THE ACOLYTE EPISODE 4 BREAKDOWN & REVIEW! Big Problems For The Phantom Menace? Star Wars Easter Eggs 

Did YOU enjoy The Acolyte Episode 4? What are your thoughts? 👇❤

The problem with this show is it drags its heels on pointless things and then when something important to the plot or interesting happens the show feels like its on fast forward, likes Mae’s sudden change of heart.

I was disappointed the way they killed the wookie without showing the actual fight.

What struck me about this episode is that it really felt like it was shot on a sound stage and the set design department made the forest locations feel like a high budget 90s show.

I don't really get the "there's still good in Mae" idea. She was brainwashed by her coven, tortured bugs, fought with Osha all the time, tried to kill Osha, then disappeared and presumably spent a decade continuing down a bad path. When was she good? And then Sol's reasoning that Osha should care about Mae because "she's family." The Jedi way is to separate children from families and have no emotional connections, so does he say that just to manipulate her? Kinda weird.

Wasn't it weird that Yord said he's known Osha since they were younglings and Mae has always been her wound yet earlier he said he never knew Osha was a twin?? How did that go unnoticed?

Bazil's scream when they found Mae was giving me "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" vibes.

The term Acolyte goes back to the Old Republic era. An acolyte has no master but are hoping to earn one. Mae didn’t officially have a Master yet. This seems to have been her test to earn her the title of Apprentice.

My theory is that Mae hasn't left the dark side. The reason Qimir has been so obviously set up as the master is so it's obvious that Mae figured him out. Once she did she baited him to come out of hiding and kill Kalnacca himself. Go back and rewatch the scene where she takes the break on the hike. Then she will tell Qimir she succeeded in killing a Jedi without a weapon because she manipulated someone else to do it for her - HIM and he fell for it. Such a very Sith thing to do.

I smell a Jedi coverup. They’ve been alluding to it with how much they hide from the Senate. Who’s to say they didn’t hide the presence of the Sith. And there will be a big reason why, and the Jedi memory erasing will become relevant.

I think, and this might be overthinking it, that Jecki wants to get closer to Osha to find out why Sol is still watching holograms of her, and displaying an affection that he has not shown to her. Jealousy and curiosity combined, but with very little malevolence behind it, if that makes sense?

Bit late, but i saw a DOPE theory on reddit that stated that when they took a break, Mae already had a suspicion that Qimir was the masked dark side user, and that Mae deliberately "switched sides" 3 minutes after saying she "wants this more than anything" to trick Qimir into killing Kelnacca, so that Mae actually ends up accomplishing her mission which was to kill a jedi without a weapon. I pray this is the case because that would be so so cool

When I saw all of the "nameless" Jedi along with the established characters I was thinking, "they may as well be wearing red robes..."

Ki Adi Mundi had like x3 wives in the EU 4:03 so he was so busy emptying bins for them all he forgot all about the Sith.

I'm enjoying this series a lot; different things happening in every episode, keeping me on my toes! Good stuff!!

I've been enjoying the show for the most part , I never cared about the high Republic , so this has been an interesting watch

Oh and I think the last 4 episodes are gonna mirror the first 4 but in reverse order. This episode was called Day. Episode 5 will most likely be called Night while episode 6 will be another flashback to Brendok titled Choice or Freedom or something the opposite of Destiny. Then the last two episodes will go back to the two part titles like episodes 1 and 2. Like the first 4 episodes represents the pulling of the thread - setting up the mystery. While the last 4 is the unravelling, revealing the answers to the mystery. You know, it's like poetry, it rhymes.

sniffer beaver 🤣🤣🤣 dying!! The civilian uniform thing, I def chuckled. I've enjoyed the silly humor.

I personally laughed at the civilian robes reveal. Do you want the comedy to hit you over the head like Thor: Love and Thunder? This is Star Wars, after all. It doesn’t need to be straight up comical.

Bazil Oregano, incredible 😀

Re the editing, Ep 3 ends with Jedi Wookiester walking into his home, er, for lack of a better word, nekkid. Ep 4 picks up where Ep 3 ended and....Jedi Wookiester is AGAIN walking into his abode and this time he's wearing robes. So he went inside, put some clothes on, went back outside just to walk.....back inside?

