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Well. That happened.

I'm really not sure what to say about this one. I loved Clone Wars and I loved Rebels. But they were zingy, tight shows with a lot of life to them.

This episode... was not that.

There was a space battle between a ship and a few smaller ships.

There was some clattering of wooden swords between a Jedi and a non-Force-Padawan-because-erm... didn't we do the "Let Sabine be Sabine" story already on Rebels?

Oh. And there was something about Hera and the New Republic being ineffective. But we got to see her lovechild from Kanan. So wink-wink he wants to be a Jedi.

I don't know. I feel very conflicted because I desperately want to love this show. But... this episode felt very empty. Boring.

And why do I feel like I'm going to be proven right and masked-evil-Jedi-person turns out to be fallen Ezra?

That would be disappointing.

If this show is trying to tell an exciting story travelling across galaxies, finding Thrawn, adding new layers of mysticism to the universe, then... give me that show. Not this plodding stilted whatever-this-is.

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[โ€“] Durotar@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm so disappointed with Disney+ shows. Usually they premiere with a solid first episode that is close to 1 hour length, but then they quickly reduce them to 30 minutes during which they're barely telling the story. As if they had material for 4 episodes, but wanted to make money from people subscribing for 2 months.

[โ€“] koreth@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Agreed that this was a letdown. It felt like it should have been the first 15-20 minutes of a full episode, not a full episode on its own.