So far the animated shows have been the one thing that is always consistently high quality from Star Wars both pre-Disney and post-Disney but Tales of the Empire is just very lacklustre and extremely disappointing
Not only did it fail to learn any lessons from Tales of the Jedi, it actually does more of what made Tales of the Jedi bad only none of what made Tales of the Jedi so epic and interesting
I loved Tales of the Jedi despite its flaws and I was hoping Tales of the Empire would do just that but then from the evil perspective. But no we can't have that can we. It always has to be from the perspective of the good side. Evil characters turning good and turning the tide against evil
I also don't quite get the point of the series. The plot was entirely lacking. Tales of the Jedi had clear defined purpose and plot to each and every episode and it told crucial backstory to major events and/or characters or filled in gaps on characters where portions of their timelines haven't been told yet
In Tales of the Empire we get none of that. Most of what it tells us we already knew and the little new stuff it tells is just very boring and poorly executed
Just as with all other Star Wars post-Disney, they are scared to take risks. We can't have a story that is just about a villain. It always has to be spun to be about the heroes overcoming the villains. Why can't we just have a villain story? If you are going to make something called Tales of the Empire then make it about literal Tales of the Empire. Not Tales of the heroes who defeated the Empire which is what this series is actually about
Poor execution, low quality animation work (this is a step down from Rebels, Bad Batch and Tales of the Jedi), bad art style, poorly written story, 0 narrative/dialogue and 0 new lore added to Star Wars
Each episode is about 15 minutes long on average watching a single episode felt like an eternity and I really had to force myself to watch through the entire series
And again this is a review by someone who loves all the Star Wars animations. I loved Clone Wars, I loved Rebels even more (Rebels is my all-time favourite Star Wars animation), I loved Bad Batch, I loved Tales of the Jedi. So the fact I just love all things Star Wars and all things animated and that I hate this series that is never a good sign. I am honestly surprised it even has the average rating it has, perhaps a degree of denial.