REVIEW #240 Tales of The Jedi (Season 1)

Tales of The Jedi features a collection of shorts centred around two distinctly different Jedi; Count Dooku and Ahsoka Tano. The episodes provide context from both of their pasts as well as a number of challenges the pair both faced within the Jedi order.

This was one of the best surprises I’ve had in recent years being a Star Wars fan! The show opens with outstanding animation, certainly the best we’ve seen thus far in the franchise and the visuals are mind blowing at times. Nothing hits as hard as a cloaked Ahsoka Tano wide shot! In regards to the central plot, it’s mainly based around Ahsoka and Count Dooku, with brief involvements from other fan favourites such as Obi-Wan, Anakin, Qui-Gon Jinn and Mace Windu. I loved how they selected two characters that are so similar, yet their decisions meant that they are ultimately stark contrasts of one another. Both became disillusioned by the Jedi order, yet one chose to help in the fight against evil and the other found himself tumbling further and further into the dark side. Those decisions are very much at the forefront of the show and considering it was only six short episodes, it still provided a lot of much needed context behind each character. 

I will never get bored of Anakin and Ahsoka content and that training episode was definitely one of my favourites and yet it always brings an element of sadness. Anakin was unbelievably kind in his own way and seeing his wholesome interactions with Ahsoka just makes his transition into Darth Vadar that much more emotional. I would definitely recommend Tales of the Jedi to any Star Wars fans. I know a lot of people who are big fans of live action projects but keep putting off the animated ones and if only they knew what great content these shows provide.

Overall (9/10)

Thanks for reading.

Callan