Revenge/Justice

I really hated the first episode. It reminded me of everything wrong with Disney Star Wars. Although the second episode wasn't MUCH better, it did get more enjoyable. They set up all the pandering in the first episode, so once you get past that and know what to expect, you can enjoy the show for what it is.

I'm disappointed at how they made yet another goofy male character over-eager to fight being berated by a wiser, more discerning female character. It's like Disney's go-to for the last 20 years.

The action is great. The Star Wars mysteries are being developed. Hopefully they finally bring in some more of the religious aspects of the Force that fans have been dying for in the live-action stuff.

Instead of a two part opener. This could had easily been combined with the first episode.

The flat script and the earnest acting did not help the opening minutes. It felt too vanilla.

Also being just too late to save the next victim from his fate was a trope that could quickly become tiring.

The saving grace is that Acolyte does have few gears to crank. The mystery is just what did these four Jedis do in the past. What guilty sin are they shouldering?

This includes Master Sol, his name is in the hitlist.

So there is a mystery worth exploring but also just what to do with the Osha and Mae saga.

The writing and acting will certainly need to pep up a bit.

I have defended every Disney Star Wars project to date (except The Last Jedi) but I can't let this one go. I really hoped I wouldn't get to a point where I would say that Disney has ruined Star Wars but I am finally here. This show is absolute trash. The premise had so much potential, but the script is terrible. Might be the first ever Star Wars project I don't even finish. No desire to continue watching, even with nothing else on currently. It's so sad too when you wait so long for something Star Wars related to come out. I can only pray Andor season 2 will be as good as the first. Now that's how you write a show.

This isn't terrible, but it's writing on the level of a CW superhero teen soap. Production quality is pretty good; sets and visuals are high quality. But, as has become a pattern with new Disney Star Wars properties (S1 Mandalorian & Andor excepted), the writing is insipid and formulaic; heroes - and especially villains - are cartoonish. They don't feel like nor behave like authentic persons. The leads don't possess charisma or chemistry. Expository dialogue is clunky and stale. Characters behave unintelligently, with implausible lack of the barest foresight, just because the script demands the plot keep moving. I'm hoping it improves, but sadly I'm not particularly hopeful.

This is slightly better than the last episode because it has a few less insanely stupid plot holes (that lifting the dirt up was still pretty stupid). Also slightly more funny than the last one and brings some ok tension in the story.

This is slightly better than the last episode because it has a few less insanely stupid plot holes (that lifting the dirt up was still pretty stupid). Also slightly more funny than the last one and brings some ok tension in the story.

This is slightly better than the last episode because it has a few less insanely stupid plot holes (that lifting the dirt up was still pretty stupid). Also slightly more funny than the last one and brings some ok tension in the story. 5.5/10.