The Drive is with us this vacation season.
With all of the current hoopla surrounding Disney+’s “Andor,” it was straightforward to neglect that one other main “Star Wars” series first introduced at Star Wars Celebration 2022 again in Could has simply landed completely on Disney’s streaming platform.
“Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi” premiered on Wednesday (Oct. 26) and incorporates a vibrant, eye-pleasing animated type and episodes educating compelling classes of affection, life and loss within the galaxy far, far-off.
Created by Dave Filoni (“Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” “The Mandalorian“), the present’s Season 1 is an anthology of six animated shorts that presents background tales of two well-known Jedi knights: Anakin Skywalker’s padawan learner, Ahsoka Tano, and a youthful Rely Dooku as he descends in direction of the darkish facet of the Drive. Acquainted faces like Qui-Gon Jinn and Mace Windu additionally seem as two separate paths to the Drive are explored in three totally different levels of Tano’s and Dooku’s lives.
It is an absorbing number of intimate tales surrounding the legacy and lore of legendary Jedi Knights who existed within the prequel trilogy period. It shares the identical tone and character design as Filoni’s “Star Wars: The Clone Wars,” however refined even additional as CGI expertise has superior.
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“Tales of the Jedi” additionally showcases the eclectic vocal skills of Ashley Eckstein, Corey Burton, Janina Gavankar, Micheál Richardson, TC Carson, Ian McDiarmid, Liam Neeson, Phil LaMarr, Clancy Brown, Matt Lanter, and James Arnold Taylor.
Sure, that is appropriate! McDiarmid and Neeson are concerned on this mission reprising their respective roles as Darth Sidious/The Emperor and Qui-Gon.
Moreover, Kevin Kiner’s elegant rating for this anthology is excellent, which must be no shock for followers of his music composed for “The Clone Wars” and “Star Wars Rebels.” Acolytes of “Star Wars: The Unhealthy Batch” will really feel proper at residence as properly.
All six episodes of “Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi” at the moment are accessible on Disney+.
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