I thought it was intriguing, and slower than I anticipated until the very end. Seems like a middle ground in tone/pacing to the other Mando-verse shows and Andor. I didn’t see a post here so I figured, why not?
I’ll be back tomorrow after I sleep to chat more.
Something was off about the production. It felt like I was watching a fan-made film instead of something from the actual Star Wars universe. Too clean and well lit? Too cheap looking? Incorrect use of the new “green screen” tech? Not sure — it just feels wrong. I also couldn’t get invested in the heroes.
Mandalorian, Boba Fett, and especially Andor production values and direction didn’t feel this way to me.
Ray Stevenson has gravitas the rest of the cast seemed to be lacking. He will be sorely missed. Rosario was fine in the other shows but here she’s just monotone. Lots of sighing and long blank pauses after lines. Honestly the droids and pets had more life and character than many of the actors.
Also please spend some money on the military badges. They all look like someone opened a package of cepacol cough tablets and stuck them to the uniform with double-sided tape. I don’t remember them looking this way in the movies, but I’ve noticed it in the TV shows.
I really felt that way about Kenobi. I didn’t think the Volume was noticeable as much in these two Ahsoka episodes, but what I really felt was off in production value was Hera + the mural recreation from Rebels.
Hera looked like they didn’t finish putting the actress in Twilek makeup with her pink blush and lipstick.
The mural of the Rebels team that they made also looked like they meticulously recreated Ezra and the Loth-wolves, then were rushed to fill out the rest of it with half as much time. I think they even knew it sucked because they don’t linger on it and obscure most of the faces most of the time.