Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers on the North Ridge!]

[nozza_uk]

Perversely, despite the plotholes, I enjoyed the last episode.

[anevilgiraffe]

wookie rampage helps...

[Lost Egg]

wanting to go off and explore is one thing, but there has been absolutely nothing about those Jedi to make anyone go I want to be one as soon as they meet them.

if your kid said they wanted to drop out of school and be a road sweeper, right now, absolutely, even though they'd never seen a road sweeper before, you'd have concerns.

I think Osha had been drawing the Jedi symbol before she saw them so I kinda assumed she was already being drawn to them...maybe thats why Sol is soo attached to her right from the off. I hope Osha / Mae aren't yet another chosen one (pair).

[Daeothar]

Well, they then would bring balance to the force... 

[nozza_uk]

wookie rampage helps...

Massively, even though it's a plothole.

[anevilgiraffe]

Massively, even though it's a plothole.

how so?

[nozza_uk]

how so?

Early on in the episode, we see Torbin had the witches in his head. They all saw what happened to Tobin, so why didn't they all "fortify" their minds before another altercation?

[anevilgiraffe]

fair point

[JollyBob]

So, did the witches actually all die though?
We saw them collapse when the wookie was freed from their control, but nobody actually checked they were dead, Sol just grabbed the kid and ran....

[anevilgiraffe]

certainly Mother Maul was never seen again...

[Condottiere]

So, did the witches actually all die though?
We saw them collapse when the wookie was freed from their control, but nobody actually checked they were dead, Sol just grabbed the kid and ran....

Dead more than likely...

It's rather confusing and I'm not the only one who thought cultists were a living battery.

THE ACOLYTE’s Leslye Headland on Episode 7, Witches, Vergences, Qui-Gon, and Anakin

Why did they all die when Indara freed Kelnacca?

Headland: This was a big question when we were working on the episode. To me, it was very important because it told two stories. One, that Indara, despite her being completely and utterly the consummate Jedi in this episode, I did feel it was important that she also misjudged something. If we were going to explore those themes, she couldn’t just be this infallible Jedi, she also had to have something else going on with her. And I think what she did is, in the moment, in trying to sever the connection between Kelnacca and the witches, she dealt with a power that she did not understand and was unfamiliar with.

Did she kill them?

Headland: Yeah. She didn’t know what was going to happen to them.

So it wasn’t intentional?

Headland: No, she did not know. All she was thinking was, “I have to save him.” Again, it starts to become a selfish want. “I must save this colleague of mine. I have to do this. If I don’t do this, then something terrible could happen to him. We’ve seen what they’re capable of. I’ve seen them do this to my Padawan. They’re now doing it to an incredibly powerful Jedi master. What do I do? Okay, I’m going to make this decision.”

But she doesn’t know what the consequences of that decision will be. The same way that Sol doesn’t know what his actions will mean for Osha’s future. Torbin doesn’t really put together, because he’s so young that, the consequences of his actions are going to lead to all of this falling apart. Indara had to also make that mistake in order to continue exploring that idea.

[JollyBob]

Fair enough.

Vergences, though.... anyone else think Sol said they were hunting for "Virgins" at first?
I thought, ooh, the Jedi were a bit dark in them days, then someone else said it and I realised it was just made up bollocks.

[Lost Egg]

I didn't really get any of that from the episode even after a second viewing. I don't feel like they sold it. I'm not really sure that'd upset a Jedi anyway, the witches possessed her colleague and she broke the connection.

I think my biggest problem with the show is everything feels forced, characters must act the way they do so we can get to the next plot point rather than we get to the next point because thats the way the characters would respond. It's like everyone is just a playing piece to be moved about.

[Condottiere]

Fair enough.

Vergences, though.... anyone else think Sol said they were hunting for "Virgins" at first?
I thought, ooh, the Jedi were a bit dark in them days, then someone else said it and I realised it was just made up bollocks.

TBF, Lee Jung-jae learnt to speak English for this role and it shows in one scene when he was interacting with Carrie-Anne Moss - felt like they were in different places. It's a rare form of dedication to a role and it's a shame he's been let down by a subpar plot.

[JollyBob]

No comment on him as an actor, more my own cloth ears...