I know I'm really late to the party on this. My cable company inexplicably added Disney XD and a lot of other channels a few days ago, so I was able to watch the marathon this weekend. (Alas in SD, and sometimes not even letterboxed.) This show is a lot of fun! Seeing background aliens and vehicles right out of the Kenner toy line just makes me smile. Not to mention the Star Tours references.

The prequel references are subtle. Little things like a clone trooper helmet sitting behind a bar is how you acknowledge them without hitting viewers over the head. The abandoned Clone Wars era base with it's derelict vehicles was cool too.

Speaking of that cantina, Imp propaganda running on the viewscreen has got to be a Holiday Special reference. ;)

The only nit I can pick is most of the Imperial officers so far are really too far into being two dimensional mustache twirling dastards. It's a bit jarring after TCW, and it's many shades of gray. And what is up with the one's who look more like the undead?

Disney could have really neutered this, so it's refreshing to see Stormies getting it, sometimes even at point blank range. The potential for this show to get darker later on is certainly there. Dead Jedi as bait is pretty grisly and sad, and Ezra's inadvertent brush with the dark side was handled well.

There is an interesting theory as to the identity of the mysterious Fulcrum. (Someone has played around with the voice to remove the distortion.) I won't spoil it here.

And Chopper is such a little bastard! ;)