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This is a spoiler-free review.

I read all the user reviews before writing this, and I'm confounded by how many people will write a review where the most complementary thing they say is, "well, at least it wasn't entirely terrible for the entire episode"... and then they'll give it an 8/10.

Some of you are being far too generous with your scores, simply because you want to believe that the show will get better and/or because this episode wasn't as terrible as the previous episode (which would be pretty hard to accomplish, honestly).

The only reason I didn't give this episode a 1/10 is because the final scene was kind of cool. Will I continue watching this show? Probably. It's like watching a car crash- you can't look away, even if you want to.

In the sense of including a lot of unnecessary words to meet the word count. The whole episode should have been the first ten minutes of the next episode.

There is no subtlety, no depth, no finesse and no style on display. Just passively following the script from A to B.

It's just so low effort. How much money went into this? It seems as though they took the first idea they thought of, wrote a script, never revised it, filmed everything in one take, edited it to the most basic level, and then released it.

If they insist on making more Star Wars content then it can be a lot better than this, and we should expect it to be.

This episode can be summarised with "Jedi go to a planet to look for another Jedi".

That's it!

Throw in one cameo, a few ignitions of lightsabres, (not even fights, IGNITIONS of lightsabres), and still not finding out who the big bad is...

Then add in some very poor dialogue, the fact that a lot is filmed in darkness, some more very boring sets ($180 million and all we've seen is inside a few buildings, fields and forests???), and a misgendered fur ball, and we've summarised the episode.

... I mean, Disney very tactically throw in a line about how this thing identified... "he or they", and then go on to misgender it by calling it "she" anyway!

I'm actually buying into this money-laundering theory out there... where did all the money go?!

The Acolyte's latest episode felt like obvious filler. Despite being very short, it felt extremely slow and boring. There were too many scenes of ships taking off and landing, wasting irrelevant time that could have been better spent on advancing the plot or developing the characters. The dialogue was abundant yet contributed nothing meaningful to the story, making it feel like the writers were simply trying to fill the runtime. The episode was riddled with problems related to distance and travel times, which made the pacing feel inconsistent and disjointed.

Once again, a character's sudden change of heart came out of nowhere, feeling rushed and nonsensical. This change lacked proper buildup and context, making it hard to believe and undermining the character's development. The ending was entirely predictable, failing to deliver any real surprises or emotional impact. After all the filler, there was just one interesting minute before the episode ended, leaving viewers feeling unsatisfied and disappointed.

Overall, this episode did little to advance the overarching narrative and felt like a missed opportunity. The potential for engaging storytelling was overshadowed by poor pacing and irrelevant scenes. Hopefully, future episodes will address these issues and bring the series back on track.

After a disastrous third episode. The fourth episode needed a lot of work to do pull the Acolyte television show out of the abyss.

Unfortunately it fails. This is simply a filler episode and not a very good one. The acting is terrible and the script is only slightly better.

Master Sol wonders which Jedi trained Mae. She has a Master who must have extraordinary powers, Mae has killed two Jedis.

Osha is asked to be of assistance for the search for her sister. They need to get to Kelnacca, the Wookiee Jedi Master who might be in danger.

The forest scenes were a tad exciting, only at the end when someone wielded a lightsaber. I just got a feeling by this point. The Acolyte should had been a television movie with better actors.