LEGO Star Wars: The Freemaker Adventures S1 - Brief Thoughts
"Millennia ago, before even the Old Republic, there was a wise Jedi, Master Baird Kantoo. Master Kantoo wanted to create a weapon worthy of the Jedi. Using a skill known only to him, he forged Kyber Crystals into one solid blade. This was the very first Lightsaber. The Kyber Saber was an impressive weapon. It magnified Kantoo's powers a thousandfold. When Kantoo realized the potential danger of the Kyber Saber, he smashed his blade to pieces. He gave the Kyber Saber crystals to trusted Jedi Knights to hide in distant corners of the galaxy, so that no one would ever again possess the power of the Kyber Saber." The story of the Kyber Saber
The Freemaker Adventures is one of the most underrated Star Wars shows. It captures what makes LEGO Star Wars so much fun while telling a fascinating story with a charming cast of characters. I find it hilarious how the show was created by the same people behind The Ghost and Molly McGee.
The fact that this is Canon-adjacent also makes the watch value increase. I like how the team said that the show is based on events in-universe but reenacted by a child's imagination of them.
The Kyber Saber is a weapon I hope Canon brings to the far future. There's a lot of potential in its backstory and how it's utilized. At the very least, I really hope it's brought back in the Rebuild the Galaxy timeline.
The Freemakers are a pretty underrated SW group in the SW universe.
I also like the detail how Dengar and Boba are friends, which is a nice nod to Legends.
R0-GR is one of my favorite characters from this show. I love that we got a lot more B1 Droid humanization similar to the Clones in Canon.
Papa Palps and Vader are better than ever. I love how LEGO Palpatine is literally just a PG version of Robot Chicken Palpatine.
Ironically, now that the ESB-RotJ wave of SW comics, I genuinely think this show makes more sense with the timeline than the comics (to me, they felt more than one year while this show genuinely felt like one year took place).
Narre is a surprisingly terrifying, unhinged villain for a LEGO SW show. I like to headcanon that she's one of the Emperor's Hands.
Overall, give this show a watch because it's filled with so much charm and humor. I mean, the fact that Hondo Ohnaka himself appears in this show should already be an enticing reason to watch it.
