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Fallout (2024)
Great show, just a little too much going on
This show does an absolutely great job respecting the lore and giving the show the care it deserves. The writers were obviously educated on the franchise and did a lot of things right.
Characters were all around great. When I saw the trailers and saw Lucy trying to deliberate with the ghoul I was thinking it would be really childish and lacking of any tension but it shows her naivety and innocence in the show and shows how she's so out of her element, it's great.
The only hiccup is there's a little too much going on, there's like 4 different stories that actually do converge quite nicely at the end but it's a little disorienting throughout the entirety of the show. It's definitely better to have too much than too little but I could've done with just a little less in my opinion.
Regardless, characters were great, knowledge of the lore was great, great plot, great set up for season 2, funny references to the games throughout the show, just a really good job all around. Even if you're not aware of the games or their story, this works as a stand alone show just fine. This is everything that shows should use as a template when making content that is from existing media. Very well done.
Ahsoka (2023)
Meh
The good:
Lightsaber fights have good choreography, great fan service with Anakin, Baylan and Shin start out really good and interesting, live action thrawn was good-ish.
The bad:
Sabine was insufferable. She was so annoying and pretentious and I couldn't stand her character and "character arc". Thrawn is the main villain and doesn't show up until the end of the episode, Baylan just wonders off for some reason, the end of the show essentially trades Ezra and thrawn for Ahsoka and Sabine. Zombie storm troopers? I guess, why not. Thrawn making some questionable decisions that don't make any sense. Just really frustrating at times.
For surface level media, it's not bad. There's somewhat of a story there, but once you dig below that it's just a mess and could've been handled much much better. Not great, no horrible, just another bunt that could've been a home run.
Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi (2022)
This is Star Wars
This is everything Star Wars media should be. Fun and exciting stories that have some dark undertones that ground the plot and give it tension. The first episode of Ahsoka wasn't great which is why this isn't a 10/10 but everything else was stellar. We learn how and why Dooku turned, we learned a lot about the forging of the clone wars, we get interesting dialogue banter between Dooku and mace windu. A lightsaber fight with superb meaning to it, great representation and awareness of the canon, learning how ahsoka was able to survive order 66, and why she joined the rebel alliance. Very rewatchable, very entertaining, very interesting, just a great show. This is the template.
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire (2024)
Tales of the empire minus the empire
There's one episode that somewhat resembles the empire. The first 3 episodes don't have anyone relating to the empire besides a couple scenes with thrawn, the 4th episode is decent, but then the last 2 aren't about the empire either.
This could've been a fun mini series like tales of the jedi but it was a huge disappointment. 3 episodes about someone that barely shows up in canon and a super lazy redemption arc for a character need one.
We could've had multiple episodes about the training of the inquisitors. More scenes with Vader, seeing how the grand inquisitor came to power, thrawns path to power, training of the royal guards, something that actually pertains to the freaking empire. Very lazy and forgettable show that no one will talk about in 3 weeks.