Reviews

This show is such a mess my god... as much as I actually enjoyed the content of this episode; Luke training Grogu, the emotion of Din having to leave, Cobb Vanth, Ahsoka, Cad Bane reveal, it's all conceptually great, but I can't help but be disappointed by how this show's been handled overall.

The best explanation I can give is that it's just messy. The Bobba Fett episodes tell two different stories at the same time, but with clunky transitions. One story I actually enjoy where Bobba Fett gets indoctrinated by the Tuskens; that's fairly interesting, but the other story with the Pykes is just plain boring. There are so many more ways they could have taken that story line to make it more exciting, it's frustrating. 1st, don't have Bobba just be some sweet nice guy trying to do the right thing all the time. He's been a villain since the original trilogy, at least give him a nice edge when someone tries to assassinate him and not have him just casually enter into negotiations like it's not a big deal. 2nd, the Pykes need to impact the story enough or do something drastic enough to gain interest, they do nothing of the sort until this episode, but I'd argue it came way too late and in an already packed episode. 3rd, don't add in pointless scenes and characters like the Espa Vespas. And also don't fill those pointless moments with pointless standing around in a room and having superfluous dialogue, only to eventually cap it off with a boring chase scene.

All this leads me to this episode. Like I said I actually enjoyed most of the content here, but because they're cramming in all these characters and plot threads into a single episode, it feels underwhelming. Because we didn't actually have enough time to appreciate what was going on in each given arc, things falls flat. It just moves on to the next random thing. And it doesn't help that the main catalyst of the show (I.e the Pykes) is so dull.

The only solution I can think of has to do with cleaning up all the episodes into more of a segmented but developed whole. Cut everything down with the Tuskens to 1 episode, then have 1 or 2 episodes building up the Pykes, 1 episode with Cobb Vanth leading to the reveal of Cad Bane, 1 Mando episode leading into an episode with Luke and Grogu, etc. And then after you've set up and established all these unique arcs, have them finally come together by the end. It would have made a very scrambled batch of ideas feel a lot more streamlined and cohesive when you eventually realize that all these plot lines are inevitably converging on the same point.

In conclusion, this episode had enough good moments for me to warrant giving it a 6/10, but it was so hampered down by the overall execution of this show so far, I couldn't help but feel disappointed.