Is Star Wars: The Acolyte just an elaborate Force choke origin story?

polygon.com:

Star Wars and its fans have long held an obsession with explaining all the little details of its universe and connecting every story back to the one we know. Initially, it seemed that The Acolyte’s High Republic setting might have saved us from the series’ need for connections, but I’m no longer so sure. In fact, I’m getting worried that The Acolyte might just be an elaborate origin story for the Force choke.

[Ed. note: This story contains spoilers for Star Wars: The Acolyte episode 4, as well as wild, reckless speculation about the rest of the season.]

Let’s start out with the evidence The Acolyte has given us so far. The fourth episode ended by bringing the show’s main mystery to the foreground, handing us a massive cliffhanger where the Jedi are confronted by Mae’s masked Master and he Force pushes the whole lot of them off their feet. But while the Master’s identity is the show’s big riddle, the question Mae can’t stop asking is how she’s supposed to kill someone without a weapon.

But why Force choke, out of the dozens of ways to kill someone with the Force that are possible or that we’ve seen on screen before? Because Force choking is a singular technique in the Star Wars canon, an act of such clear malice and personalized cruelty that no other Force move could possibly match. To take the infinite energy, strength, and possibility of the Force and channel it exclusively into the slow death of one singular person, all the while proving their power over that person by holding them in place, is a kind of intimate killing that instantly communicates hatred and brutality. This obviously makes it perfect for Mae’s particular quest for vengeance.

Now, you may scoff and say that an instantly iconic and evocative device like Force choke really doesn’t need to be backed up by the story of two twins from the High Republic. Or that an origin story for this move accomplishes nothing and actually maybe takes away from how cool it is to begin with. And you’d be right. It