Summary
A young pilot is embarrassed of her mum and so doesn’t informer her about the family race.
This is a very sad review for me, I am a big fan of Aardman Animation for the most part and when I heard they were doing their own Star Wars short I was very excited, but this is the review I am writing.
Many aspects of this short just didn’t work. The characters are paper thin and cannot have a believable emotional journey in the amount of time they are on screen for. The story is generic and revolves around a child being embarrassed by their parent, which we have all seen before. Even the humour and tone feels a little too goofy to fit the pretty sober tone of the rest of the animated offerings within this second season.
I suppose that brings things to the crux of the problem, much like with the last episode this just doesn’t feel like Star Wars, yes there are fighter pilots, but more broadly there is a lack of connectivity that makes this episode feel like it could just be taking place in any old science fiction universe.
Overall, I am all for doing something different with Star Wars but there is a point when it just doesn’t feel like Star Wars anymore.
1.5/5
Pros.
A little bit of Aardman charm manages to get through
It is short
Cons.
The tone doesn’t work
It doesn’t feel like Star Wars
The story feels generic and played out
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