You know what would be great? If they just stopped. For like 5 years at least. Then come back with something strong like a faithful adaptation of a beloved expanded universe story. Plenty to choose from.

As someone who was sentient in 1999, I find all the hate and infighting repetitive and boring.. I'm getting generational whiplash from people previously wanting to nail Lucas to a cross, to now wanting to defend "his vision" to the death. I guess each generation gets a crack at it.

They are making a season 3 of Visions!? That's the best Star Wars news I've heard all year!

Disney produces "content" and whether your content goes viral because it's bad or good it still is viral and is being discussed. I feel like these studios are leaning into that way of thinking

The Acolyte is something I am enjoying so far, but I also want to wait to see how it ends before I make my final verdict.

An insult to George's vision

Here are my centrist thoughts. I don't like the not so subtle political messaging in the show, while a kid might not catch it, the adults certainly do. I am interested to see how the story progresses, though i do find the story to be full of holes that i assume will get filled up by the end. I like the action, but have not found the action to be very interesting story wise yet. I like the acting so far, with some exceptions. I think the "worst thing ever" is over blown, yeah, it's not great, and i has questionable messaging for a Star Wars film, but it's not horrible by any means. Having said this, I will give an anecdote: My normie wife and sister in law started watching it, and both don't like the show three episodes in. I have not spoken to them about the fan reaction to the show at all, they just don't like the way it was written.

Surely the observation that the online discourse is shrinking (or at least that its the same people talking over and over as you said) is validation for the anti-Disney Star Wars crowd? If fewer people are watching and talking, theres probably a reason for that.

Bro I don’t think it’s divided fans if anything it’s uniting them 😂

15% on RT says the fans are pretty united

The Acolyte is halfway through it's run and it's a mystery show so I'm going get to the end before passing judgement, so far it's been intriguing but nothing amazing.

The most fair criticism I've seen of The Acolyte so far has been complaints about execution, things which could've been fixed with more time. More time in production, more/longer episodes to flesh-out the details etc...

Used to love Star Wars, now I’m just apathetic to the brand. Andor was cool though, it felt like a show for adults (which I am), so maybe that’s why. Perhaps Star Wars is now just a child’s brand and not for adults anymore

dont all assassins challenge their targets in public bars?

certainly one of the shows of all time

its crazy this was worth 180 million when godzilla minus one (aahhhh its soooooo goood)was worth 10-15 million..its so sad man. They can do so much better but they'll never listen.

Needless to say this is the one of the most devisive SW since TLJ

Wow. That was MEGA anticlimactic. Love your voice.

Great video as always bro. But can you make a complication of you just saying “The Acolyte” for……research purposes…..

The show is just mid with bad writing. It's not hot garbage, but it's not the masterpiece Disney and Headland is claiming it out to be. Also when KK claims something is the most Star Wars thing created, take it with a micro grain of salt.

I'm a bit more frustrated than intrigued by the first four episodes of "The Acolyte." They need to do something impressive to justify all this setup, which I assume is leading to a significant payoff. I'm not writing off the show entirely, but so far, I haven't been impressed with the writing.

The writing is just bad. The pacing is bad. The acting is often not good. And the show doesn’t look particularly good. I can’t see where the 180 mill $ have gone

The acolyte ain’t no masterpiece but there’s no way it gained a 15% score without some meddling. It’s still better than TROS yet that movie somehow still got a better audience score for whatever reason.

and all disney had to do to not ruin star wars was turn the already exsisting stuf into movies/tv shows/games

It’s my theory that very few people actually like this show. Saying “it’s not as bad as they say” doesn’t make you a fan of it. Defending something you don’t really like is just an extension of the culture war at this point Edit: Okiro, you’ve moved on from Star Wars but a lot of us haven’t. I still love it, I still defend TLJ to this day, but it makes me so sad to see the direction they are taking it. Sacrificing the timeless heart & soul of Star Wars (a soap opera in space about the Skywalker family) on the alter of Current Political Thing is bad. Not to mention most of these poorly written stories and characters (*cough* fanfics *cough*) are produced for the purpose of putting dollars in Disney’s pocket.

You're too early.

once i found my satisfaction with Obi Wan, i closed my door and locked myself away from whatever they were doing with Star Wars. but The Acolyte is like looking outside my window and watching every Star Wars fan rip each other apart. but all i really want to do is shut the windows, turn up Rebels and ignore whatever the hell is going on out there.

I've been a modern SW defender since 2015. But with Acolyte, I'm not as pessimistic about it as a lot of people are, but it ain't my favorite either.

I find it really sad honestly. I’m absolutely enjoying it so far. It has these corny stupid scenes in it that make you laugh but are also so common in Star Wars. It gives me nostalgia when there are these random corny scenes. I’m planning on introducing Star Wars to my little 11y/o sister and I think she’s going to love this one😅. She isn’t very interested in the original first films because it’s ‘old tv’ it’s a bit to prehistoric to her. However I feel like this series could potentially spark her attention enough to watch everything. She’s incredibly intelligent and read all Harry Potter books by the age of 7 and since then she’s read them in English instead of Dutch because it’s ‘way cooler😎’😆😅. She’s incredibly smart but often has a hard time socially. Next year she starts high school and as a geeky Star Wars fan it really helped me find people to connect with trough a common interest.

Poor story and poorly made. Feels amateurish. I gave up after two episodes

Crap. The acolyte is crap.

I’m waiting til the whole season has aired to decide if I watch it. But the debate is so tiring to me. It’s always the exact same discussion and it literally could be about any Star Wars project of the recent years. Just the same people with the same talking points and barley talking about the actual show 🥲