This latest episode had the kind of simple, straightforward Star Wars plot that I feel should be the focus of a show like this. It would have worked nicely in Season 1: “Space pirates invade defenseless town, authorities are useless, so they call in lone gunmen to come clean up.” But unfortunately, in Season 3 this story is couched within a larger messy narrative that detracts from the simple charm it should have. (Plus the space pirates need the cheese factor dialed down by 20 to 30 degrees. Remember when Star Wars criminals spoke in alien languages?)

Also, given the lawless environment the show portrays here, it seems naive of Greef Karga to think he can build a colony with no protection without so much as some kind of anti-spacecraft defense system at least.

Plus, lately there’s so many annoying little details that constantly distract me while I’m watching. With almost every action scene, jet packs are never utilized in the most obvious, advantageous ways called for by the situation. And the plot often progresses or connects A to B in extremely arbitrary ways. Like for example, why does that New Republic traffic cop guy think to go ask a random clan of Mandalorians for help? How does he even know them? He pulled over Mando for speeding a few times like a year ago - on Tatooine and the ice spider planet. Why would it even occur to him to ask Mando for help with something like this? How would he know Mando has access to a squad of elite commandos? He claims he was able to find them because he knew that R5 droid? What does that even mean? Whatever.

I feel like there’s a lot of missing connective plot tissue. In the trailer they show this cool dog fight over rivers and ravines, with TIE fighters chasing Mandalorian fighters. In the actual show, when we see this dog fight, it just occurs out of nowhere with no real context or setup. It’s like a cool fan film designed to be watched as a clip on Youtube, instead of something integrated into the story.