Galactican
Sr Member
I enjoyed the show very much. It was great to see the old cast in their respective roles again. I liked the montage at the beginning which was a great way to bring the casual viewer who usually does not watch the movies "up-to-date" (one of my friends is still refusing to watch the movies so I thought this scene was perfect for him; I will never stop bugging him to finally see the movies though 
). Vader was bad-ass and it was a very bold decision to show him strangling and killing people by the dozen in the village (for a kid-friendly DISNEY show!). Every Vader scene was even more intense than those in "Rogue One". Seeing Alderaan for the first time in all of its glory was a treat and lil Leia was delightful. I loved how they showed her psychic abilities which would give her tremendous advantages in future negotiations as a leader. The city planet had GREAT Blade Runner vibes, it was dark and gritty, you could really smell the air. I love desert locations and having Obi ride an Eopie was an awesome idea. We could need a new one in TVC / BS (after the Blurrg which is long overdue, of course ). Seeing Lars Homestead again, recreated with such incredible attention to detail, brought tears to my eyes. It was as if time had frozen. Those scenes brought me right back to the time of ANH. Hearing some OT themes at the end was nice but it would have been better if they had used them consistently during the whole show since several of the new themes started off in a similar way but continued differently.
However, where there is light there is darkness, too. The shaky cam was pretty distracting in the first episode when Obi met that guy in the desert at night. It was ok in the other eps though. The writing was not perfect. No argument there (why destroy the shield when you could walk around it?). However, despite that I was hooked and could not wait to see how the story continued. This was mostly due to the GREAT performances of Ewan and Hayden. I could watch them for hours. I will definitely binge-watch the show soon. More than once the show pulled a TLJ, a situation that was announced but which was executed very differently than expected. First, the deployment of the troops. I thought hey, now comes the Imperial army with full force, TIE squadrons, bombers etc. But no, only two troop transports. Okaaay... Why Vader did not force-pull Obi across the fire place will be a mystery forever. When Vader referred to his ship I was like, YEAH, he is going to man HIS TIE- erh, shuttle??? Bummer. Apparently the ISD had no TIE fighters at its disposal or how else would you explain that chase without small fighters. They could have taken down the shuttle in minutes. And how come that the shuttle did not try to evade the ISD by using all three dimensions of space? Well, maybe they did not want to be stopped by the space police so they kept flying perfectly straight in front of the ISD. But the biggest missed opportunity will be one that is unforgivable and I really hope that those creative Youtube people will soon release an edit with a fake JEJ voice saying, "Now I have the high ground!" HECK, even "I have you now!" lifted straight from ANH would have made the scene perfect. WTF. UNFORGIVABLE. Biggest head-scratcher ever. Picard facepalm of the century. Ah well. I will say that line myself whenever I re-watch that scene. With fake respiration. All in one. And no-one will ever make me stop doing that.
The galaxy felt VERY small. Seeing only a handful of characters in a shot was strange but maybe a result of the covid restrictions. However, this is no excuse for showing so few aliens. We get plenty of humans, guys in armor, some droids, but WHERE ARE THE OBSCURE ALIENS???
Some effects shots, especially the backgrounds, looked weirdly flat. The skyline of Coruscant stood out as particularly bad. That was surprising since all SW shows before had top-notch VFX. The lightsabers were OK though. I think they made use of the real glowing ones with only minimal editing in post. Nothing to argue about them. And let's pretend the Snowspeeders came from the Star Trek universe since they have Bird of Preys in a dozen different sizes and then we are all good.
Moses' performance was alright. Honestly, I do not judge a character by gender, skin colour, orientation or such, so she could have been a green alien with five eyes and tentacles on her head. The character must be interesting and this lies completely in the writing resort. I could understand her motifs. In ep 6 she wanted to hurt Obi by killing young Luke for not being there to protect the younglings back in the temple. But she realized that she would become exactly what she wanted to kill in the first place, so she reconsidered and decided not to harm the kid. It's OK for the small screen. A little more dialogue could have improved the scene here, too.
But the re-match of the century was something I did not expect to turn out THAT well. Geez, I was blown away. The atmosphere was eerie and frightening. Obi lifting rocks like Rey made me laugh out loud but man, that shot was epic. And finally the beaten up Darth Vader---- HASBRO, GIMME A "DARTH VADER (DEFEATED)" NOW! The voice shifting was awesome and refreshing.
