New interesting take and visuals never before seen in the Star Wars universe. An anthology with so much care and focus put into everything from the stories to the visuals. Every episode has a different anime inspired art style and tone that adds so much to Star Wars as a whole. It's hard to rate this together because some episodes were so good and others really should have never been made. There were a few episodes that I loved, a few that were okay, one that was bad, and one that I hated. I do hope they come out with more of these though because the ones that were good were amazing.
Episode 1: 5/5 Loved the art style and the story of a former dark side user (smith or inquisitor or other) making the world right by killing dark side users that are abusing their powers to torment society. Original visuals and weapons like katana lightsabers and an umbrella lightsaber. Love this episode.
Episode 2: 0/5 Cheesy, childish, literally the bad parts of anime with stupid stories and unrealistic plots. Star Wars did not and still does not need stupid teen anime rock band stories like this one. Bad episode Episode 3: 3/5 Holy yes, these are the visuals and over the top fight scenes I was hoping for when this show was announced. Super epic and fun to watch. But I think this would've been 10x better without the dialogue, people say the prequels have bad dialogue but holy crap this might be one one the blockiest and most narrative exposition dumping dialogues I've ever seen. The prequels look like Oscar winning movies compared to this. Some of it makes sense, you only have 18 minutes to tell the story so you might need some characters to give backstory but a lot of it is obvious and does not need explanation. Definitely enjoyed the battles but that's pretty much it.
Episode 4: 5/5 another great episode. The emotion in this one is what really shines. The story telling is superb and does everything it try's to do perfectly. More great visuals and plots that mesh so well with what Star Wars is at its best. It is short, sweet, and so well executed. Watching this episode put me in such a good mood, loved it so much. My favorite episode of the bunch.
Episode 5: 4/5 A really great Star Wars story that I honestly wish I could see a whole series on. They had a cool and interesting take on lightsabers that haven't been seen (at least in the current canonical Star Wars). Solid episode.
Episode 6: 3/5 it's a cute episode. The animation style reminds me old Disney like the Snow White dwarves kind of look. It's hard to make a good story in this short amount of time and it shows. It goes from no don't you're not allowed, we need to do this and not worry about becoming a Jedi, to okay fine here's everything you need to know about becoming a Jedi in less than 2 minutes. Still not a bad episode.
Episode 7: 4/5 well written and executed. It's an interesting concept and they do a good job of keeping it concise and find ways to show and not tell, there's no real exposition dumps. And there's a classic Jedi lesson demonstrated throughout.
Episode 8: 2.5/5 I think this episodes story would have benefited from a much longer runtime. They try to pack so much backstory Into the episode that 3/4 of the episode ends up being dialogue. There was literally a 3 minute argument that could have been much shorter. There was one fight scene at the end that was okay except for the person who just learned about lightsabers and picked one up for the first time automatically somehow knows how to use the force, that was something that definitely could have been left out.
Episode 9: 2/5 Super unoriginal story, literally took Anakin's exact motivations, actions, and arc and threw it in this character in a much more rushed and unbelievable fashion. Then they dressed it up in an anime skin to make it seem artistic and original. So many possible directions they could have gone without having to stick to canon and they make the most unoriginal story ever. Also a pretty boring episode overall.
Episode 1: 5/5 Loved the art style and the story of a former dark side user (smith or inquisitor or other) making the world right by killing dark side users that are abusing their powers to torment society. Original visuals and weapons like katana lightsabers and an umbrella lightsaber. Love this episode.
Episode 2: 0/5 Cheesy, childish, literally the bad parts of anime with stupid stories and unrealistic plots. Star Wars did not and still does not need stupid teen anime rock band stories like this one. Bad episode Episode 3: 3/5 Holy yes, these are the visuals and over the top fight scenes I was hoping for when this show was announced. Super epic and fun to watch. But I think this would've been 10x better without the dialogue, people say the prequels have bad dialogue but holy crap this might be one one the blockiest and most narrative exposition dumping dialogues I've ever seen. The prequels look like Oscar winning movies compared to this. Some of it makes sense, you only have 18 minutes to tell the story so you might need some characters to give backstory but a lot of it is obvious and does not need explanation. Definitely enjoyed the battles but that's pretty much it.
Episode 4: 5/5 another great episode. The emotion in this one is what really shines. The story telling is superb and does everything it try's to do perfectly. More great visuals and plots that mesh so well with what Star Wars is at its best. It is short, sweet, and so well executed. Watching this episode put me in such a good mood, loved it so much. My favorite episode of the bunch.
Episode 5: 4/5 A really great Star Wars story that I honestly wish I could see a whole series on. They had a cool and interesting take on lightsabers that haven't been seen (at least in the current canonical Star Wars). Solid episode.
Episode 6: 3/5 it's a cute episode. The animation style reminds me old Disney like the Snow White dwarves kind of look. It's hard to make a good story in this short amount of time and it shows. It goes from no don't you're not allowed, we need to do this and not worry about becoming a Jedi, to okay fine here's everything you need to know about becoming a Jedi in less than 2 minutes. Still not a bad episode.
Episode 7: 4/5 well written and executed. It's an interesting concept and they do a good job of keeping it concise and find ways to show and not tell, there's no real exposition dumps. And there's a classic Jedi lesson demonstrated throughout.
Episode 8: 2.5/5 I think this episodes story would have benefited from a much longer runtime. They try to pack so much backstory Into the episode that 3/4 of the episode ends up being dialogue. There was literally a 3 minute argument that could have been much shorter. There was one fight scene at the end that was okay except for the person who just learned about lightsabers and picked one up for the first time automatically somehow knows how to use the force, that was something that definitely could have been left out.
Episode 9: 2/5 Super unoriginal story, literally took Anakin's exact motivations, actions, and arc and threw it in this character in a much more rushed and unbelievable fashion. Then they dressed it up in an anime skin to make it seem artistic and original. So many possible directions they could have gone without having to stick to canon and they make the most unoriginal story ever. Also a pretty boring episode overall.