Clunky dialog is a Star Wars thing. Clunky dialog is throughout the films other series.

the hands look like qimir's when he force flung them and he knew the Jedi were trailing them thats why he was pushing Osha.... The writing tho...Mae just decides, hay my sister is alive lets talk to the jedi after you supposedly killed several of them and was evil as a kid? I dunno man

Osha & Mae are still not being shown TOGETHER at the same time in the same place. Osha separated from the group, became Mae, projected an illusion of Osha behind the group, then levitated a Sith costume toward the group and pulled a disappearing act. Later, "Osha" will appear again outside.

I like the idea of dark splinter groups. I like Mundi being in the show and that he is lying and all. I was surprised Mae turned away from the dark so soon.

3:56 "This thing." lol

So I guess it's similar to Sidious, Tyranus and Ventress.

Why do you think he is darth plagueis instead of his master darth tenebrous? Darth Plagueis was obviously weaker in combat than his master. That's the reason why Plagueis killed Tenebrous using a 'trap' instead of head-to-head combat.

"A sniffer beaver" 😂😂 Meg!!! 😂 That came out sooooo bad.

I love that Ki Adi Mundi was part of the cover up for the Sith. This is a nice and clever way to impact the Prequels without compromising the main characters. Ki-Adi Mundi is my favorite tertiary Jedi character, and this plot now makes him even more relevant to the Canon. Even if he didn't have bad intentions, he was part of the problem.

There are several things that come to mind. One, Vernestra’s response of not wishing to reveal this issue to the Jedi Council is highly suspicious. Is it possible she’s behind the killing of the 4 Jedi Masters because they were acting on her orders on Brendock? I’m also not sure all dark force users are Sith. Look at the power of Baylon in Ahsoka. He clearly behaved as a Sith, but was a Dark Jedi. I’m not confident we should only think Sith as the bad guys. I also wonder if Koril might be the Dark Force user behind this. She seemed to always challenge Mother Aniseya and I think this might be a portion of which we don’t know. Did Koril start the fire, save Mae, and create the opposite of what Sol created? Sol made Osha a jedi and Koril made Mae an assassin. I agree we already have met the Dark Force user and Koril killing Mother Aniseya would certainly bring out Mae’s anger and then blame it on the Jedi. Qimir being the Dark Force baddie is too obvious. I think we are in for real surprise that will rock our world.

I think Mae figured out that Qimir was the person behind the mask and that to kill the Jedi without a weapon, she pretends to abandon the Sith. Ultimately, she killed the wookie Jedi without a weapon by tricking Darth Teeth into doing it for her. Shes passed her test and now can face Sol.

Given the series' setting around 100 BBY, it is plausible that the Sith with the red lightsaber could represent a younger Darth Plagueis, known for his obsession with cheating death and manipulating midi-chlorians to create life. Plagueis' quest for immortality could easily tie into the dark rituals and mysteries explored in "The Acolyte." His interactions with Mae and Osha could provide insights into his growing power and philosophy. Acting under the orders of his master, Darth Tenebrous, adds layers of complexity and intrigue. The twist of Darth Tenebrous being a hidden Jedi Council member would explain his covert influence and strategic planning, sending Plagueis to eliminate threats and gather knowledge without drawing attention to the Sith's resurgence.

I just hope that they planned this as one season so they can at least wrap it up.

Sniffing beavers you had me rolling.

Mae’s sudden switch is because of the strength of the force Dyad. She had nothing to live for before and was ok going on a suicide mission for power. Now she’s connected with Osha again in the force and doesn’t want to die anymore. It doesn’t feel rushed at all when you consider the force connection to Osha affecting her turn. Osha is changing abruptly now too and feels more connected and powerful with the force because she’s connected stronger to Mae now, and Mae is a lot more connected and powerful with the force than Osha.

Plagues was the master Palpatine was the apprentice and Darth Maul was the Acolyte

It really makes me curious on why this group of Jedi doesn’t inform this to the Council?

This episode was a big improvement. It gives me hope that this series can turn around. I didn't fall asleep in this episode unlike the previous 3. Hopefully episode 5 is better again. 🤞

Mae: "I want this more than anything!" Also Mae same scene 3 minutes later: "I'll turn myself over to the Jedi! They'll understand"

Plo kooon was alive Mundi wasnt odd to use him instead of plo. Since it's Dave's favorite besides assoka. Making the jedi seem like the bad guys doesn't mean you have to make them dumb.

Finally got a suspenseful scene at least

Bazil - i love this guy! ❤🎉🎉 Strong episode for me

I absolutely loved the episode, it was far more entertaining than episode 3. Keep in mind it was far from perfect but I don't expect perfection from Disney+. But without a doubt Episode 4 is the best episode of the series up to this point.

