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- 2024
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- Disney+
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- 2024
- TV-14
- Disney+
The Acolyte
Season 1 Premiere: Jun 4, 2024
67
4.4
All Seasons
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
67
63% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
38% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 32 Critic Reviews
67
63% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
38% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
The Acolyte provides just that. Seeing the Jedi at the height of their powers is impressive. But seeing them, at their apex, utterly confused and at times powerless is even better. Jedi are being hunted but they have no idea who’s behind it or what the motivation is. Neither does the audience. The mystery of this series is what will keep you riveted to your screen.
“The Acolyte” delivers plenty of grim fun — and some witches, and more than one delightful, thoroughly soapy trope, having carved out a space and time where a murder mystery can movingly riff on some classic Star Wars hero’s quest silliness.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 800 User Ratings
4.4
38% Positive
303 Ratings
303 Ratings
6% Mixed
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
56% Negative
450 Ratings
450 Ratings
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 800 User Ratings
4.4
38% Positive
303 Ratings
303 Ratings
6% Mixed
47 Ratings
47 Ratings
56% Negative
450 Ratings
450 Ratings
Brilliantly fresh with fun characters and their interactions.
A great new perdpective in a previously rarely seen era in the Star Wars galaxy.
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The Acolyte‘s first four episodes are a brilliant addition to the larger Star Wars universe. By looking backwards to the waning days of the Jedi Order, Leslye Headland has pushed the franchise further into the future than ever before.
Like the prequels, “The Acolyte” ponders many dark and complex subjects but, so far, lacks proper depth in this consideration. Still, “Star Wars” has always felt too torn to cast its White Knight heroes in too negative a light and thus has never quite committed to what could be much more morally damming parables. Nonetheless, “The Acolyte” feels like it’s going there. Now, it’s a matter of whether they’ll probe past the surface.
Things may skew a little familiar in the early running but the subversive Headland surely has some more sneaky rug-pulls up her sleeve, a tantalising prospect that makes The Acolyte worth sticking with.
The umpteenth example of the fact that not all sagas need go on indefinitely—and especially not via formulaic prequels.
Despite the reported $180 million budget, it’s a show that shrinks the world rather than expanding it, blowing its money on lavish set pieces rather than building out environments for us to inhabit. The Acolyte acts like it’s swinging for the fences, but when the time comes, the best it can manage is a bunt.
Generally an ok start, cool fight scenes that are Kung fu/force heavy which is cool.
A different style of Jedi is shown, calm and steady instead of lightsaber loonies.
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For now, I’m not really enjoying it. The story doesn’t hold you. The characters don’t have charisma. And it seems that they are disrespecting some aspects of the lore.
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I'm two episodes in. Let's start with the positives: As opposed to Kenobi and Ahsoka I'm actually not bored watching the Acolyte. Costumes and effects generally look good.
Now for the harsh truth: This show is incredibly frustrating to watch, because the writing is simply awful. Characters act like morons all the time because the plot needs them to. There is close to zero show-don't-tell. Logic, physics and reason is nowhere to found. And there is no consideration taken for established rules of the world. From what I hear things get even worse in episode 3, but we'll cross that bridge when we get there. Let's hope things pick up, and fast,
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Production Company:
- Lucasfilm
- Disney+
- The Walt Disney Company
Initial Release Date: Jun 4, 2024
Number of seasons: 1 Season
Rating: TV-14