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The Acolyte’s third episode is the most controversial one yet. What has the fanbase up in arms, and what actually happened versus what we were shown?















2:15 – The Story







You can check out the written summary here.







The entire episode is a flashback to the events referenced in the first episode about Osha’s family being wiped out. Osha is front and center throughout the episode, so it seems like the story is from her point of view.







Ascension? Oops, wrong Star Franchise…





Ghostbusters had Jedi Tests before they were cool!





12:30 – What Does This All Mean?







One of the biggest criticisms is that Aniseya referred to The Force as The Thread. That came across to me like how different religions may have different names for similar things. No light side or dark side







The other point of contention is the retconning of The Force creating life. In the original saga, Palpatine states Darth Plagueis was the only one who successfully used The Force to create life. It’s possible that was a lie, but being a literal child of The Force made Anakin special. It convinced Qui-Gon Jinn to believe he was The Chosen One. Adding additional Force Children (for lack of a better term) diminishes the story told in George Lucas’s films.







These people couldn’t have died all at once from a fire





As for how everybody died so quickly, the solution is simple. The witches didn’t die in the fire. The Jedi slaughtered them. The screams we heard were from them getting cut down, not burning to death. They then spread the fire to burn the bodies to ash and hide the murder evidence.













This will probably still be made to fit in the classic Saga because this is shortly before the rise of Darth Plagueis, who is officially the only Sith Lord to create life.

The controversial latest entry in the Star Wars TV lore finally premiered on Disney+. how did the first two episodes fare?















Disclaimer: Don’t let me be the downer if you like this show.







2:30 – Quick thoughts







If you watched this show to have fun, you probably had fun, If you watched it for a well-written story…













What I liked









* The overall scale of the show as opposed to the micro-universe of the other shows







* The pacing and the camera work fit with SW







* The variety of aliens was top-notch.









What I didn’t like









* There are several logical holes







* The characters are terrible at their jobs







* The Jedi are made to look like morons









5:00 – The Episodes







Written review for Episode 1







Written review for Episode 2







17:25 – What Does This Mean?







According to EU/Legends canon, Darth Plagueis would be a teenager around this time. His master, Darth Tenebrous, could be the Sith Lord in question, but it most likely is Darth Tenbrous’s maser, who we never got an official name for.







Of course, the show may not acknowledge the EU and have an entirely new character as the villain,







We’ll get the inevitable switcheroo between Mae and Osha because nobody seems suspicious that these two allegedly estranged twins have exactly the same look, build, and hairdo right down to the same highlights.

We’ve talked a TON of Star Wars lately, so we’ll concentrate on the season finale of X-Men ’97.















1:00 X-Men ’97 Season Finale







X-Men ’97 wrapped up a 10-episode season with its three-part “Tolerance is Extinction” episode. We look at the story and where things stand with the finale.







12:45 What Is Up For Season Two







The next question is what could we be in store for in Season Two? It looks like we’ll not only get a tie-in to The MCU, but we could also see an animated adaption of Age of Apocalypse and the animated debut of a Marvel villain we haven’t seen since the 1990s.

It’s a (mostly) all-Star Wars show since we’re coming off May The 4th. But we’ll talk a little Free Comic Book Day swag…















1:15 – New Acolyte Trailer



















Here are some screencaps from the trailer. Who could the Sith Lord be? We’ll go over a few things we know from what The Jedi said about The Sith during The Phantom Menace. And yes, this COULD be one of the other characters in disguise.

















A Force-user scoops up a dead Jedi’s lightsaber















Jecki Lon in training















Jedi Master Sol searching the allies















Jail cells? Detainment areas?















Climbing one of the stone towers. Acht-To perhaps?















Indara faces Mae, the assassin















The assassin tries to kill a Jedi with THROWING KNIVES















Indara shatters the knifes with her lightsaber















Mae attacking another Jedi































A broken saber in the dirt















Are these the Acolytes in question















A young Sol with his student, Mae































A ship that can split in two















Could this be the villain in disguise?















Another look at the group of acolytes































Approaching a Jedi on Ach-To















A ship flying through the rings of a planet















The Fellowship on their mission to Mordor… OOPS, wrong franchise…















A ship plummeting through the rings of a planet















Mae trying to kill Jecki















The villain with a red lightsaber.















Is this a Sith Lord? Darth Goomba?









14:20 – Tales of the Empire







Tales of the Empire was two separate three-part stories. One was Morgan Elsbeth’s origin while the other was Barriss Offee’s fate







15:10 – Morgan Elsbeth







If you’re familiar with The Mandalorian and Ahsoka, then these episodes filled in some major background. We finally understand the loyalty Morgan had to Thrawn. It was hard to take their allegiance so seriously when we’re only given one verbal exchange between her and Ahsoka.







The animation was excellent, as usual. This also felt much darker than The Clone Wars, and even many episodes of The Bad Batch. Probably because we knew the story had no happy ending.

May 4th is the “Official/Unofficial Star Wars Day. We celebrate this geek holiday by looking back on past episodes about it.















1:30 – May The 4th, 2019







This was the last time May 4th fell on Free Comic Book Day and it’s also the year we lost the late great Peter Mayhew







18:00 – May The 4th, 2020







Flashback to 2020 when The Acolyte was first announced, as was Taika Waititi’s unnamed Star Wars film.

Our esteemed Mayor attended C2E2 this past weekend. Plus, the SERIES FINALE of The Bad Batch and the regularly scheduled review of X-Men ’97!















1:05 – C2E2







I finally attended a con for the first time in four years. I couldn’t spend nearly as much as I did in the past, just being around all that stuff again was stimulating. I’ve always been a fan of cosplay, and I’ve always enjoyed the panels. I’ll post pictures and videos from the Cosplay Championship to social media shortly.







7:00 – The Bad Batch Series Finale







There’s been varying praise for The Bad Batch series finale, but I loved it. Were there things that could have been better? Sure, but it covered all the bases and set something up that can be played out with an adult Omega.







14:05 – X-Men ’97 Episode 8 “Tolerance is Extinction Part 1”







We enter the season’s final act with Bastion in full supervillain mode! Plus, We enter the season’s final act with Bastion in full supervillain mode! Plus, we get a ton more cameos from other Marvel heroes and villains.