I quite enjoyed Chapter 11 and thought they handled introducing the Filoni characters quite well. And, at least now we have an explanation of the whole never removing their helmets thing. I was really curious if they would address it in the show or just leave it for the EU to explain. I’m always a bit skeptical when they bring in familiar characters from other shows, even if I do like those characters, but I think they handled the reveal quite well for those who aren’t familiar with the animated shows and it seems like they’ll explain thing further down the line as well. Treating Din as a bit of an outsider gives them a good excuse to explain the lore to “newcomers”.

If they can keep a good balance as they’ve done so far (incl. season 1) and go back and forth between standalone adventures like the past two chapters and episodes like this with familiar characters and expanding the lore then I think this season will turn out quite good.

Also, as a side note; I thought it was really funny seeing Mon Calamari and Quarren dressed like old fashioned fishermen with knitted sweaters and everything. The whole planet had a really fun nautical vibe to it.