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STAR WARS: THE ACOLYTE SERIES REVIEW
The Knights of One Of Us, Melina, Neil, and TC, gather in the Jedi Council Chambers to discuss the newest entry in the Star Wars canon, The Acolyte. This mystery-thriller tells the dark tale of of Mae (Amandla Stenberg), an assassin of Jedi who has been trained in the ways of the Force. She is targeting four specific members of the Order connected to her past, including Master Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss) and Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae of Squid Game). The only way to track down this murderous young woman and stop her before it’s too late is for Master Sol to bring his a former Padawan and Mae’s twin sister, Osha, out of her self exile. Though she has long since given up her Force practice, Osha is still brimming with potential. This show delves into murder, secrets of the past, and the threat of an emerging Dark Side not seen in the galaxy for centuries, all set in the final days of the High Republic Era, 100 years before The Phantom Menace. While the Squad has many thoughts on the practical locations, production design, and easily some of the most complex and impressive lightsaber fights in all of live-action Star Wars canon, they also have more than a few things to say about the overall quality of the series and its place among the other canonical Star Wars TV shows.
CREATED BY: Leslye Headland
STARRING: Amandla Stenberg, Lauren Brady, Leah Brady, Lee Jung-jae, Charlie Barnett, Dafne Keen, Rebecca Henderson, Jodie Turner-Smith, Carrie-Anne Moss, Manny Jacinto, Dean-Charles Chapman, Joonas Suotamo, Margarita Levieva, Harry Trevaldwyn, David Harewood
YOUR REVIEWERS
T.C. De Witt (Screener Squad)
T.C. De Witt is a multi-awarded writer/director originally from Wisconsin and now based in Los Angeles. His life has been devoted to the arts since he was a child. He’s been a stage performer, playwright, stand-up comic, film and television actor, radio DJ, podcaster published author, recorded musician, and comic writer/illustrator. He is now a professional screenwriter and has been thriving for the past decade, regularly offering his talents to production studios in LA, Chicago, Milwaukee, and internationally in Sydney and Poland. He’s provided content for Amazon Prime, Netflix, and several YouTube partners. His films have screened internationally, and his stageplays have been performed across the country. In the last ten years, he has directed 57 films, 23 episodes of his series The One Minute Rewatch, 300+ episodes of podcasts, and his multi-award-winning short film Screen: Righter screened at the Festival de Cannes in 2016. He has released two feature films, The Princess Knight and A Christmas Sunset. He thrives on collaboration and the thrill of sharing stories in all forms.
Melina Eames (Screener Squad)
Melina first discovered that she carried the nerd gene at the tender age of four following her exposure to a little film called A New Hope. In the twenty-some years that followed, Melina continued to grow into her geek identity through the discovery of Batman, Mst3k, Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and The Mandalorian. But perhaps her most significant discovery came at the age of fourteen when a night of YouTube mining led her to the review site of Spill.com. Melina became a devoted follower whose fandom did not end with the site’s demise. By then, it had worked its dark magic and left her with a love and appreciation for film criticism that she has yet to shrug.
Neil Anderson (Screener Squad)
I first got hooked on movies when I saw Star Wars at a drive-in theater as a kid. Growing up in a small, rural town meant not having access to a lot of movies. In college, that all changed. I couldn’t get enough. I love it all — flicks, films, movies, and cinema. I still have that wide-eyed wonder of that kid watching movies from the back of a pick-up truck at the drive-in.
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