Spoilers Star Wars: The Acolyte [Spoilers]

[Enevhar Aldarion]

FWIW the Jedi: Survivor cutscene I shared above (in the spoiler block) shows Dagan Gera bleeding his lightsaber crystal without physically touching it, and that cutscene predates this show, so we have two of examples of how it can be done.

I saw a list online that also included an example from a canon comic book, I think about the Knights of Ren?

 

[Micah Sweet]

FWIW the Jedi: Survivor cutscene I shared above (in the spoiler block) shows Dagan Gera bleeding his lightsaber crystal without physically touching it, and that cutscene predates this show, so we have two of examples of how it can be done.

Fair enough. I've never really considered video games a core part of any franchise that didn't originate as a video game, but admittedly that's really just my head canon.

 

[Zardnaar]

Just another plot hole. I'm sure they will come up with some stupid reason.

If they were paying attention they wouldn't need to do that.

 

[Maxperson]

Overall I enjoyed the series. I like the idea of the crystals bleeding, except for the inconstancy in Revenge of the Sith--I suppose they could release a Special Edition version that shows Anakin's saber changing color as he ignites it with the younglings and then remains red for the rest of the movie (pretty simple effects-wise I imagine). But then I guess we'd need to add a scene in the Obi Wan series of him swapping out the crystal before it gets passed to Luke... so many rabbit holes.

It's not necessarily an inconsistency. If Vader did need to touch the crystal or intentionally change it later, it could have remained blue and he could have made a new saber before making one red. The blue one would then remain blue for Luke.

 

[MarkB]

It's not necessarily an inconsistency. If Vader did need to touch the crystal or intentionally change it later, it could have remained blue and he could have made a new saber before making one red. The blue one would then remain blue for Luke.

If anything, I think it has more to do with what Osha was doing at the time - strongly channelling the Force into the act of directly killing someone, pulling through all that dark side power with little training or control. It basically spilled over into the crystal.

 

[Kaodi]

"Law and Order" suffers somewhat less from this if it's being shot in your city and you're trying to recognize landmarks

Not my city personally but Nathan Phillips Square, we are looking at you, XD .

 

[Ryujin]

Not my city personally but Nathan Phillips Square, we are looking at you, XD .

Have you ever heard of Filmore's? They featured it as well. It's a flat iron style building at Dundas and George, in downtown Toronto. Fleabag hotel and strip joint that's pretty famous/infamous. It's also a 10 minute walk from my desk, though I only walk past it on my way to one of our further buildings, that's about 5 minutes past it.

Filmore's

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[Maxperson]

If anything, I think it has more to do with what Osha was doing at the time - strongly channelling the Force into the act of directly killing someone, pulling through all that dark side power with little training or control. It basically spilled over into the crystal.

That's possible. There are a number of explanations which would enable the past to remain consistent.

 

[pukunui]

The thing that kinda weirded me out about Osha and Mae is the idea that they are one person split into two bodies. At first, I thought they were building up to them being representative of the light and dark sides of the Force, with Osha initially light and Mae dark ... but when Osha went dark, Mae didn't exactly become light. She just sort of went neutral -- happy to let Qimir wipe her mind so Osha could run away and learn how to be a Sith with him. And Osha seemed kinda sad about that.

I think I would have preferred to see the twins join forces against both the Jedi and the Sith or something. Maybe they'll ultimately do that if we get a second season.

Also, what was going on at the very beginning, when Osha started choking in the helmet, and then Qimir's eyes went fully black, except for when there was a blue filter applied to the camera and then his eyes were just normal? That was confusing.

Also, Bazyl the tracker was more like an animal dressed up as a person who just ran around sniffing, except that he clearly didn't want Sol to kill Mae so he pulled the plug on the engine ... but then Sol just ignored him and walked off after landing on the planet. I think it was hard to tell what was going on with Bazyl because he just made animal noises and no one ever really translated what he was saying, if anything.

On a closer inspection, I think does indeed bleed red because of the strength of Osha's emotions. You can see color in her veins flowing towards the crook of her hand between her finger and thumb (where her skin meets the lightsaber casing) and then there's red color flowing into the crystal, like she is literally shedding her blood into the crystal. And then she looks startled (and even a bit dismayed) when the blade turns red.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Fair enough. I've never really considered video games a core part of any franchise that didn't originate as a video game, but admittedly that's really just my head canon.

The ones that were the biggest influence, KotOR 1 and 2, are not part of the current continuity, but Fallen Order and its sequel are.

The writer also plays Star Wars tabletop RPGs, but I’m not sure which one. KotOR was loosely based on Star Wars D20.

Spoiler: Spoilers for KotOR 1 &2

In KotOR, the backstory for the player character is they were a jedi who turned to the dark side in order to defeat the Mandalorians. They were then captured by the jedi, and had their mind wiped (just like Mae). Thus, the player starts out not knowing this (and has to choose a non-force class). Later on in the game they get to train as a Jedi, and later still as a Sith, and can choose which path to follow in the final part of the game. The game uses a point system for tracking lightside/darkside.

One of the companion characters is a grey jedi, who can use both the light and dark side without committing to either.

In KotOR 2, the player character's mentor is another grey jedi, who also turns out to be the main villain.

One of the Sith Lords in KotOR 2 is called Darth Sion. I mention this as it was referenced in Ahsoka - The Eye of Sion. Sion is basically unkillable as he sustains his life with the force. He looks like lich.

It's not really a spoiler, but Qimir's convertible lightsabre is straight out of Fallen Order.