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I have to admit, I had no interest in the latest Star Wars show coming to Disney+. skeleton team The marketing failed to engage me, giving the impression that the series would be silly and childlike, for lack of a better term. But despite not being that excited to see it, I started playing regardless. And despite it not exactly breaking new ground (it wears its influences proudly on its sleeve), I was surprised by how much I enjoyed its first two episodes. The skeleton team.
skeleton team It comes to us from Jon Watts and Christopher Ford, best known as the director and writer respectively tom holland spider man moviesThe duo’s task and pitch seemed clear: create a Star Wars story that was along the lines of the old Amblin films of the ’80s. The end of the show is exactly what it feels like. And I don’t just mean aesthetics. The first episode in particular has a pacing that feels almost forgotten now by modern entertainment, but I was instantly transported back to the era of VHS tapes and action figures. As mentioned, it’s not very original, it’s meets Star Wars. fool meeting of Pirates of the Caribbeangets at., get stranger thingsBut despite that, it’s a lot of fun to watch and be a part of.
After the show begins with a failed pirate robbery in space, we are taken to the planet Atene, which looks like a science-fiction version of the city. atIt’s a little disconcerting to see a Star Wars planet look so much like Earth, but once the big mystery starts to unravel (more on this later), I think I’ll agree with the creative decisions here. It’s on this planet that we meet the show’s protagonist, a kid named Wim who has big dreams and no focus. With his working father absent, Wim dreams of adventure when he should be doing his homework. However, his distraction causes him to be late for a very important placement exam one day and he stumbles upon what he thinks is an old Jedi temple. Persuading his best friend Neil to come with him, the two, along with two girls named Fern and KB who have stumbled upon the mysterious site, do some investigating and discover that it is not the Jedi Temple. , is a rather old abandoned spaceship. Vim, who has to touch everything in sight, inadvertently sends the ship into orbit and later into hyperspace, resulting in the quad being lost in space with only a grumpy old droid named SM-33 (get it? peter pan’s Smee) as a partner.
Working with children is one of the most difficult tasks for filmmakers, as they are given very little time to hone their craft and have short attention spans. Thankfully, all four kids in this series are pretty solid in terms of acting and characterization. Fern’s taunting exaggeration in particular reminded me of Buzz’s “Old Man Marley” story. home aloneWhile Wim will undoubtedly be set on a path that will teach him humility and patience. The show strikes a great balance of being accessible to adults and kids, with enough whimsy to keep kids on board, but also an element of “campfire horror” found in many of the older movies from the ’80s. Such as the jump scare on skeletons covered in dust and cobwebs in the dark corners of the ship (hence the show’s title).
Although the digital effects are a bit bad, the practical effects are a bit weak skeleton team Really fun to look at. There are plenty of creature effects here, mainly thanks to a pirate safe haven where the kids go in the second episode. This place was a mix of cantina a new Hope with tortuga curse of the black pearl And it’s here, while searching for a way back home, that the children discover that there may be something more to their homeworld, which may actually be a lost, mythical planet that is said to hold vast treasures.
I’m curious why their planet is so cut up; It also has a network of sensors above the orbit, which prevent the stars from being visible and anyone leaving. While in class, the planet’s undersecretary (who is also Fern’s mother), keeps reiterating the importance of the test the children are taking and how they will contribute to great causes. The wording was very similar, if not identical, to the words used. High Republic novelsSo I wonder if the planet is really cut off from the New Republic and trusts the old one, High Republic era Still in effect. The pirates were very confused and surprised by the type of Republic currency Vim had, so I don’t think that’s part of the planet’s current form of government, no matter what they’re telling themselves.
The episode ends with the promise of future adventure as the children, now imprisoned by pirates, cross paths with a mysterious Force user. Of course, Wim is surprised, believing he has met JD, as he has read about him. But I think it’s a safe bet that Jude Law’s baddie is the same pirate captain we saw at the beginning of the first episode, who was imprisoned by his crew after a failed robbery. I wonder why he didn’t escape alone, thinking he could use force to get the keys out of the cell, instead he chose to get out only if he had a cellmate. Perhaps he didn’t have his own ship and knew it would be nearly impossible to steal it? Only time will tell. Also, just an aside, but skeleton team Continuing the trend of having a very short runtime, the second episode is less than half an hour, so it can be disappointing when the episode cuts off at the worst possible moment. Personally I think episodes one and two should have been one hour episodes.
skeleton team It also features some top notch directors The Green Knights David Lowrey for the second episode of the series, so there’s no shortage of talent. Despite it being a show aimed at kids, I wonder if its aesthetic and experience is actually more tailored for the millennial generation, whether they have kids of their own or not. But two episodes in, I’m having a pretty fun time with the latest Star Wars show. Now, with all this talk of pirates, one can only hope that a certain Hondo Onaka will appear at some point. fingers crossed.
