The Acolyte (2024) TV Thread

[Tom]

"In an age of light, a darkness rises." The Acolyte is a mystery-thriller that takes us to a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the Star Wars High Republic era. A former Padawan reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.

Starts June 4th on Disney+

 

[Boot Cleaner]

May the fourth be with you, the official trailer was released today

 

[Best]

I quite liked the first 2 episodes. The mystery/investigation angle is working for me so far in terms of wanting to watch and see where it goes. A plus is it is allowed freedom being so far removed in the timeline from other properties. So no reliance on nostalgia characters or limitations on "breaking canon" too bad.

Now will have to see where the rest takes us. Hints of the villain are interesting. Will there be payoff determines the worth of the show as a whole ultimately. Will see.

The fight choreography hard to say. It is way more "Kung fu" than other Jedi based stuff we have seen before.

 

[Tom]

Currently sitting at 93% Critics score on Rotten Tomatoes - and 35% Audience score, which is quite the gap.

I was a major Star Wars fan back in the day. Now I don't think I'm the target market.

I watched the first 2 episodes and thought it was very average at best - not sure whether I'll continue.

 

[Boot Cleaner]

Overall it was alright, I'll keep watching but hopefully it picks up soon.

 

[Best]

The latest epsiode was a bit of a snorefest.

You know things are bad when the only reason you keep watching is to see a Wookiee Jedi. Which is a bit of a novelty

 

[Crabtree]

I watched the first two episodes. This is a spectacularly awful TV show.

It's just B movie, insipid trash.

There's no heartbeat to it, everything is dull and lifeless. There is zero tension. The fight scenes are laughable. The whole thing is a collection of shots, just rolled into one another.

 

[Micro Dave]

Didn't mind the first couple of episodes too much, but the latest one was really poor.

 

[Black Sheep]

I thought the first two were on a par with most of the other recent Star Wars stuff. Silly but enjoyable. Not watched the latest one yet.