While an animated addition to a blockbuster sci-fi franchise seemed like a risky decision at the time, Netflix’s underrated show ended up expanding on its story in a way few fans could have predicted before its release. It is always risky for a sci-fi franchise to make the transition from movies to the small screen. On the one hand, the sci-fi genre’s reliance on world building means that sometimes, the longer runtime of TV shows can allow these projects to finally flesh out parts of the fictional universe the movies skipped over.