Wait What... 

“I’ve got a bad feeling about this…”

“We’re supposed to be going up not down.”

SW fandom: Don’t try it. I have the high ground. Disney: You underestimate my power! Disney: * Force leaps SW Fandom:* cuts off Disney’s income as it attempts to brainwash everyone with its hypocritical wokeism Fandom: You were family entertainment! We loved you! You were supposed to continue George’s legacy, not destroy it! Disney: I hate you!!!!

han solo said it best "that's not how the force works"

Hate when writers take other peoples work, especially when it has a huge fanbase already, and try to rewrite it to be something else that suits their agenda. It's The Witcher TV show all over again.

"Not to worry, we are still driving half an IP"

What surprises me is that they think that LESLIE of all people could do Star Wars in a different way and better than George 🤣

Wait... She interprets Kylo teaming up with Rey as some kind of synergy between light and dark joining forces? How about Kylo joining Rey was actually just him turning back toward the light, becoming Ben again, and therefore it was NOT a combination of the light joining with the dark.

More people shaping Star Wars lore who don't understand Star Wars. Neat.

Can we stop changing the Force and just give me some Sith Lords?!

Screen Rant: "Another great example of Disney's new definition..." Yoda: That is why you fail

It sounds like we're getting a character that uses the light and dark side of the force in the show with little repercussions, saying it's ok to use the dark side. I'm sure this won't cause problems.

"Anger and frustration are quick to give power, but they also imbalance you." - Ahsoka Tano So Dave Filoni reestablished George's idea of balance in Ahsoka, and now she's contradicting that in the Acolyte. Nice.

I've been asking myself that same question over and over since "The Last Jedi".

5:43 Exactly - that's what even Kyle Katarn says to Jaden. Powers aren't evil by nature, it's how you use them that defines you. I swear, more people need to read the story and journey of Kyle Katarn to understand what true balance is. He went all over the place and through him, we explored all variations of what the force does to you.

Jedi: “I am a servant of the force” Sith: “the force is my servant”

I really want to be excited for Acolyte but I am more scared than anything

'Close your eyes, what do you see?' 'I see a gigantic turd, at least 100 courics.'

when Yoda said "for the Force is my ally and a powerful ally it is" he meant that the Force means good to him, it helps him in his life, it's like a relationship between the 2 in the case of the Sith it's not a relationship, they don't hear the Force at all, it's just a Weapon to them, that corrupts the Force, in turn their body gets corrupted and decays aswell

The concept of there being no light without darkness is not something she came up with, so first of all let's dispel that - Ridley Scott's movie Legend established this, as it was some of the final words Tim Curry's character shared with Tom Cruise's character before getting cast into the void in the third act of the movie. Secondly, Matthew Stover's novelization of Revenge of the Sith touched on this beautifully with this quote: "The brightest light casts the darkest shadow. The dark is generous and it is patient and it always wins - but in the heart of its strength lies its weakness: one lone candle is enough to hold it back. Love is more than a candle. Love can ignite the stars." The way Matthew Stover describes it, the presence of light presents the scenario of an equal amount of darkness, but it only takes a small amount of light to undermine and defeat any amount of darkness.

Star Wars: Darth Plagueis is far superior then acolyte!

"That's not how the Force works." - Some old guy

I had the privilege of a week with the Shaolin monks in their temple in China. They practise pure Zen Buddhism. George based the force on Chi energy that exists as a force in everything. It’s not something you plug into for good or evil, it is! The Shaolin monks don’t study how to attach to the energy it is there inside everyone and everything. A force of life if you like. They learn through practice, discipline and meditation to develop it to its full power inside each and everyone. They don’t train to attach unless threatened, they train to defend. Sound familiar. The Jedis are mindful of the moment, that’s where power lies if they have realized their full potential.

This is what happens when people are taught and obsessed with "deconstruction" and "challenging norms" they don't want to make their own stories they want to tear down things that are already there, it's sad and unimaginative.

They explained it pretty well in the OT, The Dark Side is the quick and easy path. Sure, you'll get a lot of power pretty quick, but you'll pay for it in the long run.

Moral ambiguity. That's what they're pushing in everything. Just another way for them to move the goalposts on social issues.

Crazy how we all went from super excited, to getting slightly scared and in the end losing interest all together for the Acolyte.

Balance is NOT a middle ground BETWEEN light and dark. Balance = Light Side Imbalance = Dark Side It's very much like Mufasa who maintained the balance of the circle of life, versus Scar who let the Hyenas run wild the throw off the balance and ultimately ravage the pride land.

If it wasn't clear before, it's clear now, she's bending Star Wars to fit her worldview. Her perspective on the force is fundamentally at-odds with George and (big surprise) with reality. The very essence of the Sith and with bad people in general is that they are at odds with nature, with life

Be careful about Screenrant, they're pretty clickbaity...

