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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – Run Rey Run

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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - Run Rey Run

The exact timing of “Run Rey Run” is a little unclear, but it does take place sometime before the events of The Force Awakens. We get another appearance by Teedo, a common antagonist for Rey (Daisy Ridley) in these shorts, who attempts to steal scavenged items from the derelict Star Destroyer from Rey only succeeding in bringing an entire section on the ship down on their heads. Rey saves both the tech and her adversary who reluctantly watches Rey speed away with the goods.

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Exploding Kittens – Pilot

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Exploding Kittens - Pilot

Loosely based on the board game of the same name, the first episode of Exploding Kittens introduces us to a douchebag of a God (Tom Ellis) who is exiled by Heaven’s Board of Directors to Earth to earn a little empathy from humans. Oh, and he’s now a cat. Sent to help the (mostly annoying) Higgins family (Suzy Nakamura, Mark Proksch, Ally Maki, and Kenny Yates), Godcat struggles to bring the family closer together (eventually merging their various individual interests into a bonding activity based on the dad’s roleplaying game that puts the entire group in mortal danger). 

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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny – BB-8 Bandits

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Star Wars: Forces of Destiny - BB-8 Bandits

Set during The Force Awakens and after the previous short, “BB-8 Bandits” gives us the return of the scavenger Teedo and his associate attempting to reacquire the droid Rey (Daisy Ridley) saved from him in the film. Rey rescues the droid again, this time making use of her new friend the nightwachter worm to prevent Teedo from coming after them again. Not quite as strong as the first short, but it does build upon what it introduced and produce some fun moments for Star Wars fans.

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The Acolyte – Episode 8

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The Acolyte - Episode 8

The Acolyte concludes with a finale that plays into expectations. The final four episodes of the series have all pointed towards Osha (Amandla Stenberg) trading places with Mae and taking her twin’s path on the Dark Side (complete with the bleeding of a kyber crystal which has been discussed in various Star Wars properties without ever being shown until this point). As with the previous flashback episode, which only confirmed events viewers should have already have worked out on their own, “The Acolyte” finale provides a confrontation between Mae and her old master Sol (Lee Jung-jae) pushing her path towards Qimir (Manny Jacinto). The path of Mae turns out to be far less interesting, mind-wiped and basically trading places with her sister, meaning we’re left in largely the same situation we were when the series began.

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Ahsoka #1

Ahsoka #1

The first issue of a by-the-numbers adaptation of the Disney+ series of the same name, Ahsoka #1 retells the events of the first episode of the series without adding any new context. I’ll be honest, the idea of an Ahsoka comic series grabbed my interest, but realizing it was just republishing events of the series quickly dimmed those expectations. 

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