This Star Wars: The Acolyte article contains spoilers.
This guy was 10 times more intriguing and fun to watch when he was faking it as Qimir.
The Stranger strips naked and invites Osha to skinny dip with him.
The camera awkwardly ogles his muscles as he blathers on in a forced monotone about his anti-Jedi ideology.
Are we meant to believe hes…seducing her?!
Where the hell did this come from?
This has got to be the most bizarre injection of romance into a TV show ever.
These two have little to no chemistry.
Is it really just an Acolyte hes looking for?
How could Osha resist?
If you keep me here, Sol comes to you.
Hes found me before.
His strength in the Force is very powerful.
How is Amandla Stenberg meant to make lines like this sound natural?
As faulty as the Osha/Stranger stuff in this episode is, therearea couple of highlights worth noting.
The absence of music and the sound of her exhaling just before the credits roll is actually quite chilling.
The Mae half of the episode fares a little better, but not by much.
Again: Where the hell did this come from?!
Vernestras role on this show is reminiscent of Hera Syndullas onAhsoka.
Okay, so Sol sussing out Maes scheme was pretty cool.
The duality of the episode title is represented in a subversive way.
Will Sol finally reveal the dark truth behind the Jedi mission to Brendok?
This series is all over the freaking place and has no identity.
All of the good moments are undermined by twice as many bad ones.
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Rating:
2 out of 5