So all in all, nice show with room for improvement. Some stupid decisions, but hey, I grew up with the A-Team, so I can overlook them. Worth a re-watch.
). Vader was bad-ass and it was a very bold decision to show him strangling and killing people by the dozen in the village (for a kid-friendly DISNEY show!). Every Vader scene was even more intense than those in "Rogue One". Seeing Alderaan for the first time in all of its glory was a treat and lil Leia was delightful. I loved how they showed her psychic abilities which would give her tremendous advantages in future negotiations as a leader. The city planet had GREAT Blade Runner vibes, it was dark and gritty, you could really smell the air. I love desert locations and having Obi ride an Eopie was an awesome idea. We could need a new one in TVC / BS (after the Blurrg which is long overdue, of course ). Seeing Lars Homestead again, recreated with such incredible attention to detail, brought tears to my eyes. It was as if time had frozen. Those scenes brought me right back to the time of ANH. Hearing some OT themes at the end was nice but it would have been better if they had used them consistently during the whole show since several of the new themes started off in a similar way but continued differently.However, where there is light there is darkness, too. The shaky cam was pretty distracting in the first episode when Obi met that guy in the desert at night. It was ok in the other eps though. The writing was not perfect. No argument there (why destroy the shield when you could walk around it?). However, despite that I was hooked and could not wait to see how the story continued. This was mostly due to the GREAT performances of Ewan and Hayden. I could watch them for hours. I will definitely binge-watch the show soon. More than once the show pulled a TLJ, a situation that was announced but which was executed very differently than expected. First, the deployment of the troops. I thought hey, now comes the Imperial army with full force, TIE squadrons, bombers etc. But no, only two troop transports. Okaaay... Why Vader did not force-pull Obi across the fire place will be a mystery forever. When Vader referred to his ship I was like, YEAH, he is going to man HIS TIE- erh, shuttle??? Bummer. Apparently the ISD had no TIE fighters at its disposal or how else would you explain that chase without small fighters. They could have taken down the shuttle in minutes. And how come that the shuttle did not try to evade the ISD by using all three dimensions of space? Well, maybe they did not want to be stopped by the space police so they kept flying perfectly straight in front of the ISD. But the biggest missed opportunity will be one that is unforgivable and I really hope that those creative Youtube people will soon release an edit with a fake JEJ voice saying, "Now I have the high ground!" HECK, even "I have you now!" lifted straight from ANH would have made the scene perfect. WTF. UNFORGIVABLE. Biggest head-scratcher ever. Picard facepalm of the century. Ah well. I will say that line myself whenever I re-watch that scene. With fake respiration. All in one. And no-one will ever make me stop doing that.
The galaxy felt VERY small. Seeing only a handful of characters in a shot was strange but maybe a result of the covid restrictions. However, this is no excuse for showing so few aliens. We get plenty of humans, guys in armor, some droids, but WHERE ARE THE OBSCURE ALIENS???
Some effects shots, especially the backgrounds, looked weirdly flat. The skyline of Coruscant stood out as particularly bad. That was surprising since all SW shows before had top-notch VFX. The lightsabers were OK though. I think they made use of the real glowing ones with only minimal editing in post. Nothing to argue about them. And let's pretend the Snowspeeders came from the Star Trek universe since they have Bird of Preys in a dozen different sizes and then we are all good.
Moses' performance was alright. Honestly, I do not judge a character by gender, skin colour, orientation or such, so she could have been a green alien with five eyes and tentacles on her head. The character must be interesting and this lies completely in the writing resort. I could understand her motifs. In ep 6 she wanted to hurt Obi by killing young Luke for not being there to protect the younglings back in the temple. But she realized that she would become exactly what she wanted to kill in the first place, so she reconsidered and decided not to harm the kid. It's OK for the small screen. A little more dialogue could have improved the scene here, too.
But the re-match of the century was something I did not expect to turn out THAT well. Geez, I was blown away. The atmosphere was eerie and frightening. Obi lifting rocks like Rey made me laugh out loud but man, that shot was epic. And finally the beaten up Darth Vader---- HASBRO, GIMME A "DARTH VADER (DEFEATED)" NOW! The voice shifting was awesome and refreshing.
So all in all, nice show with room for improvement. Some stupid decisions, but hey, I grew up with the A-Team, so I can overlook them. Worth a re-watch.
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