Note: I have seen the first 7 episodes (14 since they're 2-part episodes), and I have no intention of watching further.
Canon - For those only looking for this series addition to canon: At the time of the High Repiblic, there were enough youngling Jedi that the Jedi established Adacemies on multiple planets. That's it. And yes, that info is supplied in other media, so this show really adds nothing at all.
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This series isn't just childish; it's idiotic. The entire collection of canon media emphasizes frequently how difficult it is to pilot a ship and that it's practically impossible for non-Jedi children to do so, yet the adults are constantly and knowingly sending groups of children into danger with a non-Jedi child for a pilot who has, by her own admission, never flown anything bigger than a landspeeder prior to the show's first episode.
The series' action and target audience is comparable to Spidey and His Amazing Friends, but at least Spidey still shows the adults doing adult jobs such as driving vehicles.
The villain is also idiotic. Spidey's villains pose actual threats (physical pain, city-wide damage, civilians in potentially deadly scenarios), and that series is able to depict those "mature" threats in a very child-friendly light. On the other hand, Young Jedi's big baddie reveal is... a kid stealing fruit from a street vendor. Something that poses no real threat to anyone and could be solved by a simple "Hey! Stop that!"
People defend this show by saying "It's for kids," but having kids as a target audience doesn't mean it has to defy logic, break canon, and ignore common sense. The target audience is children, not imbeciles.
Canon - For those only looking for this series addition to canon: At the time of the High Repiblic, there were enough youngling Jedi that the Jedi established Adacemies on multiple planets. That's it. And yes, that info is supplied in other media, so this show really adds nothing at all.
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This series isn't just childish; it's idiotic. The entire collection of canon media emphasizes frequently how difficult it is to pilot a ship and that it's practically impossible for non-Jedi children to do so, yet the adults are constantly and knowingly sending groups of children into danger with a non-Jedi child for a pilot who has, by her own admission, never flown anything bigger than a landspeeder prior to the show's first episode.
The series' action and target audience is comparable to Spidey and His Amazing Friends, but at least Spidey still shows the adults doing adult jobs such as driving vehicles.
The villain is also idiotic. Spidey's villains pose actual threats (physical pain, city-wide damage, civilians in potentially deadly scenarios), and that series is able to depict those "mature" threats in a very child-friendly light. On the other hand, Young Jedi's big baddie reveal is... a kid stealing fruit from a street vendor. Something that poses no real threat to anyone and could be solved by a simple "Hey! Stop that!"
People defend this show by saying "It's for kids," but having kids as a target audience doesn't mean it has to defy logic, break canon, and ignore common sense. The target audience is children, not imbeciles.