They got mind wiped from the event possibly

Did noone notice that the "sith" guy has a pretty dark skin, quite visible on his hands when he force-pushes Mae and the rest of the team? That detail eliminates Quimir being the one behind the mask.

I was hoping that when she said "its impossible" she was going to feign turning herself in so the wookie would lower his guard and she could kill him without a weapon, but that's not where they went

I disagree with much of the criticism of this show. Its not perfect. There are some clunky and cringe moments but overall it is something different and the plot actually makes sense so far. Im digging it and i hated the Last Jedi as much as anyone. But im being open minded and am still interested in where this story is going.

I am enjoying it. It's hard to explain my concerns, I feel like the episodes are building to something that will hopefully be clever as a whole, but they're kind of unsatisfying individually at times. Maybe part of it is that we are being shown things from a certain perspective that is not reliable.

Your Pod Meg, said all brilliantly. I agree with you 💯. 2nd 4 episodes will IMO need a more dynamic direction. Ep 4 was thankfully not too long, but did end with a "No!" from me. Cliffhanger 👏

I love the acolyte but not ep 3 the only gripe I have is there has barely been lightsabers like one with yord and one more with yord and the like skinny poison guy that gives mae the poison and one more thing the masked bad guy only appears at the end of the episodes I know we’re getting him in the next but still

The dark side user is not a sith,so that statement in phantom menace that Mundi said would make sense

I love this show, it's so much fun to see the jedi a century before the stuff we are familiar with!

Why would Qui Gon suspect a Sith ? When Darkside force masters with red sabers and goth outfits are popping up twice a generation?

I can imagine the witches sacrificed themselves to give one "the power of many" to track down the jedi. We did get to see an appearance by Jedi Lightfoot, the former mayor of Chicago, standing behind Mundi.

Yea the beaver sniffer was a definite nod to Headland.

Bazil gives me Teek vibes from the 'Ewoks: Battle for Endor' movie.

There has to be a reason ki agreed to keep things quiet

“God that sounded wrong.” First time I’ve ever laughed at this show, never knew you had it in you Meg! 😂😂

Sol is the Master of the Splinter Order.

The same "fans" hating on this show are the same types that hated on the prequels so hard.

Latte Yoda with the hair is epic...LoL. Thank you for the honest review and entertaining content!

The Sniffer Beaver is just there to sell cuddle toys. All that money per episode and they decide to re-use Kylo Ren's helmet and with some shower hose stuck on the front.

I enjoyed it, especially laughing at Yord!😂 The ending was creepy.😮

Mark my words. The Sith is not Chimera but is actually the Mother of the twins! The misdirection is obviously a red herring as it’s too obvious and easy. That’s the whole twist that was rumoured for so long. It’s going to be because the coven was going to rebel against her because she was going to let her daughter go be a Jedi and because she recognised that she had a blind spot in caring more about her daughters than the coven but she’s having her revenge on the Jedi for separating the twins painfully and arbitrarily. I’m betting that this story will not end with just one season and I think it’s actually turning out to be really well written and conceived and executed but it’s suffering from the same problem as every other Disney show, it’s just not satisfying to have to watch it on a weekly schedule and often the content is not served well by this as the frustrating part happens for the duration of the show. I would love to see a test of 2 audiences watching the shows, one consecutively and one concurrently and then scoring them and see which one gets better marks for satisfaction? Anyway, the Sith is their Mother!

we dont know how this is ending.. so there may be very few jedi who saw the red blade alive to report on it.. BUT if there are any and they do report on it... how is it that they dont think sith.. but Qui Gon after being attacked by Maul for a brief minute thinks that he is a Sith.

It is Plo Koon. Of course it is Plo Koon. He was one of Dave's favorites. Since we are blowing up the timeline. Just to complete your joke, what is a Sniffer Beaver's favorite drink? Dicken's Cider.

