she says she doesn't need her binders anymore. Very reminiscent of Palpatine in ROTJ. Also her chair even looks like Palpatine's throne.
That's not any Darth, that's an upstanding financier Mr. Damask of Damask Holdings, just chilling by the sea! Any accusation of him and Darth Plagueis being one and the same are vile slander!
So, the Beastie Boys truly are Intergalactic. 😊 As soon as I was done watching the 8th episode I went to Wookieepedia to find a picture of Darth Plagueis to send to my Mom and they had already changed his pic to the screenshot from The Acolyte.
I enjoyed the series quite a bit - hope they get a second season, bit I wouldn't be torn up if they wrapped it on the first season and left us mysteries to solve in future media.
There is right wing backlash even if you have other reasons. We don’t quite know how Anakin came to be, for all we know his conception isn’t something Shmi wanted discussed with an 10 year old boy. We thus don’t know how different it was from the twins, but different it seemed. This is the end of the high republic so it is meant to be different, the events of the series might see the Jedi change into the prequels order. The Jedi were always flawed: - ANH told us Anakin was killed by Kenobi’s former Jedi student named Darth Vader. - ESB Showed us Kenobi had lied to Luke & Luke leaving his Jedi training unfinished. - RotJ Showed Luke still wasn’t given the full truth. - TPM showed Jedi didn’t care much about enslaved peoples, the counsel being in denial, the counsel didn’t provide extra forces even though a potential Sith was involved. Obi needs to strong arm the council into taking Anakin in. - AotC Main villain Dooku is a former Jedi, the arrogance of if it isn’t in the archive it doesn’t exist. The blindly take on some army one of them created behind their backs. Anakin slaughtering families with children. - Anakin turns dark lord. -TCW is full of Jedi commuting what we consider to be war crimes.
I thought the one witch's hair looked like Nomi Sunrider from the old Dark Horse Tales of the Jedi comics. Hadn't seen the concept art of Qi'ra before.
I really, really hope they do at least two more seasons. A trilogy of seasons; written all the way through. Like the prequels and, of course, the original trilogy. 👊🏼
Have you heard Urban Acolytes comparisons to a movie called "Come Drink with Me?" Leslye Headlund mentioned it as an inspiration in an interview and there appears to be a lot of the same things in the Acolyte.
I just saw the young jedi adventures clip. how have no kids lost an eye or a limb? that's like 50 kids with lightsabers, someone is going to have intrusive thoughts.
What's the day to day relationship between Sith Master and Apprentice around this time? How much interaction is there between them? Seems like Qimir was acting on his own, with Plagueis spying on him.
Excellent video, as always! Non-Star Wars technical note: Anakin and the twins' birth is not an "immaculate conception," it's a virgin birth or parthenogenesis. "Immaculate Conception" would appear to mean the same thing, but it isn't; it's a Catholic theological dogma that refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, as Mother of Jesus being conceived without the inheritance of Original Sin (hence, "immaculate"), even though she presumably was conceived in the same physical way that other humans are. It's a difference of semantics, perhaps, in terms of the literal meanings of the phrase and its individual components for anyone outside of Catholic theological discourse (as long as they believe that "sin" is automatically implied in any act of sex, including consensual procreative sex between a married couple!), but because it refers to a very specific thing historically, it's best not to perpetuate the confusion between them.
It's kinda crazy how even though i havent read the books and my knowledge on the animated shows is limited, I knew EXACTLY who Plagueis was when he showed up and got excited 😂
Seeing Darth Plagueis on screen for the first time is pretty cool and awesome. Plus the Cortosis is awesome as well.
If there's cortosis why is the pillow beast scales so important?
@@UmarSadien-q8nbecause that’s more than lightsaber proof. It’s completely blaster resistant too from what I understand
@@UmarSadien-q8n cause the Zillow beast isn't a rare metal and could possibly be cloned for it's scales.
@@Tores444 We're talking about the Pillow Beast here. Please try and keep up with the lore 🤓😉
@comicop2513 qimir, he's little island is full of cortosis! Enough for 2 sith surely. The problem here is not çortosis nor the PILLOW Sheets. Lesley and Disney simply don't follow the lore which I'm gonna forgive. Continuity is my issue. You telling me that Cortosis suddenly became so rare that by the time Sheev is born it's forgotten. Also Plagues was on the planet! Unless it wasn't Plagues and actually it was a banker?
