Fellowship of the Fans

Star Wars - Sol Did Nothing Wrong (7/17/2024)

I've kept track of what's gone down in The Acolyte.

Now that the series is done, one of the major issues is the attempt to make the Jedi out to be the bad guys. Which, yes. The Jedi were wrong for both coverups in the series, and the character Vemestra Rwoh is evil. However, there are some major plot holes regarding the coverups, the first coverup being an incident that didn't need covering up -- unless we consider a certain interpretation of what happened, which is questionable.

As for the latter part, the character is evil simply because we, the audience, see her as evil, or does Leslie Headland think this character, who her actual wife plays, isn't evil at all? Given the narrative is as contradictory as her interviews with things happening not because that thing would logically happen, but instead because the plot calls for it; in other words, the series doesn't follow through on logical cause and effect, including characters being out of character without there being a logical reason for them to act the way they do.

However, I do not want to focus on the coverups or the character played by the wife of Harvey Weinstein's assistant, which is definitely important to this discussion. What I want to focus on is what the four Jedi that were the target of the evil twin did wrong, which is, well, nothing.

What about Sol's creepy behavior?

I want to get this particular one out first.

Starting with what those still supporting the show say, the show writers presented us at first with a character who was a pillar of logic, only to have this be in his mind, which honestly gives Headland too much credit yet again. After all, talking about Headland, who in an interview admitted the light-saber colors held no meaning as the interviewer thought. We're talking Headland, who runs her mouth in interviews, making things worse with all the contradictions, including contradictions to things she said at different points in the interviews.

However, what the fans The Acolyte are claiming doesn't make sense, taking a character that they made be logical in the first half only to try and present him being logical as being in his head, so what is actually going on?

- Sol's interest in the girl/girls parallels Qui-Gon Jinn's interest in Anakin.
- Leslie Headland writes what she knows and does not see it as evil.
- The narrative is attempting to push men bad, women good.

Personally, I think it is a matter of all three.

Headland admits the first in an interview, but it is obvious from the interview that she completely got Qui-Gon Jinn's interest in Anakin wrong, such as not realizing he didn't recognize right away how special Anakin was. Sol recognizes right away that twins are special, but it is impossible to parallel something one doesn't actually understand, yet this may very well explain why Sol died—because Qui-Gon Jinn died.

However, there is no getting around the fact she was a certain someone's former assistant, with some very creepy, very not family-friendly vibes coming off Sol, and she also admits writing what she knows, which, in simple terms, is she doesn't understand the difference between a healthy and unhealthy relationship between individuals. But then, this is also Headland, who got a major role for her wife on the show, where she ends up having messages that should have gone straight to the console go to this character instead, placing her above the Jedi masters who are in effect a council of elders within the franchise.

The third though -- no getting around the fact Headland did both the actor and character dirty. More importantly, his becoming that emotional and that illogical over not having a padawan makes as much sense as Torbin wanting to go home as a motivating feature, but I guess because his is a modern audience and she wanted Torbin to act as the modern teenage audience would in that given situation rather than an actual teenager who had to grow up fast because of his life circumstances.