So far, so good. The show is building on a known quantity - the Star Wars universe - and it does a good job of capturing the feel of the earliest movies. I noticed some reviewers complained about the low quality of the special effects, but the original movie came out more than forty years ago, and special effects have come a long way since then. I kinda like the fact that this is a bit of a throwback - it brought back a little of the incredible excitement of the first movie.
First, the problems: The fight scenes are not great - not awful, but not great. We're used to better, even on the small screen. The makeup effects are decidedly sub-par - most of them are little more than rubber masks, and in fairness to some of the criticisms I've read here, they do feel a little cosplay-y. If I had to choose one area for improvement, this would be it.
On the plus side - great job of capturing some of the feel of the first Star Wars movie. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can still remember what it was like to sit in a theater watching that movie back in 1977. It truly was magical.
First, the problems: The fight scenes are not great - not awful, but not great. We're used to better, even on the small screen. The makeup effects are decidedly sub-par - most of them are little more than rubber masks, and in fairness to some of the criticisms I've read here, they do feel a little cosplay-y. If I had to choose one area for improvement, this would be it.
On the plus side - great job of capturing some of the feel of the first Star Wars movie. I don't know about the rest of you, but I can still remember what it was like to sit in a theater watching that movie back in 1977. It truly was magical.