Maybe the bleeding was different as well because Osha did it without taking the crystal out. Every prior instance that I can remember of bleeding kybers happened with the crystal out of the saber.
Ben Solo cracked his crystal, so there difference with him as well.
@@Bas-TB good call! Different results under different circumstances.
What, you didn't catch Yoda at the very end? He's a very important character in Star Wars, and it's likely they used the same puppet from The Last Jedi. 😄
I love that the first image Osha has to sense in the test in episode 3 is a Tooka cat, and then in the main time period of the show, she has a sticker of a Tooka Cat on Pip. Might headcanon that she chose that sticker to remind her of when she first met Sol.
NOOOOOO 💔💔💔
That is such a sweet head canon deet!
With these tests I do find myself wondering how common these images are to the galaxy at large. Like would either of them know what a wampa is? Does the Force give them the answer if they are able to see it? Or is "a large bipedal shaggy monster" a good enough answer when you don't know it's name?
I'm shocked you didn't include the final scene with Vernestra visiting this strange diminutive big eared Jedi Master. I would like to know who he is. Jokes aside, the Plagueis and Yoda cameos made me jump out of my seat.
I love all the lore, Canon and Legends, that Leslye put in this series. She really knows her stuff and I respect that she not only included them but made most of them story relevant like the cortosis or bleeding a crystal. That was perhaps one of the best things in the series. All the callbacks in the last episode especially felt very tasteful.
Maybe that geen guy at the end was Grogu’s Father. 😂
@@Bas-TB yeah that green guy could be related to Baby Yoda. We should call him "Grandpa Grogu"
“he was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil” vernestra says this abt quimir just like how obi wan does
“will i ever see you again” osha says this to her mother like how anakin says this to his own mother
I love parallels in Star Wars
@@salmanfarruz It rhymes.
Darth plaguis peeking out of the cave scared me still does every time I see it
From a lore standpoint, I like to think Sol's blade going from blue to red after Osha ignites it could be because she bled the crystal while it was still in the saber. Every other instance of bleeding happens when the crystal is removed from the saber, after all
I'm pretty sure that's exactly what was happening.
It’s stuff like this that shows how blindly dumb people are who keep spouting the fact that Leslie Hedland and the writers don’t know Star Wars.
Fr at this point I'm pretty sure the people saying that just don't recognize the material they're referencing.
thats because people are clouded by their hate, and are always looking for something negative. people are ALWAYS compareing it to legends and then complain that it isnt legends, not being able to accept that this is its own seperate thing. legends isnt going to get worse just because this existe, and people need to get over them selfs.
i wont lie, i was sceptical of the show at first, but ones i watched the whole thing, and then rewatched it one more time, i can say for sure that in my opinion that i really liked it. sure there are a few things here and there, but over all it was actually really good. the plot was great, and the motives of the characters makes total sense. one of the coolest parts about it for me is the portrayal of the jedi's flaws and how that actually leads nicely to the prequels. the lightsaber fights too were really awesome! and i really think its a cool plot point that it was neither the jedi or the sith who managed to create life out of the force first. the jedi feard this power and wanted to gatekeep it, while the sith wanted to take it and control it. its original and overall a really enjoyable show 😄
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@@Fedaygin thanks for the tip 😁 i also hope to see a season 2 for sure! and also, i am not a kid, i am 29 😂 have a good one my friend 😁
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I wanted it to not be Darth Plagueis just for one reason
then we could make the joke "That's no Muun" :P
@@msteerie you do realise you still haven't seen the raise of Darth Quim
@@Ragnorok657 this has nothing to do with my comment?
@@msteerie correct
I just wanted to see darth quim spelt out.
@@Ragnorok657 Ooh, ok I get you. We'll just have to wait for season 2. That was my main problem with the last episode, too much looking towards season 2 rather than finishing season 1.
Cortosis was my favorite little Easter egg of this show.
Also thank you for covering this show sensibly. 🙏
Edit: Holy crap, I missed the Selkath! KOTOR was my OT growing up so this makes me happy.