It seems Leslie Headland wants to bad to paint the Jedi in a bad light in her series that she's trying very hard to fit a square into a triangular hole. Also she's trying to be very clever with all these twists, is it Vernastra? Is it the other Witch mother? Sol? And that Sith "Master" might probably end up being the most predictable Qimir

I thought the “we need a tracker for our tracker” line was funny. I had a giggle on that. I didn’t really notice any flatness during the episode. I was too engrossed in the story. 😅

Why are y’all so against thinking that the Jedi covered up the incident in this show? Like the Mundi thing doesn’t retcon his TPM line 🤦🏻‍♂️

Personally I think there is some really fuckery going on with Yoda. If Yoda knew of Bane's Rule of Two from a Sith Holocron or texts, they would be in the Sith section of the Archives that only Masters on the High Council were able to access. But none of the other High Council members had ever heard of the Rule of Two, even Mace seemed surprised when Yoda explained it to him. And we saw in Clone Wars S6 that Yoda immediately recognized the ghost of Darth Bane, even though he "died" around 100 years before Yoda was born. That little green bastard is hiding something from the other Jedi...

Hi Meg, awesome news update, I enjoyed this episode, nice to see new aliens, I loved the little beaver, and the way the sith floated into view, but I do not know why mae turned against there master so quickly bur I think the man she aas with is to small to be her master, I think it is the mother who survived the fire in episode 2, this episode was better than last week but I still think it will get better, thank you SWM

Yeah, ever since in the first episode when Osha said, "I'm very flexible" to Jecki I was like, "Oh, yeah, that was an awkward sexual entendre, they're going to get shipped." And lo and behold. I liked Episode 4 lots better than Episode 3, but man did that last episode leave a bad taste in my mouth.

I don’t think Mundi lied in Phantom Menace.m All he knows is that a former padawan and/or her twin is killing Jedi. Sith need not be involved. Not sure why this is so hard for people to understand.

If it’s actually Qimir, I am going to lose it. That would be the dumbest and most telegraphed person. This mystery is not a mystery if they just purposely don’t give you pieces of mystery to actually solve it.

“Sniffer beaver” 😂😂 I love you Meg

in the comic books for the same era they had issues with splinter groups

Did anyone else see Plo Koon in the background with the other Jedi on Khofar?

7:22 It sounded correct. The Mind creates imagery from words that have multiple meanings or slang interpretations. These concepts 'sound' alrite in our head, but once they are spoken, it may bring a pause of the flow of Energy within the Speaker, while The Mind tries to find an excuse, or say something else to avoid accoubtability after saying, "potpourri punany" & "fresh snatch aroma" or one of the Many variations of 'sniffing beaver. Never In Less; I enjoy your critique, reviews and updates on all things SW. I hear Objectivity and Compassion within your Voice for this new SW series. While not sugar-coating your critique, you do give a constructive and honest review of this episode. With that being said, as I was typing out the above paragraph, my Mind said that it is possible that the Objectivity and Compassion that I hear may simply be the Idea I have of You, as created by The Mind the accent of your speech and/or the Maturity, Experience and/or Speech training. My point is that many Content regarding SW: The Acolyte has been very subjective and expressed from the moment of emotional reaction. I haven't watched these AARs(after-action-review) to sense the total lack of Objectivity as I can read it within the video title and the still-frame used for the video in Feeds. They are done to create an emotional reaction within the Body and once The Mind creates this illusion(yes, the Not-Self Mind makes Maia) the viewer identifies with this feeling as the viewer identifies their Authentic-Self from what The Mind says. When we look at this from the 'Man on A Hill' perspective, I posit that without Awareness of the conditioning and determining factors in this (backwords), many Human Beings in today's Society are living in Fantasy worlds of their own Creation in which other worlds are created within their own Creation and so on and so forth. This is a great use of the Conceptualization process as long as One has mental-clarity or logical-feelings on the World's Within World's of The Mind. Mental-Clarity is allowing the emotions to go thru its involuntary wave process, controlled by the Body like Breathing, and combining that 60%-70% Surety, with the 80%-100% Logic of The 1+1=2, Critical Mind. For example: I have created a World within My Mind, based on SW Lore where, Man Kind all can use the 'Force' and it's Real, and Manifests humbly, w/o sound effects like the silence at a Rock Concert in Outer Space. I consciously know this World I created by Mind is make-believe and I exit and enter this Maia in such way that my Awareness of the Construct We Share is not distorted, ones grip on/of Reality is not lost. Many are living Within their Solipsistic Realms of Dissonance by the Pattern of taking the Emotions or Feeling Within in the Moment as Truth and taking some type of Action from this False Truth given by a False Reality. This is apparent as No One is all the way Good, and No One is all the Bad. As you expressed in this Video, The Phantom Menace began here as the Beginning of The End of The Jedi Religion was not a product of or summation arising from Young Anny being too old and emotionally attached to his Mother. No, that was the effect felt a Century later. The Cause is from those that are born with Power, are Initiated in The School of Enlightened Pompous Good, where they are Unconsciously taught the only Right Way is This Way and later they perform rituals to a Coonscious Omnipotent Invisible Light Entity and then given Authority by the Galactic Republic and Order of The Jedi Knights.....these Knights went on a Crusade to impart the Galaxy with their Order. I do not need to summarize or, create the World of the Effects from the Cause, as We were given the SW story in this specific way as it mirrors the Program of this Simulation that was for Souls to Experience what Being A Human is for, hi-jacked by an intention of disregard, Conditional, Transactional Love, subjugation and Uncertainty. I will Speak this into the Aether, also known as: Radio, Television, Internet.

