[7.2/10] A little underwhelming as the end of this mini-series, but still plenty to like. There’s a lot of moving parts here, but most of them were good enough individually, even if they often fit together a little awkwardly.
I appreciate Luke being inspired by holocron footage of Anakin intentionally luring bad guy forces to go after him so that his friends could get away, and using that strategy himself to get the rebels from Mustafar to Hoth. It’s not the most tightly layered storytelling or anything but it’s simple enough to work.
Were that the same could be said for Han, Chewey, and Threepio scouting Hoth for the rebels’ arrival. The fact that they ran into the wampa, who went so far as to chase them in a ship, just felt like a bridge too far. The same goes for Han using a frozen Chewbacca as a skateboard, and corny gags like Han kissing C-3P0 on the cheek and getting his lips stuck. But Threepio helping save the day when they’re stuck in the wampa’s cave and Chewey saving the day with his bandolier full of candles (which serve nicely as landing lights for the rebel fleet) was good stuff.
At the same time the confrontation between Luke and Vader was a little underwhelming. Again, there’s some cool stuff in terms of pure action, but the whole misdirect with the space worm felt like a cop out. I suppose there’s only so much you can do without grossly violating the canon of Empire Strikes Back, but still, it was a cool moment that felt like we swerved too hard to a stalemate.
That said, there were other cool individual bits. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get a kick out of the Empire’s dance celebrations for defeating Luke. The ruse with R2-D2 pilot a ship and Luke using green screen to make the Empire think they’d defeated him was clever. And Leia and Jek-14 marshaling the forces to get the rebels to Hoth wasn’t bad either.
Overall, this one goes out on a bit of a down note, but it’s still been a worthwhile series. It’s probably time to wind this one down anyway, since the mini-series was running out of material to play around with without telling completely brand new stories, which didn’t seem to be its mandate.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2019-11-03T22:55:16Z
[7.2/10] A little underwhelming as the end of this mini-series, but still plenty to like. There’s a lot of moving parts here, but most of them were good enough individually, even if they often fit together a little awkwardly.
I appreciate Luke being inspired by holocron footage of Anakin intentionally luring bad guy forces to go after him so that his friends could get away, and using that strategy himself to get the rebels from Mustafar to Hoth. It’s not the most tightly layered storytelling or anything but it’s simple enough to work.
Were that the same could be said for Han, Chewey, and Threepio scouting Hoth for the rebels’ arrival. The fact that they ran into the wampa, who went so far as to chase them in a ship, just felt like a bridge too far. The same goes for Han using a frozen Chewbacca as a skateboard, and corny gags like Han kissing C-3P0 on the cheek and getting his lips stuck. But Threepio helping save the day when they’re stuck in the wampa’s cave and Chewey saving the day with his bandolier full of candles (which serve nicely as landing lights for the rebel fleet) was good stuff.
At the same time the confrontation between Luke and Vader was a little underwhelming. Again, there’s some cool stuff in terms of pure action, but the whole misdirect with the space worm felt like a cop out. I suppose there’s only so much you can do without grossly violating the canon of Empire Strikes Back, but still, it was a cool moment that felt like we swerved too hard to a stalemate.
That said, there were other cool individual bits. I’d be lying if I said I didn’t get a kick out of the Empire’s dance celebrations for defeating Luke. The ruse with R2-D2 pilot a ship and Luke using green screen to make the Empire think they’d defeated him was clever. And Leia and Jek-14 marshaling the forces to get the rebels to Hoth wasn’t bad either.
Overall, this one goes out on a bit of a down note, but it’s still been a worthwhile series. It’s probably time to wind this one down anyway, since the mini-series was running out of material to play around with without telling completely brand new stories, which didn’t seem to be its mandate.