No matter what you think about the show, you gotta admit Qimir’s helmet looks fricking awesome.
No 🙂
Qimir is exceptional all the way around. Incredible costume. Great actor. 10/10
I definitely agree!
Aweson!? 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Even if I didn’t like this show I think I would be able to appreciate the acting by Lee Jae Jun (master sol) and Manny Jacinto (Qimir) they were fantastic the whole way through
Qimir’s lightsaber is potentially a reference to an old 2009 lightsaber toy called the “Duel Action Lightsaber”. It had a smaller lightsaber that could be detached from the hilt and used separately like we see Qimir doing. The only reason I know this is because I had it growing up and I always wanted to see something like it on screen and now I finally have.
A small correction in 4:03 , it's not a Razor Crest. It's a Utilipede Transport without it's upper fin. You can see a ship exactly like it in the Ferrix Shipyard in Andor.
Just fyi, the Immaculate Conception isn't about Jesus' creation; that is known as the Virgin Birth. Instead, the IC refers to how Mary was born free of Original Sin (so she was "immaculate" and worthy to bear God's child). Common misconception
Have Jedi ever utilized their ability to see images on a screen without actually seeing the screen anywhere else in canon? Seems like a good trick that's only used during tests of kids lol
Much like the Jedi themseleves, this series was stellar despite it's flaws. I really hope they give Headland a second season.
I think the red in Osha's eyes wasn't dark side eyes but the reflection of Sol's lightsaber after she bleeds the crystal. The reflection is there again when she's wielding it. She did see that future with the helmet on
One thing I caught was The Stranger uses a Shoto offhand lightsaber, while they have appeared in many canon sources, they first come from the original Marvel run where Luke builds one to accompany his main lightsaber as part of a strategy to fight Lumiya's lightwhip. Vernestra his former master wields a lightwhip and he may have built it specifically to combat her
You missed the reference to the parody movie Spaceballs by Mel Brooks: there’s a character named Barf played by John Candy. Barf is a half-man, half-dog Mog, the padawan that travels with Vernestra to Khofar is named Mog Adana, they even made his hairdo look like Barf’s hairdo.
That’s a great catch!
Noting the concept of corrupting, or bleeding, Kyber crystals to turn them red is only one end of the spectrum. As hinted at, this action essentially hurts the "spirit" within the crystals themselves, not unlike a person or animal being beaten into submission, allowed to recover, but still having scaring from the experience. For the crystals, the color red is that scaring. In the novel "Ashoka" near the end it is described that her white blades were the result of her being able to "heal" two corrupted, aka "bled", Kyber crystals taken from an Inquisitor she had killed.
I hope we can see a red crystal become healed on screen someday
What are your thoughts on the controversy on Star Wars right now, are you trying to maintain a positive attitude or do you have problems with one or both sides of the argument?
Immaculate conception doesn't mean, "born of a virgin;" it has to do with the moral purity (free of "original sin") of the mother.
Especially in the first couple episodes, there were a lot of small sound effects that were also used in The Phantom Menace.
I also think Tassi is the first Zygerian seen in the Jedi Order.
One of the younglings from High Republic Adventures comics (Farsala) is a Zygerrian.
@@joncarroll2040 What I should've said was the first Zygerian seen within the Jedi Order's ranks in live action.
@@Iron_Blood_Enjoyer1933First Zygerrian in live action in any capacity I believe.
I don't understand the hate for this series at all... it all makes sense and seems to fit in for me. Looking at this video Leslye and her team have obviously done their research...
Its just the sign of complexity and quality, it really stirs people up! I was definitely stirred throughout the whole series, but didn't need clicks online. Loved the journey and can't wait to see what Leslye does next!
No the writing is that bad is the problem like Mea change every position to turn herself bc her sister alive but later she want to kill master sol. Or why Master Torbin off himself even tho he didn’t do anything yes I know he went to the “Stone Flammable” fortress but Master Sol encourage him to go with him so it’s Master Sol fault not Torbin. Why did the Witches died so easily bc I thought their ideology is powerful either way the power with many but it useless against one Jedi. Again there so many plot holes but I’m glad is over and never make this season ever again
There was already a section of the fanbase to disturbed by Disney SW to ever enjoy something from them. While others have more recent disappointments. Hating on Disney for it not being right-wing predates this series, hiring a LGBTQ show runner isn’t to their taste. The show runner used to be Harvey Weinstein’s personal assistant.
