Star Wars Resistance

And so it goes. Star Wars Resistance ends, not with a bang, but with a series of bangs, a sort of “back to basics” sentiment that does a yeoman’s job of straight-forward, good ol’ fashion Star Wars action. “The Escape” resembles A New Hope more than anything else, with it’s all out breakout from the Star Destroyer, all phasers blasting and ships exploding. It’s not at all deep or clever, it’s not really rewarding in terms of character revelations or developments, and it’s not particularly the best visually or strongest directed episode of the series. But it gets the job done: there’s an immediate conflict, our protagonists have to go through an absurd number of obstacles to overcome said conflict, and they do it. It’s relatively a fun watch all the way through, despite some strained moments of disbelief and plot contrivances.Star Wars Resistance Season 1-2 Download.

That conflict? Rescuing Tam. A few weeks back it kind of looked as if Tam had, more or less, succumbed to the First Order’s whole mentality. Yeager, Kaz, Captain Doza, and Venisa all spoke as if trying to save her was a lost cause–and there was a sense that if anything, “The Escape” would be a heavy and introspective episode about trust, forgiveness, relationships, and all those emotional beats that give these characters life. There’s a brief moment where Yeager and Tam argue about everything that occurred between them, but it’s not only interrupted but it’s never referred to again.

Instead, Tam’s falling out occurs in what is probably the series’ darkest moment: Tierny and Pyre ordering the Star Destroyer to fire upon the Aeosians from “The New World” and “No Place Safe.” We only see the species look up in stunned silence before we cut to the P.O.V. of the Destroyer as it unloads a barrage of shots onto their existence. It’s brutal–made more by when Rucklin laughing his way through it all.