Star Wars: Crónicas del Imperio

I'm no Filoni worshipper but I rather liked the refreshing brevity and continuity curiosity of 2022's Tales of the Jedi. This follow-up is... far less interesting and I'd hardly say The Mandalorian's Morgan Elsbeth and Clone Wars minor character Barriss Offee are of the same stature as Ahsoka and Dooku. Not only that but neither of them are particularly Empire-tastic. More... Empire adjacent. That being said, I still do like the shortness of the episodes, but it all feels very throwaway and more of an afterthought than a project in its own right or even a continuation of the first set of stories.

The Evil at the Center. Just as we once accompanied Anakin Skywalker on his journey to the dark side, there are now finally two more characters we get to accompany into the abyss.

The approach of the Star Wars creators is emotional and profound. The atmosphere is truly dark, rarely seen except in Andor. Now, we are actually on the side of evil. Whether Morgan Elsbeth, seemingly a supporting character, needed to be chosen as the main character remains questionable. There are certainly much more intriguing characters in the Star Wars universe. But in the end, after the story of Anakin Skywalker and Darth Vader, we witness another transformation into evil. And it is precisely this that makes this series so compelling in the otherwise rather cheerful Star Wars cosmos.

The most intriguing question in all of this is ultimately why they had to make the whole thing an animated series.

Your perception of the show may differ quite drastically from others depending on how much you care about the characters that the show focuses on. Personally, I do not care much for Morgan Elsbeth as she doesn't really come off as an interesting character so I found the first 3 episodes to be relatively average, nothing insulting by any means but nothing that exciting either. The episodes focusing on Bariss Offee were more interesting to me as I like her more as a character but they weren't anything special. Overall there's a lot more they could've done with the show, but if you are interested in those characters then it might be worth a watch for you. Do not expect anything ground-breaking though.

An animated Star Wars miniseries where the appeal lies in the fact that the protagonists are the villains.

It's entertaining but only suitable for fans. It lacks originality, and its production level is far from the highest standard of the saga.

It fulfills its purpose, but it leaves a bittersweet taste by showing much greater potential in this Sith-centered storyline. In the end, the villains are not being properly utilized in the latest series, which is unfortunate.

Of course, it features plenty of deep lore, which is always well-received by fans of the saga, making it one of its strongest points.

It's worth noting that this production consists of only six episodes, each about fifteen minutes long, so watching it in one sitting is the most common approach.

Was so enjoyable watching the characters wrestle with their inner light & darkness, until nearing the end of episode 5...

If I was to retell others about this episode the way the filmmaker tells the story without spoiling it by referring to names and what had just happened, then it would be like... (read without the stuff in the brackets)

"It was utterly ridiculous hearing 'them' (plural, the Sith Inquisitors) commenting on 'them' (singular, a person) whom 'they' (pl.) have just dealt with, as if 'they' (pl.) cared about 'their' (sing.) life enough to a point that 'they' (pl.) decided to referred to 'them' (s.g.) as 'they/them' (sing.)... Were 'they' (pl.) trying to show 'them' (sing.) 'their' (pl.) respect? Were 'they' (pl.) trying so hard to not offend 'them' (sing.) Whom 'they' (pl) came to offend in the first place?

It also confuses the audience whether there were more of 'them' out there that 'they' were referring to whom 'they' might have forgotten about?"

Also, Disney isn't being consistent when 'they' wanted to refer to an individual person as 'they/them' in other languages, if you can read subtitles in other languages, give it a try and have a look/laugh!

Clearly 'they' wanted to play safe and didn't want to rattle the non-English speaking market.