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The Acolyte Recap: Don’t You Know That You’re Toxic?
Shouldn’t Jedi Knights be harder to kill?
I have not seen Headland mention Umberto Eco’s 1980 novel The Name of the Rose(or its underrated 1986 film adaptation), but through these first two episodes, I’ve thought often about that book, which sees a monk and his apprentice investigating murders in a monastery, dealing with the culture and biases of an isolated and ossifying institution. Headland starts out her series in a similar style, but so far The Acolyte isn’t compensating with the relentless action common to the Lucas films (and to The Mandalorian, a closer point of comparison). It’s also worth noting that after Mae uses a cloud of dust to facilitate slipping away from the Jedi, Osha has a brief moment where she sees her sister and has a chance to neutralize her with a plasma blast.
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