MovieRankingReviews

  Season 2 continues to be an amazing, tense and wonderfully well-written spy thriller in the Star Wars universe! It does suffer from a weak start with a slow and even pointless side story concerning in-fighting between people stuck on a planet that didn’t really amount to anything. It also does lack a lot of action set-pieces compared to the first season. However, the story is so incredibly engaging and its large focus on spy work is terrific stuff. Seeing how the Rebellion finally got its start was a story worth watching! A satisfying prequel series!

  The Mandalorian and Grogu is a serviceable popcorn flick. The problem is that this is a Star Wars film. Being just a serviceable film is just not what Star Wars is. Even the most controversial or even critically considered bad Star Wars film, are still memorable and cinematic. Nothing remotely important or interesting happens in this film. If you want 4-5 good episodes of the Mandalorian show then this movie is basically that. For Star Wars though, this isn’t the way.

Season 1 An excellent original series in The Star Wars universe! Cool new characters with a very Western-inspired feel to the setting. Great cinematography, music score, set designs and action set pieces that make this some of the best to come out of Disney Star Wars. This is the Way!   Season 2 Season 2 continues to deliver on what made the first season great. However, it unfortunately is a bit of a step down due to one big reason. It tries to connect with every other Star Wars projects. It introduces characters from the movies and the animated shows such as Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. Thus, some the episodes just feel incredibly odd because these characters from the show are getting a spotlight over the main character. It just makes the galaxy feel incredibly small. Fortunately, the writing is still excellent and there are some stellar moments with one of the most epic final episodes in a Star Wars show!     Season 3 Similar to The Book ...

  I really enjoyed Star Wars: Rogue One. The more gritty take on Star Wars with a focus on non-Jedi, regular people was a great part of that movie. However, I never cared for a prequel on the character of Cassian Andor from that movie. I liked the character in the movie but I didn’t love him as much as Obi-Wan or Boba Fett. To my surprise, his show is probably one of the best Star Wars shows so far. I love the darker and more mature storytelling of Andor. There are no jokes at all in this show. The struggles of the Rebels against the empire are gripping. The visuals and practical set are terrific. The acting is phenomenal and the characters are all interesting. This feels like a Star Wars aimed at adults and I love it! Looking forward to season 2 and hopefully more Star Wars content of similar quality!

  Obi-Wan Kenobi has been one of the most anticipated Star Wars show for me. While I didn’t like the prequels apart from Revenge of the Sith, I liked Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan and Hayden Christensen as Anakin. So I was thrilled when it was revealed that both would be returning for this new series. So is the show a great return of the Jedi or dry like sand? Ewan McGregor gives a great performance as Obi-Wan to the point it feels like he never left. I also love that the show gives him more layers by showing that his “killing” of Anakin has traumatized him. He is a very broken person at the beginning but we see him grow into the Obi-Wan we see in A New Hope. Hayden is great when he appears and I love the way he moves as Vader. It is exactly like the way Vader moved in the original trilogy. Although, it seems that Hayden and two other stuntmen helped portray Vader so it isn’t entirely Hayden. Moreover, Hayden is still being dubbed over by James Earl Jones so he isn’t in it...

  It baffles me that THIS was the direction they went with in a show about Boba Fett. They managed to make him dumb, boring and uncool in his own show. He literally gets overshadowed by every other character. 2 of the episodes aren’t even about Boba Fett and it is a 7 episode show! After the great 2 seasons of Mandalorian, this is a big step backwards in Star Wars shows. If you ignore how much it butchers Boba Fett as a character, the show is still relatively enjoyable and the final episode is a pretty fun action sequence. It is a shame that they made Boba Fett’s show just an advertisement for Mandalorian season 3 rather than create an exciting show centred around the character.