Star Wars Resistance First Impressions

Star Wars fans there is no doubt that in terms of out put we are living in a golden age weather or not everything the franchise puts out is good is really up to you but the brand has made lots of solid TV shows in the past and it's launching a new one and i'm here to give you my first impressions of the show so here is my first impressions of Star Wars Resistance.

Since this is a first impressions post and not a full on review i'm not going to going to look on Wikipedia to get the story instead i'm going to look at the first three episodes and try and work out what the story could possibly and from what i've seen the story could be Kaz is sent by star pilot Poe Dameron to be a spy for the resistance. 

There might be more to it since there's only been three episodes released tho that's the best I can work out and I have to say that that set up isn't that bad since it does open the show up to plenty of fun situations but it doesn't feel like a Star Wars story it instead feels like something you'd see in a bad Star Wars rip off.

Starring in these episodes is Christopher Sean as Kazuda Xiono , Bobby Moynihan as Orka , Suzie McGrath as Tam Ryvora , Scott Lawrence as Jarek Yeager , Myrna Velasco as Torra Doza , Josh Brener as Neeku Vozo , Mary Elizabeth McGlynn as Freya Fenris and Lex Lang as Major Vonreg. Please note that the actors i've listed are all playing new characters since I want to talk about a few other actors next up and I will say that the new cast do a fairly solid job in these episodes it's hard for me to fully judge the actors since there's only been three episodes released but so far they are doing a good job.

This series does have a few guest stars with two appearing in the series first two episodes so returning from The Force Awakens and The Last Jedi is Oscar Isaac as Poe Dameron and Gwendoline Christie as Captain Phasma but also joining them is Frodo Baggins as Jace Rucklin and according to Wikipedia Kylo Ren will also show up in the series. I have to say it's freaking cool as hell hearing new dialog from both Oscar and Gwendoline since we have well over a year before the next movie comes out so hearing something new from those characters is truly a good thing and it helps that there performances are honestly really decent.

Now then there's a chance that the animation for the show was done by either Polygon Pictures or Lucasfilm Animation since both are listed on Wikipedia but only Lucasfilm Animation is listed on IMDB either way tho the animation is fairly decent i'm not a big fan of what looks like cell shading to me it just doesn't fit in with other Star Wars TV shows but at the same time we do have alot of nice fluid movements and the animation does help sell some of the comedy.

This show was sold on the premise of it being "anime inspired" which to me says it's going to look like an anime not only is that not the case but outside of the way the comedy is done in these episodes I can't really see any anime inspiration at all if anything it looks to be inspired by other western animated shows like Avatar and Korra that's not a bad thing but when you say something is going to be anime inspired then that needs to show in the episodes.

I know that there technically is some controversy surrounding this show and if you don't know what I mean the voice actress for Leia (who doesn't speak a word in these first three episodes) did something bad on twitter i'm not going to go into detail as to what but lets just say that it's led to people to start petitions for her to be dropped and for the role to be recast. 

Do those people know how freaking hard that would be since the actress in question most likely has the whole first season recorded and the animation done to her mouth movements so to recast the role would cost Disney and Lucasfilm a lot of money in making corrections to the animation i'm not saying that she should go unpunished far from it but it has to be a punishment which not only makes sense but also doesn't cost either company alot of money.

If your sick of the girl centric short series Forces Of Destiny and the way that it pushes the girls to the front at the expense of telling interesting stories or focusing on why the female characters were great to begin with then you'll be happy because here while there are female characters they have equal screen time with the male characters and they aren't force to be center stage either since the focus is more on telling an interesting story then shoving the female characters to the front and yes I am a fan of Forces Of Destiny but even I have to admit that it gets a little hard to watch at times.

The first episode was forty four minuets long and I saw no reason what so ever for that to be the case  there was no reason why episode one couldn't have been twenty two minuets i'm not a script writer so i'm not sure what you could have lost in that opening episode but it stands to reason that if your opening episode is an hour long special then there needs to be something in there to justify that choice otherwise what's the point.

You might have noticed that several times during this review i've said the word episodes well that's because hours before the series was due to premier on Disney Channel the company released the first three episodes on the Disney App because caring about ratings is dumb but tho it also meant that this first impressions could be brought out a lot quicker then what it would have but it's odd that Disney Channel would be airing this series instead of Disney XD which will be getting the series but at a later date.

