This Disney+ anthology contains nine Star Wars-themed, non-canon anime short tales.
This is a really, really good looking show. The nice thing about short animation projects is that you can visually achieve stuff and fluidity you're less likely to get in a long form project. Each episode has a distinct look. The most stylish and best executed one is the first The Duel, which goes for a black-and-white old-school film look with excellent fighting scenes.
Admittedly, most of the episodes want to focus specifically on Jedi and lightsaber fighting rather than keeping the content more varied. (I know that Tatooine Rhapsody, about a space band, is the least liked episode, but I liked that this was the only one that really went for something different.) However, every episode manages to do things differently enough that this never becomes an issue (okay, there are two pairs of episodes that cut too close to each other in basic story, but I still liked them all). In fact, I think all the ideas here are decent. I particularly recommend The Ninth Jedi, Akakiri, and The Elder.
The English dub cast is surprisingly strong, including many known names, such as Lucy Liu, Henry Golding, and Joseph Golden Levitt.
The music to this is all pretty good, too, and definitely has that Star Wars/John Williams feel to it.
Highly recommended. This is a short and entertaining program that one can quickly breeze through.
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