S02E01-03 - The Holocron Crisis (Holocron Heist, Cargo of Doom, Children of the Force) - Important

Cad Bane is always good fun. These are visually interesting episodes with a good chaotic threat. These are mostly just decent fun, but I’m calling them important due to the fact that modern SW media seems to be leaning on the force sensitive children angle. We also get some good early relationship between Ahsoka and Anakin, where she’s confident and competent but still a little foolhardy and unrefined, but Anakin is also clearly starting to care for her.

The pacing is a little wonky since the last third has some very quick time jumps, but if it can’t be fixed this’d still be fine. I’d maybe have Anakin and Ahsoka arrive on Naboo before the Rodia plot, to explain why they’re well set up by the time Bane reaches Naboo. And I might trim Sidious’ dialogue to make his reasoning for wanting the force kids more ambiguous, but otherwise this barely needs touching.

Looking at the overall pacing, this would make a great second episode.