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The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special

Alan Rapp / November 18, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special
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The first official Star Wars Holiday Special in more than four decades offers a time travel tale on Life Day allowing Rey (Helen Sadler) and BB-8 to jump through time and land up in various iconic moments throughout the films. Far less atrocious than the infamous 1978 special, the LEGO-inspired new one never-the-less honors what has come before with its Life Day themes and cameos from as many iconic characters as possible. Taking place after the events of The Rise of Skywalker, Rey’s struggles to teach Finn the ways of the Force lead her away from her friends on the festive holiday to a Jedi Temple where a crystal allows her to journey to the past and see glimpses of other Jedi and their apprentices.

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Danger Man – The Battle of the Cameras

Alan Rapp / November 17, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Danger Man – The Battle of the Cameras
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Throwback Tuesday takes us back into the Cold War spycraft of Danger Man. After top secret documents are stolen by a cunning woman (Dawn Addams) working for the notorious A.J.A. Kent (Niall MacGinnis), John Drake (Patrick McGoohan) is sent to Paris to work his way into the man’s confidence by offering up the recipe for rocket fuel. With a longer running time, much of it spent in the resort’s casino, and a scarred super-villain, you can feel the influence of James Bond throughout “The Battle of the Cameras.”

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Bob’s Burgers – Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School

Alan Rapp / November 16, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Bob’s Burgers – Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School
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Playing on the title of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, time capsules are the thing in “Fast Time Capsules at Wagstaff School” as Tina (Dan Mintz) is put in charge of the Wagstaff School time capsule project. Determined to make it better than the capsule the school just dug up, and drunk on her own power, not a single submission is good enough to make the cut. It doesn’t take long for Tammy (Jenny Slate) to start a far more inclusive time capsule project. The two other threads of the episode involve Louise (Kristen Schaal) becoming obsessed with getting her hands on tickets to Boyz4Now‘s One Two Boo Boo My Shoe Tour (which dovetails into Tina’s storyline when two tickets make their way into Tammy’s capsule), and Bob (H. Jon Benjamin) and Linda (John Roberts) becoming hyper-competitive after Bob teases his wife about her inability to whistle.

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The Mandalorian – The Heiress

Alan Rapp / November 16, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: The Mandalorian – The Heiress (Chapter 11)
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“The Heiress” introduces our Mandalorian (Pedro Pascal) to other Mandalorians who have made appearances on both Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels. To do this, the show is forced to reconcile one of the largest continuity errors between it and every other version of Star Wars that has ever existed outside of The Mandalorian. This, of course, being the idea that “real” Mandalorians don’t remove their helmets in the presence of others. The episode’s workaround feels a bit half-assed, but does the necessary work to introduce the idea that our Mandalorian was raised by a cult of fanatics who instilled in him some hardline beliefs others, like those born on Mandalore, don’t follow. This allows the show to reintroduce characters with a far different take on “the way” once the battered Razor Crest touches down on Trask.

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Star Wars: The Clone Wars – On the Wings of Keeradaks

Alan Rapp / November 12, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Star Wars: The Clone Wars – On the Wings of Keeradaks
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After completing their mission and rescuing Echo (Dee Bradley Baker), “On the Wings of Keeradaks” focuses on Anakin (Matt Lanter) and the Clones getting out of the Techno Union facility alive, getting back to the Poletec village, and then fighting off the Techno Union’s attempts to reacquire Echo. The episode is noticeably shorter than either of the two previous episodes, but once the escape from the facility begins the action moves a a good clip through the end of the episode. The Bad Batch continue to prove their work, and the Poletecs turn out to be strong allies against the Techno Union.

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