The Acolyte (Star Wars Disney+ show)

[kingkoopa6 8377]

 

[Jerry Callo 8709]

6 hours ago, kingkoopa6 said:

 

Another reason not to like this show.  They made her look like this:

[mdmost 43011]

Well and she was actually one of the better parts of it and they killed her off. She was basically an example of a good Jedi but this show didn't seem to like having any of those around. 

[PRONG HORN 3146]

 

 

 

[ajax 2620]

On 7/27/2024 at 10:12 AM, kingkoopa6 said:

 

She looks like she's ready to be on the Real Housewives of whatever city.

She's 19

[mdmost 43011]

Man, I can't wait to see you guys reaction when this trailer comes out.

 

[nineliveslost 2790]

26 minutes ago, mdmost said:

Man, I can't wait to see you guys reaction when this trailer comes out.

 

I don't understand. 

[Js1 85451]

Is this like a live-action version of Star Trek Prodigy season 1? 

• Bunch of kids
• Find a ship
• Travel the galaxy
• One adult in charge

[mdmost 43011]

Yes. Jude Law may or may not be Force sensitive. It is supposedly a Goonies/Stranger Things type show set in the SW universe. 

[billfromlaketravis 11520]

On 7/27/2024 at 11:12 AM, kingkoopa6 said:

 

Hedlund and I both like big ass titties. Maybe, someday, we could be friends. 

[billfromlaketravis 11520]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

Yes. Jude Law may or may not be Force sensitive. It is supposedly a Goonies/Stranger Things type show set in the SW universe. 

That should be received well by a largely middle aged audience. 

[AUS-97HORN 11812]

sounds like a Star Wars remake of Flight of the Phoenix

[kingkoopa6 8377]

6 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Hedlund and I both like big ass titties. Maybe, someday, we could be friends. 

 

[CooterBrown 18019]

 

[closetohumping 17455]

13 hours ago, CooterBrown said:

Hi

[ajax 2620]

Can anyone translate?

👀 

 

 

[Buzzrock 14936]

She was the little angry mutant girl in Logan. 

[AUS-97HORN 11812]

26 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

She was the little angry mutant girl in Logan and Deadpool 3. 

X-23 in both. but she chose to identify as Laura in D3.

[Js1 85451]

38 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

She was the little angry mutant girl in Logan. 

She was also the main character in His Dark Materials on HBO

[Buzzrock 14936]

3 hours ago, AUS-97HORN said:

X-23 in both. but she chose to identify as Laura in D3.

Spoilers dude!

[Red Five 40877]

4 hours ago, ajax said:

Can anyone translate?

"It's really cold in here."

[mdmost 43011]

A surprise but a welcomed one. 

 

Edited August 19 by mdmost

[kingkoopa6 8377]

Aw man. This sucks. 

[AUS-97HORN 11812]

10 minutes ago, mdmost said:

A surprise but a welcomed one. 

 

[kingkoopa6 8377]

This dude intro was sick tho

[crash_davis 23114]

On 7/26/2024 at 5:53 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

I saw this thread was bumped, and I opened it hoping the show had been canceled. Nope. 

Wish fulfilled. 

[atomheartbevo 89762]

 

[ScottS 1070]

On 7/30/2024 at 12:53 AM, PRONG HORN said:

 

 

 

The Empire Strips Back

If burlesque parody of Star Wars is your thing, the show will be in Syracuse, NY from September 4th through the 8th.  Other cities and dates on the website.

 

Edited August 20 by ScottS
show is places other than upstate new york

[billfromlaketravis 11520]

So let’s dissect the body now that it’s dead. 
 

- How the fuck did Headland get a Star Wars show? She got her start in the business with Harvey Fucking Weinstein. Disney decided to not hold that against her, and gives her a $180 million Star Wars vehicle after 1, one modest success in Russian Dolla. Many accomplished directors and showrunners are also Star Wars super fans. 
 

- The Acolyte,  Ahsoka, Kenobi, and Obi Wan can all be described as unsuccessful. Does this cause a chilling effect on future Star Wars shows on Disney +? I would say yes, unless Skeleton Crew is a mega hit. I think they’ll focus on movies because they’ve all made money except for Solo. I doubt Mando ever comes back as a TV show. If the film does well, they’ll just make another one. It’s very plausible we get one last season of Andor and that’s it for Star Wars TV for a stretch. 
 

- I think a non-Jedi show set outside of established canon would do well. It’s a big ass universe. There’s plenty of room for new stories without trying to retcon everything. 

