The show runner for The Acolyte said it was "Frozen Meets Kill Bill".
Leslye Headland, the showrunner for Acolyte, described it as akin to the films Kill Bill and Disney's Frozen. Clearly, these two films have quite different material and target audiences, therefore description quickly piques curiosity. Of the two, Kill Bill made the most sense. Mae was shown involved in an epic fight with Jedi Master Indara, while people in The Acolyte discussed a mystery assassin roaming slaughtering Jedi throughout trailers.
Leslye Headland, the showrunner for Acolyte, compared it to films Kill Bill and Disney's Frozen. But given the very same story points, it was quite confusing that Headland would equate The Acolyte with a Disney princess film about two sisters. Once it was discovered Mae was a twin rather than a solo character, this made a little more sense; nevertheless, simply being sisters wasn't a strong enough link to the Frozen storyline for that kind of comparison. Though those parallels may have already indicated where The Acolyte is headed, the first three episodes have at last started to clarify how the two link.
One massive acolyte twist was set up 13 years ago in the last place you would expect.
One Star Wars: The Acolyte story twist surfaced 13 years ago in a tale wholly beyond the Star Wars galaxy. The first three episodes of The Acolyte have already shown plenty of shocks. Though it is the most recent addition to the chronology of Star Wars films and TV episodes, The Acolyte has plenty to live up to; nevertheless, so far, the show has succeeded by introducing startling elements in every single episode.
Though the two-episode premiere of The Acolyte revealed that there were actually two protagonists, twins Mae and Osha, trailers for the show had seemed to show only Mae—one character. Though the pilot positioned the twins as on two sides of the Force, Osha on the light side and Mae on the dark, the third episode, "Destiny," revealed that things are not as they first appeared. Now, more than ten years ago, the most improbable location may have provided the secret to The Acolyte's most recent Plot Twist.
The Acolyte's Big Bad Needs Improvement
Should this be the storyline twist The Acolyte is planning, the program will require a far better adversary. The show's promos feature Mae as one of two key adversaries, the other being a masked Sith not yet revealed. Although she is obviously a villain in the show—she killed several Jedi, after all—this turn would lessen her significance in that respect. More crucially, Star Wars already featured a story twist exposing a villain character who was wrongly accused of starting a fire killing people.
Against what Luke Skywalker thought, Ben Solo/Kylo Ren had not set fire to his Jedi Temple, as shown in The Rise of Kylo Ren comic book. Rather, Ben was horrified when a bolt of lightning—therefore probably Palpatine once more—hit the Temple, beginning the fire. Ever since Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker brought back Palpatine rather than allowing Kylo Ren to be the "big bad," Star Wars has had a somewhat villainy problem. By substituting a brand-new, far more terrifying villain and cutting the repeated story arc, hopefully Star Wars: The Acolyte will avoid repeating this error.
The Acolyte Already Suggests Mae Not Being Completely Responsible
Osha and her old master, Jedi Master Sol, talked about what had transpired in Osha's upbringing, pointing Mae as the villain who purposefully burned down the twins' house on Brendok, therefore killing their whole family. This first appeared more likely. Two more Jedi remained on Mae's hit list; she had already been depicted killing Jedi in the first two episodes.
When Mae visited the second Jedi she killed, Jedi Master Torbin, she offered him the choice of either confessing what he had done to the Jedi Council or swallowing poison. Torbin not only chose poison over confession but also apologized for the unexplained incident, explaining Mae the Jedi had felt they were acting morally. Mae's degree of regret points to possible partial responsibility. Furthermore, the incident itself is seen in The Acolyte's third episode from Osha's perspective. Although Mae's viewpoint is currently unknown, the events surrounding the killing of their moms and the whole coven of the Witches of Brendok seem somewhat dubious and point toward Mae not being their killer. Mae does set fire to the twins' room and threaten to kill Osha, but the dead Brendok witches' bodies were not burned.
The third episode of The Acolyte answered some important questions; nevertheless, it leaves audiences with more questions on what happened on Brendok.
Although the Acolyte episode 3 addressed some important issues, it still leaves viewers with much more questions on what transpired on Brenda. Set in the Star Wars world during the conclusion of the High Republic Era, the television series The Acolyte follows the Jedi and the Galactic Empire as they were most powerful. Investigating many crimes—all leading to darkness bursting from under the surface and ready to bring about the death of the High Republic—this sci-fi thriller sees a former Padawan reunited with her old Jedi Master.
Tuesday at 9 PM EST/6 PM PST on Disney+ are new The Acolyte episodes.
