The special started on Disney+ on October 1st. Lucasfilm logo of helmets ends with Lego Poe who is startled by some lightning! This leaps to a dark tower, Darth Vader (Matt Sloan) monologues about Mustafar and his new castle, then turns to ask the reaction of the Emperor (Trevor DeVall). Palpatine starts to take Vader away, but they are both shocked at the appearance of Vaneé (Tony Hale), the cloaked servant of Vader, who ends his introduction with a giggle. He was ready the bath for Vader, a pink chamber, and then shows him his rubber duckie! The Emperor leaves with Vader giving Vanee his sinister laugh before we get the title. It is revealed, “Many, many years later…”, a funny twist on “A long time ago…”. This shifts to Poe’s X-Wing pursued by First Order TIE Fighters who didn’t realize that the war is over. Poe (Jake Green) turns on the TIE fighters and has them crash into each at the last moment. BB-8 in his socket is trying to repair a hit on the left wing. Poe sends the ship on an emergency landing on… Mustafar!
Poe manages to land on a land of dark, twisted trees. He happily stands up in the cockpit and a fire burns behind him, funny!, BB-8 quickly extinguishes the fire. Poe tries to call for help, but his comm sparks. Then, he cheerfully heads out with BB-8 to find help and of course they find the ominious castle! Poe finds a construction crew headed up by Graballa the Hutt (Dana Snyder) with a hard hat. He is proud to tell Poe they are building Castle Vader, a Sith theme resort!, it looks like Biff’s Casino. Graballa is happy to take Poe on a tour. A black protocol droid, NI-L8 (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn) says to Vader that the strangers might bring about the Prophecy of Mustafar. Graballa shows Poe the entrance with his collection of stormtroopers including his own, the skelo-trooper, with a skull helmet and skeleton patterns on his armor. Poe is surprised by Darth Vader and his lightsaber, but he just repeats “Of the dark side”, a sales bot. The malfunctioning bot is slapped around by Graballa, funny! A young mechanic, Dean (Raphael Alejandro), rushes up, offering to fix Vader bot. The recording continues with the Empire Emporium shop! I’m getting shades not of Galaxy’s Edge, but Spaceballs (1987), “Merchandising! merchandising!”
Poe compliments the kid who recognizes Poe as “the best pilot in the galaxy” and introduces himself as Dean. He asks Dean to repair his X-Wing who would be happy to do so and wants to be a pilot himself. Graballa interrupts them to make a deal, Poe makes a holovid for Castle Vader in exchange for the repair. Poe agrees to the deal after his X-Wing is fixed and is about to leave, but he is startled by a man in a dark hood! Not the Emperor, but it is just Vaneé in costume. Graballa tries to explain that he came with the place! Vaneé starts sniffing Poe! Then, Poe decides to leave, so Vaneé has NI-L8 hold up a helmet. Vaneé explains that it is the Helmet of Ren! He starts to explain the tale of the one who created Kylo Ren. This goes into the story, “The Lost Boy”, very funny singular rather than plural like the 1987 horro movie and of course the Peter Pan characters. On Tatooine, Jedi Master Luke (Eric Bauza) compliments Ben Solo (Matthew Wood) using the Force to lift stones in a circle. Ben is frustrated since he is stronger in the Force than other three apprentices. This includes Cozler who is able to Force lift a heavy stone over his head, but not skilled enough to have it conk him in the head! Ben walks the street of town complaining about Luke’s lesson on patience. A starship is about to land and the citizens run away fearing the Knights of Ren!
The Knights of Ren ride speeder bikes into town like a biker gang or outlaws from a Western. The leader, Ren (Christian Slater), takes off his helmet (like the one seen before) and shows his long, white hair greeting Ben before the knights leave on the speeder bikes. It is great to hear Slater as a Star Wars villain. This may not be the canon origin for Kylo Ren, but it should be! At night, Ben has a restless sleep until a face emerges from the roof! It is Ren. In the dream, the leader invites Ben to join them and he is met by Jedi Master Luke. They are interrupted by Han Solo (AJ LoCascio)! His father is there to invite Ben to dinner, Chewie is also seen with a covered plate, and his mother, Leia (Shelby Young). She says Chewie made his favorite, Roast Tip-Yip. Fried Endorian Tip-Yip is served at Galaxy’s Edge. It is sort of an Endorian chicken. Chewie opens the lid and it is the Ren’s head! Kids join hands around Ben singing in Huttese a song like Ring-around-the-posies. They transform into the Knights of Ren. Ben falls into a nightmare of the Ren’s face before he is startled awake! Then, he hears Ren and his knights outside. Ren tells him that following Luke is holding him back and he should join his knights. Ben starts to walk to a speeder bike and Ren gives him the Kylo Ren helmet! They wreck havoc on the town and even end up hanging from a bridge a la Lost Boys! Ben is goaded into becoming Kylo Ren!
Poe is unimpressed by the tale and Vaneé takes them to a chamber to tell about the Prophecy of Mustafar. The chamber holding Sith artifacts can only unlocked by someone “fearless.” Poe and Dean are able to unlock the massive door. Graballa’s Iktotchi guards, same aliens as Saesee Tiin, are afraid of the looming shadow of… a mouse droid! Graballa wonders at the expansion of Castle Vader. Dean confides with Poe that his family needs him to keep the job. Vaneé has taken them to a lightsaber repository and finds the Saber of Scardont. Graballa snatches it away, but breaks it. Then, he has Dean fix it. Vaneé tells the next tale, “The Dueling Monstrosities.” He speaks of Darth Maul defeated by Obi-Wan Kenobi, but he survived and made his way to the Nightsisters. Mother Talzin (Barbara Goodson) commands Maul (Sam Witmer) to stand, but he is clumsy with his bionic legs. She tries again with different lower bodies for Maul, very funny! Finally, he gets his spider body! Poe is doubtful, but the guards are fascinated. Vaneé tells of the other monstrosity, with Qymaen jai Sheelal, a student of Count Dooku, is reborn as General Grievous (Matthew Wood)! Palpatine via hologram sends Grievous to find the Saber of Scardont. He warns Grievous that to use the lightsaber will cause madness. Palpatine says things are getting desperate with "General Wheezus." He then mocks Darth Maul who happens to be standing behind him! Maul says he will get the lightsaber to redeem himself for Palpatine. The characters from different eras are all fun, plus other pop culture references, but the best part of Star Wars Lego: Terrifying Tales is that apart from the comedy, they seem like legitimate Star Wars stories!
Four Lightsabers out of Five!
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