Our list of the best quotes from Disney+ mystery sci-fi thriller television series created by Leslye Headland. Part of the Star Wars franchise, The Acolyte is set within the final days of the High Republic era in a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark side powers and follows a former Padawan, Mae (Amandla Stenberg), who reunites with her Jedi Master to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated.
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Yord Fandar: Attachments to those we have lost are the most difficult to let go.
Indara: Jedi do not attack the unarmed.
Mae: I’m here to kill you.
Indara: You do not want to go down this road. This is a fight that you will not win.
Mae: A Jedi doesn’t pull her weapon unless prepared to kill.
Osha: Leaving the Jedi was the hardest thing that I’ve ever done, but it was my decision. No one else’s. You really think I’m capable of betraying the Order, overpowering a Jedi Master, and murdering her?
Master Sol: Close your eyes. Your eyes can deceive you. We must not trust them. Connect to the Force. Have faith. Think of diving into a great ocean. Give yourselves over to its weight, its stillness, its uncertainty. And tell me what comes into your mind.
Youngling: Balance.
Master Sol: The Force is powerful. Like fire or the ocean. It is a power we must respect.
Convict: So you’d rather leave your fate to the Jedi.
Osha: Yes, I have faith in the Jedi.
Master Sol: Our memories are lessons. “If we don’t meditate on the past…”
Jecki Lon: “We’re doomed to repeat it.”
Little Mae: “You’re with me. I’m with you. Always one, but born as two. As above sits the stars. And below lies the sea. I give you you.”
Osha: “And you give me me.”
Mysterious Master: The Jedi live in a dream. A dream they believe everyone shares. If you attack a Jedi with a weapon, you will fail. Steel or laser are no threat to them. But an Acolyte? An Acolyte kills without a weapon. An Acolyte kills the dream.
Master Sol: Don’t let fear affect your judgment.
Qimir: Everyone has a weakness.
Mae: I’m running out of time.
Qimir: You’re running out of Jedi. And if you think a sleeping monk is tough, good luck defeating a Wookiee.
Qimir: The Jedi justify their galactic dominance in the name of peace. And peace…
Mae: Is a lie. I know.
Osha: That was a lesson you tried to teach me, many times. To accept what I’d lost. And I wasn’t a very good student.
Master Sol: Perhaps I wasn’t a very good teacher.
Mae: You thought this life would give you the peace you seek. But your past still haunts you.
Yord Fandar: I have a bad feeling about this.
Master Sol: I didn’t know you are still so angry.
Osha: She killed my family. She destroyed my life.
Master Sol: This is grief. Let it go.
Osha: I deserve justice.
Master Sol: You want revenge. Look what revenge has done to your sister. I couldn’t save her when you were children. Let me try now.
Master Sol: [to Mae] I see your Master has taken great pains to hide his identity. Even from you. You couldn’t tell me who he is, even if you wanted to.
Mother Aniseya: All living things are connected by the same Thread. A Thread woven through all of existence. Some call it a Force and claim to use it. But we know the Thread is not a power you wield. Pull the Thread. Change everything. It ties you to your destiny. It binds you to others.
Mother Aniseya: Ascension is about walking through fear. It is about sacrificing a part of yourself. The power of many instead of the power of one.
Koril: I did not bring the girls into this world so we could lose them to a bunch of deranged monks.
Little Mae: The Jedi are bad.
Little Osha: The Jedi are good.
Mother Aniseya: This isn’t about good or bad. This is about power and who is allowed to use it.
Mother Aniseya: Destiny is not decided for you by an anonymous Force. You get to make a choice, Osha. If you want to pull the Thread, then pull it.
Mother Aniseya: Fear should not make this decision, Osha. You should.
Little Osha: I want to be a Jedi, Mama. I do.
Jecki Lon: We’re not defined by what we lose. We’re defined by what we survive. You’ve survived a lot.
Qimir: [to Sol] I’ve accepted my darkness. What have you done with yours?
Qimir: Rules, rules, rules. If you never follow them, you never have to break them.
Qimir: What extraordinary beings we are. Even in the revelation of our triumph, you see the depth of our despair.
Qimir: Heat of battle, it’s justified, but a few hours later, it’s vengeance.
Qimir: [to Osha] Your anger betrays your thoughts.
Qimir: A special relationship, isn’t it? Master and pupil.
Qimir: Below the surface of consciousness are powerful emotions. Anger. Fear. Loss. Desire.
Osha: That’s the path to the dark side.
Qimir: Semantics.
Qimir: [to Osha] What you’re feeling right now, this anger, this pain, this is who you are. The Jedi saw it, and that’s why they threw you away.
Qimir: When you lose everything, that’s when you’re finally free.
Mae: I think when you really want something, it can cloud your mind. You see what you want to see.
Master Torbin: What’s a vergence?
Master Indara: A concentration of Force energy centered around a location.
Master Sol: A vergence could create life like what we see on this planet. It’s a power that should be studied. Protected. Nothing could be more important to the Jedi.
Little Mae: Mama said, “Everyone must walk through fear. Everyone must be sacrificed to fulfill their destiny.”
Senator Rayencourt: I think the Jedi are a massive system of unchecked power, posing as a religion, a delusional cult that claims to control the uncontrollable.
Vernestra Rwoh: We don’t control the Force.
Senator Rayencourt: Not the Force. Your emotions.
Senator Rayencourt: [referring to the Jedi] You project an image of goodness and restraint, but it’s only a matter of time before one of you snaps. And when, not “if”, that happens, who will be strong enough to stop him?
Senator Rayencourt: When you’re looking up to heroes, you don’t have to face what’s right in front of you.
Qimir: [referring to Sol] Feel your anger. This is the source of your pain. Strike him down and your journey will be complete.
Master Sol: You are not twins. You and Osha are the same person.
Osha: I can’t lose you again.
Mae: You’re not. You’re going to do what you were meant to do. But I won’t stop you this time.