'The Acolyte' Episode 7: Why Brendok's guilt caused this Jedi Master's death
Contains spoilers and speculations for 'The Acolyte'
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: 'The Acolyte' Episode 7 aired on Disney+ on July 9, 2024. The exhilarating episode delved deep into the pasts of the Jedi Masters and their history at Brendok where they went to study a concentration of Force called Vergence. The gripping episode provided more enthralling details about the pasts of the Jedi Masters.
Apart from exploring the pasts of Master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) and Mae and Osha ( Amandla Stenberg), this episode explained the reason behind an event that took place in Episode 2 of the series when Jedi Master Torbin (Dean Charles-Chapman) took the poison that Mae gave him willingly and killed himself.
In Episode 2, Mae gives Torbin an option to either drink the poison or face the Jedi Council and he decides to do the former rather than face the council and now we know why.
Master Torbin's eagerness to return to Coruscant cost the Jedi Masters
As the Jedi Masters explore the possibility of Vergence on the planet, they come across Mae and Osha who are created artificially as per their blood test reports as one consciousness and two bodies.
Torbin who is on the planet cannot quite fathom why they are there and away from the Coruscant. His mind is vulnerable and Mother Aniseya (Jodie Turner-Smith) is able to control it without too much trouble.
Once it is revealed that the Force could be studied by the twins, he doesn't take a minute to consider his actions and straight away rushes to the witches's coven. Master Sol follows him.
His eagerness defies the order of Master Indara (Carrie Anne-Moss) who wanted to take a more cautious approach and one that would not offend the witches.
The witches deem Sol and Torbin's eagerness as an attack and begin to defend themselves. This starts a war between the witches and Jedis leading to the destruction of the coven.
Torbin gets injured physically but it is his mind that faces the biggest brunt of the event as he harbors guilt about the event for sixteen years and it is this guilt that kills him ultimately
Fans criticize Torbin's eagerness as the reason behind Brendok's events
Fans were irate at Torbin and criticized his eagerness to go back home. A Reddit user says "Is Torbin secretly a skywalker? Because that boy is whiny as hell". While another Reddit user, went over into the 'Game of Thrones' universe saying, No, he is secretly a Lannister tho"
A Reddit user thinks "I think Aniseya messing with Torbin's mind backfired. She reinforced his desperation to go home without considering it would make him desperate enough to try to take the girls by force." putting a bit of the blame on Mother Aniseya who decided to play mind tricks with him and make him even more eager.
Another Reddit user questioned Torbin's actions saying, "So they already had the M-count tests that proved that the twins were created via vergence, but Torbin still felt like he had to kidnap them?"
How to stream 'The Acolyte'?
Episodes 1-7 of 'The Acolyte' are streaming on Disney+ and the finale episode is going to drop on July 16, 2024. To watch the show, you will need a Disney+ Subscription. To stream 'The Acolyte', you'll need a subscription to Disney+.
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'The Acolyte' Trailer
Episodes 1-7 of 'The Acolyte' are streaming on Disney+
