Nah bro is just bad stuff with a star wars mask on so it gets views and money For example as cool as the madalorian was every episode was the same thing over and over again you could literally skip two episodes and still know what's up in the story. Another example is kylo I like kylo especially after the last movie where he got a chance to become a jedi but Disney said kill him "because he's evil". But the protagonist on the other hand that I can't remember her name but wants to be called Skywalker, literally didn't change at all in three movies. She was born insanely powerful and that's her only personality for three movies. Sometimes kylo would be a better person than her. Even the actor behind luke Skywalker has said multiple times that his role in the new movies was wrong by the lore or that he didn't enjoy it or that there was no reason to bring back stuff that's dead like yoda... I wish it was just nostalgia that kept people from enjoying new star wars but no one is enjoying new star wars as much because is bad design bad art.

Dude, I watched the First 7 minutes and spent the whole time cringing and practically writhing in my chair with Ick. It literally triggered my Uncanny valley response. They literally talked about wanting white people and men to be angry. But it wasn't even the politics that was bad, it was just a horrible show. Bad Writing, bad directing, bad acting, Bad Fight Choreography, bad Cinematography, Bad plot. And none of that has anything to do with politics, nor it's star wars ness. Both of which are also problems.

Is this the series were they go back in time to save whales

Irremable is great.

my biggest gripe with injustice is that they set up superman to be the bad guy instead of making it about how one side has a point and the other has a point too. It's kinda sad

I like how the boys can have a very diverse cast and still be amazing while acolyte appears to grab all of the shittiest actors to pander to select people.

The jedi literally made a massive point of pushing down feelings and ignoring personal relationships so it makes sense that even when one of their own dies they seem apathetic, especially when theyre busy trying to stop the killer, and especially at this point in the timeline, the jedi held to their beliefs pertaining to personal relationships strongly during the high republic, and on the other hand mae hates the jedi, the way she sees it they took her sister from her, so of course she wouldnt care about their deaths.

Black Mary Sue Sith Ninja.

😂😂 Wait…”made for a new generation?”” Made for kids?” You obviously don’t know anything about Star Wars😂 Whether you want to turn a blind eye to an agenda or messaging that’s up to you. HOWEVER when you hire based on DEI for the purpose of virtue signaling instead of a competent writing team then yes, DEI impacts the quality. There’s a reason why WOKE shows fail.

But don’t you love democracy? Surely you love the Republic?

DC plz bring back the OG Superman who has lost love ones before and still fight for whats right 😰

Fans growing out of a franchise aimed at 8-12 year olds is a good point - but remember Force Awakens was a huge success with fans of all ages. I didn't actually like it myself, but lots of non-kids did. Knowing who the killed is in a whodunnit isn't a problem, either. That was the main schtick of Columbo, for example, and that's one of the most cherished murder mystery series in TV history. So that's a tried and tested premise. Question is, does the Acolyte apply it well?

Jasper calling people dumb in the comments while not knowing that the word debuted has a silent T is enough to completely disregard this tantrum.

Dude is arguing and attacking with his audience in the comments. smh

its made by a lesbian man-hater, for lesbian man-haters, and guess what, most starwars fans are men. if you want a star wars show, you'll hate it, if you want to watch lesbian space witches and girl bosses, you'll love it. i have no idea how you are white knightning for such a disgustingly woke mess.

The first four minutes is an example of ignoring the elephant in the rom and framing the weakest arguments against the show as the main gripe people have. In a vacuum, noone cares if the protags are black queens but once you add context, which is the endless pattern of shows following that trend seemingly written and directed by the usual suspects for specific, intentional reasons, then yes, a new show with black female protags instantly becomes a red flag that the show will be garbage, which this one proved to be.

As a marxist, I WISH the Acolyte was actually woke - instead of just bad writing

Heya, got this video recommended and I gotta say - thanks for some common sense! The Acolyte is a bad show because it's badly written Disney-by-numbers schlock. The internet hate mob was after it before anyone watched more than the trailer because they're 'anti-woke' Gamergate 2.0 types, not because of any plot continuity errors. There has never been a star wars product of any type released that did not anger at least some proportion of the lore nerds.

Here’s the truth.. Everyone is right. There are indeed clickbait toxic haters that exaggerate and foam at the mouth for their next opportunity to slam Disney, the agenda, etc. Also, this show sucks. And with a few exceptions, most of what Disney has done with Star Wars has been bad.

3:30 Luke bent lasers? Proton Torpedoes aren't lasers. The x-Wing has two Krupx MG7 proton torpedo launchers. Proton torpedoes are small, highly maneuverable, physical missiles. Getting that wrong basically negates any other opinion about Star Wars. Like seriously....if you can't even get a simple detail about the original, first movie, of the franchise correct, you failed.

