Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

Ymmv but it's a coming complaint. Cartoons have a longer season as well.
Stories do not need to be long to be good. Say what you have to say then get out is the best way to write. Check out how sparing the prose is in The Chronicles of Amber.
And right now I woukd put Andor and Ahsoja over this. Except for the lightsaber fights.
I wouldn't. Andor has a few good moments and interminable hours of people walking along concrete walkways and sunbathing on Skegness beach. Ahsoka is just about watchable at double speed.

This particular story would not benefit from padding out the length of the episodes, it would just kill the pace.
 
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Yup, that's it for me. Shame. I thought the show had legs, but, this is just pointless.

Let me go all Cinema Sins for just a second.

1. In the time it takes Sol and Mae to get back to Sol's ship, Qimir has returned to the scene of the fight, picked up Mae, taken her back to his ship, flown to another planet, swam, with Mae in tow, across the water from his ship to his Bat cave, made dinner and then gone for a walk, all without waking Mae up. ((Hey, does that actually count as an actual plot hole? Since we know, as it has been established ON SCREEN, that Mae and Qimir's ship is several hours away from Kelnacka's house - so, exactly how did Qimir get back so fast?))

2. For some bizarre reason the tracker the SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT to track Mae doesn't tell Sol, the guy that BROUGHT him specifically to track Mae, that Mae is on the ship and doing bad things. Because... reasons?

3. The jedi on the planet can tell that the fight was with one person, and that person was erratic, but, cannot tell that it wasn't Sol? And NO ONE STILL CHECKS ON THE DEAD WOOKIEE! No one makes any notice of all the drawings and symbols all over the inside of his home? Just not enough of a clue?

4. What was the whole point of giving the droid back to Mae, just so she could do a factory reset by pushing a single button and then wander around the ship being moody until Sol finally knocks her out? Mae chasing the tracker through the ship had about as much tension as overcooked spaghetti.

And the entire explanation of Coriolis (or whatever the Nth metal helmet is) is that it's handy against lightsabers. And, it apparently helps you access the force... because.. well.. we need the magical Unobtanium to be able to do whatever the plot needs at the time.

Yeah, I'm done. I gave it my best shot. I was actually excited to watch this after seeing others being so keen on the episode. But, nope. This is very much not for me.
 

2. For some bizarre reason the tracker the SPECIFICALLY BROUGHT to track Mae doesn't tell Sol, the guy that BROUGHT him specifically to track Mae, that Mae is on the ship and doing bad things. Because... reasons?
I’m pretty sure they brought the tracker to help them find the wookiee, not Mae, but even so, I was expecting him to be able to tell the difference between the twins.
 


Stories do not need to be long to be good. Say what you have to say then get out is the best way to write. Check out how sparing the prose is in The Chronicles of Amber.

I wouldn't. Andor has a few good moments and interminable hours of people walking along concrete walkways and sunbathing on Skegness beach. Ahsoka is just about watchable at double speed.

This particular story would not benefit from padding out the length of the episodes, it would just kill the pace.

Well it's a ymmv thing.

The other shows are either longer per episode or more episodes.

Two really good episodes I might personally put it above Andor and Ahsoka
First 3 episodes of Andor were a bit boring, last 4 of Ahsoka weren't as good as the first 4. If these episodes are as good as 5&6.

See what happens. Probably can't compare to Mando fairly due to 3 vs 1 seasons. Less time to care about the characters relative to say Mando÷ grogu dynamic or the Ghost crew.

2nd season could fix that.
 
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He did. As soon as he had opportunity to communicate with Sol without Mae present. Also not entirely straightforward, since only Yord understood his language.
He did? When did we see him do that? Oh, right, more of these scenes that we're supposed to just make up in our heads because ... reasons?
 



Stories do not need to be long to be good. Say what you have to say then get out is the best way to write. Check out how sparing the prose is in The Chronicles of Amber.

I wouldn't. Andor has a few good moments and interminable hours of people walking along concrete walkways and sunbathing on Skegness beach. Ahsoka is just about watchable at double speed.

This particular story would not benefit from padding out the length of the episodes, it would just kill the pace.
See, I prefer long-form storytelling primarily for worldbuilding purposes. You learn so much more about the setting when a story has room to breathe.
 

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