Edited August 20 by billfromlaketravis

[Surly Bevo 25092]

The problem with Star Wars is the enemy.  You can always find new heroes, but it gets stale when they keep fighting the same basic enemy (Sith and some version of the "Empire" they are leading in a gambit to take over the galaxy).  Something like James Bond works because the villain and his particular brand of evil plan are just different enough to make for something that feels comfortable yet new simultaneously.

[ChickenSandwich 9844]

They could still wait a year and release Maverick: Star Wars and give full fan service and print a Billion. 

[Captainant 27694]

10 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

They could still wait a year and release Maverick: Star Wars and give full fan service and print a Billion. 

Yeah a Rogue Squadron series set during the New Republic era would be allsome

[mdmost 43011]

9 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

So let’s dissect the body now that it’s dead. 
 

- How the fuck did Headland get a Star Wars show? She got her start in the business with Harvey Fucking Weinstein. Disney decided to not hold that against her, and gives her a $180 million Star Wars vehicle after 1, one modest success in Russian Dolla. Many accomplished directors and showrunners are also Star Wars super fans. 
 

- The Acolyte,  Ahsoka, Kenobi, and Obi Wan can all be described as unsuccessful. Does this cause a chilling effect on future Star Wars shows on Disney +? I would say yes, unless Skeleton Crew is a mega hit. I think they’ll focus on movies because they’ve all made money except for Solo. I doubt Mando ever comes back as a TV show. If the film does well, they’ll just make another one. It’s very plausible we get one last season of Andor and that’s it for Star Wars TV for a stretch. 
 

- I think a non-Jedi show set outside of established canon would do well. It’s a big ass universe. There’s plenty of room for new stories without trying to retcon everything. 

The budgets are a huge part of the problem. No different than Marvel movies and shows that have bloated budgets that don't pay off (Secret Invasion). Andor and Skeleton Crew are it for a good while. Disney is very risk averse right now. That's why they're only doing mostly prequels and sequels. The audience just doesn't show up for original content now. So if they do anything going forward, it will be fan service or be some derivative of existing content like Ahsoka. At some point, you have to take a risk that propels the franchise forward. Everything can't be Maverick or Deadpool 3. At some point, the audience will be fickle and even that won't pay off like the last Mission Impossible movie. 

While I ultimately didn't like this show, I enjoyed that Lucasfilm tried something different. It just wasn't well written or acted outside of a few characters. At least we still have Andor. I'm excited for Skeleton Crew but it's an extreme appeal/homage to 80s kid adventure movies. I hope it doesn't just lean into that. I doubt Jude Law would sign up for something like that. I think we'll find that he isn't a Jedi at all and more of a force sensitive con man. 

[Parliament 14275]

12 hours ago, ChickenSandwich said:

They could still wait a year and release Maverick: Star Wars and give full fan service and print a Billion. 

I’m thinking Star Wars/Star Trek crossover.  Vader vs Borg.  Solo vs Riker.  Etc.

[Js1 85451]

24 minutes ago, Parliament said:

Solo vs Riker.

[Parliament 14275]

Riker would kick the crap out of Solo and his pet Wooky, and steal his girlfriend. 

[52-80 19207]

Dang. I cant believe Disney eschewed all the shows commercial and viewership success and caved in to bigotry pressure instead. Shame. 

[nineliveslost 2790]

2 hours ago, Parliament said:

Riker would kick the crap out of Solo and his pet Wooky, and steal his girlfriend. 

Please stop with this wacky take. Riker would take a blaster shot to the face or nuts just like the rest. Don't fuck with Han

[nineliveslost 2790]

2 hours ago, 52-80 said:

Dang. I cant believe Disney eschewed all the shows commercial and viewership success and caved in to bigotry pressure instead. Shame. 

[JBJ 3664]

6 hours ago, mdmost said:

While I ultimately didn't like this show, I enjoyed that Lucasfilm tried something different. It just wasn't well written or acted outside of a few characters. At least we still have Andor. I'm excited for Skeleton Crew but it's an extreme appeal/homage to 80s kid adventure movies. I hope it doesn't just lean into that. I doubt Jude Law would sign up for something like that. I think we'll find that he isn't a Jedi at all and more of a force sensitive con man. 

Yeah.  I was hyped up when the show idea was first floated around like a decade ago.  Limited series focused on a Sith assassin in the High Republic Era?  Can't possibly lose, right?

