Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

[Enevhar Aldarion]

It was a cluck up but Sol and that other Jedi were idiots. Ultimately it's on them.

Mother Aniseya started it by getting into Torbin's mind and playing with his desire to return home, so as soon as he realized the twins would prove the Vergence was real, he could not stop himself and had to go and get them. So in a way, she brought about the witches' doom onto them.

 

[Zardnaar]

Mother Aniseya started it by getting into Torbin's mind and playing with his desire to return home, so as soon as he realized the twins would prove the Vergence was real, he could not stop himself and had to go and get them. So in a way, she brought about the witches' doom onto them.

Except the Jedi shouldn't be there to begin with. They disobeyed the council and their master.

 

[damiller]

Indara did not entertain the idea of interfering (which I think is cool of both her and the Jedi) until they came to the notion of a vergence. They were specifically tasked with finding those. I can see that take priority (perhaps unfortunately), but she still acted outside the council's orders.

They were supposed to be on the planet. they were sent there. they then found the coven, and then they asked about a course of action. It was only then that they disobeyed the council. Before that there were steps taken by both groups that create a situation rife with destructive possibilities.

Sol was compromised. That is clear. He was emotionally attached to having a Padawan of his own. Not the noblest of moments. For that, he is certainly responsible for, but it seems pretty clear that he would not have disobeyed the Council's orders had Torbin (who had been promised his deepest desire) ran off.

 

[Zaukrie]

I'm just glad they didn't somehow make the fire not Maes fault. It was a good episode, no one was stupid for plot sake, they were just normally so, like real people.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

I'm just glad they didn't somehow make the fire not Maes fault. It was a good episode, no one was stupid for plot sake, they were just normally so, like real people.

I’m not so sure we have seen the whole truth yet. The fire “just happened” to make the reactor explode? How did Mae survive?

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Indara did not entertain the idea of interfering (which I think is cool of both her and the Jedi

Indara was the one who suggested the coverup, thus psychologically destroying the other three. And she was the one who killed all those witches. And we actually only have her word that she contacted the Jedi council at all….

 

[Maxperson]

I’m not so sure we have seen the whole truth yet. The fire “just happened” to make the reactor explode? How did Mae survive?

Saved by the bad witch who got away I would think.

 

[Maxperson]

Indara was the one who suggested the coverup, thus psychologically destroying the other three. And she was the one who killed all those witches. And we actually only have her word that she contacted the Jedi council at all….

I doubt that she knew that the others would die, so that was just a tragedy that wouldn't have happened if they hadn't taken over the wookie in the first place. I'm also not sure why they are covering up at all. It's not as if they intentionally murdered any of them. Sol killed the mother when she was performing what looked like a hostile ability without any warning. The rest died when they were kicked out of the wookie or severed from their bodies while inside of him. The fire was Mae's fault.

 

[billd91]

I doubt that she knew that the others would die, so that was just a tragedy that wouldn't have happened if they hadn't taken over the wookie in the first place. I'm also not sure why they are covering up at all. It's not as if they intentionally murdered any of them. Sol killed the mother when she was performing what looked like a hostile ability without any warning. The rest died when they were kicked out of the wookie or severed from their bodies while inside of him. The fire was Mae's fault.

They may not have intentionally gone in intending to kill them all, but they did ultimately force the confrontation against the Jedi Council's orders and that led to the death of dozens of witches plus one child (as believed at the time). They may have found the evidence of their vergence, but their rash actions against orders set tragedy in motion. They could have left the coven alone that night and gone to report their findings and nobody would have died.
Indara's choice to cover up protects Sol, her padawan, and, ultimately, herself as the mission leader. It's not the kind of honesty a Jedi is supposed to honor, but that helps underscore how the institution had slipped from its loftier ideals and into middle management ass-covering when the project goes south.

 

[MarkB]

They may not have intentionally gone in intending to kill them all, but they did ultimately force the confrontation against the Jedi Council's orders and that led to the death of dozens of witches plus one child (as believed at the time). They may have found the evidence of their vergence, but their rash actions against orders set tragedy in motion. They could have left the coven alone that night and gone to report their findings and nobody would have died.
Indara's choice to cover up protects Sol, her padawan, and, ultimately, herself as the mission leader. It's not the kind of honesty a Jedi is supposed to honor, but that helps underscore how the institution had slipped from its loftier ideals and into middle management ass-covering when the project goes south.

Yeah, basically a series of overly-obsessive actions on both sides leading to tragedy. The witches planted an impulse in the padawan that was meant to drive him away but instead ended up drawing him in, Sol couldn't leave well enough alone because he was convinced Osha was destined to be his padawan, and the zabrak witch was so utterly against Osha leaving that she drove Mae to embrace her anger and pushed the others to take up arms.

I do wonder where Qimir comes into all of this - whether he was there somewhere behind the scenes, using his abilities to drive and amplify those obsessive behaviours, or if he just came along later and recruited Mae.