I'm not 100% sure on this but this show does contain music from Michael Tavera who's done plenty of work on other animated projects but this is his first project that has anything to do with Star Wars and I have to say that his theme to me doesn't scream Star Wars for example when I hear the opening to Rebels I know i'm watching a Star Wars product here tho the theme sounds like it belongs on a kid friendly sitcom then it does Star Wars.

Overall these first three episodes were really fun and I hope that the rest of the series is fun but unlike both The Clone Wars and Rebels this one isn't going to have direct involvement from Star Wars legend Dave Filoni since he was working on the final episodes of Rebels and is now working on the final season of The Clone Wars and yes I will do a review of this series later on into it's run and i'm not going to give it a rating.

What I Think Of the Harley Quinn Teaser

Yes I know this is weird me doing a post on a teaser that was no more then fifty seconds long well it's my life and I can do what I want and since I don't people talking about the teaser I thought that I might as well do it and fair warning this post won't be as super detailed like the rest of my posts are because like I said it's a fifty second teaser.

I have to say that right of the bat I loved the tone this teaser was taking it reminded me alot of the first Deadpool movie which for me is a very good thing since that was a great movie to me the tone set in this teaser is pitch perfect not only for the show but for the character of Harley Quinn she would make jokes about the fans and she would make a joke about things being dark and gritty to me that is Harley.

For me the only bad thing about the teaser is Kaley Cuoco she's not a bad actress but to me her voice just doesn't fit the character which is a shame because we just had a movie which had a great voice actors for Harley in Kaley's Big Bang Theory co-star Melissa Rauch despite what people thought of Batman And Harley Quinn to me Harley was cast great in that film so why they didn't get her back for this series is beyond me.

It's really hard to cast Harley in my opinion because she has to be crazy but not to crazy and in most cases she also has to be in love with a mad man so finding someone who can portray all of those emotions is going to be hard no matter what the media is and maybe Kaley's voice will sound better in the actual series but in this teaser it just doesn't match up with the character.

One of the things I wasn't expecting from this teaser was for it to take shots at the Deadpool animated series which got canned when that came up I was like "dang talk about shots fired" because that is something you'd expect Deadpool to do not Harley but I guess it kinda makes sense since they are both adult cartoons with insane characters so having Harley poke fun at Deadpool for his getting canned does seem oddly fitting what will make it better tho is if Ryan Reynolds films a scene for the PG13 re-release of Deadpool 2 where he fires some shots back you all know that would be awesome.

The animation for a teaser was pretty decent I don't really think the show is going to look like the teaser in anyway since this looks like stuff that was just done to be in a teaser trailer and not the actual show itself so I can't really make a comment on if the show's animation is better then the one seen here but based of this teaser the animation looks to be decent and for DC's first animated series for there streaming service that might not be good enough.

Overall the teaser did what it set out to do and give us a tease of what's to come and what was in this teaser is anything to go by then I expect the show to have over the top violence and hopefully alot more Deadpool references because the more Deadpool the better and no Deadpool totally did not force me to write that and he totally doesn't have a gun to my head right now.

Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors Review

Marvel fans the company doesn't release an animated feature that often unlike DC where one is released every six months or so but Marvel have done something interesting they released a straight to TV animated movie and so here is my review of Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors.

The plot of this movie is the Kree are planning on kidnapping a bunch of Inhumans and it's up to Ms. Marvel , Patriot , America Chavez , Daisy Johnson , Captain Marvel and Squirrel Girl to put a stop to it. My summery of the film is way more accurate then the one that's on Wikipedia which reads "When a threat no one could have expected bears down on the Marvel Universe, this ragtag, untrained band of teens have no choice but to rise together and prove to the world that sometimes the difference between a 'hero' and 'misfit' is just in the name." none of that is the film's plot and I have to say that the actual story is ok for a straight for TV movie but it's not ok for an actual movie.

Now despite being on the poster Dove Cameron is not in this movie but starring in this movie are Dee Bradley Baker as Lockjaw and Tippy-Toe , Chloe Bennet as Daisy Johnson / Quake , Kathreen Khavari as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel , Kamil McFadden as Rayshaun Lucas / Patriot , Tyler Posey as Dante Pertuz / Inferno , Cierra Ramirez as America Chavez , Kim Raver as Carol Danvers / Captain Marvel , Descendants star Booboo Stewart as Victor Kohl / Exile , Milana Vayntrub as Squirrel Girl and Ming-Na Wen as Hala the Accuser. 

