Yeesh…I just can’t get into this show anymore. Everything is so bland, cheap looking and boring plots. Favereu is getting nuts with cameos and mediocre dialogue and that scene with Grogu getting evacuated by Jedi Jar Jar didn’t tell us anything we already didn’t know. Except now we know a random Jedi did it. Huzzah.
The writing on the show has never been its strong point but its failings have become more glaring this season because the series has shifted away from its original premise of a lone bounty hunter’s adventures. The VFX are also increasingly choppy. I don’t know whether that’s due to directors not being comfortable with the Volume or limitations of the Volume itself.
It’s really telling that most of the excitement expressed on Star Wars Reddit & other fandom sites about the episode is over Easter eggs & stunt casting. What happened to Ahmed Best was horrible but no one outside of the hardcore fan base cares that he’s playing a Jedi here. I’m not saying he shouldn’t, but that should not be your justification that the episode is great. It should be peripheral to your perception of the show’s quality.
& don’t get me started on the people excusing the poor effects of the flashback scenes because they’re consistent with the look of the Prequels. Some of the speeder shots had no depth to them.