[4.0/10] I’m fishing for positive here, folks. I really am. Some of the droid and ship designs are cool? Threepio describing how droids have to wait in a separate line is discrimination presages L3-37 in Solo. The conflict between Tig and his father over new technology versus the old way of doing things has some juice. That's...about it.
I’ll be honest. I watched this episode earlier today, and I’ve already forgotten most of it. Through two episodes, this show is just so generic and dull that it becomes televised wallpaper. The rampant slapstick with Threepio gets tiresome quickly, and the Rebels vs. Gangsters plot is too off-the-shelf to have any impact.
Hell, this is basically a reheated version of A New Hope in miniature, with the good guys sneaking around a base with the goal of destroying the villains’ super weapon. Only, the human characters here are bland and forgettable, and there’s nothing particularly epic about the destruction of the “Trigon” weapon, even if its design is solid.
In short, this whole thing’s forgettable. There’s some minor humor to Threepio being inspired by the notion that “freedom is everyone’s fight” to predictably silly results, and a few decent fakeouts when he has to bluff his way into the baddies’ lair. But overall, this arc at least really struggles to hold my attention.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2022-04-07T04:44:26Z
[4.0/10] I’m fishing for positive here, folks. I really am. Some of the droid and ship designs are cool? Threepio describing how droids have to wait in a separate line is discrimination presages L3-37 in Solo. The conflict between Tig and his father over new technology versus the old way of doing things has some juice. That's...about it.
I’ll be honest. I watched this episode earlier today, and I’ve already forgotten most of it. Through two episodes, this show is just so generic and dull that it becomes televised wallpaper. The rampant slapstick with Threepio gets tiresome quickly, and the Rebels vs. Gangsters plot is too off-the-shelf to have any impact.
Hell, this is basically a reheated version of A New Hope in miniature, with the good guys sneaking around a base with the goal of destroying the villains’ super weapon. Only, the human characters here are bland and forgettable, and there’s nothing particularly epic about the destruction of the “Trigon” weapon, even if its design is solid.
In short, this whole thing’s forgettable. There’s some minor humor to Threepio being inspired by the notion that “freedom is everyone’s fight” to predictably silly results, and a few decent fakeouts when he has to bluff his way into the baddies’ lair. But overall, this arc at least really struggles to hold my attention.