When you think of classic sci-fi tv serials from the past, you remember the pivotal moments, the twists, the climaxes etc. What you tend to forget is how many episodes involved people running around corridors.
All the shows were guilty of this - Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Babylon 5 etc.
It is understandable. Writers of these shows are always under pressure to quickly come up with enough material for many episodes, within limited TV budgets.
And so here we have the exact same thing happening on a premium subscription channel. 50 odd minutes of the main characters running, walking, sneaking or hiding in corridors. Most of the episode resembled gameplay footage from a modern PS4 game.
The only promise of excitement comes near the end when an action sequence unfolds, but the execution of it is so terrible it makes the space battle scenes in Star Crash seem like the climax of Rogue One. One scene in particular features a pair of familiar vehicles being tracked from behind, and it just looks laughable.
By the end of the episode, apart from one small plot detail lifted from ANH, we are in the exact same place we were before the end of the previous episode. The story hasn't moved on at all.
I love Star Wars, and I really hoped that this would provide a solid, credible story to bridge the prequels and original movies, but the only thing it's achieved is to make me question my subscription.
All the shows were guilty of this - Battlestar Galactica, Doctor Who, Blake's 7, Babylon 5 etc.
It is understandable. Writers of these shows are always under pressure to quickly come up with enough material for many episodes, within limited TV budgets.
And so here we have the exact same thing happening on a premium subscription channel. 50 odd minutes of the main characters running, walking, sneaking or hiding in corridors. Most of the episode resembled gameplay footage from a modern PS4 game.
The only promise of excitement comes near the end when an action sequence unfolds, but the execution of it is so terrible it makes the space battle scenes in Star Crash seem like the climax of Rogue One. One scene in particular features a pair of familiar vehicles being tracked from behind, and it just looks laughable.
By the end of the episode, apart from one small plot detail lifted from ANH, we are in the exact same place we were before the end of the previous episode. The story hasn't moved on at all.
I love Star Wars, and I really hoped that this would provide a solid, credible story to bridge the prequels and original movies, but the only thing it's achieved is to make me question my subscription.