The talk of balance always reminds me of why I believe Windu was one of the strongest "internally" just because of his lightsaber form. They say that his form was a pure attack from which completely goes against Jedi only fighting for defense. His from alone was a mighty dark side temptation and he always kept that at bay and stayed true to the light. Except for that whole "Ima kill Sidious right now" thing. I believe he was one of the strongest in sheer fortitude and conviction.

Darkness is the absence of light. It is not a thing. It is the absence of a thing. So yes, you can have light without darkness. But I'm not surprised to hear Leslye Headland would say this.

I agree with theory. The saying is “may the force be with you” not “may your force powers be in balance.” Balance is supposed to be about serving the will of the force, not that anyone who is “balanced” can suddenly use the force like a Jedi/Sith can.

These people just want to destroy the franchise.

At least we don’t have to worry about this show being canon since it changes the way the Force and balance works

So basically Disney is saying they don’t understand the force

I don’t see Anakin’s portrayal in Ahsoka as being the go-to. He’s unique. The Chosen One, and I also believe that he likely took the father’s place in the WbWs. For whatever it’s worth, I always really loved the portrayal of Luke in the EU. He learned from the mistakes of those that came before him and learned to balance his own life and desires, which in turn allowed him to show tremendous balance and power in the Force.

Kyle Katarn Form the Jedi Knight games had the Same view on force abilities. "“Remember, abilities aren't inherently good or evil... it's how you use them.”

These writers are the equivilence to people damaging or destroying great pyramids and other great relics.

At this point Theory, you’re the only reason why I’m still into Star Wars at this point in time. Your content, your lightsabers, your stories, theories, etc. This feels like I’m throwing in the towel lol…

Something tells me this might be the dagger that ends anyone's faith in Disney Star Wars

How about we stop watching ANY Star Wars material coming from Disney? Once and for all; How about that?

Yeah, in my head the force is a sort of natural energy, like a wave, it pushes it pulls it ebs and flows and you can move along side and with it, as the jedi do in harmony. Or you can say "I want to turn this water to ice, to strangle those within it" which disrupts, transforms and alters the force into something its not naturally supposed to be, causing chaos and in a sense creating the dark-side.

Ever since TLJ, i go to every disney SW project with caution and my senses are tingling with this one. I wanted an old republic movie/show for a while and now that we finally have one i dont have a good feeling about it.

7:35 that eye roll, that got you a like and subscription.

Acolyte? More like Acoshyte 🥱😪

I feel a great disturbance in the Force.! As if billions of voices suddenly cried out in Horror. But could never be silenced.! I'm paraphrasing of course.

You know, fun fact. In the Star Wars game Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy, one of Kyle Katarn’s first lessons to the character is “remember abilities aren’t inherently good or evil. It’s how you use them.” Which is a very interesting concept. If you used force abilities in selfish ways then that’s how you become out of balance and lose control to the Dark Side.

"So high on thier own farts" this brings new meaning to the "Death Star" 😂

This sounds like the whole idea of ….”making likable villains….villains your (supposed to) feel for ,and no true villains/evil that stay evil “ not my cup of tea….but I’ll watch “crouching Jedi hidden saber when it’s out” with low expectations

I am utterly amazed at Disney's ability to tank this franchise, all these young directors and writers have never heard of wisdom or criticism in their life so they will continue to push out dogshit

I swear to the force... If they fuck this up as well I'm done with the whole franchise... I'm so sick of all the bs they've created...

The thing I’m worried about for the Acolyte is just how they’re gonna portray the Jedi. This is supposed to be during the high republic and when the Jedi are at their peak. The trailers look good but it seems like their going with the angle of the Jedi aren’t really that good and are hypocrites angle. This worked for the prequel era cause the point was that the Jedi lost their way. But, I think new Star Wars tries too much to say the Jedi aren’t actually a good thing. The Jedi were always supposed to be good, they just fell from grace at the point of the prequel.

I think you could also apply the idea of cockiness to the jedi, they refused to believe that a sith could be controlling their moves to a level that they were told what was coming and they ignored it completely. It had been so long since anything challenged them that they forgot there was something out there that actually could. All light is not balance as all light also leads to the idea of we are untouchable

Why can’t they just give us Keanu Revan? Thats literally all we want. We don’t want a reshape of the force especially without George.

The force was always like a tool to me. How you used that tool was completely up to the wielder themselves and their capabilities with it.

Quote from Return of the King, (that’s the way I look at the dark side of the force): “ The Shadow that bred them can only mock, it cannot make: not real new things of its own”

All I got from this is that the acolyte is gonna be absolutely terrible just like 95% of the “Star Wars” content Disney has put out🤣

Every Star Wars fan: “please go back to the old formula” Every Disney Star Wars creator “we’re going to revolutionize Star Wars”

"Abilities are not good or evil. It's how you use them!" - Kyle Katarn

dear god i wish people would stop messing with established Lore just to make "their mark" ffs. its tiring.

