The first two episodes of The Acolyte is pretty good for an opener. Funnily enough it used up most of the trailer footage so there's still a lot of mystery in store. Mostly concerning the Sith MYSTERIOUS MASTER 
It's not as gritty as Andor, but that's honestly a plus because this is a Jedi story, and we're not really supposed to be gritty with the Jedi.
...Unless it's KOTOR 2, which is honestly the exception that proves the rule
...Unless it's KOTOR 2, which is honestly the exception that proves the rule
As leads go, Osha is pretty good. I love that her job is essentially going to be outsourced to the droids.
ROBOTS TOOK HER JOBBBBBB
ROBOTS TOOK HER JOBBBBBB
Squid Games dude- er, Master Sol- is honestly top tier Jedi already. In the same vein as Qui-Gon Jinn, tbh. The kind of Jedi that's definitely going to be sorely missed come the Clone Wars where no one's thinking clearly enough to realize "wtf why are we generals in an army"
X-23- er- Padawan Jecki is fine, I do like Padawans who question their masters, it's a healthy relationship.
PINOY PRIDE- er, Manny Jacinto- is honestly the best character. Love him. Need more of him in future episodes
Qimir! Manny Jacinto is the actor. Qimir is the character
All in all, if it makes any sense, I love Andor's opening three episodes more, but in some ways I like Acolyte's opening two episodes more.
It's a proper adventure with larger than life characters, so it's more Star Wars-y than Andor's real-y realsy.
Also low key I like Acolyte's Force bullshit more than Ahsoka's.
SPEAKING OF, Goddamn is Ahsoka a lot more wooden acting than Acolyte. Which I will choose to interpret as "High Republic Jedi are more emotive than Order 66 survivors"
Vernestra is probably the woodenest acted, but I'm not sure if that isn't a deliberate "Yeah I'm old and on the council and we've all got sticks up our asses" character acting choice.
If anything, Trinity- er- Master Indara is the closest to Ahsoka levels of acting. But that might just be further proof of just being "proverbial stick in the mud" characters
If anything, Trinity- er- Master Indara is the closest to Ahsoka levels of acting. But that might just be further proof of just being "proverbial stick in the mud" characters
Current theory: Qimir is actually the Master. He's too charming not to be :v
suddenly convinced to download the first two episodes too~
I'm a pretty strong enjoyer of Disney canon so YMMV
the high republic is just a good timeline to play with because you really see how they're on the cusp of being the asshole Jedi of the prequels but they're not there quite yet
the high republic is just a good timeline to play with because you really see how they're on the cusp of being the asshole Jedi of the prequels but they're not there quite yet