Since the announcement of Star Wars: The Acolyte, the series has been criticized by fans. The first trailer caused mockery among fans. In the current episode, there is a scene that makes the series even worse for fans.
Beware of light spoilers: This article describes a scene from episode 3 of Star Wars: The Acolyte, so if you don’t want to be spoiled, you should come back after watching.
What is it about? In Star Wars: The Acolyte, a story is told that takes place before Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. At this time, there are officially no Sith remaining and the Jedi Order lives in peace and prosperity. However, someone is murdering Jedi Masters, threatening the established peace.
In the third episode of the series, we meet an almost extinct witch order that uses the Force, but differently than Jedi and Sith. The twins Osha and Mae were raised by this order, as they apparently have great significance for the Force. The witch order itself is not new; it has been known from the Clone Wars series or from the Jedi Survivor games in the form of Merrin.
However, a ritual from the last episode has caused mockery and anger among the Star Wars fans, who already had issues with a Wookie in episode 2.
You can watch the trailer for Star Wars: The Acolyte here:
A witch ritual causes mockery
What happens in this scene? In a flashback, we see the twins Osha and Mae as children during a ritual of the witch order. During the ritual, admittedly strange noises are made and it is repeatedly sung The Power of One. The Power of Two. The Power of Many
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Under a tweet on x.com, the scene is ridiculed. There are many sexist comments that have also been observed in many other posts about the series and many statements that Star Wars is dead.
- @fau1in:
It is so… so bad
- @christianvanck:
Star Wars died with Jar Jar Binks. […] Then he was briefly resurrected with The Mandalorian. RIP.
- @MadamSavvy:
They couldn’t even think of a cool song?
Users like @Hereforthetext also dislike the scene, but note that it is standard to use a witch trope. Despite this, he likes how the story is developing.
What is the status of Star Wars: The Acolyte? Even before its release, many fans were not enthusiastic about the series. Previous series had already garnered much criticism. Looking at the ratings on Rotten Tomatoes, there is a significant discrepancy between critics and fans.
Critics have surprisingly rated it 84%, which is higher than the Obi-Wan or Boba Fett series. However, for viewers, it looks quite different. Currently, The Acolyte has a user rating of 14%. This is a catastrophic score, especially for a franchise with such a large fandom.
Whether the user ratings will change remains questionable. Although only 3 episodes have been released so far, The Acolyte has had a poor reputation from the outset. Especially the accusations of being woke
plague the series and the Star Wars universe in general. A similar accusation was also directed at Warhammer 40,000: Fans accuse Warhammer 40,000 of trying to sell them out as “woke”
