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Ahsoka: Part Five: Shadow Warrior (2023)
Indicative of a growing problem with Star Wars
I'm convinced that all some people want out of Star Wars is to see the same 5 characters over and over again. To start this off, I'd like to say that Ahsoka and Anakin are genuinely my 2 favorite characters in all of Star Wars. So I should love this episode, right? Nope.
This episode had nothing to say. There was nothing below surface level, nothing to truly learn about that characters, nothing that requires above a 7th grade writing level. I almost rolling my eyes every time Anakin was on screen, it just felt like I was being pandered to. Like they thought that upon hearing the word "Snips", I would start crying and throw my money at Disney.
This is the same problem that was in Kenobi. People widely regard Episode 6 as great, simply because Vader showed up. Despite the fact that the actual fight was blatantly contradictory to canon, not to mention the dialogue being borderline nonsensical.
If you want some actual good Star Wars, and I don't mean to sound like a broken record, but you should watch Andor. Or if it's that Ahsoka kick you're looking for, rewatch the final 4 episodes of the Clone Wars. But I'd like for Lucasfilm to feel as though the standards for good television are slightly above jingling keys in my face.
Beef: The Great Fabricator (2023)
What a frustratingly confusing meltdown.
I truly don't understand how writers can take such a clever, heartfelt, beautifully-crafted show and abandon all pretenses of logic or narrative satisfaction in favor of suddenly wanting to write an action flick. Major story beats happen for essentially no reason, and characters seem like they were transported into a completely different show. I can almost see what they were going for, but the way everything was executed and the arbitrary character deaths left much to be desired. I do not see how this episode contributes at all to the themes of the show, outside of the obvious superficial level. Very disappointed by the conclusion of what was becoming one of my favorite shows in recent memory.