Star Wars: Did The Acolyte Reveal Its Killer Too Early?
The Acolytesold itself as a murder mystery martial arts show, but it has unique interpretations of those genre tags. The martial arts inspiration is excellent. Its first action scene feels like an exciting dip into Wuxia wire-fighting in aStar Warsenvironment. The murder mystery element is a little less straightforward. Instead of hunting down the roving Jedi killer, tearing through clues to discover a scrap of their identity, the first episode ofThe Acolytegives the viewer the killer and begs them to look for a motive....