Episode LXXVIII - A Batch of Characters
For Christ's Sake, Anakin!
English - May 18, 2021 20:34 - 39 minutes - 54.2 MBScience Fiction Fiction Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
I love the Bad Batch! I really do, especially since it's taking the time to explore character growth, even as the "plot" or "mission" is moving slowly. It represents the way we're now in an era of "slow burn" television storytelling that aims for a satisfying experience whether you watch it weekly or binge it over a weekend. Either way, the focus is on character as the most important aspect *of* plot, rather than something that incidentally happens *through* plot. It's a challenge to contemporary audiences used to edge-of-your-seat continuous shows of the 2000s, but ultimately a rewarding one. Picard, WandaVision and The Last Jedi before it, and now the Bad Batch with Hunter and Omega at the heart of the story.
For the pull list, I go into the first two issues of The War of the Bounty Hunters. It's Fett-tacular!
Oh and clearly, I have Star Wars Celebration Anaheim 2022 on the brain. Only a year to go!
Thanks for listening, and MTFBWY
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