'The Acolyte' just restored my faith in Star Wars — and I'm not alone
While The Acolyte is reviewing well enough, as good as Ahsoka, perhaps, but not quite as well as The Mandalorian and Andor, I came away from the episode not really liking the entire central premise.
This is not a spoiler, as both a late TV spot and an interview with the star herself confirmed this before the show even came out, that Amandla Stenberg plays force-powered twins on the show. Here’s what she said to The Electric Playground:
I…don’t like it so far. I don’t think it worked well in the first two episodes, and I’m not sure how I feel about how it seems like it’s going to play out going forward, but I suppose I have to give it more of a chance.
There are a few problems with this. The show tries to pull a “gotcha” in the first episode by having Mae stalk and kill a Jedi (Carrie-Anne Moss, who better be in some flashbacks lest she not be totally wasted)