Hello everyone!
This week's episode marks (already) the mid-season! The series continues to offer us a pleasant journey in the company of an endearing group. However, in my opinion, despite pleasant viewing, the series begins to go a little in circles, in reality giving few interesting elements to answer the famous two mysteries of the show: At Attin and the character of Jude Law. Let's develop!
I therefore invite you to follow me in my reflections (100% subjectives, 1000000% spoilers) about these very nice first two episodes!
Happy reading!
Emotion…
Although it is pleasant to travel the Star Wars galaxy in the company of our heroes, I must admit that following their adventures is starting to bore me a little. The trip is pleasant but the elements that interest me do not currently have enough substance to make me want to come back every Wednesday. Oh I'm coming back, both out of love for the saga and out of duty to SWU (^^), and I like what I see but I already know, that in my eyes, this series will be quite forgettable .
However, its strength lies in the moments of emotion offered to the different characters. Here Neel bursts onto the screen and alone carries the message of the episode: there is another path than violence. Beyond a particularly cute design that goes against the already high degree of cuteness offered by Grogu, the character's speech and emotions are the heart of this episode. Neel's fear and his rejection of violence resonate with the joy and excitement felt by his best friend, Wim, in the face of the weapons of the clan that welcomes our heroes.
Fern is also in the spotlight. She, who naturally took on the role of captain, begins to doubt and feel the weight of responsibility for others on her shoulders.
These moments are missing (especially for Wim and KB) and they are therefore precious here. Let's not forget that we follow children lost in space, unable to return home with a droid as old as it is uncontrollable and a clearly deceitful pirate as their bodyguard.
And that's a bit about it…
Beyond these scenes seeking to present to us the psychology of our young heroes, the rest is, in my opinion, quite forgettable. The war on the planet of the episode is poorly described and therefore not very interesting. The action seems mainly there to make us wait until we obtain very little information on At Attin.
That's why the episode “bored” me a little. The ending doesn't bring anything new. On the contrary, the heroes are at the same point. They even already had the solution to their problems on hand within SM-33's memory.
I often have trouble with this kind of plot twist bringing our heroes back to the starting point, it gives me the impression of a form of emptiness to the events experienced so far. Even more so when we have very few scenes allowing us to show a psychological evolution in our characters in response to this narrative flashback. As explained above, apart from the excellent moments around Neel and the important although fleeting one about Fern, the other two characters are neither very interesting nor very developed: Wim is having the best time of his life despite the danger and KB clearly lacks development.
Conclusion
The series continues to hook me on its mysteries. However, I want the reveal to be interesting and satisfying to justify the few shortcomings I find in the story and the interest that is starting to wane. Certainly the atmosphere, the “vibe”, is very pleasant, very naive and the very “adventure” axis works well. The whole thing, however, seems to me to be weakened by a lack of development of the main heroes and a few long ones.
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