LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales (2021)

Release Date - October 1, 2021

Synopsis:

Poe Dameron and BB-8 crash land on the planet Mustafar where they must face their fears and stop an evil power from rising in order to escape back to their friends.

Directed by - Ken Cunningham

Written by - David Shayne

Produced by - Daniel Cavey

Cinematography - N/A

Music by - Michael Kramer

Distribution Company - Disney+

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Cast:

A.J. Locascio - Han Solo

- Imperial Pilot

Barbara Goodson - Mother Talzin

Christian Slater - Ren

Dana Snyder - Graballa the Hutt

Danny Jacobs - Raam

- Watto

- Protocol Droid

David Acord - Medical Droid

- Rebel Pilot

Eric Bauza - Luke Skywalker

- Guard Droid

Jake Green - Poe Dameron

- Motti

James Arnold Taylor - Obi-Wan Kenobi

- Cozler

John DiMaggio - Baash

- Uncle Owen

Mary Elizabeth McGlynn - NI-L8

- Red 10

Matt Sloan - Darth Vader

Matthew Wood - Ben Solo

- General Grievous

- Battle Droids

Raphael Alejandro - Dean

Sam Witwer - Darth Maul

- Trudgen

Shelby Young - Princess Leia Organa

Tony Hale - Vaneé

Trevor Devall - Emperor Palpatine

- Grand Moff Tarkin

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Run Time - 44 min. Rated - TV-G

Budget - Unknown Gross - Unknown

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Review:

A LEGO Star Wars Halloween special sounds like a fun idea and the Christmas special they released in 2020 was an entertaining effort but this venture is pretty forgettable. The whimsical story features Poe Dameron and BB-8 crash landing on the planet Mustafar where they discover that Graballa the Hutt is planning on turning Darth Vader's castle into a hotel and Vader's former servant Vaneé has plans of his own. Throughout the story we also get three "terrifying tales" none of which are remotely spooky even for small kids though it was nice to see stories representing all three of the Star Wars Eras: Original, Prequel and Sequel trilogies and the title of each story is done in the font of other horror properties. I was disappointed that these weren't more unique spooky tales, they didn't have to be super scary but mildly eerie would have been nice, instead they are mostly comedic and in the case of two of the stories are just different retellings of key moments from the film with some odd twists. The voice cast does a great job with what they are given, Christian Slater voices the original leader of the Knights of Ren and Emmy-winner Tony Hale voices Vader's servant Vaneé. There are a ton of horror movie references that are fun to catch for the viewer and most will go over the heads of kids but overall this just wasn't very memorable and I don't think this is one I'll be rewatching any time soon.

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My Score: 74

Plot - 6 Cinematography - 8

Attraction - 7 Editing & Special Effects - 8

Theme - 7 Sound & Music - 8

Acting - 8 Directing - 7

Dialogue - 8 Enjoyability – 7

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Trivia:

• This special was done as a follow-up to the successful LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special (2020) on Disney+.

• Specific horror properties referenced in the special include The Lost Boys (1987), Jurassic Park (1993), A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), The Fly (1986), Nosferatu (1922), The Twilight Zone TV series (1959-1964), "The Monkey's Paw" short story by W.W. Jacobs, The Shining (1980) and The New Mutants (2020).

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Availability:

• Disney+

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Watched October 31, 2021