Teach/Corrupt

This show continuous to be really bad TV. However this week was almost an improvement.

A 2/10 and only really bad TV this week, and perhaps not the vomit inducing filth we got earlier.

However we can here really highlight one of the core problems of this show; the acting. The "twins" lady basically only have one facial expression and we could easily find a better actress at any local drugstore. The Green lady, who was cast due to nepotism, is even worse. The rest have a range from awful to passable. 25% of this show could have been saved by simply casting correctly, and in this episode that becomes clear as day.

Another big problem with this show is the writing, or rather the storytelling. We are 6 episodes in now with about 3 hours of runtime, and what we've been told so far could have easily been told in 40min, or one episode. What have actually happened? We have broken canon on multiple occasion, some Jedi has died for some reason, we've jumped planets several times for some reason, and the twins have switched places and everything move conveniently forward in a very cringe straight line. That is basically it. What is the point here? Where are we going with this story? The "murder mystery" never was a mystery, the weird space witches got to sing cringe and then die. What is the direction? Who is who? Why are the worst most wimpy characters in all of star wars white men? Why is that tiny animal non-binary thing sniffing around very creepily?

Many questions, but sadly apathy is starting to sink in. I simply do not care anymore. This is Star Wars now? Okay, time to move on. I could not care less.

There are only so many times you can end the episode on a cliffhanger. In between the story moves at a glacial pace and given the overall show meagerness, it can't even be considered slow-burn. At this point I feel like I am reading the story of a second grader putting in all weird details just to increase the word count. It does nothing for the show. It is beyond boring and it is such a shame because the potential is still there. Yet the show fails entirely to capture the audience and use any inkling of a tense moment, conflict or air of mystery and extend it to an eventual satisfying pay it off. All we get is the same dragging moments and nothing of substance happens. The writing is still poor and the lore I feel is being ruined with every line of dialogue spoken. There is little to no care or regard for the greater Star Wars legends lore. Even if the Star Wars brand wasn't attached to this project, the show would still have trouble to stand on its feet. Overall, this episode is barely able to keep its viewers' attention and this is just sad because the potential is just wasted.

A Star Wars story all about twins. Just like the original trilogy. This is just a torturous bottle episode.

Osha and Mae have split off. The pull being after being taken to an unknown planet by and treated by Qimir. He is trying to entice he to the dark side.

Back at the ship. Master Sol seemingly cannot utilise the force to figure out that Mae is pretending to be her sister. At one point she even attempts to kill Sol.

Although it might also be, Sol knows that it is Mae all along.

A character based slow burn but with trite dialogue. As predicted by some, there is a potential switcheroo here. What if Osha becomes evil!

The actor playing Qimir gets to show the results of all those hours spent in the gym.

Creating suspense always is an act of manipulation. The writer hints at a mystery whilst withholding important information. However, in order to keep your audience interested you need to make it believe that they're "in" on the secret. You need to give them just enough to think that there is an actual progression towards a release of tension, sort of like a trail of crumbs they can follow so that you can take them along your story arc.

Unfortunately, this is where this show fails. There are a lot of "mysteries" but very few "crumbs" to follow. The whole story is spread very thin like way too little butter on a big slice of toast. The result is not added suspense but more a sense of bored bewilderment. You don't understand the characters' motivations, you can't connect the dots and you can't relate to the protagonists. The entire time my brain screams at he show to "Get on with the story!".

The tragedy is that the big bad villain is played by a pretty good actor. He could have been the centerpiece of a compelling narrative. Instead we get a lukewarm sister dynamic I couldn't care less about, a bunch of selfdoubting and clueless Jedi and some alien creatures who serve no purpose but you got to have creatures in Star Wars, right? Right?

This episode was a waste of time and space. A competent writer could have wrapped this up in like five minutes of screen time.

I can't believe how this show keep showing us how low it can go. This latest episode unsurprisingly is not much different than the rest and the run time is again shockingly low with no action to be seen except the new lightsaber whip only shown for one pathetic second. The only bright spot is the character Qimir whose story arc is thankfully breathing much needed life into this otherwise very normal and short episode. The weakest and most annoying link in this series is still the twins story arc. Hope the next few episode will try to stop building on them and instead focus more on Qimir and Master Sol who may well turn the show around in this uneventful episode.