It used to be for everyone the perfect heros journey, and calling ppl who disagree with your opinion man children is more telling about you than other people

Maybe its the fact that the sequels are genuinely bad? 😂

that is a terrible shit take to have if Piss-Knee didnt have a vendetta against the fans then why ALWAYS, EVERY SINGLE DAMN TIME people critisize them on something they go... buh fans radish, bigots, phobic, bad bad fans oh, movie flopped, fans fault. fans speak up, oh, fans are radish and bigot sure dude sure... and on top of it all they go out of their way to piss off fans by saying shit like "i wanted to make white people uncomfortable" in stupid interviews yes, the actress said that in an interview... but nah, nothing going on there huh, its all fine and good and no vendetta whatsoever... sure my man, ofcourse edit: also, star wars not just for kids. you can make star wars as dark and horrible as you allow it to be... go read Death Troopers and then say "buh tis kids shuw, nuh". its just that Piss-Knee refuses to explore that type of content and doesnt allow it to flourish because there are some really dark aspects to the Lore. like the Wookiee and Czerka stuff, wookiee rebellions, the fact that Jedi... yes, JEDI experimented with brainwashing and memory erasure. the fact how people live in the lower trenches of Coruscant. How certain societies and civilisations like the Yuuzhan Von experiment, torture and disfigure other races, look at Darth Krayt for an example... just because Piss-Knee doesnt go there doesnt mean it doesnt exsist.

"Star Wars was made for kids." Source: Trust me, bro.

Complaining about an overly diverse cast in a story *that litterally spans an entire galexy* is wild.

It's video's like these that I consider to be actually toxic. The smug insinuation of intellectual superiority is quite prevalent here. Also gatekeeping Star Wars content and arbitrarily deciding who can and cannot be a fan. "If it had more white men would it be a better show?" Well this is the question isn't it? If the director, writers and cast were chosen based on merit instead of a respresentation spreadsheet then what would have been the result?

F Disney

Bro, Andor was fucking great. Star Wars can be insanely good. The original movies are still insanely good. You can't say it's for kids.

Some of the actors just happen to be on the LGBTQ+ spectrum, but the CHARACTERS are still just characters. Episode 3 was crap, compared to the first 2, but I'm going to give it a fair go before I write it off completely.

So, first of all, I'd like to say that I think good videos like this are valuable. Objectively assesing the actual quality of a piece of media, especially corporate media, can be difficult to come by these days. However :), I also think the reasons you gave for doing it in the intro are not all valid, so I'd like to adress them, in the same manner of balanced discussion. You say that the discussion around the show is political, and that the Acolyte is labaled as pushing some agenda, if I understand correctly. The discussion is not about political stuff, in my view - the issue fans (real fans) are taking, is that pushing a message is basically the point of shows like these. Disney doesn't seem to respect Star Wars, or even the craft of storytelling really. It just creates controversy, makes money, says things about evil racist fans. For people who grew up alongside Star Wars, this feels unfair. I think few fans have a problem with the ideology itself, live and let live. But they take issue with bringing their old beloved franchise's purpose closer and closer to becoming an activist machine, not telling good stories. They'd like less politics, not more or different, not more white Liam Neesons. Just good actors and competent filmmakers, of any race, gender, etc. Star Wars is for kids - well, fair enough, a lot of it is. But even kid's shows can be produced with care and thought, tell a good story and evoke real emotion. They can work with themes and create good characters (Bad Batch as an example). And having said that, not all of Star Wars is, or ever was, for kids. Either way, we should be expecting good stories told well, no matter the target audience. Saying "you grew out of it" isn't a constructive argument against the critisims fans are having. Ultimately, I don't think Star Wars is all bad these days. There are some really excellent shows, like Andor, some thoughtful animation that respects what came before (Tales of the Jedi), etc. The problem I have with shows like the Acolyte, is not political, not that stuff's changing, not that I'm not a kid anymore. It's that modern Disney doesn't care enough to make it good. It stops respecting the source material, and stops respecting its fans. And I don't think it has a vendetta against me, I'd just like to have stuff made competently and with some heart.

This video is disingenuous. You're disrespecting fan instead of critiquing the writing. If this is a show for children 12-14 then why does the Acolyte have a Covenant of witches as a stand in metaphor for the LGBTQ community? What 12-14 year old are thinking about LGBTQ rights? They can barely wipe they own noses properly so maybe they aren't at the level to receive such a message. Why can't we just have simple messages of do the right thing, be a decent human being, don't uses your power for Evil. That's what Star Wars is about. Anyone of any age can just sit down and enjoy Star Wars. If you want nuanced writing where you're characters are grey maybe you should watch Game of Thrones because Star Wars like you said is for children. Why have adult topics in a children show?

