So i think I've provided some context in my opening statement above! I'm no modern Star Wars fanboy. I was disappointed/annoyed with the first new Star Wars film (don't get me started) and gave up after the awful second one. Serioulsy, the writing was done by 12 year olds on sugar?
Anyway, the point is that I don't watch all the new dross coming out and eagerly give it a fan boy 10. This is the only series I have watched-gave up on the mandalorian after one episode as it was clear that they were trying to spin out a minor amount of ideas over a veeeeeeery long time.
So when a friend told me to try this with the promise that it was just a spy/thriller in the Star Wars universe and was actually quite good then I gave it a go.
And I'm glad that I did. Finally, a show that captures the grit of the original trilogy (things look dirty and old) allied with a good script and a great effort in explaining the motivations of characters without (and this is important) non stop annoying flashbacks showing interminable scenes from the past to flesh out a character. Now these flashbacks to occur but they are kept to a minimum and importantly don't distract from the main premise of the show.
The explanation/history of the Resistance is actually interesting to watch and well plotted. The show contains few, if any, of the tropes that litter modern Star Wars offerings (yes unrealistic 'strong female characters' I'm looking at you).
Overall it's a genuinely interesting show that fleshes out the Star Wars universe and shows how the resistance came about without any reliance on nostalgia, the Force, legacy characters and any of that stuff.
It's very late to say it but....well done. Finally.
Anyway, the point is that I don't watch all the new dross coming out and eagerly give it a fan boy 10. This is the only series I have watched-gave up on the mandalorian after one episode as it was clear that they were trying to spin out a minor amount of ideas over a veeeeeeery long time.
So when a friend told me to try this with the promise that it was just a spy/thriller in the Star Wars universe and was actually quite good then I gave it a go.
And I'm glad that I did. Finally, a show that captures the grit of the original trilogy (things look dirty and old) allied with a good script and a great effort in explaining the motivations of characters without (and this is important) non stop annoying flashbacks showing interminable scenes from the past to flesh out a character. Now these flashbacks to occur but they are kept to a minimum and importantly don't distract from the main premise of the show.
The explanation/history of the Resistance is actually interesting to watch and well plotted. The show contains few, if any, of the tropes that litter modern Star Wars offerings (yes unrealistic 'strong female characters' I'm looking at you).
Overall it's a genuinely interesting show that fleshes out the Star Wars universe and shows how the resistance came about without any reliance on nostalgia, the Force, legacy characters and any of that stuff.
It's very late to say it but....well done. Finally.