Hello my fellow star warriors and welcome to my force-ful review of the season finale of the acolyte! Without further ado, away we go, as Rick likes to shout out to Morty!

Naming the last episode the same as the series is another example of slightly lazy naming in the recent Star Wars extended universe, as I’ve said many times before.

Watch my previous reviews of the acolyte as well as Ahsoka , Andor , Mando, Grogu, & Boba Fett to know more such examples.

This episode is the longest of the season, but only slightly. I like that the recap is quick, and we see Osha’s bewitching power working on the Sith Qimir too.

His reveal as Darth Smiley was kind of the low point of the series, because it was quite predictable. Still, here we are, still watching, and hoping for a satisfactory conclusion that won’t stretch into season 2, otherwise it’s just too much, too much!

That’s a reference to Benicio del Toro’s character in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas based on Hunter Thomason’s book.

Speaking of hammy acting like Jon Hamm in Mad Men, there’s a lot of overacting and somewhat forced exposition in this series, pun intended. The two episodes directed by Kogonada are REALLY SLOW.

Thankfully, by the time 42 minutes remain in this series finale, Mae escapes from Sol. I’ve always appreciated the silhouette parade of major characters, because it evokes nostalgia and sets up our brain to suspend its disbelief and get ready for the next battle, but instead of Tekken, JEDI!

And finally, we see that there’s someone more sinister in the shadows behind Qimir, an evil entity made very apparent by their glowing red eyes and skeletal form. Good! This is probably Darth Plagueis, isn't it?

Pretty soon, the twins get back to where they once belonged, like the beatles sang. Once again, we’ve got Sol and Qimir and Osha and Mae together again, in the fortress of Brendok, broken like Humpty Dumpty but clubbed together by the Force.

So, Sol and Qimir do some Force Fu fighting, which is not really fast as lightning and also has major Matrix feels, while the twins who may not be sisters also face off , leading to a fight smash cut.

Just to reinforce the concept of duality, Osha now wears black while Mae is white.

In the end, the role reversal is complete, and the twin switcheroo ends with a mind wipe, but I don’t think that’s the end of this saga of dual identity dissociation, do you?

Discuss we must in the comments, says Yoda, on whose head closes the series!

Let’s see what happens in the future of the acolyte, meanwhile, smash that sub button for awesomax fun, thanks for watching, and May the Force be with you!

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