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A fairly unreconstructed elevator sketch for "What If Goonies and Stranger Things... but Star Wars?" however it's a solid formula for whatever reason and apart from the standard 2020s TV "perfunctory rambling asides" (trademark pending) it's a gorgeous looking, consistent and well-cast modern SW series with some solid characterization, a good meaty central adventure plot with plentiful dark bits for younger viewers to get their teeth into. Jude Law is particularly strong as Jod who manages to grapple with being a genuinely neutral feeling character which is really great in a kid's thing. Shame nobody actually watched or seems to remember this.

Cunk means consistency and her schtick is still evergreen here with the rolling meta gags and her perpetually frustrated experts, heavily briefed as they inevitably are. Morgan's speed and delivery is the absolute core of this and each time she rolls around it's a seriously fun treat, perpetually silly.

Hasn't aged as well as the superlative ambient ramble of the radio version and whereas some sketches are evergreen and it's lovely seeing that classical gang firing on all cylinders the "oh-aren't-we-so-extreme" stuff ends up feeling as juvenile as the Adam and Joe parody puncture from around the time.