Spot Reviews 12/27/24
Dec 27 2024
The Acolyte s1 (2024) [+] Set kind of far back from the main timeline. Jedi are being murdered and Jedi Master Sol's (Lee Jung-jae) former apprentice (and expelled from the Order) Osha (Amandla Stenberg) is the prime suspect. Sol eventually teams up with Osha to hunt down her twin sister who may be the acolyte of a dark Jedi (the Sith being so unknown it's not the first thought of any of the Jedis)… A high budget series and it shows with some great CGI and fight scenes. Gets a bit dark in the end but seems like it would have been interesting if the series had been renewed for a second season.
Tales of the Jedi (2022) [/] Six shorts taking place before the Clone Wars. 1, 5, 6 center on Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) as a baby, training with Anakin Skywalker, and during/after the Padmé Amidala's funeral. The other three are about how Dooku (Corey Burton) became disenchanted with the Jedi Order and turned to the Dark Side.
Tales of the Empire (2024) [/] Another six shorts this time taking place after the Galactic Empire is established. The first three deal with Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) as her clan is destroyed and once she establishes herself on Corvus before The Mandalorian and Ahsoka arrived to overthrow her rule. The other three shorts tell what happened to Jedi Apprentice Barriss Offee (Meredith Salenger) after she betrayed the Jedi Order and was imprisoned just in time to survive Order 66.
Mai (2024) [-] Vietnamese romantic drama. Mai (Phương Anh Đào) is an attractive almost-40 single mother who attracts the romantic attention of a ladies man pianist from a rich family. Their romance is nice but their economic differences and her dark past threaten to tear them apart. Ironically in the end it's her decision to split up that ends it leading to a Bad Ending.
Tales of the Jedi (2022) [/] Six shorts taking place before the Clone Wars. 1, 5, 6 center on Ahsoka Tano (Ashley Eckstein) as a baby, training with Anakin Skywalker, and during/after the Padmé Amidala's funeral. The other three are about how Dooku (Corey Burton) became disenchanted with the Jedi Order and turned to the Dark Side.
Tales of the Empire (2024) [/] Another six shorts this time taking place after the Galactic Empire is established. The first three deal with Morgan Elsbeth (Diana Lee Inosanto) as her clan is destroyed and once she establishes herself on Corvus before The Mandalorian and Ahsoka arrived to overthrow her rule. The other three shorts tell what happened to Jedi Apprentice Barriss Offee (Meredith Salenger) after she betrayed the Jedi Order and was imprisoned just in time to survive Order 66.
Mai (2024) [-] Vietnamese romantic drama. Mai (Phương Anh Đào) is an attractive almost-40 single mother who attracts the romantic attention of a ladies man pianist from a rich family. Their romance is nice but their economic differences and her dark past threaten to tear them apart. Ironically in the end it's her decision to split up that ends it leading to a Bad Ending.