This would probably rate 4 stars if you are getting it as a free bonus alongside the bounty hunter handbook. So if you are interested in this sort of thing, probably get that instead.
I don't think it's useful enough to purchase on its own. If you research old TV shows or do some brainstorming, you'll probably come up with more usable ideas than you'll get from the PDF. On top of that, the generation system is finicky and detailed enough that I just feel like I'd want to write a program to automate before I'd ever try to use it. These sorts of random generations systems are seldom useful for actual randomness and more useful as lists unless you can create content fast enough that you can sift through the ideas it prompts. An adventure is a big investment in time and energy and majorly impacts your players interest in your game. It's not like you are going to random these up and use the first one you roll to generate however many pages of notes you feel you need to run a story.
Maybe the most interesting aspect of the PDF is it's ideas (and indeed almost to the level of a step by step guide) for using AI artwork to generate portraits and illustrations for your games. That was fun and practical.
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