I like your wild theory. Mine is Jod was a failed padawan before order 66 and then he is an abandoned child in a brutal galaxy that gets worse with order 66. His jedi interpretations are cynical instead of hatred or dark per se.
Happy holidays. I enjoyed this episode, from seeing the parents trying to find their kids to their children and Jod was good. I wish you have the best on your move, good luck on that. Those final moments makes me curious to see where they go. Have a nice day, know we love you and take care!
One thing I've really loved about Jod is little hints like his scene with Wim at the beginning, where he just has these little bits and bobs of Jedi-esque ideology that keep you guessing about him. I'm still kinda astonished there wasn't another beat to the acid trap. I thought for sure they were going to throw the Credit in, nothing would happen, and they'd all be like "Of course, the legendary pirate wouldn't destroy treasure," and then whatever the third idea they had wound up being would be the one that actually works. The cash was a good solution to the riddle, but just the flow of the scene felt like there was room for another joke in it. I loved Chekhov's lightsaber in the treasure room. My current Wild Theory™ is that Jod was Jedi-adjacent. Former Jedi feels too obvious to me, and what we know of his ideology is distorted enough that maybe he was, like, the janitor or cafeteria server at a Jedi Temple and thus what he knows about the Jedi philosophy is assembled from snatches of overheard conversation and whatever the Star Wars equivalent of partially erased chalkboards is. Maybe Jod's not quite old enough for that theory to pan out though. A slightly less out-there theory could be he's a washout. Trained as a Youngling, but never got picked by any Master to serve as a Padawan, and thus stuck somewhere to live a boring life where no Dark Jedi can easily get in and pluck you out for training. I think there was, like, a young adult novel around the time Episode I came out that suggested this was about to be Obi-Wan's fate if Qui-Gon hadn't picked him as a Padawan at the last moment. I could see young Jod being consigned to a long dull life on a Jedi agricultural commune planet until Order 66 and/or a pirate attack turns that life upside-down. Oh gods, the Hutt eating the server instead of the food and the server screaming "not again" or whatever was so good. Anti-gravity spike pit makes a weird amount of sense to me. The Portal commentary mode taught me that people don't tend to look up. They're looking at the ground, especially if they're looking for pressure plates and tripwires. Also, from personal experience, when my niece wanted me to hide her new plushie over and over again on Christmas, the toughest hiding places I came up with were the ones that were high up. So based on my ability to trick a five-year-old, I'd say that trap is golden. Hell yeah! Killing Nazis should be apolitical.
Yeah, "washout." Maybe they didn't want him, and his parents didn't want him back because their income for him succeeding as a Jedi was cutoff. "Killing Nazis should be apolitical." I think there's a line in _The Boys:_ they're fascists, they just don't like the branding. "People love what I have to say! They believe in it! They just don't like the word 'Nazi.' That's all." -Stormfront.
If in ten years time we’re not seeing video essays about the enduring legacy of Ctholps in the Star Wars universe then it will be a missed opportunity. That guy is a star! I like that they took a moment where Jod paused before he betrayed the kids. He’s not so evil that did that without a second thought, and he didn’t intend on killing them.
He was probably thinking of what he could do with the amount of money he might get from a mint. "More wealth than you can imagine." "I can imagine quite a bit."
I absolutely loved this episode. Thought it was just an amazing homage to 1950s Disney pirate movies. Happy holidays and the Balrog Christmas jumper is fire 🔥 literally 😆
Once again this show has impressed me on how good it is at communicating without using words. None of the kids or Jod saying anything when the pirate crew is being killed in the acid which most shows would not be smart enough to pull off and it makes for such a powerful moment.
They did show that Jod isn't like totally evil though because he didn't kill Fern even though it would have been faster and easier and was really patient with getting her to yield instead. He is very much like a Jack Sparrow kind of character who you can never really be sure whos side he is on.
It's very Treasure Island in space. Jod/Silvo = John Silver. The betrayal of the kids this week was very much parallel to the betrayal of Jim (Wim) Hawkins. The lost captain will inevitably be a very Ben Gunn type of character from Jod's past. That said, I'm loving it.
