What's the REAL GOAL of Mae's Test? The Acolyte Episode 4 Reaction and Review

Half of the conversations between characters feel like a robot explaining the storyline.

Can we talk about how good Maude’s hair looks in this

I think Jason Mendoza of Jacksonville, Florida, is the master. That's how he got there so quickly, and he knew Mae was diverging so that's why he killed the wookie before she could speak to him.

I love watching the breakdowns and the takes, but we all have to remember we are judging and commenting on the "story" mid story. Good, bad or middle of the road judgements should be kept for at the end of the final episode, or at least given an asterisk *. We all can also agree hindsight is always 20/20 unless you are a Jedi!

Maude's needed scene is when Mae pretended to refer to Osha as "Jedi scum" to both get information from Qimir as well as get a sense of how trustful he may be. During that entire scene, he seemed shifty AF and then seemingly takes her on a far-too-long trek through the woods (probably to give the Master time to do their setup).

The Sith Acolyte is Torbin. When the Jedi interrupted Osha’s part of the Ascension ceremony Mother Aniseya put the magic into Torbin when she possessed him. Torbin knew Mae was alive because they share a bond. Torbin faked his death. Remember the “poison” was mixed by Qimir. When Indara asked Mae who trained her. She knew she’s was using her/her Padawan’s fighting style.

In the previous episode, it seemed clear to me that Mae was always very attached to Osha and a lot of her anger towards her was because Osha kept pushing her away and kept things from her. It makes sense that Osha being alive would change things for her.

13:48 Guys, she figures out who her master is in that moment that’s why she has a sudden change of heart. And she realizes the Jedi and Osha are the best way for her to survive.

Finally someone has answered the question properly. I have read the books and the comics. In novelization palpetine sent Vader with no light saber to kill a Jedi and take their saber and corrupt the kieber crystal and turn it from whatever color it is to red. Also in the bane novels when bane is studying holocrons he comes across knowledge stating to true defeat the Jedi you have to use the force. Weapons don't work because Jedi use war and army to fight you have to be more powerful and concentrate the dark force which is why the rule of 2 was made. 1 to embody the power and 1 to crave it. The power of 1 the power of 2 the power of many is supposed to be a twist on that principle but they fucked up the whole translation in the writing. So basically an acolyte is a Padawan of the dark side meaning they have no light saber and are not sith until they can take a light saber and kill using the force. She can take a light saber and use against a Jedi but that still defeats the purpose. She should take it from the Jedi and then use the force to kill the Jedi force push them off a cliff or force choke or any means but it should be bare handed so they can bare the full responsibility of the kill no excuses can be made if it is done with no weapon. To defeat the dream is to do what palpetine did. He did not use a weapon to kill the Jedi he manipulated others to do it for him proving the value in dark side of the force with cunning. So what he means is if you can kill a Jedi with no weapon than a Jedi is no threat to you. Why because a light saber is the weapon of choice for the jedi.the weapon of choice for the sith is the force. Look at the lore it clearly suggests this. The sith have many offensive force techniques while the Jedi have few. The sith use the force much more. Which is why it physically drains their body's over time more. No Jedi can over come a sith without a saber in hand in a force battle the sith should have the advantage. Not set in stone but that's the idea behind the using no light saber. If you can kill a Jedi without one than once you have one no Jedi should ever be a threat. It is a training method to ensure the acolyte is worthy of being a true sith. Only one person can have this spot at a time so it is a solid method to weed out weeks candidates.

This episode is the first time we've seen Mae since she realized her sister was still alive, and she looked like she was unsure of continuing with the mission the entire episode. She also looked like she's starting to question Qimir's motives. Brandon said that Osha being alive changed things for her, then Tom said "it would have been nice if the show made that clear." she literally said the words "Osha being alive changes everything". How much more do you need that spoonfed for you? She thought her sister was dead for the last 16 years. She never hated her sister, she was just hurt the last time she saw her. It makes perfect sense that realizing she's alive would change things for her. Everything that Maude and Tom are saying they wanted was in the show, theyre just saying they wanted it to be said outloud, when filmmaking 101 is show, dont tell. They showed you everything you wanted, you just wanted them to say it.

I believe the obvious twist Qimir = Darth "Teeth" hides the BIG Twist Master Sol = Darth Plagueis, the Wise.

😂 I’m just confused do yall not have siblings ? Mfs fight and argue all the time that doesn’t mean they don’t love each other and the whole I’ll kill you scene is cleary not what happen really

Is this not meant to be influenced by rashomon? We’re going to get Mae’s pov as well.

The tracker guy Bazal looks kind of like a koala or a wombat. Definitely Australian inspired.

15:24 Could the confirmation that the sisters know each that is alive and that they are both now on Khofar at the same time somehow have a positive force effect on Mae? Then once they put some distance between one another pull Mae back to the dark? Almost like the force is pulling the thread between the two sisters together and the closer they get the more they think about one another….

Didn’t Mae achieve her goal? She had the wookie killed without her having to use her weapon? She could say she masterminded the achievement of her goal.

Just because Sol promised Osha he'd tell the whole truth once they've returned to the ship, I'm more than sure he'll die next episode and leave her hanging

Sol kept sensing the dark force user and that is why he kept looking terrified this whole episode.

The last shot and line of episode 3 tells us that the version of Mae that was steely-eyed and trying to kill Osha either wasn't real, or was being controlled. She's always loved her sister, and that's why she runs to the tree to find her. That's why she's so sad and angry when she thought she was dead. That's why she's so happy when she sees Osha alive. We never actually are told that Mae wants to kill Jedi, or be the master's acolyte.

Pretty sure the master is setting Mae up to be killed by a Jedi whilst she is unarmed proving the Jedi to be as much a sith as any other.