Casting wise the movie is fairly solid alot of these actors have played these characters in other Marvel properties so you know what your going to get when you hear them in this movie however I have to wonder why the heck didn't they have Ming-Na Wen play Agent May since her Agents Of Shield co-star is playing her character it would have been so much cooler to have them both play there respective characters in this movie. 

The only animation company I could find listed anywhere was Marvel Animation I don't think they did the animation but since there the only company listed I have to take a guess and say that they did it and the animation overall is very mixed there are some scenes that look really well animated with a lot of nice looking movement and backgrounds but then there are some scenes that look like they could have been done better if they redrew them.

There are also some animation errors that I noticed like for example Lock Jaws thing at the top of his head disappears between shots and for some reason very early on in the movie the camera focuses on a girl who has her mouth wide open both of these are errors that could have been fixed very easily and very cheaply but I guess they didn't want to go the extra mile to make sure it was as good as it could have been.

                                                                                     

I'm not sure if anyone agrees with me on this or not but i;m going to come out and say it to me this movie feels like Marvel / Disney saw how successful Dc Super Hero Girls has been and are now playing catch up by starting there own franchise aimed at a younger possibly female demographic and if so that's weird because in the live action world it's the other way around DC is playing to catch up to Marvel and depending on who you ask are either doing a bad job of it or are doing it better then Marvel.

Now if your expecting the story to pick up from the Initiation shorts then you are going to be oh so very wrong in fact the events of those shorts don't even get a passing mention which isn't that good since that series ended on a cliff hanger and the movie would have been a great way to resolve that story but it seems that Marvel / Disney have other plans for Ghost Spider / Spider-Gwen but still a passing mention wouldn't have been two much to ask.

I have to say that Disney did do something kind of cool for this movie and that's that they aired this movie on both Disney Channel and Disney XD at the same time I believe that they havn't done that for anything else in the past so the fact that they would be willing to do it for this movie which has a bunch of lets face it unknown characters as it's leads is truly something and if this movie is a hit it might convince them to do it again with other properties.

I did some digging around and I found that Marvel / Disney are planning two specials to air most likely either the end of this year or sometime next year the specials are Chasing Ghosts which will possibly conclude the Ghost Spider story from the shorts series and Heart of Iron which will introduce Riri Willaims the Chasing Ghosts special is going to be twenty two minuets long while Heart Of Iron will be Forty Four minuets long so Marvel / Disney are going in big with this new franchise.

The heart of this story is the friendship between Squirrel Girl and Ms. Marvel but tho while it is good that is the heart of the story the friendship itself isn't played up that well we get one or two lines about them being friends and that's it we don't see them being friendly to each other that often in fact not long into the movie they have a fight and stop being friends that might have worked if you built the friendship up over a number of either movies or episodes of a show but they didn't so it just comes of like they were trying to hard to get some heart into this piece.

This film has a lot of jokes in it and alot of them come from Squirrel Girl herself which makes sense since she's meant to be a comedic character and oddly enough alot of the jokes are actually pretty funny i'm not going to lie I laughed out loud quite a bit during this film and to help sell those jokes the animators gave her some truly funny facial expressions.

Now then since this is an action movie I have to talk about the action within it and I thought that the action was pretty decent it's nothing mind blowing but for a kids TV movie it gives you about you'd expect and I thought that it was really cool getting to see all of the heroes use there powers and pretty much earn there way onto this team instead of being on there because of reasons.

Overall if you have little kids who are into Marvel then there's no harm in showing them this movie but it's clearly not either company at there best and they are pretty much ripping of DC Super Hero Girls but it is also an enjoyable little film it's only an hour and twenty minuets long so it's not that long and so it gets a perfectly acceptable 5 out of 10 from me.

 

Some Of My Favorite Comic Book Movies

Guys and girls it seems like forever that we have been getting comic book movies regardless if they were good or not and now it seems like there's one released every five minuets and since others have done something like this in the past i'm going to list of some of my favorite comic book movies so let's go and just to set some ground rules i'm only listing of films that got a wide theatrical release.

Batman 1966

I'm going to warn you all right now there might be alot of Batman in this post this film is featured here because it was one of the first Batman films I saw heck I even now own the DVD it also helps the chemistry between the late Adam West and Burt Ward is really great this version of the character is one that you cannot take seriously and I like that.

The Entire Blade Trilogy

You might as well include all three films here since all of them are pretty much the same but without this film comic book films wouldn't be taken as seriously today since back when the first Blade came out they were still seen as campy films this film stood up and told people that you can make a serious comic book movie and it can be successful.