But in that book and shows, Jim finds out he's a traitor and not just a kindly cook. They knew from the beginning that he was a prisoner and not likely to be trusted.
Jude Law playing a character who turns out to be a bad guy is no surprise, and yet I was surprised by how well done this set up was. I love when Star Wars has its Empire Strikes Back sort of twists and turns. It is episode 5 after all. 😂 Again, it’s not Andor levels of greatness. But this is a fun little distraction done in a way that feels like it has no right to be this good. And this episode proves that. With that said, I hope you and Erin have a lovely Christmas/Holidays regardless of how bleak the future looks. Love you all 3 million. Stay safe. *Hugs* 🖖🩷🩵🤍❤️💚🎄
I just love it that when you got off track with the tangent about kids killing nazis in movies I was so completely absorbed and interested in the tangent that I was 100% following the whole thing without realising that you were going off track, lol... My mind works like that too, that's why you're my favourite TH-camr, Jessie
I’m just impressed that I was still able to feel shocked and betrayed dispute it being so obvious! Willing to bet he was just a rogue dark force user or grey Jedi
I get the impression that Jod is an ex-padawan who survived Order 66 and lost his way. He no longer practices the Jedi code of behavior, but uses the Force for his own ends, much like a dark Jedi. So, he may think of himself as an ex-Jedi or unaffiliated Force user, but his tendencies are towards a dark Jedi, like Baylan Skull or Asajj Ventress. That's my impression of him.
My theory is that Jod was a Jedi padawan but was never able to do well there and left before the Clone Wars even started. Just cause we’ve had lots of “traumatized by Order 66” stories but not “voluntarily left the Order” stories.
I was actually kinda hoping this show would subvert the tropes of a Jude Law character secretly being evil (or just mysterious characters being evil). BUT, I did like the intensity with which they revealed his darker side. Most movies and shows would have toned it down, so it shows some maturity that this show didn't.
Secretly being evil? Did you not watch the first episode where in the very first scene he spaces some guy for not giving him the information he wants. There is nothing secret about him being evil.
@Klaital1 Piracy isn't evil, it's piracy. And, you know, the Jedi and clones killed people all the time who probably didn't deserve it, and they were never considered evil. So in the world of Star Wars, he was morally ambiguous. But whether he was or wasn't, my point is that I'm a little tired of the trope that has a character pretending to be a good guy for all of or most of a story, and then having them become a twist villain. It works here because it's Jude Law and Jude Law always plays those characters, and also because they were explicitly setting it up. But most of the time I've seen the trope there isn't really any setup or hints that support the reveal later on. Because sometimes I want to see a mysterious character claiming to be good to actually be good.
In this case it seems that Jod is the bad guy turning good. Possibly a former Padawan who had to hide during the empire. In the last episode he stated, that AtAchran reminded him to his homeworld. He also stated that he was alone and lost, like the kids. Maybe he found someone to care for and turns to the good side. During the series he had a lot of opportunities to get rid of the children and pursue this search alone. Also, piracy IS evil. They are robbers and murderers.
@fiktivhistoriker345 In most cases, pirates are robbing and murdering governments who do the same thing, who also make things so difficult to the point people are driven to piracy as a means of survival. So would you not then say that governments are evil? Or is it just specific officials in government, in which case I then ask if it's only specific pirates who are evil?
12:00 It befits this particular pirate captain, but it's pretty slanderous for pirates as a whole: They had democratic votes, fair wages, pensions, and healthcare when none of those were common.
Ok so is it just me or is Ctholps and that golden spiney ant eater statue in the vault, aren't those creatures from the old Ewoks cartoons? I HAVE TO KNOW!
Here’s my two theories, SM-33 is the pirate captain. Because he talks like a pirate. OR The little space monkey mouse thing in his head is actually the captain. The holo just being enlarged. Both of those are fun.
