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Searching for other late 20’s early 30’s dads like me who are nostalgically clinging to the bloated corpse of their childhood just like me to yap about this show with.
Spoilers obviously so be warned!
I really enjoyed the show. Star Wars animation (minus Resistance) in my opinion good job has always done a really good job with story. I’m not sure how much Dave Filloni was involved or if it was the darker tone or if how it was reported that the show draws heavily off of George Lucas’s plans for a sequel trilogy, but I feel like the show in general has a real “Star Wars“ feeling to it that I really enjoyed. The art style and characters were all unique and likable almost to a man. As someone who grew up playing the force unleashed, I love hearing Sam Wittmer as Maul and from what I can tell from the videos I have seen of him talking about Star Wars he is a real fan of the material he’s working on and few people these days bring the passion he notably does to his craft. I really liked Captain Lawson, Rylee (who is the weakest character in the show) and Two Boots. Love to see a dad doing his best to give his son a good life. Really hit home and that mustache was epic. Devon and her master were the biggest surprises for me, and the show did a great job at getting me attached while still telegraphing that the Master was most likely going to die. Devon is very much a distinct character with personality and layers. I was worried she was just going to be another Ashoka (i actually like Ashoka I don’t mean that in a bad way) but she wasn’t. She had limits and you could tell where the ceiling from her Jedi training was especially fighting against the inquisitors. She also had flashes of talent and heat when she leaned into the dark side and her fall was really well done, mauls manipulation was Sidious level and I can’t wait to see how they turn out.
When I heard that Darth Vader was going to be making an appearance I kinda sighed and rolled my eyes but damn does it not work every time on me. The guy is just a force of nature and looked so good in the animation style. The show is a 9/10 IMO and the only reason why it’s not a 10/10 is that I don’t think they needed Maul to push Daki in the fight with Vader. Yes I understand Maul is a bad guy and you aren’t really supposed to feel bad for him but I think you could have gotten the same outcome (Devon’s fall to the dark side) with out it. Vader was obviously winning that fight and was going to kill Daki anyways, I know this is laying the ground work for the eventual Maul Devon split but I just don’t think it was necessary and kinda cheapens what Maul and Devon could have been… but that’s probably the point.

If you made it this far thank you for wasting 5 minutes of your life you are never getting back to read my clearly amateur take.