Good clean fun
This week I have mostly been watching Young Jedi Adventures.
Yes it’s a show aimed at little kids, but who doesn’t like an aggressively cute and cheerful cartoon from time to time?
It’s all bright colours, BIG eyes, enthusiastic hugs, and wholesome messages about friendship, working together and, of course, learning to use the force.
But mostly about friendship and hugging, because kids show.
And because it’s set in the High Republic era it’s able to be happy and light and carefree because we’re operating far from the Bad Times lurking waaaaay off down the timeline
In addition to occasional appearances from a younger Master Yoda than we’re used to seeing, we have Master Zia Zanna who oversees the temple on Tenoo the kids are based at and provides/allows the kids to head off on missions. And, of course, we have our heroic trio and their conveniently excellent, Han Solo-esque, pilot friend to provide them with transport for those missions
But Nash Durango isn’t just an excellent pilot and engineer with a droid sidekick, RJ-83, and a ship of her own. She also has two moms, mentioned both as ‘Mom and Momma’, and later as ‘my moms’
We have Kai (central), who we know is the True Hero of the show since people use his last name as well as his first one. (Nash is on the left there)
He’s accompanied by his fellow trainee of Pantoran origin, Lys (right), and Dee Bradley Baker with peets, aka Nubs the Pooba (below).
This is Star Wars so of course they’re both blue. Nothing says ‘galaxy far far away’ than things or people that are blue
And I’m living for the epic hero hair this show gives us, not just on the main 4 but on some of the supporting characters too. Behold the glory that sits atop that already fuzzy head. Impressive!
Lys’s wig definitely came from the finest of Naboo stylists, it barely ever moves and never has a hair out of place. The hair buns have levelled up majorly this time around.
Lys is a girl so she likes animals, Nubs looks like a bear so he likes nature, and Kai is the hero figure who plans to be a Master Jedi someday so he doesn’t need any secondary interests. Apparently.
The recurring ‘villains’ of the story are wannabe pirate Taborr val Dorn (who is in no way whatsoever a be-helmeted young Boba Fett stand in) and his gang who show up to try to steal anything not nailed down. Taborr leads his gang with meanness and bossy tyranny, and a total lack of success because our heroes always win the day – as is right and proper!
His gang consists of droid EB-3, and Pord, who’s the cutest little Gamorrean you ever did see (it isn’t stated that they’re a girl but they have killer mascara and a female VA so it’s likely). They’re my personal favourite.
The show gets bonus points for including a tooka kitten, however briefly
Verdict: Very cute, maybe too much so for some viewers, but entertaining as long as you accept that it’s aimed at the Disney Junior demographic
