This is pleasant enough as a kids cartoon but even then it is not as entertaining for kids as it could be. It is just an ok 20 minute distaction for young children done with excellent animation and featuring our much loved R2D2.
As an adult viewer this is just silly and without real worth in terms of storytelling. It is pointless. I really cannot understand why they ever make such silly, boring filler episodes.
In the Star Wars universe if you just put a space battle or war on an alien world with a big lightsaber duel you can make every episode entertaining and cool. In fact stuff any movie with that and you should have a hit. Yes we want deeper stuff and great storytelling but in terms of filler in between just put lightsaber battles and spaceship dogfights and you can't go wrong!
Why they use such great animation skills and time to make silly episodes like this is beyond me. Clone Wars is usually SO much better than this. But yes the animation looks very good indeed with some beautiful detail and it is pleasant and harmless for young children with bits of fun and humour for a child audience. And R2 single handedly adds value with his charming presence in the story.
My rating: 5/10.
As an adult viewer this is just silly and without real worth in terms of storytelling. It is pointless. I really cannot understand why they ever make such silly, boring filler episodes.
In the Star Wars universe if you just put a space battle or war on an alien world with a big lightsaber duel you can make every episode entertaining and cool. In fact stuff any movie with that and you should have a hit. Yes we want deeper stuff and great storytelling but in terms of filler in between just put lightsaber battles and spaceship dogfights and you can't go wrong!
Why they use such great animation skills and time to make silly episodes like this is beyond me. Clone Wars is usually SO much better than this. But yes the animation looks very good indeed with some beautiful detail and it is pleasant and harmless for young children with bits of fun and humour for a child audience. And R2 single handedly adds value with his charming presence in the story.
My rating: 5/10.
