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

[OSHIROmodels]

So, the million dollar question:

Was Acolyte better than Boba Fett (which, honestly, I enjoyed, because I watched it with my 11 year old son who was crazy about the show)?

Nope. BoBF wasn’t great but I do watch it every now and again.

[aliensurfer]

Acolyte is just badly written, badly cast and badly acted. It's a shame as it could have been really good.

[Condottiere]

Acolyte is just badly written, badly cast and badly acted. It's a shame as it could have been really good.

I though the actors portraying Sol, Qmir and Jecki were quite good, but episode 7 screwed the good guys. Mention should be made of the actor playing Yord, as it's hard to pull off a decent tool onscreen!

Just noticed now...

The actor playing Venestra is Leslye Headland's spouse. If one's going to engage in nepotism, at least make sure the person could pull it off.

[Ninefingers]

I don't think it was awful, just a bit dull in places.

As for the wooden acting, that's a Star Wars tradition since back when Lucas was in charge. It's basically canon.

[hubbabubba]

Mention should be made of the actor playing Yord, as it's hard to pull off a decent tool onscreen!

I think that might have been incidental, due to bad script and poor acting.

Just noticed now...

The actor playing Venestra is Leslye Headland's spouse. If one's going to engage in nepotism, at least make sure the person could pull it off.

Good call

[Condottiere]

I think that might have been incidental, due to bad script and poor acting.

Good call

The best scenes occur sometimes by chance. Grey Worm was a total tool and wondered why he never got punched in the face - maybe a clause in the contract? Yord was one of those rare likeable tools who'll sadly be missed... 

[anevilgiraffe]

I don't even remember characters called Yord and Jecki... 

And Grey Worm was in it? from GoT? who was he? I don't remember seeing him at all.

[Daeothar]

They were the two padawans who got offed by the Sith Apprentice.

Yord was the obnoxious male played by the same actor who also played Grey Worm in, indeed, GoT. Yecki was the Ziggy Stardust lookalike who put up quite the fight before also getting lightskewered. Shame, because I think I actually liked the Yecki character...

[Condottiere]

I don't even remember characters called Yord and Jecki... 

Someone wasn't paying attention...

Unlike Kenobi and Book of Boba Fett, with the exception of the budget Night Sisters, I find the characters interesting, albeit poorly portrayed.

And Grey Worm was in it? from GoT? who was he? I don't remember seeing him at all.

He's the bad douche, I used to contrast with the good one in this show.

[anevilgiraffe]

Nope - Grey Worm is Jacob Basil Anderson

Yord is Charlie Barnett

nothing alike.

[Condottiere]

They were the two padawans who got offed by the Sith Apprentice.

Yord was the obnoxious male played by the same actor who also played Grey Worm in, indeed, GoT. Yecki was the Ziggy Stardust lookalike who put up quite the fight before also getting lightskewered. Shame, because I think I actually liked the Yecki character...

Oh dear...

Yord was played by Charlie Barnett and Grey Worm by Jacob Anderson. Anderson plays Louis in Interview with the Vampire, though the character's backstory was changed, because Rolin Jones couldn't imagine a Black or mixed race plantation owner in the former French territory.

Yord was a Knight and had his own Padawan, that Zygerrian contradiction - someone the writers forgot about. I didn't find Yord that obnoxious compared to Grey Worm, but I guess one can be unpleasant, to make up for a lack of balls. Yord put up a fight and was rather creative with the discarded cortosis helmet in the fight, before getting his neck snapped, a debunked method of killing.

Jecki was played by Dafne Keen, who played Wolverine's daughter in Logan. 

 

[Condottiere]

Nope - Grey Worm is Jacob Basil Anderson

Yord is Charlie Barnett

nothing alike.

They're both d-bags, I can contrast. Are you telling me Grey Worm wasn't a monotonous jerk?

[Daeothar]

Oops 

Goes to tell how much of an impact they made then. I can't even remember any other male knight/padawan other than Yord... 

[Condottiere]

 

"If there's no miscommunication in this show, then there is no show."

"Who's to say why characters do what they do?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqwEE6G6zaU

[Condottiere]

Due to low viewership, Acolyte Season 2 has been cancelled...