Some people’s enjoyment is based on them feeling represented. New SW always gets a lot of hate/this wasn’t the SW they were looking for. A certain part of the fanbase is now hoping/wanting Andor to be the new standard for SW storytelling, even though it is very much an oddball. The any attention is good attention is very much true for the Social Media algorithms.
And the show itself is far from perfect, the story telling is down right weird. Without a clear main character.
@@jonathanmendiola3775 All of those things were explained, not one of them is a plot hole. The thing is - you were required to pay attention. The writing has plenty of room for improvement, but not for any reasons you mentioned.
@@jonathanmendiola3775 punctuation sure is a powerful tool.
12:33 If you look close, you can see that it's not her eyes turning red. It's the reflection of a red light saber blade. We're seeing the reflection of her vision (also showing that her vision showed her holding the light saber, not Mae like she said).
I don’t think anything’s pleasantly surprised me more in the Disney+ Star Wars series than seeing Osha bleed the blue lightsaber to red. Incredible visuals and just perfect for the narrative
Been waiting far too long to see that on screen, animated or live action.
Now we just need to see the inverse, a light side user healing a bled crystal, turning it white.
I got the impression that the witches didn't actually turn to smoke but instead it was a sort of mind trick that made them appear as smoke. This is how I understood that Sol was able to stab the mother with his saber. The way he reacted by looking around at the smoke and made a facial expression like "this doesn't seem right" then stabbed at the last known location of the mother and impaled her. Almost like a mental version of Batman dropping smoke bomb. It is kind of hard to stab smoke. And the witches primary power was established as mental manipulation.
Interesting.
This season easteregg wrap is unique and fun to watch. Thank you Alex!
Wow, I never knew about that Revan reference in the finale.
Still a waste we only got 1 scene with Yord's Padawan. She could have been on screen more, especially after Yord's death. Her design is awesome
Wouldn't Plagueis still be the apprentice of Darth Tenebris at the time of The Acolyte?
i do not believe that is the case in this show. that would seriously put to question the rule of two. plagueis is the master, qimir being the apprentice. this is just speculation, but i believe the only reason that osha was allowed to be trained by the sith is because she is an individual created through the force, which makes her very valuable to both the sith and the jedi. it might be how plagueis managed to learn the powers that palpatine spoke of in revange of the sith.
The callbacks were cool.
Indeed 🙂 [Renew The Acolyte, Forever D+ Subber. 4x Years non stop So far.] 🙂
I'm pretty sure it's a red lightsaber blade reflection in Osha's eyes.
13:23 What's he immune to? The Plague(is)? 😂
Thanks for pointing out what a deep dive this series was!
Wow so many good easter eggs in this series - thank you! Speaking of mind wipes, I keep thinking about how Qimir says to Sol "Don't wipe my mind or whatever you Jedi do" in the apothecary...
It seems like by this point in the HR the Padawan sash is green no matter what, Torbins sash was green despite a yellow lightsaber
The red in Osha's eyes in the finale looked moreso like a reflection of a red lightsaber than the Sith Eyes. As if it were her vision continuing as Qimir pulled the helmet off.
Giving Qimir a touch of Kylo Ren's theme could be meant to foreshadow the origin of the Knights of Ren.
Qimir may identity as a Sith for now, but the presence of Plagueis at this point in the timeline means that won't be the case indefinitely since we know Plagueis eventually takes on Palpatine as his final apprentice and the rest is history.
I think Qimir may go on to found the Knights of Ren after he is eventually betrayed or disposed of by Plagueis.
after seeing all the episodes.. I think the show was a mixed bag. The story was great; but it would have been SIGNIFICANTLY better to just make it a 2 hour movie, without all the staccato endings to the episodes ruining it.
The editing in this is so good, being able to see whats being referenced to is great!
I know there's a lot of hate for this show but there is a ton of great Star wars Lord that they explored and I'm super happy I got to see it sorry for the haters but I thought this show was really well put together maybe we better writing and better direction it could have been great
I dont think kylo rens theme is for Qimir specifically, i think it's for Osha
The mind wipe is very convenient…. Why did no one use it before?
