Just finished the first episode and I thought it was really good. It’s always hard to evaluate the 1st episode of a series as it’s usually only a set-up for things to come, but the flash-backs did a good job of telling a self-contained, but still open-ended story, while we got the first glimpse into Fett’s tenure as mob boss in the “present”. I actually liked this way more than I did the 1st episode of The Mandalorian which I felt was mostly just set-up and not really a story. I wasn’t really sold on that show until the 2nd episode so it seems that they’ve learned since then. I’m really curious to see what happens next both in Fett’s past and present.

As for some more random thoughts. I’m a little bit disappointed that they didn’t make more out of the Sarlacc, but I also have no issues with how they handled it either. The whole thing might be a bit too gruesome for Disney so they brushed past it and focused on Fett’s time with the Tuskens instead, which I completely understand and it was a really good story anyway. I also really liked the spaghetti western call-backs throughout the episode (not that I suspected anything else with Rodriguez directing).

I also really liked the lizard-centaur-thing. Recent SW creatures have IMO tried a bit too hard to be somewhat “logical” and often just resembled real animals with some alien aspect added to it, but this, this was a proper old-school monster (while still managing to not go completely overboard).