Thoughts and Fiction

the-acolyte

  • The Acolyte Finale

    Spoiler Alert for Star Wars: The Acolyte The final episode of The Acolyte was released last week and was the definite high point of the series. My previous critiques of the show do, I think, still stand. It still has some creaky dialogue and awkward plotting. Erasing Mae’s memory, for instance, so that she can’t…

  • Mad Respect for The Acolyte Episode 5

    After The Acolyte episode 5, I have a lot of respect for this show. Spoiler Alert In my previous post about Star Wars: The Acolyte, I essentially said that it was flawed but had potential. I was critical of the sometimes awkward dialogue and generally thought that the plotting/episode structures weren’t great. After another 2…

  • Star Wars: The Acolyte So Far

    It has interesting ideas but the execution could be better. There’s room to grow. Spoilers for episodes 1-3. I feel like we’ve been hearing about The Acolyte for years. I could swear I first heard about it during the Mandalorian season 1. Or around then, anyway. Sure enough, a quick Wikipedia search reveals that work…