The crawl will do some heavy lifting to give context to the simpler start to the episode, establishing that:
- Christophsis produces ray shields (explaining its strategic importance, and since we see them use ray shields later, that moment is now a bit more punchy since it shows their plans worked).
- The newly-knighted Anakin and Obi-Wan are stranded on the planet, barely holding off the Separatists with only a tiny clone force and some heavy cannons defending their base.
- The Separatist blockade has forced the Republic support fleet to retreat to a nearby staging area, which combined with a comms blackout (that the fleet is unaware of) is leading to fears that the Separatists will land a full army and take the planet.
- Anakin and Obi-Wan should be taking preventative steps against invasion, until they detect Assaj Ventress’ signal at the Sep HQ on the dark side of the planet, so they pursue her as a priority mission.
Haven’t been on the forums in a bit due to college starting again, but this looks great! The inclusion of ray shields in the crawl is a smart idea and will focus the episode even further. I’m also in favor of the other changes/refinements to Christophsis. Appreciate all your hard work!