Skallagrim
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It's already pretty dodgy. My take is that they're cramming two series into one. A series about Obi-Wan and a series about Inquisitors. The former feels like it should really have been a film, and the latter only suffers from being tacked onto what's supposed to be an Obi-Wan story. It feels both crammed and filler-y. That's not good.
The series lacks balance, I think. Because of the above lack of focus, it seems unclear about what it wants to be.
Another issue: it's very obviously Disney-fied, so that the Inquisitors can't be gruesome and deadly, and instead outright stop each other from executing people.
The actress playing the, uh... Third Sister, I think they said... is also not that good. I've never seen her in anything else, so it may well be poor writing, but there's either compelling or terrifying about her. And she kind of has to be at least one of those things.
The other Inquisitors also look like shit. They looked way better in animation. And they had a perfect opportunity to not use those retarded spinny sabres ("oh, those were just, uh... not invented yet") but of course they used them anyway. So we'll never be rid of that stupid gimmick. (I swear, if we actually have to watch the utter idiocy of the "blade helicopter" in live action...)
The plot of the Third Sister in these two episodes is beyond stupid. Way too convoluted, when she could easily have cut out three steps and ensured success.
Spoiler about that:
Worse than all of the above, however, is the illogical stuff that outright contradicts all good sense:
There's some good stuff here. But it has all the signs indicating the exact same problems Disney causes for SW projects every single time. Bottom line: they need way better writers, who have much more of a long-term vision, and far more respect for the setting as a whole.
The series lacks balance, I think. Because of the above lack of focus, it seems unclear about what it wants to be.
Another issue: it's very obviously Disney-fied, so that the Inquisitors can't be gruesome and deadly, and instead outright stop each other from executing people.
The actress playing the, uh... Third Sister, I think they said... is also not that good. I've never seen her in anything else, so it may well be poor writing, but there's either compelling or terrifying about her. And she kind of has to be at least one of those things.
The other Inquisitors also look like shit. They looked way better in animation. And they had a perfect opportunity to not use those retarded spinny sabres ("oh, those were just, uh... not invented yet") but of course they used them anyway. So we'll never be rid of that stupid gimmick. (I swear, if we actually have to watch the utter idiocy of the "blade helicopter" in live action...)
The plot of the Third Sister in these two episodes is beyond stupid. Way too convoluted, when she could easily have cut out three steps and ensured success.
Spoiler about that:
She had young Leia kidnapped so that Bail -- who she for some reason knows was a very good friend of Obi-Wan -- will go to Obi-Wan. She deliberately allowed Bail to track the kidnappers, so Bail knows where to send Obi-Wan. And then Obi-Wan goes to save Leia, and she's there to catch him!
Obvious alternative: just track Bail when he goes to find Obi-Wan. Now you know where Obi-Wan is, and you can kill him on the spot. Also, don't go alone. Bring your team.
Obvious alternative: just track Bail when he goes to find Obi-Wan. Now you know where Obi-Wan is, and you can kill him on the spot. Also, don't go alone. Bring your team.
Worse than all of the above, however, is the illogical stuff that outright contradicts all good sense:
There's a guy pretending to be a Jedi to scam people. On a planet swarming with Stormtroopers. And Inquisitors who actively hunt down Jedi. It's like someone in Nazi Germany deliberately pretending to be a Jew during Kristallnacht. At no point is the insanity of this even mentioned.
Third Sister somehow knows that Vader is Anakin. It's not explained how she could possibly know that, and why Vader lets her live knowing it... apparently she just knows it so she can dramatically reveal it to Obi-Wan.
Third Sister just knows that Bail and Obi-Wan were really good friends. This was never common knowledge, though. Are we supposed to believe that Vader told her this or something? It's either just garden variety contrivance, or -- far worse -- Third Sister is being set up as Vader's extra-special Mary Sue protégée.
There's way more small stuff along these lines, where they just put things in without ever considering whether it made any sense at all. As with other Disney SW productions, the logic and the world-building suffer because they want to put things in because those things are supposedly "cool" in the moment.
Third Sister somehow knows that Vader is Anakin. It's not explained how she could possibly know that, and why Vader lets her live knowing it... apparently she just knows it so she can dramatically reveal it to Obi-Wan.
Third Sister just knows that Bail and Obi-Wan were really good friends. This was never common knowledge, though. Are we supposed to believe that Vader told her this or something? It's either just garden variety contrivance, or -- far worse -- Third Sister is being set up as Vader's extra-special Mary Sue protégée.
There's way more small stuff along these lines, where they just put things in without ever considering whether it made any sense at all. As with other Disney SW productions, the logic and the world-building suffer because they want to put things in because those things are supposedly "cool" in the moment.
There's some good stuff here. But it has all the signs indicating the exact same problems Disney causes for SW projects every single time. Bottom line: they need way better writers, who have much more of a long-term vision, and far more respect for the setting as a whole.