Back to finishing off the Ryloth arc:

S01E20 - Innocents of Ryloth - Excludable

The problem with this episode is that it adds nothing at all. Obi-wan goes and rescues some innocents from droids, whilst two clones we never see again in a major way meet a twi’lek child. Innocent people are saved, but it just doesn’t do much that’s too interesting.

S01E21 - Liberty on Ryloth - Excludable

Adds very little. The idea of a freedom fighter being wary of the Republic as well as the Separatists is a bit interesting, but even when you later learn (in Rebels) that this is Hera’s dad this doesn’t really add value.

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I think these episodes are a good example of why a different approach is needed for the clone wars. These are often edited as a movie, but they’re just not that good! Yes they present a sequence of events (establishment of a supply base, then a military base, then the breaking of a blockade, then the rescue of innocents, and finally the defeat of the occupier), but I think we need to be honest with ourselves and recognise that that’s just not that interesting as there’s no emotional core.

The highlight of the whole Ryloth arc is definitely Ahsoka’s initial failiure in command, which you could maybe stretch as far as to call Important, so I might present what was The Battle of Ryloth (Excludable) arc instead as The Insurrection on Ryloth (Important) arc featuring Ahsoka’s command intercut with Bail’s attempts to establish supply lines and Cham’s initial resistance, then separately Liberation of Ryloth (Excludable) featuring Mace teaming up with Cham to liberate the planet.

As an aside, I’m coming to realise how dull and uninteresting so many of the CIS hardware and character designs are. I think I’m going to try to avoid using them as much as possible unless they carry relevant context.

(And to be fair to Knight of Kalee, there was a decent B1 Droid joke in one of those episodes)