The focus of the mystery is not entirely what I expected and that’d a good thing from my POV. The twin theory being revealed almost immediately, so there is no ambiguity about who is doing the killings, but there is a mystery in why she’s doing it. Which I found absorbing.
Massive plus for the hand to hand martial arts fights. The idea that Jedi wouldn’t activate their lightsabers at first is a great touch. This kind of inspired fight choreography works so well.
Credit to Headland who has obviously done her research going into the show and it will probably be much appreciated for the HR book readers, and yet doesn’t come across as fan service or a “need to previously know this for it to work” type of thing either.
Production values looked pretty strong to me. Real sets augmented with CGI is a welcome change to the Stagecraft orientated series of late. Feels like being closer to Andor in production quality than the Stagecraft shows too (Mando season 1 apart).
Early days, but after the 2 episodes this has been an enjoyable watch, not brilliant, but above average, and has drawn me in for more.
A big plus also for the Neimoidians no longer having those dreadful stereotypical Asian accents they infamously had from TPM!