I enjoyed the Obi-Wan bits, and while I kind of expected the last shot, I didn’t expect it to affect me as emotionally as it did.

The whole episode seemed to suffer from “for some reason”, just to get where they wanted to get to close Maul’s storyline.

SPOILERS

The Holocrons can now be used to summon Jedi. For some reason.

Ezra now knows the prophecy refers to Tatooine, which hasn’t been mentioned before. For some reason.

The Holocrons can now point directly to Jedi. For some reason.

Tusken Raiders attack Ezra’s A-Wing. For some reason.

Obi-Wan can sense Ezra baking in the sun. For some reason.

Maul patiently stands there and waits for Ezra to ride off before confronting the object of the hate that has kept him alive for decades. For some reason.

Ezra respects Obi-Wan’s unspoken wish to be left alone and not help the Rebellion when he’s constantly begging for more training. For some reason.

No one asks how Maul died, if Obi-Wan is still alive, what really happened out there. For some reason.

Yet another opportunity passes where Obi-Wan could introduce himself as “Ben” to give himself some excuse to say he hasn’t gone by the name of “Obi-Wan” for decades. For some reason.

I felt we needed a couple episode arc for this. But then other people will feel like they’d been strung along for two episodes to end like it did. Can’t please everyone.