The Acolyte - The Most Frequently Asked Questions ANSWERED

The Acolyte is over and a lot of the same questions pop up over the course of the season. So today I’m going to answer the most frequently asked questions I saw over and over again.

0:00 Intro
0:12 What is an Acolyte?
0:57 What about the Nihil?
2:02 What is the High Republic?
2:41 How can there be fire in space?
3:37 What is the Barash Vow?
4:23 Are witches new to Star Wars?
5:06 Do the twins make Anakin less special?
6:14 Why does Indara have a second tattoo?
6:43 What's going on with Ki-Adi-Mundi?
7:47 Why does Vernestra hide everything from the High Council?
8:40 What is Bazil?
8:59 Why do so many Sith have masks?
9:58 What is cortosis?
10:53 Is that unknown planet Ahch-To?
11:20 Why doesn't Qimir have yellow eyes?
11:53 Why does Jedi training fade, but Sith training doesn't?
12:28 Why doesn't Vernestra like hyperspace?
12:59 How does Vernestra have a lightwhip?
13:28 How does the Stranger hear in his helmet?
13:51 What was the hyperspace disaster?
14:19 What and where is the vergence on Brendok?
14:55 Did Indara actually speak with the Council?
15:37 What is a symbiont?
15:58 How did the fire spread in the fortress?
16:36 What power was Mother Aniseya using?
16:59 Is Kelnacca a madclaw?
17:27 Did all the witches actually die?
17:58 Is Mother Koril dead?
18:23 Why didn't Sol use the Force to save both twins?
19:38 Why did Bazil sabotage Sol's ship?
19:56 Was that Darth Plagueis?
20:14 How did Osha change the color of Sol's lightsaber?
20:47 What should you read now that The Acolyte is over?

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[sebastianpiriz]

if realism is your problem with Star wars there are a few other things to consider before fire in space

[janneholm]

I am glad I can watch a video about this series without the anger that seems to be in every other video on youtube

[myriadmediamusings]

Amusing to think in the old Legends continuity, Maul woulda been considered an Acolyte. Palps at least indulged him by making him a Darth.

[kamotrof]

Revan didn’t wear a mask because it looked cool. He wore it to revenge the genocide of a race by the Mandalorian, as well as the slaughter of a mandalorian that tried to save that race. The helmet belonged to the latter.

[fraliexb]

4:00 the real question about Master Torbin is, how did he go from Padawan to Jedi Master in 6 years? For the last 10 years he has been in his meditation.

[alecstronach]

Ki-Adi Mundi never explicitly learns of the Sith, but he does learn of a dark side user who was trained by another, much more adept dark side user. He may be overconfident and arrogant, but he is also intelligent enough to become a master on the high council. I am not convinced that in the decades he had to investigate and wonder about this dark side user that he never once considered that it may be Sith. His outright refusal to believe the Sith have returned makes little sense when he, in his own lifetime, learns of a powerful dark side user who's identity remains a mystery. With the Acolyte's inclusion of him learning about the existence of Qimir, although not explicit, does make him one of few Jedi who should be curious and sceptical about the return of the Sith, which makes little sense when he is the main Jedi on the high council who outright denies Qui-Gon's claim and implies he finds it ridiculous and unrealistic. He of all people on that council should be the most sceptical given his knowledge of Mae and her mysterious master. His role in The Acolyte could have been filled by any nameless Jedi grunt, so the fact that it was him that found out still feels incredibly careless no matter how hard you try to defend it. End of the day, it was sloppy to include him in this investigation.

Just a little side note, I don't care when he was born, that's not the issue.

[THX----]

Hi, actually in episode 6 you can see that Osha was able to see through the helmet visor as she puts it on much like some medieval knight helmets. What Qimir means by "sensory deprivation" probably means to help him to focus with the force. Love the channel and video. 🙂👍

[sundhaug]

After she drops the lamp you can see liquid on the floor

[dramaturge]

Hi, Alex! A symbiote is a biological life form that lives on another life form. Since midichlorians live in beings, they can be classified as symbiotes. Since the actual genetic material of the symbiote is different than that of their host, even twins shouldn’t have the same number of symbiotes. That would be as odd as twins having the same number of colonies of staph on their skin.

[nicksmith]

I really appreciate the way you draw connections to so many niche and/or unknown parts of established SW lore - it makes it so much more interesting!!

[DefaultProphet]

The fire spreading in the coven: The lantern has gas in it and is hooked up to a gas line in the walls. Fire spread through that line imo

[Rad]

I think a lot of the fandom needs to watch this video lol

[empireofengland]

Seeing those questions i feel myself more smarter. I mean, seems people even haven't watched episodes breakdowns at least, and just asking questions

[wordlifemoney]

i still wonder why they played kylo's theme in episode 5

[Piratesi]

Omg your explanation for why didnt Sol just Force Grab the girls instead of the bridge, Is Spot On. I keep telling people this, and im just like “Its all there”. SW is mostly visual story telling, and they showed a lot.

[marcmarieny]

This is excellent, thank you! Will definitely be watching your other ones and taking your reading recommendations.

[mishjone]

Love this breakdown and the explanation wihike being sardonic

[OrionInSpace]

I appreciate you answering questions about some of the more divisive things that certain fans have tried to conjure up to get mad about. This show for me is maybe my least favorite of the live action shows but I at least recognize that there are certain things that make no sense in context to the events that this show is making a story out of that fans want to get mad about. I don’t know how you could possibly ever think that this hinders the story of Anakin or his chosen one prophecy it just makes no sense to me.

[Ryguy]

You say that Ro isnt remembered in history, but in the main SW comic the Empire discovers a cell of Nihil.
The admiral of a Star Destoryer mentions the person as a Ro and then decimated their base from space.

It shows how much more powerful the Empire has become

[fraliexb]

Then how do rockets work in space? 3:00

Just because Space is a vacuum, doesn't mean whatever is burning supplies the oxygen itself.