Star Wars: Tales of the Empire

[Frontier]

The Morgan stuff was really good, the Barriss stuff less so.

These Tales shorts excel at fleshing out arcs, not in being arcs in and of themselves. We already knew that Dooku became disillusioned with the corruption of the Republic and the Jedi's tolerance of said corruption, but seeing how that happened lent more weight to his choices. Similarly, we already knew Ahsoka survived Order 66 and joined the Rebellion as Fulcrum, but seeing how Anakin's overprotectiveness led to her survival and why her joining Bail Organa was such a big deal added to her story.

The Morgan episodes fell into that mold, filling in the gaps to show why she was so loyal to Thrawn. The Barriss episodes, on the other hand, added an entirely unnecessary redemption arc just for the sake of it, and there is simply not enough time in these shorts to make that sort of redemption arc work. And said redemption arc was done in place of anything involving the fact that she is now serving the man who arrested her for bombing the Jedi Temple, anything involving her old master Luminara or how the apprentice of such a pacifist could become a mass murderer without being groomed by Palpatine, any remorse for all the people she murdered at the Jedi Temple or for framing her best friend, or anything involving the friend she betrayed. Even the way she was killed off just felt lazy, like the entire story was just a way to get rid of a loose plot thread with the least effort possible.

I'd have rather a full-blown Inquisitor show.

[ChrisIII]

When Vader is introduced to them, this is the first line up.

[Kirby101]

Can I watch this if I am not entrenched in every facet of Star Wars lore?

[Conn Seanery]

Can I watch this if I am not entrenched in every facet of Star Wars lore?

It helps if you remember the two characters the episodes are focused on (from The Clone Wars and The Mandalorian), but you don't need any deep knowledge of either.

[thwhtGuardian]

Can I watch this if I am not entrenched in every facet of Star Wars lore?

It's definitely more niche than Tales of the Jedi was but if you saw the Clone Wars and the Mandalorian you won't be lost.