I thought that this being a prequel with characters totally unrelated to everything in Star Wars that I still cared about, it would be impossible for this show to truly disappoint me in any kind of way. Worst case scenario was always going to be just "meh, whatever".
How the hell this managed to not just piss me off, but just genuinely upset me at the quality is a special kind of talent for awful. This was bad bad. There's a reason fan fiction writing is not the same as actual writing. It's because this is the type of awful garbage fan fiction at it's worst can produce. Nonsensical plotting, characters that have no consistency in the slightest, confusing motivations for every little thing, wretched dialogue and most importantly stupid favoritism for your OCs. I can't believe this is something that was allowed to be released.
I feel for Manny Jacinto and Lee Jung-jae who were doing there damn hardest to carry the show with some great performances. Thankfully, Jacinto didn't get to do a lot, so his character wasn't ever really compromised, unlike Sol who is absolutely destroying in the worst way by the last two episodes. It's not grey and complex, it's just awful writing. I wanted to give Amanda Stenberg a chance, and held out for a long time before declaring it, but they might actively be the worst lead Star Wars actor. They were absolutely awful in this show, and when the bell was rung for them to actually deliver a performance worth a damn it was another flat ball of nothing.
At least the stunt crew can be praised. The action was really good for the majority of the show. So, good job for them.
Season 2 bait was embarrassingly bad, and for that alone I hope never gets to see the light of day. Let it sit there in shame like the dumb Darth Maul sequence in Solo.
