S01E08-10 - The Capture of Viceroy Nute Gunray - Excludable

The first of these, Bombad Jedi, is absolutely horrible, and unnecessary for the rest of the story.

The second, Cloak of Darkness, is OK. I’m not sure about it. It’s got a bit of corruption, which is good, and some quality Luminara. While I don’t think Ahsoka should be fighting Asajj this early, it’s fairly well done and sassy and there is some good growth for them all. I’d maybe like to find out if I can build something decent out of this plus something else. It’s not a really strong episode but it’s not awful.

The third, Lair of Grievous, is pretty interesting. It’s cool to see Grievous’ origins and repairs, and to see him behaving quite monstrously when damaged. The way Grievous kills Nadar is quite grim and adds a good amount of threat, though there are other elements to this episode which could certainly be trimmed.

Weirdly, these are linked in a way that doesn’t quite work. Episode one captures Gunray, episode two has him escape, but then episode three implies they’ve fallen into a trap, which is fine, but they forget that they were chasing Gunray.

I’m also not a fan of the idea that Dooku is testing Grievous. Dooku is dependent on his droid general, now doesn’t feel like a sensible time to risk his death. And their tension isn’t returned to.