Batman Begins

This film single handily saved the Batman film franchise is it perfect heck no but it's a good start to a great trilogy of films and it proved that Batman can survive on the big screen all he needs is the right creative team to make it so and Christopher Nolan and David S. Goyer have proven themselves to be a great creative team.

Guardians Of The Galaxy

The best word I can use to describe this film is fun this film is fun from start to finish and part of that is due to the great writing from James Gunn and no i'm not going to mention the fact that he was fired by Disney for jokes that even he himself said were done in bad taste and was ashamed of. This film for me is one of if not the best film in the MCU and yes that means it's better then both Ant-Man and Ant-Man And The Wasp.

Wonder Woman

There are no words to describe how good this film is this film had such an uphill struggle it was being released after the dreadful Dawn Of Justice and it was being set in the still very shaky DCEU and so far this is the best film in that universe it is everything you want in a Wonder Woman movie and then some and i;m glad that the same people who worked on this movie are currently working on the sequel.

Logan

This film is to date one of the few superhero films that have made me cry the other one might be showing up on this list but if not just look at the title and you'll see why. Again like Wonder Woman this film had an uphill struggle because while the X-Men films have been fairly solid the Wolverine films have been pretty bad so imagine everyone's shock when this one comes out not only blows the other two out of the water but is also a fitting tribute to the character.

The Dark Knight

Going into this list I knew that there would be a few films that would have to be included and this is certainly one of them so you die hard fans can out down your touches and pitchforks. All I can say is believe the hype about this film because it really is good it's not the best representation of Batman ut there indeed my next DC entry has that title but it has a great story mixed in with great acting and action sequences.

The Avengers Franchise

Again this is one of those film that I knew would have to make an appearance on here and there really is nothing more I can say about the film that really hasn't been said it truly does earn all of the praise that it got and like the rest of you i'm not only excited for Captain Marvel but also for Avengers 4.

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm

 

This is to date the only Batman animated feature to get a theatrical release and it's also the film that best represents the character and honestly it's shocking that we are only now getting a blu-ray release for this film heck if I were to rank all of the films that have featured Batman this film would go right in at number 1.

Deadpool

I don't know about everyone else but I prefer this film over the second one which while not bad it didn't feel as fresh as this one was this film proved to people that an R rated comic book film could not only work but could also make a lot of money and like Mask Of The Phantasm this is the best representation of Deadpool as a character.

Superman 1978

This film right here is the best comic book movie ever made hands down not only did it get the character of Superman down perfectly it also proved to studios that comic book characters can indeed work on the big screen and while yes by today's standards the film might seem slower that doesn't make it a bad film because it takes it's time to develop it's characters and to develop it's story both of which are important when your making a film and yes this means it's better then The Dark Knight in my eyes.

Hilda Review

Ladies and gents Netflix has been knocking it out of the park recently with there animated shows and i'm going to take the time to talk about a little known shows which came out a week after the awesomeness that is The Dragon Prince and that show is the one and only Hilda.

The set up for the show is Hilda and her friends go on crazy magical adventures around the town of Trolburg. Yeah as you can no doubt tell this show is episodic but you do have to have seen at least the first three or four episodes in order to get a decent understanding of what's going on and the set up is fun and creative enough that i don't mind that much that there isn't a story bu at the same time I think the show would have been better served if there was one.

Starring in the show is Lyanna Mormont as Hilda , Daisy Haggard as Mum , Ameerah Falzon-Ojo as Frida , Oliver Nelson as David and Rasmus Hardiker as Alfur. We have an all British cast for this show and that was something that truly did surprise me just because when you think of Netflix you think of mostly American actors but no every single actor in this show is British and that was something that I loved.

Acting wise the show doesn't fair that well because outside of Bella Ramsey who is once again brilliant the rest of cast are just average at best and given that some of them are newcomers that's to be expected but Rasmus is in the new Thunderbirds series so we know he can act and here he's just passable at best.

Now I cannot work out who did the animation for this show the two choices are Silvergate Media and Mercury Filmworks either wat the animation for the show I personally thought was pretty good it has a certain charm to it that i really cannot describe and like The Dragon Prince this show also has some truly stunning backgrounds.

I can see people complaining about the character designs in this show because they do use what people call the "cal arts" style but for me I enjoyed the simple character designs so if your going to judge this show just based on the designs then get in line with the She-Ra reboot haters because designs aren't everything and yes when the She-Ra reboot does come out I will be taking down those haters.