The Force isn’t dark or light - it’s just the Force. The USER makes it dark or light based on how they USE IT. In that, I 100% agree with Theory. Balance isn’t something you must “unlock” in other to use the Force. Balance is the light. When you’re unbalanced, you’re the dark. The Dark Side and the Light Side are not the same as good or evil or weak or strong. Mace Windu, a good guy, could tap into dark side abilities (his use of Vapaad for one, Shatterpoint for another) without becoming unbalanced. It does NOT make Mace evil. This article is written in such a way that it is confusing and quite possibly paraphrasing what Leslye Hedland really means. I’m not defending her but it seems like they’re taking her words and trying to explain it in their way. “Just for clicks!”

“That’s not how the Force works…”

The force is not strong in that one. DEI drags her towards the dark side.

How do you move away from something you were nowhere near to begin with?

“Yeah George said this about the force but I disagree and I’m gonna do it my way because I can.” Essentially is what I got from her quotes. How did NOBODY at Lucasfilm step in and shut her blasphemy down?

I don’t know how anyone can trust Disney at this point, especially when trying to diagnose the force in a new way. And especially coming from this woman that’s in charge of this series.

To each, their own. In the end reality rules all, hence faith, hope.

This is straight out of the post-modernist playbook. Palpatine himself summarized it best: “Good is just a point of view, Anakin.” It’s nauseating.

How could you do this? This is outrageous, it’s unfair.

In some ways i'd like to think Palpatine may have also not fought Vader off because in some way he might've been proud of Vader for finally "beating" him.

I’m struggling with the fact that I’ll probably just have to give up on following new Star Wars shit all together because of how bad Disney is butchering it. What the hell is going on man.

This show will show how Disney has no idea about what theyre doing.

Star Wars really has me caring more about a Lego show than anything live action

To me I think of the force as just a "force of nature". It does not care of the affairs of living beings. The morals that humans and aliens put on their own civil communities to keep itself from chaos. Think of a force as a light saber itself. It can be used for good, evil or even a bit of both. It's the intend of the user (the force user) that dictates the action from the force. A force push when force user doesn't want to hurt someone. Force lightning when he does want to hurt or kill someone. The Jedi just created a Code to keep their force users from losing control from themselves. That creates chaos and in unbalance when the Jedi can sometimes lose control of their emotions which lead to greed, fear, anger. And the Sith created their code to have total freedom to use the force as they pleased. They hated being controlled by the Jedi. It's a story as old as time. Two factions that disagree on ideals and they fight each other to see which idea wins. But at the end of the day, I believe, the force is just that a tool to be used by some powerful living beings. I don't think the force itself thinks about right or wrong. What's good or evil, it's truly neutral to the affairs of humans/aliens. Wasn't this discussed in Rebels cartoon with the Bendu.

this is up there with "2 Jedi, 2 Sith. It's balance!"

"Stop! Stop! He's Already Dead"

Do they ever stop to think before going forward with an idea as to whether or not the fans will accept it?

I have a bad feeling about this! Disney Star Wars just wants to destroy what we all learned to Love.

yeah, 1,2,3,4,5,6 is star wars. everything else seems to be a fever dream.

Just when you thought they couldn't kill star wars anymore. I was wrong.

Oh lord. Not this entire discussion on ‘balance’ again. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, these ideas have been foreshadowed as far back as the mortis arc in TCW.

“There is no light without darkness” So that grey Jedi thing.

If no one watches the show then it can't take the force anywhere.

This just reinforces my decision to not watch this show

Did you hear about Pablo Hidalgo saying that Lucas liked Kenobi? 😬

I think, if you decided to start a Kickstarter campaign so that you can buy the SW rights, the target goal would pass within 24 seconds at this point...

Imagine waltzing into a 40+ year old fandom that has movies, shows, video and board games, books and comics and so on and so on and just being like "This is how it works!" Unreal...

I’m convinced Disney is trying to tank their own company. Doing the same thing expecting a different result. Insanity.

Yep we're fucking doomed

I don't mind this, it's kind of going off of the prophecy and Anakin restoring balance how he did. Like how nature has a homeostasis it always returns to eventually if you give it enough time to.

She's the same person who said that she cried throughout the ENTIRE movie of "Frozen" from beginning to end.

“It might be a personal thing.” It is. It is a personal thing that she wants to implement in this world of Star Wars. Leaving a statement of her work. It just sounds bitter.

You know this show is going to be bad if Disney cancelled the damn show before anyone has even watched it

Magic the Gathering did this to their franchise. It used to be every color has their own uniqueness, then they destroyed those distinctions and all the colors felt the same.

You can't save it. Learn to let go. He promised to show youbthe power to save Star Wars. You were supposed to bring greatness to it not leave it in darkness.

The sort of word salad nonsense you’d expect from Harvey Wienstien’s former PA.

Sounds a bit to me like Leslie thinks you need to be equally good and evil in yourself to be better with the Force. I would completely disagree with this.

it's like an unspoken rule by now that nobody agrees with disney-era star wars stuff that they make nowadays, at least not until they prove themselves worthy

I want to hear your take on George saying he liked Kenobi.