Everything You NEED to Know Before Watching The Acolyte

The Acolyte is almost here! I've put together a crash course on the High Republic era, the characters, factions, and stories you might want to be familiar with before watching the new series.

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[starwarsbaseballboy]

Rereading Darth Plagueis right now, there is a lot of mention of Darth Tenebrous's master creating a ripple in the dark side that almost had the Jedi catch the attention of the Sith. I don't think it'll be the same exact thing, but I want to look for some nod from that in the book in this show

[Jedi_Spartan]

One hope I have for the series (which we probably won't see) is Sith characters interacting with Jedi while hiding in plain sight similar to sequences from the Darth Plagueis novel.

[ralphieboy]

Thanks for all the time you give to people like me who love Star Wars, but do not know the "History" of it all.

[zlshmzh]

Threepio is alive in this era. Anakin didn't build him from scratch. He salvaged a totaled old protocol droid and added parts as he found them.

[PowerLvL]

The most important thing to know is, in this universe, Anakin destroys the Death Star.

[crown]

I think that rather than lie about finding and killing a sith it would be really interesting to see them deny they found a sith.
Like have the main characters fight and kill the sith then give their report to the counsel only for them to be like “it wasn’t really a sith, probably just someone who studied them, and we know it can’t be a sith because they are extinct”
I think that would add a whole other layer to the downfall of the Jedi.
But that’s just what I would like to see

[connorlanham]

Great video Alex! I was just about to ask about if Vernestra would be on the council at this point, but no need to as you had the same assumption. It would be interesting if she was. Also, maybe the masked dark side user is an acolyte of the true Sith Lord, which I personally believe is Tenebrous, but you don’t have to agree with me on that though.

[Ryguy]

I appreciate the edit you put in!
I even stopped watching trailers to be surprised, and I don't listen to potential correct guesses.

Keep up the great work

[MrTragedious]

If this show is successful, maybe they should make more shows focus around this era. We do need more stories set outside the Skywalker Saga.

[bosanquet]

This is a first, A creator advising basically this is going to be a series that's probably best enjoyed as it unravels and not from watching videos like this. Well done and thanks for the advice as I stopped watching just after you said this. I respect that you want your viewers to enjoy The Acolyte to its full potential and not just take advantage to get higher viewership. Respect. I will tune in each week for each episode review. Also thanks for the background.

[daveshouse]

i feel star wars has two types of fans, the toxic ones that hate EVERYTHING coming out and the other that understands this stuff and that its very vast. i love all the side stories. i love the expanse its adding. i hardly EVER pay attention to reviews anymore because its just toxic as hell

[finntasticexplanations]

Finally a storyline that won't be propped up by cameos. This was interesting, thanks.

[Majestic]

I think the council may be hiding truth about the sith from the rest of the order, yoda in the phantom menace knows of the rule of two

[BigBatts]

What you need to know: it was terrible. Don’t waste your time

[saphyrionelendilion]

Thanks for explaining the High Republic to everyone, there is so much hate on the internet I am getting sick of this

[nickbutter]

If they made this movie so far in the past BBY... They should have just went novel book version and went back in the past. So far that instead of normal light sabers they used actual metal swords instead. Or sabers that was connected to a battery pack (I've seen novel book drawings of masters using them). Also back to the time where the Jedi was known as the Jedd---Di (Their first group name). Now that would be some thing to see.

[williambrackin]

I’m really excited for this!! I’ve loved the books I’ve read in High Republic and even though I love the stories we’ve gotten from the Skywalker era, it’s refreshing that we are finally getting to explore brand new characters away from that part of the timeline. I will still be the first in line for Skeleton Crew, but let’s take a dip together in unfamiliar territory!

[damongraham]

Thanks for the final warning after you saw the sneak preview. I decided to wait until after I have seen the Acolyte. I am putting this video in my Watch Later list.

[damian]

What show is the footage from a minute in to the video from, where a bunch of Jedi are raising their lightsabers?

[tompearce]

Basically a story set in the period before the Republic started declining towards political corruption and tension between the inner and outer planets.