Cameron Marlowe

Note: this is a review of episodes 1-3 as of now. In my opinion this show had decent potential that was instantly squandered by a lackluster vision propelled forward by an even more lackluster director (the personal assistant of Harvey Weinstein). The pacing is unbearably bad with episode 1 being extremely slow and episode 2 being way too fast. Characters made outright ridiculous decisions such as a Jedi deciding to kill himself because….an assassin asked him to? Why? Creative writing decisions were simply put incoherent, lazy, and stupid such as the choice for Mae the assassins escape being the result of somebody having bad aim with a stun laser. When they had a perfect 10 yard shot. Again, why? On top of that the dialogue is almost prequel levels of bad and the acting is pretty bland. The only positive I can really say about these episodes is that Oshas Jedi master is pretty cool, but even then the story gives us nothing to truly be invested and intrigued with its characters. Also, was a scene of a shirtless Jedi really necessary to progressing the story? Overall I found these episodes to be very uninteresting and outright JV levels of directing and storytelling. Headland is simply not cut out to be the director of a $180 million dollar series, and it’s concerning that leaks suggest the worst is yet to come. Episode 3 review: Wow. Where do I even begin. From a tiny lantern burning stone and an entire mountain village to Mae’s pathetic reasoning for becoming a sith acolyte, this is by far the worst piece of Star Wars media to EVER be produced. Yes, even worse than the holiday special. First off, the twin child actresses are laughably bad and extremely one dimensional. I’ll cut them some slack as that ultimately falls on the director. If you have bad child actors you give them less dialogue, period and at the very least you should try and give them actual decent lines. Headland did none of this. The fact the reasoning for Mae becoming prone to the dark side was because…she tried to KILL her sister after she made a PERSONAL DECISION to be a Jedi and ended up killing her entire “tribe” is laughably lazy and utterly embarrassing story telling. Also, how is THIS the reason master Torbin ridden by guilt committed suicide? He had nothing to do with the death of the witches as it was ultimately Mae’s doing. Overall a pathetic excuse for an episode of a $180 million dollar series. 1/10, and that’s being generous.

THIS MOVIE IS A CRIME AGAINST ALL AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE HISTORY OF THEIR ANCESTORS. This film attempts to rewrite history in the most gruesome manner possible. It’s the same thing as if a movie glorifying n**i Germany came out. The Dahomey tribe is responsible for 20% of enslaved Africans in the new world, 1/5 of minorities today can trace their lineage to slaves under this very tribe. They held onto slavery decades after the British and whites abandoned it, so much so the French waged war with the tribe to FREE THEIR SLAVES, their Dahomey king quite literally said “he’d rather go to war for 100 years than give up his slaves.” The fact Hollywood, and Davis, a very prominent and empowering black voice attempts to justify one of the most evil tribes in African history for profit is a slap on the face to every person of color in America. If you care about real history and the protection of poc today, do not give any support to this horrendously ignorant and malicious film.