The first two episodes of The Acolyte came out this week, and I loved them. The latest Star Wars show is great. It’s 100% for me.

I’ve been really excited for this show ever since it was announced that it would be set in The High Republic Era of Star Wars. I’ve been a huge fan of the publishing initiative in the books, comics, manga, and audio books. The story and characters have been intriguing and I can’t wait to see how it wraps up in 2025.

With The Acolyte set 100+ years after the events after the books and comics, Leslye Headland has a somewhat blank canvas to do whatever she wants in this story. Things are exciting!

I was thrilled that they jumped out almost as fast as they possibly could with revealing that Amandla Stenberg was playing two characters in Mae and Osha. They didn’t let that linger in as a mystery at all.

So, what’s the story here…

The misdirection in the marketing was that this show would be about the mystery of somebody murdering Jedi, but we quickly learn that is not a mystery at all. We know immediately who has done the killing, and all of our main characters learn pretty quickly as well.

No, our mystery is the reason that Mae is targeting Indara (Carrie-Anne Moss), Torbin (Dean-Charles Chapman), Kelnacca (Joonas Suotamo), and Sol (Lee Jung-jae). What happened 16 years ago when they visited the village of Mae and Osha? It certainly feels like the Jedi screwed up here… Somehow. I can’t wait to see how

The opening fight scene between Mae and Indara was breathtaking. I loved that Indara didn’t reach for her lightsaber until the last possible moment. The choreography was beautiful, and it was shown again later in the night between Mae and Sol. Indara and Sol coolly and calmly handling Mae was fun to see.

I want to hit on some of the Jedi characters that we got here:

• Sol: Watching him be in complete control of all of his emotions except with regards to Mae, Osha, and the night of the fire, certainly leads me to believe that we’re being misled about what actually happened.
• Indara: Carrie-Anne Moss gave off “Jedi Master” vibes immediately. The opening fight scene was spectacular. I’m excited to see the flashback scenes to see the younger version of her.
• Yord: I love that we got a straight-laced, by-the-book Jedi. He feels straight out of the Ki-Adi Mundi lineage. It felt like he was easing into the “Ok, sometimes things aren’t black and white.” line of thinking. I’m really interested to watch his development.
• Jecki: She was funny. I like funny Padawans. I like how confident she was in her first mission. There was a recent video clip of Dave Filoni talking about how, when they were making The Clone Wars, they were going to make Ahsoka out of her depth in her first mission, but George Lucas was like, “Why would she be out of her depth in her first mission? She’s Jedi. This is what she’s trained for her entire life.”
• Vernestra: I’ve seen some minor complaints that she’s different than she’s been in the books set during The High Republic, and… Yeah? It’s been 100 years, and she’s no longer a 16 year old girl. Why is this shocking? She’s seen some shit.

I can’t wait to find out more about Kelnacca in the next episode.

Let’s get to the second mystery? Qimir is 100% the Sith apprentice that’s training Mae to be his acolyte, right? It’s the most logical. The way he changed when speaking to Osha was weird and creepy. He’s definitely “Darth Teeth” (I can’t wait to find out his name.).

I really liked these first two episodes of The Acolyte, and I can’t wait for me.