Maybe they did, but that memory was whipped from our brains.
I'm assuming mind wiping someone comes with a lot of messiness, and it also carries potentially dangerous connotations for someone like a Jedi.
i believe it can be really dangerous for the target and could damage their minds. and it seems from my understanding that it only works on weak minded individuals, or those who accept it willingly.
@@pizzaaFAENFamiliarity with the other mind could help as well. If Qimir has been probing her mind, it might have made it easier.
And Mae might have figured out Qimir is The Master several times before, but was given the choice of having that memory removed to stay alive.
Great video! So many Easter eggs! I’m hoping the Kylo Ren music was hinting at Qimir becoming the first Knight of Ren! Manny Jacinto said in an interview that Leslye is “an encyclopedia of Star Wars” and that there are Easter eggs & nods to the high republic and the original trilogy, and he was right!
Many Thank yous for how you addressed Revan in this. That means quite a lot to me
The editing on this was really clean!
Yord is definitely the type of person to where his dress blues to a supermarket.
I'm still not sure where people are seeing the "Anakin retcon", nowhere was it ever said or implied that the force itself concieved them
Lol yoda?
Glad the Ki Adi Mundi drama seemed to be short lived. Honestly, I think his species' new longevity makes a lot more sense than what Legends established - you can't look at his appearance in Ep 1 and tell me he's only 60 years old. Dude looks exactly like any other extremely long-lived alien character would.
Easter Egg videos are my favorites
Mine too
Bro didn't even think to mention Yoda...
I love how Osha and Mea wear opposing colors (black and white just like the sides of the force) and fight exactly the same. It's like they're the two sides of the same coin. As stated. At the end, Mae who wears white, does the good thing and Osha, who wears black chooses the dark side.
Interesting that you read it as the helmet possessing Osha… I read it as Osha possessing Qimir (like Mother Aniseya did to Torbin). With the sensory force deprivation effect of the helmet unlocking hidden witchy powers in her
it's just too bad we only ever got to see the lightwhip used as a fly swatter
Anakin's birth isn't an immaculate conception. His birth is a virgin birth. It's a less elaborate term, but you get the idea.
Glad I wasn’t the only one who noticed Kylo’s Theme accompanying Qimir. It doesn’t really make too much sense to me either other than the parallels between Qimir and Kylo as characters, but then again a lot of the Acolyte’s score has moments that reminded me of stuff John Williams wrote for the entire Skywalker Saga. Maybe it’s more of a homage than anything else, but we’ll have to wait and see.
Hey, Alex. Are you gonna cover the new reference book "The Rise and Fall of the Empire"? So far, it's been such an insightful read with neat details on how the Empire ruled the galaxy and why it fell. I was wondering if you're gonna share your take if you've read it.
Osha and Anakin have another similarity: their relationship with their mother. Besides both having asking will they ever see their mom again, it was the loss of a mother that they could never get over.
Well kylo rens theme in that one scene with qimir is what a lot of people think is supposed to hint that qimir was the first and founder of the knights of ren
Kinda annoying how so much of the info we've got from this show came from external sources and interviews.
Bonadan was going to appear in Colin Trevorrow's episode 9.
I know they're only minor, but I would have appreciated a Phase 3 spoiler warning!
Other crystals have been separated from the hilt when bled. There may simply have been a bit of blue juice left inside.
11:29 Oh hey it's Sameer from The Boys
I’m glad someone finally made the Reath & Torbin connection I thought it was just me
Awesome. Thanks for explaining!
What about when Mae was brought into Venestra's office and she says she doesn't need her binders anymore. Very reminiscent of Palpatine in ROTJ. Also her chair even looks like Palpatine's throne.
This makes Acolyte even better so maany people missed all the little gems it a great story and had a great cast
Great video!
At 4:18 is that Qimir's ship?
Love to hear comparison of Sol and Qui-gon
That's not any Darth, that's an upstanding financier Mr. Damask of Damask Holdings, just chilling by the sea! Any accusation of him and Darth Plagueis being one and the same are vile slander!
Thank you for this video.
