This one took me a while to go through its eight episodes, which says something right away about it.
Right after it premiered I heard it reduced to “Star Wars Goonies” and while that’s probably a fair tagline, the story has to fit into a wider universe and timeline that was NOT a constraint for the 1985 film. An adult will recognize the various tropes here, but I’m not sure how well a kid will get these characters as they aren’t shown with a lot of depth.
My biggest dislike of this story, though is Jude Law’s character. SPOILER ALERT!
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He’s the VILLAIN! You think he might have redeeming qualities, but, nope. Those little bits of good he did with the kids were just a jerk’s feint. The show’s ending doesn’t even hint at remorse for him. This just felt entirely out of place for this show’s two functions as Star Wars (Villains are Villains, well, except for Darth Vader/Anakin at the end–which we at least get to experience) and as kid’s show (Good vs. Evil ends up being clear-cut). I doubt anything more will happen in this corner of the SW universe, so we’ll file this under “At least I got something out of my Disney+ subscription this month”.
It took me some time to do it, but I recently finished watching the first two seasons of Invincible on Amazon Prime Video. Based on the comics series from Image Comics, so far the story has stayed fairly close to what was published, right down to having a special episode with Atom Eve’s backstory. Based on what’s been covered so far, I believe there will be one more season of the animated series.