After decent previous episodes led to this story of a massive beast being brought to Coruscant this episode takes it a little too far for my liking.
The beast inevitably escapes and wreaks havoc after being briefly experimented on under orders from Palpatine. It is a continuation of the tribute to monster movies like Godzilla and King Kong from the previous episode and it takes it to a close match of when those movies set the monster loose in a big city. It is okay to pay tribute although this is a little too closely copied to feel very original. It is quite fun though.
My real issue here though is when the action goes a bit over the top and too much into cartoon silliness with C3P0 sliding down the senate roof before clinging to R2D2 and then falling hundreds of feet undamaged. R2 also flies with Palpatine on his back which just feels wrong haha. It all takes me out of the Star Wars universe and more into a feeling of watching a regular kids cartoon. I am not a fan of this series doing that kind of over the top stuff so those apects detract from it for me.
Some good themes are explored of ethical treatment of the unique life-form and there is fun to be had in between the over the top bits.
My rating: 5.5/10.
The beast inevitably escapes and wreaks havoc after being briefly experimented on under orders from Palpatine. It is a continuation of the tribute to monster movies like Godzilla and King Kong from the previous episode and it takes it to a close match of when those movies set the monster loose in a big city. It is okay to pay tribute although this is a little too closely copied to feel very original. It is quite fun though.
My real issue here though is when the action goes a bit over the top and too much into cartoon silliness with C3P0 sliding down the senate roof before clinging to R2D2 and then falling hundreds of feet undamaged. R2 also flies with Palpatine on his back which just feels wrong haha. It all takes me out of the Star Wars universe and more into a feeling of watching a regular kids cartoon. I am not a fan of this series doing that kind of over the top stuff so those apects detract from it for me.
Some good themes are explored of ethical treatment of the unique life-form and there is fun to be had in between the over the top bits.
My rating: 5.5/10.