Jedi Temple Challenge is the latest attempt by Star Wars to advertise to children...by ripping off a Nickelodeon kids game show from the 90s. If you haven't heard of Jedi Temple Challenge, no one will blame you. Remember Legends of the Hidden Temple? Here it is again in an inferior format; only this time it's got Star Wars slapped on it. It's got cheap styrofoam sets, kindergarten level production value, and a budget smaller than an episode of Scooby-Doo. Legends was an iconic show for its time. I'm sure every kid who grew up in the 90s remembered it. Whether it was the sets, the challenges, or the teams, every single thing was worth remembering. Most importantly...I remember it was hard, with fun sets, puzzles, and great production design. Jedi Temple Challenge is more like a game show for babies; with puzzles that weren't even worthy of being called puzzles, and challenges that any kid could complete in their backyard. Ahmed Best, who is most known for his oh-so memorable role of Jar Jar Binks, is an awkward host, clearly trying his best, but lacks the charm of Jeff Probst or Phil Keoghan. His awkward banter is too embarrassing to watch with a protocol droid that looks like it was built in an hour. It doesn't help that said droid keeps yelling dad jokes that even dads would be ashamed of. Everything looks more like a Star Wars playground for children, and all of it feels like no money or effort was put into it. Some cut set pieces aren't enough to save it, it's too boring to watch, the kids can't complete the most basic of tasks. They did the laziest job in differentiating the teams; all you get is blue team, red team, red fish, blue fish. Even Hidden Temple had the Purple Parrots, the Red Jaguars, the Silver Snakes, the Orange Iguanas, the Blue Barracudas, and the Green Monkeys. It's more fun to watch Survivor or reruns of Hidden Temple instead of this.