Also didn't expect the betrayal yet. But I think when 33 has to check with Fern to make a decision in a situation requiring quick decisions, he calculated that the moment had come, he had the info and the chain of command was in his way. I like Jod I want an easy path to redemption lol
I wonder how evil he is since he could easily kill the kids but doesn’t. Like he wants to be Captain for reasons other that hurting them but doesn’t say.
Didn't they straight up say in this episode that the captain was killed by his concubine? And more or less implied the skeleton that was stabbed to the wall was the captain.
Anyone know the spelling? Is it Catholips? C'tholyps? Also, although the Supervisor does seem like the most likely candidate to be the pirate captain, I kinda think there is a chance one of the kid's parents could end up being the captain.
This a very typical story, Jude law was always going to betray them , but then have a change of heart...kinda unoriginal character arc, but I do like show, no woke crap, just fun
I like how you picked up on the Jedi-esque "losing attachments" advice.
I like your wild theory. Mine is Jod was a failed padawan before order 66 and then he is an abandoned child in a brutal galaxy that gets worse with order 66. His jedi interpretations are cynical instead of hatred or dark per se.
Jods comments about attachments match that interpretation
Happy holidays. I enjoyed this episode, from seeing the parents trying to find their kids to their children and Jod was good. I wish you have the best on your move, good luck on that. Those final moments makes me curious to see where they go. Have a nice day, know we love you and take care!
One thing I've really loved about Jod is little hints like his scene with Wim at the beginning, where he just has these little bits and bobs of Jedi-esque ideology that keep you guessing about him.
I'm still kinda astonished there wasn't another beat to the acid trap. I thought for sure they were going to throw the Credit in, nothing would happen, and they'd all be like "Of course, the legendary pirate wouldn't destroy treasure," and then whatever the third idea they had wound up being would be the one that actually works. The cash was a good solution to the riddle, but just the flow of the scene felt like there was room for another joke in it.
I loved Chekhov's lightsaber in the treasure room.
My current Wild Theory™ is that Jod was Jedi-adjacent. Former Jedi feels too obvious to me, and what we know of his ideology is distorted enough that maybe he was, like, the janitor or cafeteria server at a Jedi Temple and thus what he knows about the Jedi philosophy is assembled from snatches of overheard conversation and whatever the Star Wars equivalent of partially erased chalkboards is. Maybe Jod's not quite old enough for that theory to pan out though.
A slightly less out-there theory could be he's a washout. Trained as a Youngling, but never got picked by any Master to serve as a Padawan, and thus stuck somewhere to live a boring life where no Dark Jedi can easily get in and pluck you out for training. I think there was, like, a young adult novel around the time Episode I came out that suggested this was about to be Obi-Wan's fate if Qui-Gon hadn't picked him as a Padawan at the last moment. I could see young Jod being consigned to a long dull life on a Jedi agricultural commune planet until Order 66 and/or a pirate attack turns that life upside-down.
Oh gods, the Hutt eating the server instead of the food and the server screaming "not again" or whatever was so good.
Anti-gravity spike pit makes a weird amount of sense to me. The Portal commentary mode taught me that people don't tend to look up. They're looking at the ground, especially if they're looking for pressure plates and tripwires. Also, from personal experience, when my niece wanted me to hide her new plushie over and over again on Christmas, the toughest hiding places I came up with were the ones that were high up. So based on my ability to trick a five-year-old, I'd say that trap is golden.
Hell yeah! Killing Nazis should be apolitical.
Yeah, "washout." Maybe they didn't want him, and his parents didn't want him back because their income for him succeeding as a Jedi was cutoff.
"Killing Nazis should be apolitical." I think there's a line in _The Boys:_ they're fascists, they just don't like the branding.
"People love what I have to say! They believe in it! They just don't like the word 'Nazi.' That's all." -Stormfront.
If in ten years time we’re not seeing video essays about the enduring legacy of Ctholps in the Star Wars universe then it will be a missed opportunity. That guy is a star!