2 hours ago, Parliament said:

Riker would kick the crap out of Solo and his pet Wooky, and steal his girlfriend. 

Han would shoot first.

[mdmost 43011]

7 minutes ago, JBJ said:

Yeah.  I was hyped up when the show idea was first floated around like a decade ago.  Limited series focused on a Sith assassin in the High Republic Era?  Can't possibly lose, right?

 

You could've said the same thing about a limited series focused on Boba Fett. Again, the writing and acting were terrible in both. 

[DeepEastTexas 644]

3 hours ago, Parliament said:

Riker would kick the crap out of Solo and his pet Wooky, and steal his girlfriend. 

Step out of the holodeck Mr. Barclay.

Han has flown from one side of the galaxy to the other. He's seen a lot of strange stuff, but he's never seen anything to make him believe a bearded second in command could "kick the crap" out of him. 
 

Solo shoots first...even with the ladies. 

[BabaYaga 15302]

7 hours ago, mdmost said:

While I ultimately didn't like this show, I enjoyed that Lucasfilm tried something different. It just wasn't well written or acted outside of a few characters

When a good idea gets mud-holed by actually having to do the hard work.  Weird how that works.

[ChickenSandwich 9844]

pretty hot on mute, but voice worse than the acting

 

 

[UT_OB1 2224]

I disagree that Obi wan or Ashoka were bad. Obi wan was good, and Ahsoka wasn’t far off from Andor or S1 of Mandalorian. This was a great idea with terrible execution. It happens. 

[mdmost 43011]

Obi Wan wasn't bad. It was just kinda unnecessary. The parts with Vader and Obi Wan were good. The Reva and Leia parts were not. The former because her character was fairly one-dimensional. The latter because it felt like they were forcing a storyline between the two characters to tie it to the OT. I didn't mind the part at the end with Luke. I do not enjoy prequels that backbend to change or "improve" the storylines or motivations of characters in existing content. Ahsoka is good but you have to be a Rebels and Clone Wars viewer to get it. That's a problem. Star Wars stories shouldn't require additional content to supplement or draw from. 

Edited August 20 by mdmost

[dcar00 14319]

12 minutes ago, UT_OB1 said:

I disagree that Obi wan or Ashoka were bad. Obi wan was good, and Ahsoka wasn’t far off from Andor or S1 of Mandalorian. This was a great idea with terrible execution. It happens. 

agreed.  Obi Wan was a C+/B-, Ahsoka was a solid B to B+.  Boba Fett was not good.  The only thing that saved Acolyte from a straight F was the saber play.

[AUS-97HORN 11812]

1 hour ago, dcar00 said:

 The only thing that saved Acolyte from a straight F was the saber play.

man, I dont know... the power of 1,2, many was really, really, really, REALLY bad , so was turning every Jedi master into a pussy or an asshole

 

I would give it an F  but maybe i could be persuaded  to give it a D minus minus minus minus

[Brothahorn 10087]

21 hours ago, billfromlaketravis said:

So let’s dissect the body now that it’s dead. 
 

- How the fuck did Headland get a Star Wars show? She got her start in the business with Harvey Fucking Weinstein. Disney decided to not hold that against her, and gives her a $180 million Star Wars vehicle after 1, one modest success in Russian Dolla. Many accomplished directors and showrunners are also Star Wars super fans. 
 

- The Acolyte,  Ahsoka, Kenobi, and Obi Wan can all be described as unsuccessful. Does this cause a chilling effect on future Star Wars shows on Disney +? I would say yes, unless Skeleton Crew is a mega hit. I think they’ll focus on movies because they’ve all made money except for Solo. I doubt Mando ever comes back as a TV show. If the film does well, they’ll just make another one. It’s very plausible we get one last season of Andor and that’s it for Star Wars TV for a stretch. 
 

- I think a non-Jedi show set outside of established canon would do well. It’s a big ass universe. There’s plenty of room for new stories without trying to retcon everything. 

Just like DC, they should stick to animation(for TV). Tales of the Jedi and Tales of the Empire are the best things they have done lately.

[Buzzrock 14936]

The problem with Star Wars is the enemy.  You can always find new heroes, but it gets stale when they keep fighting the same basic enemy (Sith and some version of the "Empire" they are leading in a gambit to take over the galaxy).  Something like James Bond works because the villain and his particular brand of evil plan are just different enough to make for something that feels comfortable yet new simultaneously.

I dunno, some pretty good stories have been told across the books and video games. The Thrawn trilogy would have made for three great movies or a few seasons of a good show.