The Acolyte ride is officially over...for now at least! We're covering two massive episodes - Episode 7, Choice and Episode 8, The Acolyte. And of course, we had to have help - so we brought back our friend Doug (@ickybooley) to help us break down everything these two episodes had to offer.

We go DEEP into the often difficult themes of Choice, including it's depiction of colonialism, how it may shine a light on the treatment of and attitudes towards black women in our society, and the Rashomon effect.

Then, we break down all our theories about The Acolyte and give our overall impressions of the show!

You can find Doug on social media @ickybooley on multiple platforms. And you can find all of his amazing shows - Walloping Websnappers! A Spider-Man Podcast, Novel Gaming, Skreeonk! A Godzilla Movie Marathon, and Falling with Style - over at glitterjaw.com!

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Cass and Tommy discuss two of the best episodes of The Acolyte so far - Night & Teach / Corrupt. Night gave us the dark action we've been waiting for, while Teach / Corrupt swap Mae & Osha and give us the hottest scenes in Star Wars to date.

Plus...we announce the next series we'll be covering on the pod...Star Wars Droids!

Shew. Grab your headphones and a fan for this one.

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Tommy - Twitter: ⁠@AwkwardComma⁠ | Instagram: @AwkwardComma

Please consider donating to the Palestinian Children's Relief Fund, a non-profit with the mission of providing free medical care to thousands of injured and ill children. Head to ⁠www.pcrf.net⁠ to join us in donating and learn more. If you want to find other ways of getting involved, head to ⁠https://ceasefiretoday.com⁠.

On this week's minisode, Cass gives an update on how their cosplay for Star Wars Celbration is shaping up. (Spoiler, High Republic Fans: It's Lourna Dee!)

And Tommy might have found his "collectable" in Jazware's Micro Galaxy Squadron series!

This is one you'll want to check out on video. Follow us on Instagram to watch the the full reel!

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Tommy - Twitter: ⁠@AwkwardComma⁠ | Instagram: @AwkwardComma

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