So, the Beastie Boys truly are Intergalactic. 😊 As soon as I was done watching the 8th episode I went to Wookieepedia to find a picture of Darth Plagueis to send to my Mom and they had already changed his pic to the screenshot from The Acolyte.
I enjoyed the series quite a bit - hope they get a second season, bit I wouldn't be torn up if they wrapped it on the first season and left us mysteries to solve in future media.
There is right wing backlash even if you have other reasons.
We don’t quite know how Anakin came to be, for all we know his conception isn’t something Shmi wanted discussed with an 10 year old boy.
We thus don’t know how different it was from the twins, but different it seemed.
This is the end of the high republic so it is meant to be different, the events of the series might see the Jedi change into the prequels order.
The Jedi were always flawed:
- ANH told us Anakin was killed by Kenobi’s former Jedi student named Darth Vader.
- ESB Showed us Kenobi had lied to Luke & Luke leaving his Jedi training unfinished.
- RotJ Showed Luke still wasn’t given the full truth.
- TPM showed Jedi didn’t care much about enslaved peoples, the counsel being in denial, the counsel didn’t provide extra forces even though a potential Sith was involved. Obi needs to strong arm the council into taking Anakin in.
- AotC Main villain Dooku is a former Jedi, the arrogance of if it isn’t in the archive it doesn’t exist. The blindly take on some army one of them created behind their backs. Anakin slaughtering families with children.
- Anakin turns dark lord.
-TCW is full of Jedi commuting what we consider to be war crimes.
Surprised so many refrences for this New Era of Star Wars
I thought the one witch's hair looked like Nomi Sunrider from the old Dark Horse Tales of the Jedi comics. Hadn't seen the concept art of Qi'ra before.
I thought i caught the Razorcrest at the temple, too!
I really really love all the Legends references!
I really, really hope they do at least two more seasons. A trilogy of seasons; written all the way through. Like the prequels and, of course, the original trilogy. 👊🏼
do you mean the original trilogy when you said sequels?
@@RedRacc Yes. The original trilogy. I'll correct it. Thanks for pointing that out. 👊🏼
@@RobertJToledo oh thank god lmao, no worries!
@@RedRacc Thank you for pointing out the mistake. 👍👍
I'm so happy you mentioned The Ninth Jedi.
Hands down the best Star Wars Vision - with a great idea of how sabers could work.
Do you think Plagueis is The Stranger's master or is he just stalking them, seeking to learn more about the divergence in the force like the Jedi?
Why does the Stranger not have yellow eyes?
Great video, thanks. Please look up Immaculate Conception. It does not mean what you think it means.
Have you heard Urban Acolytes comparisons to a movie called "Come Drink with Me?" Leslye Headlund mentioned it as an inspiration in an interview and there appears to be a lot of the same things in the Acolyte.
So every time they get a Tarsunt for chancellor Bad things are happening under their noses!😂
Thanks, Alex! 🧾
Thanks also for sharing details about the Qimir's Mask 'incident' at early S01 Finale. I hope that everyone who whines about it gets to know this ✅
The bando Gorah were also featured in the book Maul: Lockdown by Jason Schreiber
I just saw the young jedi adventures clip. how have no kids lost an eye or a limb? that's like 50 kids with lightsabers, someone is going to have intrusive thoughts.
What's the day to day relationship between Sith Master and Apprentice around this time? How much interaction is there between them? Seems like Qimir was acting on his own, with Plagueis spying on him.
Excellent video, as always!
Non-Star Wars technical note: Anakin and the twins' birth is not an "immaculate conception," it's a virgin birth or parthenogenesis. "Immaculate Conception" would appear to mean the same thing, but it isn't; it's a Catholic theological dogma that refers to the Blessed Virgin Mary, as Mother of Jesus being conceived without the inheritance of Original Sin (hence, "immaculate"), even though she presumably was conceived in the same physical way that other humans are. It's a difference of semantics, perhaps, in terms of the literal meanings of the phrase and its individual components for anyone outside of Catholic theological discourse (as long as they believe that "sin" is automatically implied in any act of sex, including consensual procreative sex between a married couple!), but because it refers to a very specific thing historically, it's best not to perpetuate the confusion between them.
Why does Torbin have a green belt but a yellow saber?
Glad its over