'Storm the Castle': Star vs The Forces of Evil Review

Woo! After nearly a month of no Star vs The Forces of Evil, we got it back last week, and then a week after that we get the season finale?

Could things be any more exciting right now?

(Spoilers)

Well, being that this is Star, we were more or less promised two things: weird, and wild. Did it deliver? Ohhh yes.

The premise of the episode is fairly simple: Now that someone competent is in charge of the monsters, Marco is kidnapped, and Star will do anything to save him – even sacrifice the wand.

I can’t really give much more of a description than that – it’s a brilliant episode that can be succinctly summarized, and that’s part of its charm. It doesn’t try to surprise us with the unexpected, it just takes a simple story and executes it beautifully.  The animation throughout the episode is utterly gorgeous, the dialogue is spot-on, and we’re left with a ton of questions ready for season 2. And of course, we get to see just how close Marco and Star have come over the course of the series – she sacrifices her wand for him, people!

And really, there’s not much more I have to say about that, people. It’s a great season 1 finale for a great show, and my one regret is that we have to wait until next year for season 2.

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Pros

• Double length episode!
• With Toffee in charge, the monsters seem like a much more credible threat
• Regenerated wand
• Enough unanswered questions to get me excited for season 2

Cons

• The long, long wait for season 2

9.5/10