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.