My Star Wars radar must be broken because my friends all criticized the same things, yet I found myself thoroughly enjoying this episode. The Snow Speeders were a bit shoddy but it wasn’t so bad that it bothered me. I thought the sets looked quality and felt that they delivered on the scale throughout, which is something I feel they have been struggling a bit with in the earlier episodes. I think the character of Tala is a fantastic addition to the Star Wars universe and carried this episode for me with a stellar performance. I still believe cutting down on the Inquisitors’ dialogue is key to making them work but despite that, I am liking the writing for Reva and Moses’ performance as the episodes continue.

The episode gave me Dark Forces vibes and was comparable to Mando season 2 episode 4 imo, which I also loved. I’ve been loving this series so far (I think it is miles ahead of BoBF personally) and believe after tightening the screws just a bit, this series can be crafted into a nearly perfect product.

It is important to note, I can’t shut off the editing part of my brain anymore, so I may have less of an issue with poor writing, performances, and visuals because I know I can just edit it after the fact. However, all that being said, I can understand not seeing the value in this one for the overall narrative and wanting it to be largely skipped over in an edit.