Onward to s02e06, a new episode using the Jedi Crash duology of episodes. This’ll be the least important episode of my show - and remain marked as a ‘bonus’ episode rather than a main episode in my tracker. However, I’m going to add it presented as the sixth episode of the season because it rounds out exactly what the season needed at this point - a little more Anakin, a little more Ahsoka, a little more of Ahsoka’s development solo, a little extra layer to their relationship, and a little more exploration on the war’s effects on the ‘little guy’. Plus, while it’s quite light, it does feature an excellent bit of opening action that I’d always hoped to include somewhere.
I’ve just conducted a review of this duology. That initial action sequence really is fantastic, and the Ahsoka/Anakin content is pretty decent. The core plotline, about the Lurmen being pacifist (even whilst under attack) feels quite ham-fisted and underdeveloped, and the storyline about the Separatists on the planet is both underdeveloped and very goofy. So I think the right approach here will be to preserve the content from the first episode, cutting a handful of the weaker Lurmen moments, whilst dropping almost the entirety of the second episode, keeping only a handful of pieces of decent dialogue, and probably the very last couple of shots as the Republic ships arrive.
This episode might end up the shortest yet - perhaps around 18 minutes - but I’m not aiming for any particular length and it does serve a wider purpose within this season, especially for the first-time viewer.
I’ll probably use the opening crawl to highlight for the viewer that we really haven’t seen the Separatists much this season, sowing the seeds that’ll pay off in the finale trio of episodes with the reveal of the Geonosis factory.