What you guys might not know is that this series is based on a graphic novel officially making it the first Netflix animated series to be based on a graphic novel / comic book the graphic novel series was written by Luke Pearson who also did storyboards for Adventure Time during it's fifth and seventh season. 

As well as creating the original graphic novel series which currently has five books released he also helped develop this series and he also wrote episodes ten and twelve of this series and I have to say that bringing on the guy who created the character is a smart move because who else would know that world better then the guy who came up with it.

There is something that I have to bring up and that's the fact that the intro is very similar to the opening to Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil you wouldn't believe how similar the intro's for both shows are both intros feature the main character or characters jumping around from scene to scene encountering things we would see in the show i'll admit that they do go there separate ways near the end tho. 

I'm just going to say i'm not going to count the fact that both shows exist in a fantasy type setting as them being similar because that then would imply that the makers of this show aren't creative which is far from the truth in fact I love the fact that this show does have that kind of setting since it helps set it apart from all the other animated shows that are out on Netflix right now.

Just going back to the designs there is one character in episode six that was giving me some serious Coraline vibes and if you've seen the episode you'll know who I mean because the villain of that episode is creepy as heck when she's in what i'm calling Spider-Form how they got that past the guys at Netflix i'll never know.

The comedy in the show I thought was actually pretty decent there's a lot of jokes in this and i'll admit not all of them land but the ones that do are the ones that are worth remembering and that's not something I get to say about any show or movie because of the fact i'm focused on several other aspects of the production but here the comedy is part of the shows charm so I can mention the fact that there are lot of good jokes and those are the ones that will stick with you when you reach the thirteenth and final episode.

Overall Hilda is a show worth talking about and it is truly a shame that it will most likely be overshadowed by The Dragon Prince so if you can I erge you to go and seek this show out you will not regret it and it scores an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

The Dragon Prince Review

Netflix fans I know that this review is coming late but i've finally seen all nine episodes of the companies latest animated show and I have to say that while I don't agree with the 100% score on RT it is a really good show so here is my review of The Dragon Prince.

The plot of this show is two humans and an elf have to try and get an unborn baby dragon back to it's mother. Yes I know that that summery doesn't make the show seem exciting but trust me there's alot more going on and I really liked the story it was very easy to follow and very epic at the same time and the story also gave me strong Avatar vibes but i'll get more into why that was later on in the review my only issue with the story is things get resolved in episode nine when it would have been more right to resolve them whenever the show ends.

Starring in the show are Jack De Sena as Callum , Paula Burrows as Rayla , Sasha Rojen as Ezran , Racquel Belmonte as Claudia , Jesse Inocalla as Soren , Jason Simpson as Viren and Jonathan Holmes as Runaan. The acting for this show I thought was really good it's not the show's strongest suit but i'll get to that later the three leads all have great chemistry together and all three do deliver solid performances.

In a world where everybody pretty much knows about everything it's a wonder that the team behind this freaking amazing show managed to keep it a secret for as long as they did they didn't even fully announce the show was being made until I think this year if this was any other show by any other company or team the second they said they'd make the show it would have been all over the internet so i'm glad that they kept it a secret for as long as they did.

The show is made by new company Wonderstorm Pictures and it's in the show's animation that we find it's strongest suit because my oh my is the animation in this show truly something to behold i'll admit that I was worried when I saw that it was basically done in CGI but the sell shaded look of the show does actually work in it's favor and that truly shines through both in the show's fighting scenes and it's backgrounds both of which or truly stunning.

I'm going to take a minuet here just to explain why I was late with not only thins review but my Hilda review the short answer is i've been on holiday this was in the cards for a while so I knew that I was going to miss seeing this show in it's first weekend so I made plans to start watching it as soon as I got back and no joke the second I got back home I logged online and I started downloading all nine episodes and I made sure to avoid all spoilers regarding the show.

This show does have a very strong connection to Avatar: The Last Airbender since it's co-created by Aaron Ehasz who was the lead writer and director for the show and is executive produced by Giancarlo Volpe who directed a large amount of episodes for the show so if you were a fan of Avatar then this is something that you might like to check out.

Going back to what I said before about getting Avatar vibes from this show there are alot of story beats and in some cases whole episodes which play out the exact same way as in Avatar and to be honest im not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing it could be good because Avatar was a good show and it's got the same team that worked on that show working on this one but it could also be bad because it's the same team that worked on that show working on this one so they should know that they already did that with a better show.