Ima go and call complete bullshit. If I'm getting to old for Star Wars then why Empire Strikes Back, Andor, Rogue One and so on still feel great and this crap (The Acolyte) is a fuc**ng travesty?

Why would disney make star wars content for the kids too busy watching skibidi toilet and not for the star wars fans

'...some sort of woke agenda....' If you can't see the world around you then why should i think you know the world at all? Either that or you are purposely lying....Just like the 'Woke Agenda' you alude too.

the show is just very bad. it has nothing to do with it being a star wars show....it's just.....unbelievably bad.

I'm not white. I agree, if the character were (white) guys that wouldn't change the quality, but it is the blatant contempt and disrespect for men and the male audience/characters that this franchise revels in that is really what has set it down the toilet. It was a predominantly male franchise and they've turned it into a female franchise that will ruin/disregard everything that came before to prop up these new badly written characters. I'm made peace with this. I'm getting old and part of getting old is learning to let go of things you once loved. I've said goodbye to Star Wars almost 5 years ago, and now I just watch it burn. Only after it's been completely driven into the ground and left to rest for 10 years or so might there be a chance to revive it, but it has to die first. This is it being put through a wood chipper.

we liked Andor some of Mando but question of agenda's aside the vast majority of disney star wars is just plain badly written. i was 9 when my sister took me to see Empire at the cinema .. oh wait i got further through the video... you are an idiot . gluck ;)

Lmao, ill be honest. I thought Luke making the lasers bend was just a limitation or artistic choice they made at the time. I had no idea he used the force to control the lasers into the death star lol...

Damn an i was thinking the prequel dialogue writing was stiff, there is something special about this one

The show sucks ass

shut up jasper. i dont think we dont like the acolyte because we are older....... your review is trash. your judgement is trash.

A trained jedi being killed by someone with a knife

As a 40-something straight white male Star Wars fan, this calling Star Wars now "woke" is bullshit. People who say that need to watch some original Star Trek, or hell a few Next Generation episodes to see how eye-rollingly awkward social issues can be addressed. That said, I don't hate the show. I'm not all that interested in pre-Skywalker content, but it's not the worst (Battle for Endor, anyone? Watched that on it's original airing). My biggest complaint was the pointless plot cul-de-sac of having her on the prison ship, only for her to escape and immediately get found by the Jedi. Like, why not take her directly to Coruscant themselves? But even that isn't like Harry Potter level of pointless story arcs. Also, some of the CGI looked substandard for what we've seen on these shows.

The show sucks and I can't relate. Must be my lifestyle or how I was born. I give it a 2/10

People want to blame the woke bullshit, with good reason, but the storytelling is just garbage. A Jedi gives a little girl who isn't even a padawan a lightsaber? Seriously? A raging fire from a steel door in a castle almost completely made of stone? Seriously? I could go on... ...but in the end, it's just pure shit.

So Anakin isn't the first or only immaculate conception, it's not so rare to be a Space Jesus... Anakin wasn't the true chosen one, he didn't stop Palestine, only delayed him before Rey Palpetine finished him for good and took all the dead Skywalker's name... So basically now, officially the original trilogy and prequels are just a footnote in the bigger picture.. not relevant to the long term outcome of the Galaxy. Got it.

The major problem in my opinion is that Disney doesn't allow the SW universe to grow and mature. Disney forces the series and movies to remain PG 12, with simpel plots and generally bad writing. We, the audience, have evolved and we want mature SW. And it is possible, just watch the old republic cinematics.

The claim that star wars is for kids is wild, yeah sure the prequels were more childish with Jar Jar, but bro star wars the clone wars got taken off cartoon network for being to mature for kids... Lol

Open fires in space are normal for Star Wars. I think I can recall seeing that at least in Episode 1 and 3. And the Fact that there are No White men in the cast isn't supposed to hurt anyone's Feelings. That's Just how it is. It doesn't change the fact that this Show, despite its massive Budget, is nothing short of a Punch in the face, Not only for Fans, but even the Actors themselves. The Script is incredible Bad. I could probably write a better one. What is true however is that Leslie Headland does think it is okay to put her own political World views into this show. And that is not okay. I mean, you can do even that. But then make it fun, have the audience explore that. Have them See different scenarios with Characters having different political views, clash with each other. Show the audience consequences of the Characters actions. Make it fun! But to be able to do that, the Show must first know what it actually wants to be. And it doesn't, and that is the worst thing about it.

The difference between the first 6 movies and what disney is doing is in the subtext. The original 6 had so many layers and were so much fun to peel at. Disney star wars has almost nothing beneath the surface and the more you dwell on them the worse they get.