Horst_In_Translation Review of Kara: A Star Wars Story

Kara: A Star Wars Story (2016)

I see the potential, but the execution is shoddy

[4/10 · 17 May 2017]

This is "Kara" and if you read the long title you will know exactly what this is about, namely one of many many Star Wars fan films. Writer and director if these 7.5 minutes is Joe Sill and it is an American movie in the English language. Sill is an actually pretty prolific filmmaker if you take a look at his body of work in the last 5-10 years and this one here is still relatively new and fresh, namely from 2016 when the Star Wars popularity was reaching new heights again with the new movies. "Kara" is certainly one of Sill's most known. I think the actors are good and direction as well as settings and camera work are decent too. But the script is a major problem. The dialogues don't feel authentic contents-wise and the scenes feel very random in terms of how they were put together. Quite a shame as I believe there are some solid components here, but I guess you really have to love Star Wars to be able to ignore the flaws. Or, even worse, you will really hate them then. Perhaps it would be a good idea for Sill if he lets the screenplay be done by others next time. I give this one a thumbs-down. Not recommended.