Unlike Avatar I cannot see this show getting confused for anime because unlike Avatar where it looked like an anime this one you know isn't an anime and that's because the characters look nothing like anime characters they look like characters you would see in a fantasy show but at the same time if you want to call this show an anime just based on it's plot and themes I wouldn't stop you.

There is another complaint that I have about the show and that's the opening to the first episode is so freaking long and it's not something you can skip over because there's a lot of story being laid out in those opening minuets and it made me wish that the creators found a creative way to get all of that information out of the way it's something that they could have done over a number of episodes instead of just doing it all in the opening minuets of the first.

I have to say that my personal favorite character in the whole show is Rayla she is such a badass character not only in terms of fighting skills but in the fact that she's willing to do what's right even if it means hurting her own people and that to me is more badass then just being good with a blade plus it helps that she has two badass blades.

Speaking of the fighting the action in this show is truly beautiful to look at and to me that's when the animation is truly at it's best and not all of the action scenes boil down to who can hit who the hardest either indeed one of the first action scenes in the show someone defeats there enemy by using magic and it's things like that that help keep those scenes fresh and exciting to see.

Overall The Dragon Prince was truly worth the wait in my eyes it might not be 100% perfect but it's damn near close and that's good enough for me and I cannot wait for book 2 or season 2 to start so the show gets an 8.5 out of 10 from me.

Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy Review

Hello there Star Wars fans for this review I thought i'd do something a little bit different instead of reviewing one animated series i'd instead take a look three episodes that parody the original Star Wars saga so here is my review of Laugh It Up, Fuzzball: The Family Guy Trilogy.

The basic premise of each of these specials is the power goes out in the Griffins house and in order to stop themselves from being bored Peter tells them the story of each of the films. I have to say that I was really shocked at how well each of these episodes tell the respective stories of each of the films and they do it in more than half the time of the original films.

Starring in the specials are Peter Griffin as Han Solo , Brian Griffin as Chewbacca , Stewie Griffin as Darth Vader / Anakin Skywalker , Lois Griffin as Princess Leia , Chris Griffin as Luke Skywalker , Meg Griffin as the Dianoga / the Exogorth / the Sarlacc , Cleveland Brown as R2-D2 and Herbert as Obi-Wan Kenobi. I know I usually credit the main actors here but I figure that alot of people would have seen the show by now that I might as well as credit the characters and in that regard casting Stewie as Darth Vader is freaking perfect since he's an evil baby anyway.

I really do wish that the Family Guy team would make more Star Wars parodies but tho since the house of mouse has a very tight grip on the franchise that does seem unlikely which is a huge shame because they could have had a lot of fun making fun out of the recent movies and have the characters comment on things that the fans of the franchise say when those movies come out.

As far as I can work out the animation for the specials was done by Fox Television Animation there is a chance I might be wrong tho but the animation in the specials I thought was really well done the animation isn't feature length film good but for three hour long specials it actually looks better then the animation in the actual series and for the third special It's A Trap! they actually use some live action footage which at times can be blended really well other times it's just looks awkward.

What helps make the final special all the more important is the fact that the late Carrie Fisher has a role in it as her family Guy character Angela shows up as Mon Mothma so if you Star Wars fans want to hear Princess Leia herself give a rousing speech to this specials version of Leia then you have to check out It's A Trap!.

Now i'm not sure how much of this is true or not but the Family Guy team didn't have that much of a hard time getting George Lucas to give them permission to spoof what is ultimately his legacy because he's recorded every single episode of Family Guy so they basically just went up there with i'm hoping a story outline for the first special and he just went "yeah that's cool you have my permission" or at least that's how it went down in my head.

For some reason this kind of annoys me about this trilogy but they have the character of Joe play three different characters he plays Biggs Darklighter in "Blue Harvest" , the probe droid in the opening of "Something, Something, Something, Dark Side" and Jabba in "It's A Trap!" why couldn't he have switched roles with someone like Cleveland and play R2.

Out of all three specials i'd say that Something, Something, Something, Dark Side is easily the funniest one not that the other two aren't funny it's just that in my opinion the second special had funnier jokes in it but not all of the jokes in all three specials are good for example in the second special they repeat the knee gag from an earlier episode which just isn't as funny and there's a Chewbacca joke in "It's A Trap" which just isn't funny at all.

Overall the trilogy isn't that bad and they do a good job of maintaining the respective storylines of each film while adding in some humor but at the same time there were certain aspects that could have been better and so this trilogy of episodes score a 8.5 out of 10 from me.