[5.8/10] It’s hard to believe how much worse this one is than the last lego short. Gone is the great fourth wall breaking humor and clever riffs on the franchise’s quirks, and in their place is a cavalcade of dumb, broad humor and nods to only the most obvious Star Wars bits (“Han shot first!)
The biggest offender here is the endless gags about people being mobbed by a group of adoring teenage girl fans. As a one-off gag, it was pretty meh but fine, but as the plot-relevant joke that just won’t go away it’s interminable..
The short is also really scattershot, jumping to tons of different characters in different spots and never really building any momentum with any of them. Luke trying to find the stormtrooper base only leads to the aforementioned teenage girl gags. Han and Leia marshaling support from the Gungans just gives us a bunch of saliva gags (though they managed ot get Brian Blessed for this, which is something I guess!) Palpy’s routine with Vader and Maul building the death star with him only leads to a dumb “the death star looks like Maul!” gag. And C-3P0 and Chewbacca hanging out is at least worth a laugh or two.
The only thing that this short can offer really is the addition of prequel bits into the original trilogy setting, which has a minor thrill to it. I don’t know that anyone was demanding to see Maul, or Watto, or the Gungans be involved in things post-A New Hope, but there’s a small crossover charm to it. The short just does nothing with that, resorting to lame slapstick and a complete hodgepodge of meh-to-ugh gags.
Overall, this is a real step down from the last one. Hopefully things improve on the next one!
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2019-10-26T14:44:50Z
[5.8/10] It’s hard to believe how much worse this one is than the last lego short. Gone is the great fourth wall breaking humor and clever riffs on the franchise’s quirks, and in their place is a cavalcade of dumb, broad humor and nods to only the most obvious Star Wars bits (“Han shot first!)
The biggest offender here is the endless gags about people being mobbed by a group of adoring teenage girl fans. As a one-off gag, it was pretty meh but fine, but as the plot-relevant joke that just won’t go away it’s interminable..
The short is also really scattershot, jumping to tons of different characters in different spots and never really building any momentum with any of them. Luke trying to find the stormtrooper base only leads to the aforementioned teenage girl gags. Han and Leia marshaling support from the Gungans just gives us a bunch of saliva gags (though they managed ot get Brian Blessed for this, which is something I guess!) Palpy’s routine with Vader and Maul building the death star with him only leads to a dumb “the death star looks like Maul!” gag. And C-3P0 and Chewbacca hanging out is at least worth a laugh or two.
The only thing that this short can offer really is the addition of prequel bits into the original trilogy setting, which has a minor thrill to it. I don’t know that anyone was demanding to see Maul, or Watto, or the Gungans be involved in things post-A New Hope, but there’s a small crossover charm to it. The short just does nothing with that, resorting to lame slapstick and a complete hodgepodge of meh-to-ugh gags.
Overall, this is a real step down from the last one. Hopefully things improve on the next one!