Posted September 20, 2021
Matewis: I will definitely try and get hold of the bad Batch then, so thank you for the endorsement, and Tartakovsky's Clone Wars while I'm at it. For some reason, apart from Rogue One, I haven't dived into anything SW related for many years.
If you haven't seen it, I'd highly recommend Rebels over Bad Batch first. If BB is a mediocre show and good Star Wars, Rebels is a very good show and great SW. It nails everything SW should be, and though the animation isn't as good as BB (probably didn't have quite the budget) the designs closely mimicking Ralph McQuarrie's art are fantastic, and it feels clever to have a prequel to the original trilogy more closely follow the original concept art. Most of all this show was the first time since the original trilogy that the Force again felt mysterious, intriguing, strange and mystical. There are things beyond Jedi and Sith, and the world feels older and richer for it. It has great music, great character arcs, moments of redemption for villains I truly cheered for. Its one great downside is the fact that it has a lot of filler episodes. They are not bad, probably even great fun if you're watching with kids, but they do drag if you just want to get to the really good stuff. But the good stuff is well worth it. It has a showdown with Vader on Malachor in a double episode better than most SW movies. It has Obi-Wan's final meeting with Maul. It has Thrawn.