I like that they took a moment where Jod paused before he betrayed the kids. He’s not so evil that did that without a second thought, and he didn’t intend on killing them.
He was probably thinking of what he could do with the amount of money he might get from a mint.
"More wealth than you can imagine."
"I can imagine quite a bit."
The classic pulpy stuff was hitting hard this episode, I loved it.
I absolutely loved this episode. Thought it was just an amazing homage to 1950s Disney pirate movies.
Happy holidays and the Balrog Christmas jumper is fire 🔥 literally 😆
Once again this show has impressed me on how good it is at communicating without using words. None of the kids or Jod saying anything when the pirate crew is being killed in the acid which most shows would not be smart enough to pull off and it makes for such a powerful moment.
No I really love the Mrs Incredible moment; "These guys are not like the guys from your cartoons."
They did show that Jod isn't like totally evil though because he didn't kill Fern even though it would have been faster and easier and was really patient with getting her to yield instead. He is very much like a Jack Sparrow kind of character who you can never really be sure whos side he is on.
It's very Treasure Island in space. Jod/Silvo = John Silver. The betrayal of the kids this week was very much parallel to the betrayal of Jim (Wim) Hawkins. The lost captain will inevitably be a very Ben Gunn type of character from Jod's past. That said, I'm loving it.
But in that book and shows, Jim finds out he's a traitor and not just a kindly cook. They knew from the beginning that he was a prisoner and not likely to be trusted.
Jude Law playing a character who turns out to be a bad guy is no surprise, and yet I was surprised by how well done this set up was. I love when Star Wars has its Empire Strikes Back sort of twists and turns. It is episode 5 after all. 😂 Again, it’s not Andor levels of greatness. But this is a fun little distraction done in a way that feels like it has no right to be this good. And this episode proves that.
With that said, I hope you and Erin have a lovely Christmas/Holidays regardless of how bleak the future looks. Love you all 3 million. Stay safe. *Hugs* 🖖🩷🩵🤍❤️💚🎄
I bet that he is going to some how come around to be a good guy and save them from the pirates by the end of the show.
I just love it that when you got off track with the tangent about kids killing nazis in movies I was so completely absorbed and interested in the tangent that I was 100% following the whole thing without realising that you were going off track, lol... My mind works like that too, that's why you're my favourite TH-camr, Jessie
Happy holidays. And +vibes to your move
This episode was fantastic. Loved every minute.
KB with a wrench can rival ANY Jedi or Sith.
Sweater for the sweater god!
I’m just impressed that I was still able to feel shocked and betrayed dispute it being so obvious! Willing to bet he was just a rogue dark force user or grey Jedi
I hope you all have a happy holiday
I get the impression that Jod is an ex-padawan who survived Order 66 and lost his way. He no longer practices the Jedi code of behavior, but uses the Force for his own ends, much like a dark Jedi. So, he may think of himself as an ex-Jedi or unaffiliated Force user, but his tendencies are towards a dark Jedi, like Baylan Skull or Asajj Ventress. That's my impression of him.
My theory is that Jod was a Jedi padawan but was never able to do well there and left before the Clone Wars even started. Just cause we’ve had lots of “traumatized by Order 66” stories but not “voluntarily left the Order” stories.
I was actually kinda hoping this show would subvert the tropes of a Jude Law character secretly being evil (or just mysterious characters being evil). BUT, I did like the intensity with which they revealed his darker side. Most movies and shows would have toned it down, so it shows some maturity that this show didn't.
Secretly being evil? Did you not watch the first episode where in the very first scene he spaces some guy for not giving him the information he wants. There is nothing secret about him being evil.
@Klaital1 Piracy isn't evil, it's piracy. And, you know, the Jedi and clones killed people all the time who probably didn't deserve it, and they were never considered evil. So in the world of Star Wars, he was morally ambiguous.
