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Wednesday, 23 August 2023

My First SPOILER FREE!!!!!!!!!! Impressions Of The Ahsoka TV Series

 


At long last the day that I and many others have been waiting is now finally here as we have not only a brand new Star Wars TV show to hopefully look forward to every week but one that features a now fan favorite character in the main role. I will admit that this is a show that i've been super excited to see ever since it was first announced and well now that the first two episodes are here with us you all just knew that I was going to be checking them out the very first chance that I got and so then join me as I give you my first SPOILER FREE impressions that introduces more fan favorite characters into the word of the Star Wars live action world with the TV series in question being called simply just "Ahsoka" enjoy.

The plot of these first two episodes is when she hears news of an old enemy returning former Jedi Knight Ahsoka Tano goes about trying to prevent his return. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty not that bad as they both did a good job of setting up the plot of the show but at the same time the plot just isn't all that interesting in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in these episodes are Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano and Natasha Liu Bordizzo as Sabine Wren. Also starring in these first two episodes are Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Hera Syndulla , the late Ray Stevenson as Baylan Skoll , Ivanna Sakhno as Shin Hati , Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth , David Tennant as The Voice Of Huyang , Eman Esfandi as Ezra Bridger , Mark Rolston as Captain Hayle , Peter Jacobson as Myn Weaver , Shelby Young as The Voice Of C1-D1 and Clancy Brown as Governor Ryder Azadi.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in these very episodes was in all honesty not that bad. With all of the episodes cast members turning in some really good performances which really isn't all that surprising as alot of the cast members for these two episodes are a bunch of really good actors and actress which in this case are helped by the wonderful script for these first two episodes.



Doing the CGI for these first two episodes is Legacy Effects and the legends and the greats that are currently over at Luma Pictures. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really good which is nothing new for these Star Wars shows as all of them have really good CGI in them with the CGI in these first two episodes being movie quality good.



For those of you that don't know this show is a spiritual sequel to the show Star Wars Rebels with this show not only picking up on the finale of Star Wars Rebels but also featuring alot of it's main characters. With that said however I don't think that you need to have seen Star Wars Rebels in order to understand this show as these first two episodes do a good job of setting up the main characters from Rebels and filling you in in what the ending cliffhanger from Rebels is but I will say to be save you should at least watch a couple of episodes of Rebels altho like I said you don't really need to watch an episode from that show in order to fully understand this show.

I will say that this is something that happens to Sabine at the end of episode one of this show that I didn't like as usually it would mean that she wouldn't be un the show anymore. Yet for some reason she is still able to appear in the show even tho when this thing has happend to other characters it usually meant that they were gone for good while it is a good cliffhanger and a great hook to get you to watch episode two it's something that doesn't work when you take into account that something like this has happend to other characters and so it makes you wonder why Sabine was able to survive and live to see another day.


I have to admit that I loved seeing alot of the Ghost crew from Rebels appear in live action as it's something that makes sense for the storyline of this show. Plus it really does help that alot of them look really good in live actin which is something that you don't get to see all that often as more often that not what works and looks good in animation might not always work and look good in the world of live action and while some of the characters like Sabine could have been written better that doesn't take away from the fact she is a character that not only looks good in live action but whose baseline character could also work well in live action as well.

Now then episode one of this show has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly fifty four minuets and forty three seconds whilst episode two of this show has / had an exact grand total running time if exactly forty two minuets and fifteen seconds. While episode two had the better running time I think that each episode of this show should be at least one hour long just to allow the plot of the show a chance to breathe and to give the characters more of a chance to get in some decent character development which is something that a show like this one just cannot do and still a good story at the exact time but I will admit that both episode have some really good pacing to them.


So now then since this is an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in these first two episodes was in all honesty really good. With both of these first two episodes containing some really good action scenes in them with perhaps episode one having the better action out of the two episodes but even then it's very closely followed up by episode two as both of the episodes have some really good action in both of them in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall just based of these first two episodes i'd say that this might be a good show but that is of course far to early to say but the show is of to really good start and is hopefully going to be a fun filled ride in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that are in these first two episodes in this very post and since this is only my first impressions I won't be giving this show a rating however if i'm still watching this show when this shows final episode airs or even is released online and then i'll give this a show review and a rating as well.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very post from the official Disney fandom wiki page , the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website that I personally preferred to use to get the images that I personally used in this very review being the wonderful Google Images since all of the images that are currently up and and on Google Images are all fairly high in quality and as well as being really fairly freaking high in definition.

