As much as I want to like The Acolyte, it's squandering the potential of an intergalactic murder mystery with slow pacing and bad writing.
On paper, The Acolyte sounds like a surefire hit. Not only is this Star Wars series a crime thriller about a dangerous assailant taking out Jedi—it's also set about 100 years before The Phantom Menace. Free from the shackles of the Skywalker Saga, Disney had a chance to reassess this beloved fictional universe that is creaking under the weight of its canon.
Amandla Stenberg, who plays twins Mae and Osha, is charismatic, and does her best to serve as the show's dueling emotional cores, but she's fighting an uphill battle. Yes, the Jedi are under attack, but in this era, the Jedi appear to be overstepping the limits of their responsibility. So we're not really meant to root for the Jedi, but we don't want to see them murdered in cold blood, either.
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