{"id":11910,"date":"2024-07-17T13:20:50","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11910"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:20:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:20:50","slug":"the-acolyte-darth-plagueis-how-episode-8-proves-rage-baiting-youtubers-wrong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topat10.com\/?p=11910","title":{"rendered":"The Acolyte, Darth Plagueis &amp; How Episode 8 Proves Rage-Baiting YouTubers Wrong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tv\/features\/1803643-star-wars-the-acolyte-episode-8-recap-spoilers\"><strong>The Acolyte<\/strong>\u2018s first season has ended<\/a> on an inconclusive but exciting note, pointing to a second season that \u2501 given the incomprehensibly volatile reaction to its eight-episode run \u2501 might never happen. At this point, it\u2019s unclear whether or not there\u2019ll be a second season, despite its final episode raising a number of questions many \u2501 myself included \u2501 will want answered. <\/p>\n<p>Viewership was reportedly low for the Disney Plus series as it continued <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tv\/news\/1756991-star-wars-the-acolyte-disney-plus-viewership-numbers-launch\">despite a very strong start<\/a>, with each new weekly episode greeted by a wave of backlash, partly fueled by a disturbing lack of media literacy exacerbated by rage-baiting YouTubers. Though this backlash isn\u2019t solely to blame for this low viewership, it highlights many viewers\u2019 shocking inability to comprehend a story unfolding episodically.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Spoilers for The Acolyte episode 8 follow.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-the-acolyte-episode-8-proved-angry-viewers-wrong\">How The Acolyte episode 8 proved angry viewers wrong<\/h2>\n<p>I\u2019ll preface this by saying that I was not a major fan of The Acolyte in its entirety. Some episodes dragged, the mystery surrounding what happened to the coven of Force-using witches was too predictable, as was the identity of the Sith. But the bulk of complaints many had about the show were related to \u201cissues\u201d that were <em>clearly<\/em> part of its central mystery. Thousands of angry YouTube videos, live streams, and online comments could have been addressed by those producing them simply waiting for the season to end to see if their questions would have been resolved adequately. Which is, as many seem to have forgotten, how episodic TV shows are supposed to be watched.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Lucasfilm\/Disney Plus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Star Wars canon is extensive and full of contradictions, but not since The Last Jedi has a Star Wars release been criticized so heavily for \u201cruining\u201d the franchise\u2019s lore. New questions were asked after each episode: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.comingsoon.net\/tv\/features\/1773787-star-wars-the-acolyte-ki-adi-mundi-controversy-plot-hole-hate\">\u201cWhy did the Jedi say the Sith had been extinct for a millennia in the prequels if there are Sith in the Acolyte?\u201d<\/a> or \u201cWhy is life being created using the Force if that was just Anakin\u2019s thing?\u201d And after episode 8, answers to those questions have now been made clearer.<\/p>\n<p>In episode 8, Sol is killed by Osha, who turns to the Dark Side (complete with an excellent sequence in which her lightsaber \u201cbleeds\u201d from blue to red.) Vernestra learns of this and uses it to her benefit, framing Sol for all of the Jedi deaths committed by Mae and Qimir, therefore covering up the reappearance of the Sith. So, those who spent seven episodes bleating over this supposed canon-breaking issue have wasted their breath.<\/p>\n<p>As for the issue with Mae and Osha\u2019s Force birth supposedly \u201cruining\u201d Anakin\u2019s story as the Chosen One? In episode 8, we see a brief glimpse of Darth Plagueis watching Qimir and Osha from the shadows, raising a slew of questions regarding his involvement in this story. Is he learning about creating life with the Force? Was he somehow involved in their birth? Is he Qimir\u2019s master? If season 2 <em>does<\/em> happen, there\u2019s a lot of ground to explore here that could reshape the Star Wars universe. <\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s these mysteries and questions that have riled up a sect of the Star Wars fanbase, and there\u2019s no doubt that the appearance of Darth Plaguies will lead to many more angry YouTube videos. We\u2019ll see the same people pointing out potential issues with how the Dark Lord of the Sith\u2019s live-action debut \u201cruins\u201d some other existing canon or that it further dilutes Anakin\u2019s story, only for these \u201cissues\u201d to potentially be addressed in the second season \u2014 if it ever happens.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-depressingly-the-acolyte-would-have-benefited-from-a-bulk-release\">Depressingly, The Acolyte would have benefited from a bulk release<\/h2>\n<p>I prefer episodic releases as it lets you engage with a TV or streaming series\u2019 community and viewers as the show happens. You don\u2019t have to worry about being spoiled by those who have binge-watched a show, and you can discuss the previous episode\u2019s events with everyone on a level playing field. But depressingly, The Acolyte would have benefited from being a bulk release, as viewers would have been able to get to episode 8 quickly and find out that all of those \u201ccanon-breaking\u201d complaints would be addressed. I\u2019m confident that if all episodes of The Acolyte were released in one fell swoop, viewers would have spent the next week talking about Vernestra\u2019s decision, Plaguies\u2019 live-action debut, and the Yoda tease at the end. Instead, we\u2019ve had two months of complaints about continuity errors, most of which have now been proven inaccurate.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Image: Lucasfilm\/Disney Plus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>That angry sect of the Star Wars fanbase simply was not able to handle an episodic series. Any questionable character decisions or lines of dialogue that raised questions were promptly treated as plot holes or contradictions, as rather than letting the series\u2019 mystery play out, some viewers found themselves instead engaged in arguments over Ki-Adi-Mundi\u2019s age. <\/p>\n<p>Episode 8 made it clear that the series has always been about the failings of the Jedi, which is exactly what George Lucas himself explored in the prequels. It\u2019s not as if the series kept it a secret before its finale, either \u2014 from episode 1, it was implied that the Jedi were withholding secrets. But because these mysteries weren\u2019t immediately uncovered and viewers were left to speculate, there became a common belief that the show\u2019s creators were retconning what Lucas had created, and were developing their own Star Wars history that ruined the old one.<\/p>\n<p>I hope The Acolyte Season 2 happens, and if it does, I hope it releases in bulk. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Acolyte\u2018s first season has ended on an inconclusive but exciting note, pointing to a second season that \u2501 given the incomprehensibly volatile reaction to its eight-episode run \u2501 might never happen. At this point, it\u2019s unclear whether or not there\u2019ll be a second season, despite its final episode raising a number of questions many [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":522,"featured_media":11911,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[550],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Acolyte, Darth Plagueis &amp; How Episode 8 Proves 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