Monday, 27 February 2023

The Mandalorian "Chapter 13 The Jedi" Review

 


Good or even great TV shows don't come along all that often and what is even rarer is one that is consistently either good or great. Well we are now just a few short days away from one of those shows debuting it's third season as such I thought that i'd take a look at one of the episodes that had alot of buzz surrounding it and so then join me as I review the episode that introduced a fan favorite character to the world of live action with the episode in question being called simply just "Chapter 13 The Jedi" enjoy.

The plot of this episode is when The Mandalorian takes Grogu to a mysterious planet to hopefully be trained by a Jedi the Jedi instead enlists him in a fight to remove an evil governor from power of a local village. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good with the episodes story being rather simple and effective in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Starring in this episode is Pedro Pascal as Din Djarin / The Mandalorian and the great Rosario Dawson as Ahsoka Tano. Also starring in this episode is the great Michael Biehn as Lang , Diana Lee Inosanto as Morgan Elsbeth / The Magistrate , James Croak as A Prisoner , stunt woman turned actress turned director turned martial artist Dylan Alvarado as A Village Boy , Mai Brunelle as A Village Girl , Wing Tao Chao as Governor Wing and Clark Schierle as A Villager.

Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. With all of this episodes cast turning in some really good performances all of which help to elevate what could be seen as a really dull script ad make it seem alot better then what it actually is because that's how good the acting in this very episode.



Doing the CGI for this episode is the legends and the greats that are all currently over at Legacy Effects. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual CGI that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Granted you do get some very dodgy looking CGI effects as well but those are in the minority and don't represent the majority.


As I mentioned at the start of this review this is the episode that introduced the character of Ahsoka Tano. I fully remember all of the hype and all of the rumors surrounding this character and when she would debut in this show and I have to say that this episode did a very good of introducing this character to  an audience that for one reason or another might not have seen her debut in animated form and her character in this episode is very much the next logical step in her characters journey and it's one that I can't wait to see play out.

This episode does kind of make both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars: Rebels essential viewing. Since a character who played a big part in the end of Star Wars: Rebels is mentioned by Ahsoka Tano this is something that I can see putting alot of people watching the upcoming Ahsoka TV show just because of the fact that not alot of people like watching animated movies or TV shows but given how interconnected these The Mandalorian spin off shows are that was always going to happen at some point. 


This is also the episode where we find out that Baby Yoda is actually called Grogu which is a name that I didn't like just because it sounds to much like Goku. Which isn't always a bad thing but when your alien names are often very creative and very distinctive it makes Grogu standout for all of the wrong reasons not to mention the big reveal really isn't treated as a big deal it's something that's done half handedly with the reveal almost coming of as a throwaway line which works well for the character of Ahsoka Tano but it doesn't work well for the character of The Mandalorian who would ave treated this as the big deal that it is.

Now then this episode has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly forty four minuets and forty eight seconds. Which is a bit of a short running time for an episode like this one to have since you very very easily could ave stretched this episodes running time to one hour just by expanding upon it's plot which would have allowed you to fully develop it's villains and go deeper into the blossoming friendship between The Mandalorian and Ahsoka Tano both of which are key to making this episodes plot work. 


So now then since this an action show that means that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very episode was in all honesty really good. Altho the action goes out of it's way to making Ahsoka Tano look good then it does The Mandalorian which wouldn't be an issue if this was the Ahsoka show but it's not and so all it does is make The Mandalorian feel more like a side character when it comes to the episodes action sequences in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.


Overall this was a really good episode that goes a long way as to showing us what this show is like when it at's it's best and is honestly more true to Star Wars then the actual sequel trilogy ever was in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad thins that are in this very episode in this very review and as such that means that this very episode earns itself a grand old score of exactly an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official The Mandalorian fandom wiki page , the official Star Wars fandom wiki page and Google Images. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from these very episodes that I used in this very review being the official Star Wars fandom wiki page simply just due to the fact that alot of the images that are featured / up and on the official Star Wars fandom wiki page are all fairly high in quality and as well as being fairly freaking high in definition.