Star Wars Visions Reviews – Episode 9: Akakiri

This episode felt like an odd choice to end the series on to me. While the previous two episodes I talked about felt like they had very Star Warsy messages and themes at their core, Akakiri is more of a mystical episode in a great many ways that approaches its story with a tone that feels neither especially Star Wars Inspired nor Japanese inspired as far as I can tell.

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Star Wars Visions Reviews – Episode 8: Lop & Ochō

Cute bunny girl. Do I need to say anything else? Can’t that just be the review?

These episodes though… as they get later in the series they’re really starting to go harder. Not that The Duel wasn’t a great Lightsaber duel, but between this one and the one before it, these episodes really end on a super impressive combat sequence. That’s Star Wars for you in a nutshell though I suppose.

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Star Wars Visions Reviews – Episode 7: The Elder

Y’know, I have a feeling that part of the reason Trigger got to make two episodes in this series was that they were contractually obliged to make the most “Trigger” thing possible when the made The Twins. The payoff being that they would be able to make this episode as a result. Because this one… this one really did something for me.

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