The Acolyte (2024): Episode 05 - Unveiling the Sith - RECAP

There has been a lot of talking about the series of how bad it is, before I go nose first into the episode lets make something clear, the hole aspect of including females as main character is going to cause a revolution among Star Wars fan since most of them are men and I think we don't have to look this up I'm sure this is a fact there for when you poke the internet bear he is going to hit hard and send the rating to the very center of Earth if not below, I have seen way worst TV series and did not get this scores, Wolf Pack (2023) was a Fng bad TV series trying to bring back Buffy and got a 6.5!!! really?? I could not even continue watch it because the plot, acting and cgi was so bad. The Acolyte is not at that level, its just a large fanbase making a big roar and that I can understand, Star Wars fan base is probably one of the larges ever.

The series started very if not extremely slow keeping the suspense for too long, always ending episodes with big cliff hangers been episode 4 the biggest cliff hanger, Episode 5 comes back hard with great fight scenes, a bit censore to my taste like when Qimir cut the both Jedi head the put them behind a three but probably because of the audience that might watch this series.

The episode name Night is contrast to the previous episode called Day, this mostly reffers to Mae and Osha but this time fits perfectly as we finally know who the mysteryous Sith is, the series didn't try that hard to hide it but it's Qimir. Different than previous episodes this one is full of action and I consider is the best one so far, there are still three more episodes to go so I would expect another final battle, besides we still havent seen Vernestra Rwoh using her wip style light saber.

The episode finally reveals who the Sith Master is but that opens the question to who train him? why nobody mention the word Sith and why Qimir said it like he is the only one who knows what the fuck is a Sith, the revelation confirms the theory that I had since episode one, the shape and how tall the Sith was fit perfectly Qimir. During some of the conversation he had with Sol he did mention a few key things like "you dont remember me?" and "back where everything started" refering probably to Osha and Sol the day he rescue her from falling during the fire, at the same time Qimir is all burn around his arms so probably he was with the coven of witches been the only boy he was probably hidden all the time.

Qimir turn out to be a great match for Sol and the other Jedi that were with him but most of them seem like lower tier Jedi, only Sol, Yord and Jecki been the ones that could put up a battle to Qimir. Qimir also mention how all he wants is an Acolyte, an apprentice to practice the Force how he wants it but he knows Jedi wont allow it, real question is what he gets out of Mae quest to kill the four Jedi who had to do with the accident if not revenge for Qimir too, this adds to my theory that Qimir was there the day the Covenant of Witches were killed.

The entire episode was a constant battle between Sith and Jedi, I really love this because it was about time we had a proper battle not those wimpsy fights from the first episodes, but its evident why there are not so many battle scenes, similar to dragon fights when a Jedi or Sith pulls their saber is to use it meaning the possibilities of a character to die are very high, on this episode Qimir almost killed everyone except for Sol, Osha and Mae.

During the conversations while they were battling out many times both sides make it look like they were the good ones, on one side you got the Sith asking to be left alone all he wants is to practice the Force without Jedi interruption painting the Jedi as the bad guys trying to always control everything, I remember even how Qimir once said that the peace Jedi think they find is an illusion, same as how Master Torbin could never find peace and Kelnacca who went into hiding for the same reasons.

The real MVP of this episode was Jecki, RIP, when everything seem lost, most of the Jedi that went into the forest are dead, Yord going back to the ship with Osha trying to keep her safe and Sol having the worst part of the battle with Qimir. Jecki shows up a to arrest Mae, which she did. Mae and Jecki fight skills were very level but it was clear that Jecki had the most training out of the too, look more methodical on her moves, more sleek and kept flowing while Mae was more reactive to her moves. Jecki not only arrest Mae but also recover Kelnacca light saber that she use at a point to put up the best light saber fight of the episode against Qimir, dual light saber, knock Qimir mask that lead to reveal his identity and took the biggest L during the episode getting stab not once but three times in the chest during her fight with Qimir.

Osha and Mae keep revealing her past and their relationship has taken a dramatic change, at first when Mae sees her sister for the first time all she felt was love for her sister, even call her Oshi but its been shown before how possessive and dominant she was between the two. Osha on the other hand has always show her hate for Mae because she is to blame for the fire that kill everyone including their mother sixteen years ago, although this has not been proven to be true, yes it was Mae who did it but in her eyes it looks like she was been controlled.

After the fight is done there is a moment when they talk alone, Mae try to get Osha on her side at certain point I though she had it but its really weird how they go back and forward changing sides specially Mae, at one point she abandon her master Qimir to join Osha but at the ends she cuts he hair after knocking down Osha to go back with Sol and pretend to be her sister, this makes me think that this was part of the plan all this time to infiltrate Sol and kill him.

Osha stays at Khofar, laying on the ground and hurt, Qimir is alive and picks up his things but when he finds Osha he heal her wounds and cover her up, probably he will try to make her join him. The last conversation Osha had with Sol he was about to tell her the "truth" probably of what happen to her mother, Qimir will use this on his advantage to try to convince her Sol lied to her and she was been use all this time.

I like how the story keeps unfolding and for sure we are going to have a lot of flash backs since I would expect two if not three episodes of context and little action, incrementing the suspense. Now that Qimir identity has been reveal the story needs to keep the audience interested and intrigue about the backstory of this whole situation.

I really enjoy this episode, different that others it was full of action, I love the fight between Jecki and Qimir they were both stunning, there was a moment when Sol almost fall into his rage about to kill Qimir but this is plan of his plan or character, either kill every Jedi who was related to the day of the fire or kill the dream, have a Jedi join the dark side like Sol almost did before Osha stop him, not because she wanted to safe Qimir but because as she was once a Jedi Padawn she knows even during the worst moments a Jedi can not fall into rage or vengeance.

So far I give this series a 6.5, in a ladder of Star Wars TV series I would put The Accolyte at the very bottom but still not a bad series to watch and have a good time, never let others tell you if a series is worth watching before you watch it yourself, I get why the Star Wars fans are mad and they have the right to be, Disney has mess with the Lore basically committing sacrilege but thats no reason for a fresh new viewer to consider its a bad series or even a casual viewer to consider its not entertaining.