Star Wars Megathread

[celedhring]

People seem to be mostly ignoring this but reactions I can find seem good.

I'll find time for it during the holidays.

[HVC]

Cinematography is parsecs ahead of the acolyte. The child actors seem good too. Wonder what the budget is. As for the story itself, might be a bit too young for me. But I'll give it a few more episodes.

[HVC]

Although along the lines of the acolyte not knowing how fire works, I don't know how a ship infiltrated by plant roots is space worthy.

[Syt]

Enjoyed the new episode, though the design for the character of Kim seemed a bit much at first, even for Star Wars. Liked the Alfred Molina (voice) cameo, after just having seen his first movie appearance as Satipo in Raiders of the Lost Arc recreated for the Indiana Jones video game (with a different voice actor).

Glad they don't drag out some obvious "mysteries" or "twists". However, I agree with what several critics have mentioned - it feels less like episodes, and more like a long movie cut into pieces (which is, unfortunately, many streaming shows these days). It's less of a problem when all episodes drop at the same time, but if there's a week between releases then it sucks. It was an issue with previous shows like Acolyte or Ahsoka, too, and no doubt contributes to the widely uneven runtime of episodes on those shows. Weirdly, it's often animated shows like Lower Decks and Bad Batch who handle the episodic format better while still having the big story arcs. And especially a show like Skeleton Crew would have lent itself to a "proper" episodic format with a planet/clue of the week thing, I believe.

If you don't feel the need to watch now or aren't afraid of spoilers, I would recommend waiting until the last episode is there and watch it in one to three sittings instead, IMHO.

[HVC]

Have you watched the newest episodesl, syt? If so whats the verduct?

I stopped at 2, but will probably watch more, just not in the mood right now.

[Syt]

I have, and Ep. 4 was IMHO the best of the bunch so far.

[Syt]

To elaborate - it's very nostalgic, but rather in callbacks to 80s adventure movies and tropes, less in cramming in cameos of established characters or settings. You could (so far) IMO easily rebrand this as another non-Star Wars take on Treasure Island in Space. They have a decently interesting mystery going on so far, Jude Law is fun to watch (when he finally joins after almost 2 episodes ... ), the visuals and effects are great, and the child actors are also very good.

It's kinda what I wanted as a kid in the 80s who loved Goonies and Neverending Story and Indiana Jones out of a new kid-centric Star Wars adventure (and then we got the Ewok movies instead ).

Episode 3 was a bit trippy - I was reminded a bit of Neverending Story, others said Dark Crystal. Episode 4 was a bit more serious, and reminded me of some Star Trek episodes. Also: Mathieu Kassovitz

Edit: it does have a very "The real treasure is the friends we made along the way" vibe, though

[Syt]

Loved the new episode.

Spoilers?


That was a bit of a mood whiplash. Started as comedic and silly but got surprisingly dark/intense in the end?

The kid actors are still great, and Jude Law is perfect in this role.

Still 3 episodes to go, but so far it's up there with S1 of Mando for me (though not as good as Andor). And the show just looks gorgeous.