But whether he was or wasn't, my point is that I'm a little tired of the trope that has a character pretending to be a good guy for all of or most of a story, and then having them become a twist villain. It works here because it's Jude Law and Jude Law always plays those characters, and also because they were explicitly setting it up. But most of the time I've seen the trope there isn't really any setup or hints that support the reveal later on. Because sometimes I want to see a mysterious character claiming to be good to actually be good.
In this case it seems that Jod is the bad guy turning good. Possibly a former Padawan who had to hide during the empire. In the last episode he stated, that AtAchran reminded him to his homeworld. He also stated that he was alone and lost, like the kids. Maybe he found someone to care for and turns to the good side. During the series he had a lot of opportunities to get rid of the children and pursue this search alone.
Also, piracy IS evil. They are robbers and murderers.
@fiktivhistoriker345 In most cases, pirates are robbing and murdering governments who do the same thing, who also make things so difficult to the point people are driven to piracy as a means of survival. So would you not then say that governments are evil? Or is it just specific officials in government, in which case I then ask if it's only specific pirates who are evil?
I am convinced that if fern hadn’t yielded he would have yielded himself
9:42 Considering Rebels, a kids show brought back the Inquisitors to canon, I really think this can happen and I would def like that theory a lot.
Rum and eggnog for everyone who partakes!
I did not expect the ending of this episode. 😱The techy girl's name is KB. Really excited to see the next episode!
Marry Christmas, Jessie! 🎅🎄
12:00 It befits this particular pirate captain, but it's pretty slanderous for pirates as a whole: They had democratic votes, fair wages, pensions, and healthcare when none of those were common.
Ok so is it just me or is Ctholps and that golden spiney ant eater statue in the vault, aren't those creatures from the old Ewoks cartoons? I HAVE TO KNOW!
🎄Marry Christmas Jessie🎄
Here’s my two theories,
SM-33 is the pirate captain. Because he talks like a pirate.
OR
The little space monkey mouse thing in his head is actually the captain. The holo just being enlarged.
Both of those are fun.
Love your balrog sweater!
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas!
Fara is fern's mother
Also didn't expect the betrayal yet. But I think when 33 has to check with Fern to make a decision in a situation requiring quick decisions, he calculated that the moment had come, he had the info and the chain of command was in his way. I like Jod I want an easy path to redemption lol
I didn't expect Jod was going to betray the crew that came out of nowhere it's not young jedi adventures!
Thanks for your review. Enjoyed the series and this episode. Jod seems to be a complez antihero. Reminds me of a pirate captain in space.
You know, I guess if opposing fascists was good enough for granddad I should be fine with it too. Thanks Jessie.
I wonder how evil he is since he could easily kill the kids but doesn’t. Like he wants to be Captain for reasons other that hurting them but doesn’t say.
This series has a much better overall structure than Acolyte. Even though I am not it's target age group
Hope you and your fiancé have a very merry Christmas 🎄🎁 Please stay safe tonight, saw there is a storm heading for the PNW.
They looking for the Space One Piece
My theory is Jod is a Jedi padawan who escaped from order 66, but inquisitor theory is very cool :)
If you like to judge pi that makes you a good pi rate.
Didn't they straight up say in this episode that the captain was killed by his concubine? And more or less implied the skeleton that was stabbed to the wall was the captain.
Wasn't the captain stabbed in the back?
Anyone know the spelling? Is it Catholips? C'tholyps? Also, although the Supervisor does seem like the most likely candidate to be the pirate captain, I kinda think there is a chance one of the kid's parents could end up being the captain.
You mean tak rennod
❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍🖤🖤🖤🎅🎅😝💍♥️💜💙🔑 merry Christmas Jesse love you and thanks for all your content. Good luck with your move. d~~Brian G in Myrtle Beach.
Not the Capitan - The Capitan was killed by his concubine.
This a very typical story, Jude law was always going to betray them , but then have a change of heart...kinda unoriginal character arc, but I do like show, no woke crap, just fun
Depends on how you define woke. The stars are a cast of POC and women in addition to Jude Law.
SM33 says the concubine stabbed captain Tak Rannod with his own dagger, so I don't think he's the supervisor.