I caught up with this over Christmas. It’s surprisingly great. It’s very much a kids show - not in the sense that that phrase is used as a byword for shitness, but more like some of the best entertainment ever made is made for kids (e.g. Paddington 2, or Muppets Christmas Carol, or Bluey, or Princess Bride).
There’s a lot to like as an adult - the kids act like kids, not weirdly precocious Hollywood brats, it doesn’t over-use the Volume, and it’s primarily reference points aren’t just other Star Wars projects. It was cute to see Aldanhi get a mention, but it’s more interested in evoking things like Peter Pan, the Wizard of Oz, and the various Amblin films (shockingly enough, even stuff that Disney doesn’t own).
I think the fact that it is made for kids is its saving grace. If this same concept was made without children explicitly in mind, it would be dour, depressing, and pumped so full of lore and references that you’d need to read every obscure novel or comic to know what was going on.
So far the show feels like a fun romp in the Star Wars universe, and to me it feels a lot like the original trilogy.
I caught up with this over Christmas. It’s surprisingly great. It’s very much a kids show - not in the sense that that phrase is used as a byword for shitness, but more like some of the best entertainment ever made is made for kids (e.g. Paddington 2, or Muppets Christmas Carol, or Bluey, or Princess Bride).
There’s a lot to like as an adult - the kids act like kids, not weirdly precocious Hollywood brats, it doesn’t over-use the Volume, and it’s primarily reference points aren’t just other Star Wars projects. It was cute to see Aldanhi get a mention, but it’s more interested in evoking things like Peter Pan, the Wizard of Oz, and the various Amblin films (shockingly enough, even stuff that Disney doesn’t own).
I think the fact that it is made for kids is its saving grace. If this same concept was made without children explicitly in mind, it would be dour, depressing, and pumped so full of lore and references that you’d need to read every obscure novel or comic to know what was going on.
So far the show feels like a fun romp in the Star Wars universe, and to me it feels a lot like the original trilogy.