I really hope this doesn’t go too many layers into the Sith. The Sith at this point had a pretty strict Rule of Two. This was how they stayed covert for the millenniums between Old Republic and High Republic era. This show should be defining what DEFINES the Sith. One of the thing I dislike is they’re using terms fast and sloppy without giving any real lore. It all feels like very shallow storytelling.

I'm really liking the series despite the criticism, my only gripe is killing off certain characters before they have been given a chance to shine more without giving too many spoilers away. I do hope we get more from Lesley too in the future. There I have said it ❤

I got a building sister vibe from Ohsa and Jecki because in jedi culture, that's essentially what they are. The show is kinda going nuts with the duality motif from Phantom Menace so I took it as an extension of Osha's whole thing. I also really like how Qimir's sith lessons are obviously sith lessons to everyone but Mae. I suppose it was explained that her relationship is purely transactional to her but Qimir keeps trying to get her in on the ideology. The introduction of a red lightsaber does raise an eyebrow for me since Smylo doesn't seem to be there to kill the jedi but to silence Mae. I would be disappointed if they don't do a compelling job of making the Order look less cartoonishly naive than the New Republic seems to be.

The show been great

Sniff’er Beaver!!! Hahaha! You could hear the deadpan on your voice with the oopsie!

I didn’t even notice him I thought it was another’s of his people

its only 80 years before the phantom menace. 100 years before the end of ROTS.

I think smilo Ren is the apprentice and we haven't seen the master. Tenebrous is my pick. But we will see.

I mentioned this over on Twitter…but… It’s kinda crazy it has a budget so big and feels so cheap at times. The acting can be great…but then it goes off the cringe deep end every once in a while🤷‍♂️ I mean, it’s SW…so I’m gonna be locked in no matter what each week…but for me it’s been a rough watch so far😕

MEG! I need a Tee shirt that says "SNIFFER BEAVER" in your merch store ASAP! 🤣

Well, I don´t care about Torbin or Kelnacca. They a disposable characters for me 3-4 scenes and then I'm supposed to be interested ? A proper series should be made out of it with 15 episodes or more. First get to know all the characters in small missions before killing them so that there dead has an greater impact. The scenes in Disney seem like small talk to me. I don't like this concept of deception and subverted expectations. That's where the problem lies in my opinion with Disney Lucas Star Wars. Why because Rogue One worked works perfectly with good against evil for a bigger cause.

Thanks Meg! 🙏

It's not Kymere. This episodes trailer varified that. The "Sitth" said the jedi killed all their sisters. Not hard to put together tbh. It's one of the Mothers. Why do you think the "Sith" walked right to oashi?

I hope Plagueis is the true villain.

This episode had potential, but this cliffhanger crap has to end. I’ve got so much resentment for this series already from that alone.

I really liked this episode. How long has it been from the fire to ep #4. I think the twins which mother could be in the mask. Could she have been recruited by a Sith lord and turned in to an apprentice? She used way more power than a which should have had when blowing away the Jedi. Can't wait for ep #5

Another great episode to add to Star Wars Canon. 💜

As long as he isn't sith or anyone who finds out he's sith dies before they can expose him well be okay within Canon. Sith kill jedi behind the scenes all the time during the rule of two

Can’t believe we didn’t see the battle between the Wookie and the Sith Lady!!

Has anyone mused on Qimer being a play on 'Chimera'? I don't think I've seen it anywhere ..

I am struggling with EU being decanonized unless Disney wants to use specific things. If a race, character, race, planet, location, myth, or item is inserted into Disney SW from the EU, doesn't that make all things connected to that also canon negating the decanonizing and if that is true doesn't this entire "story" bleed all over the canon moving forward?