The show excelled at creating tense situations where you would worry if the characters will survive (except for the child soldier planet episode), but the characters were generally not engaging enough for me to really care. The kids all were obviously going to survive because Disney wouldn’t kill kids, but if they were adults or droids then that would be better at delivering tension for the audience. Jod was the most interesting, but his true malice couldn’t shine with the kids’ PG-rating armor. The reveal of the planet being ruled/powered by one robot without any redundant systems felt too familiar and trite with Disney’s The Marvels and even She-Hulk both within recent memory.
Wim upturned an entire planet’s way of life, probably got some innocent people killed, and possibly crashed the galactic economy. That’ll teach the audience the right lesson about wanting to go on an adventure.
The show excelled at creating tense situations where you would worry if the characters will survive (except for the child soldier planet episode), but the characters were generally not engaging enough for me to really care. The kids all were obviously going to survive because Disney wouldn’t kill kids, but if they were adults or droids then that would be better at delivering tension for the audience. Jod was the most interesting, but his true malice couldn’t shine with the kids’ PG-rating armor. The reveal of the planet being ruled/powered by one robot without any redundant systems felt too familiar and trite with Disney’s The Marvels and even She-Hulk both within recent memory.
Wim upturned an entire planet’s way of life, probably got some innocent people killed, and possibly crashed the galactic economy. That’ll teach the audience the right lesson about wanting to go on an adventure.