Some other things I forgot to mention before: I thought the female Imperial comms officer was wasted a little. She’s played by martial arts expert Katy O’Brian, but although Sasha Banks’ wrestling skills got put to good use against Boba Fett, Katy’s character was underutilised a little. Cara Dune and friends have it pretty easy storming the bridge, so it would be nice if she’d put up more of a fight; as it is, I think she’s shot in the back by Fennec Shand in the background of one shot. This is a minor complaint though, that comms officer is still awesome.

The way Luke behaves, it’s as if he’s watched The Mandalorian season 2 up to this point and just when the heroes are in a hopeless situation he goes “well, that’s my cue” and makes his entrance. He seems in complete knowledge of everything going on. I think this makes sense because when Grogu was on the seeing stone, he must have established a connection with Luke, with Luke being able to see what he looked like (and getting over the surprise of finding a Yoda-like being) and feel the bond he has with this Mandalorian. The trouble is, the audience don’t know that. Luke being impassive is fitting for an older, wiser Jedi master, but a smile whenever he picked up Grogu might have been quite nice.

This isn’t a criticism of the episode at all, in fact it’s the opposite: I like the Darktroopers so much that I’m sad they’re all spare parts. I hope they make a return. Interesting that Dr Perishing called them ‘3rd generation’, perhaps the darktroopers seen in the apparently canon Star Wars Commander game were the suits he was talking about.