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Whether it’s a coven or the Jedi Order, individuals within still make choices and the consequences can have far reaching impacts, a truth we finally learn as the events on Brendok 16 years ago come to light in The Acolyte’s penultimate season one episode, “Choice.” Continue reading “The Acolyte Season One Review: “Choice””
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After the bloodbath of “Night,” The Acolyte‘s sixth episode “Teach/Corrupt” understandably slows things down, as Osha and Mae confront two very different Masters as their past and futures collide. Continue reading “The Acolyte Season One Review: “Teach/Corrupt””
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What follows “Day”? “Night,” of course, the fifth episode of The Acolyte, a breathtaking, action-packed, and utterly memorable entry where the masked Stranger is revealed in a deadly battle and the twins face an important decision. Continue reading “The Acolyte Season One Review: “Night””
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In “Day,” the fourth episode of The Acolyte‘s first season, the show returns to the series’ present, where Mae and Osha converge on Khofar to track down the Wookiee Jedi Master Kelnacca, but everyone involved gets far more than they bargained for, leading to a memorable cliffhanger that makes next week’s episode feel years away! Continue reading “The Acolyte Season One Review: “Day””
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The Acolyte’s third episode, “Destiny” takes us back to the pivotal events 16 years ago on Brendok, and while it lacks clarity on what it reveals, it’s interestingly all on purpose. Find out how and why in my review! Continue reading “The Acolyte Season One Review: “Destiny””
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After four long years, The Acolyte is finally here, taking us back 100 years before The Phantom Menace to explore the end of the High Republic era and what those in the shadows have been up to, as Jedi begin to die. Despite some pacing/editing issues, The Acolyte‘s season premiere, kicking off with Episode 1 “Lost/Found” and Episode 2 “Revenge/Justice,” is an often compelling, mysterious start, with arresting action, wonderful acting, and a great focus on a more personal situation than anyone imagined. Spoilers ahead in my review! Continue reading “The Acolyte Series Premiere Review: “Lost/Found” & “Revenge/Justice””
Chewbacca has delighted fans for decades, his fierce loyalty and huggable appearance making him an easy favorite, brought to life first by Peter Mayhew and later Joonas Suotamo. Legends stories had Wookiee Jedi and lately canon has brought in the emphatic, also fan-favorite Burryaga in The High Republic, and now we’ll get our first live-action lightsaber wielding Wookiee Jedi in The Acolyte: Kelnacca! To celebrate the character, and tie The High Republic era to The Acolyte, which takes place towards its final years, io9 has revealed Marvel has a special one-shot comic all about Kelnacca coming in September, written by THR mastermind Cavan Scott with art from Marika Cresta! More details below! Continue reading “Comic News: Kelnacca Headlines The Acolyte Tie-in Comic, Out September!”
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The last time we saw Barriss Offee, she’d been radicalized and under arrest for her efforts, her fate left unknown to fans for over 10 years now, but Tales of the Empire’s final three episodes reveal the fascinating and surprising journey which comes next. Continue reading “Tales of the Empire Review: “Barriss Offee””
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After her brief but memorable appearance in The Mandalorian, Lady Morgan Elsbeth became critical to the events of Ahsoka‘s first season, as she fulfilled her destiny to bring Grand Admiral Thrawn home from a nearby galaxy. Her backstory and motivations have remained a mystery, though Diana Lee Inosanto’s compelling performance of the character left me wanting more. With Tales of the Empire‘s opening three episodes, we peek into her backstory to see what drives her, revealing the decisions she makes when faced with pivotal choices on her journey, making for a solid first step into the character’s past. Continue reading “Tales of the Empire Review: “Morgan Elsbeth””
“No one is safe from the truth” is a wonderful little tagline for The Acolyte, as showrunner/executive producer Leslye Headland has teased multiple times now the show is sort of like an onion, peeling away something new right up until the finale. So one could say, in honor of a show I only started watching two years ago, the truth is out there, somewhere, and it’s up to The Acolyte‘s characters if they want to accept it or not. There’s plenty of mystery to unlock, just from the trailer alone: whose side is Qimir (Manny Jacinto) on, since we see him talking with Mae (Amandla Stenberg)? In the key art poster below, why are there two Mae’s and why does Headland tease this by saying “…embrace the duality that exists in every character,” as is she hinting Mae has a twin?! And Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) asks the one everyone wants to know, “What are you?” to the masked, red-blade wielding character shown in the trailer’s final moments, whom Headland teases is her favorite character, as are they Sith or something else? June 4’s two episode premiere can’t come soon enough! Head below for the poster and some new Databank entries about characters, ships, and droids below! Continue reading “Final The Acolyte Trailer Promises the Truth is Out There”
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