his full sentence has beeps

I had no idea Plo Koon was so foul-mouthed. You know, there is a reason they call him Master Plo instead of Master Koo-

I think my vote would be for option 2. I’ve obviously already made my case for Malevolence coming before Cloak, but I also think that your edit of Malevolence is a little stronger than Cloak, so it has that going for it too. I’m still totally onboard with the very early Death Watch stuff though, especially since that’s a quality episode to hook people in.