The Fighting Doll

Once again feeling the curse of "all the best bits were in the trailer". Okay, to be fair, the animation looks amazing, we're light-years away from Clone Wars or even Rebels; and there's a handful of really good scenes in there. I'd say out of the six episodes, there's two I broadly liked. The big issue is that these are not two 3-episode arcs about each character; these are six separate vignettes, with a vague character arc through each set. And the episodes are short enough that there's no time to develop the character relationships or to let any of the big moments land. Narratively it's kind of a big disappointment. Alright time to get into spoilers

Spoilers for one scene of Tales of the Empire

not gonna lie I yelled when I recognized Barriss Offee in that trailer. This despite having absolutely no fondness for Star Wars as a child! I mostly remember seeing Revenge of the Sith at the cinema and thinking it was kinda bad. I started watching Clones Wars/Rebels only to follow along with A More Civilized Age and look where I am now. The level of influence of AMCA cannot be denied