BW Media Spotlight

DisneyFilm is trying to get kids interested in Star Wars. Sure, they’re still replacing George Lucas’ legacy with their own and flipping off fans of the original Trilogy and previous media, but is everything they’re making crap? Well, since I’m hearing previous fans of The Mandalorian are now in the same spaceship as every other Disney-era Star Wars viewer perhaps so. Still, I’m hoping someone with skills who understand the franchise and why it grew such a strong fan base sneak in somehow.

Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures is show on Disney Junior, the only place in Disney that still remembers what a superhero story should be considering P.J. Masks, Spidey & His Amazing Friends, Superkitties, and I’ll even toss in Puppy Dog Pals out of desperation is hosted there. Then again, it’s set in the “High Republic” time period, so I’m waiting to see if they do something worse than the navigator who’s a big rock.

For May The Fourth, Disney Junior unleashed the first episode of Young Jedi Adventures on TV but only one story on their YouTube channel. (Disney Junior’s shows carry two to three stories per episode.) We’ll look at the first full story but they also put up a series of shorts to introduce the character. It’s too many videos for one post so I’m going to focus on a few to introduce our new younglings and then the full adventure. Let’s see if this is any good.

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