Lost/Found

The beautiful thing about The Mandalorian and Andor was the discovery. "Here's a character, watch what they do, and you'll figure out the rest as you go along." They left us almost constantly in suspense, wondering what was going to happen next. What's this person's goal? Why are they doing this? What's their next move? The first episode of The Acolyte has decided to do away with all of that.

Right off the bat there's text on the screen explaining exactly when in the Star Wars timeline we are, and the plot is immediately laid out. What follows are 40mins of unsurprising, wildly cliché events with dull, obvious characters that are trying so heavy-handedly to make you feel something they alienate the audience completely. Sorry writers, but giving me less than 5mins to wonder why someone dislikes fire before flat-out telling me is super boring.

The episode's dull writing can't be saved by the mediocre acting, and it leaves me feeling disappointed that a project that could have been so promising and so interesting is off to such a soulless start.

Ep 1 attempts to set the stage for a new Star Wars adventure, but it feels more like a stumbling first step than a grand beginning. The narrative pace is sluggish, making it difficult to stay engaged. The characters, though diverse, come across as flat and unmemorable, lacking the depth one would expect from a Star Wars series. The visuals, while impressive, can't compensate for the underwhelming storyline and wooden dialogue. It's as if the creators were more focused on ticking boxes than delivering a truly compelling tale. Perhaps the series will find its footing in later episodes, but this debut is more of a misstep than a triumph.

I saw it in the theater on the big screen and with amazing sound surrounded by other Star Wars fans. It was boring. I was bored.

It was an obvious set up that made me feel really disappointed. I didn't care about any of the characters. It really feels like fanfic writing.

The cold open have me hope, but the interesting cold open just makes you feel manipulated. If the big screen can't save it, I don't know what to tell you about seeing it on an average 70 inch tv.

The writing was below what Star Wars fans expect. The story was thin and at 8 episodes is nothing more than the tv version of a short story.

It's hard for me to take a lot of the review-bombing and actual negative reception for Star Wars content seriously anymore. Why should I be avoiding a series because it has queer characters, POC characters or actors who are queer and POC?

I do think a lot of people just lost interest in Star Wars content somewhere around Book of Boba Fett and Obi-Wan Kenobi, though. And I have finally got around to reading actual criticism for this series and so far, I can sort of understand some of it.

This pilot was a bit rough. I'm not sold on all of the acting, some of the logic doesn't make sense, and admittedly, some of the dialogue is very on-the-nose or just... not great.

In contrast, some of the acting is actually pretty good, and I am legitimately invested in this story. A Star Wars mystery? Hey, why not?

Star Wars space logic really is kind of silly. I still remember in Clone Wars when Anakin was jumping around in space as if gravity doesn't exist😂Makes you wonder why they don't bother with stuff like that.

But all-in-all, I don't hate it so far. The production isn't as bad as people led me to believe, nor is the plot. I will continue watching.

Episode was prettig okay. I know people who already saw the whole series and the most of them liked it. It is simply a nice story during the High Republic era of the Jedi, nothing more and nothing less. It will let you see the purpose of the Jedi and what they did during the many years of peace.

I am getting fed up with all the so called Star Wars fans who think they have the right to burn down every Star Wars movie and series and only think the first 3 movies are the holy grail. Some actually ventilate their opinion as they are talking on behalf of all "so called real" Star Wars fans. Well, I just want to say, speak for yourself. I like most of the series and movies, also the ones created by Disney. And I am a Star Wars fan since the first movie back in the seventies.

Give this series a chance and you will see it is pretty okay. A nice story in the Star Wars Universe. I want more of this!!