I like it. They’re similar in tone but nowhere near “alike”. It sounds like one of the pieces he could have written for a scene in the show though.

I’m really excited about this. Enjoyed the hell out of the books.

I haven’t read the book yet, but it’s a prequel so I think I can sus it out. I’m not sure how interested I am in watching how a monster like Snow became a monster. There’s no “will he be redeemed?!” or “will this love save him!?” to go off of, it’s just a prequel where anyone but Snow can die.

It’s very pretty and very well done but I have 2 quibbles:

1) Why the hell would they be using ropes instead of tractor beams?

This is a real weird take. Star Wars has always been heavily self-referential, and it’s absolutely an IP ouroboros. The movies will have a one-line reference or a background character, the EU will give that character background and character, then the next movie or show will put them in it because fans loved it. It’s…

That would be nice, except Prodigy takes place 20 years prior. :-/

Boy. Boy oh boy oh boy. My thoughts are longer than the episode.

Hooooooly shiteballs. What an episode. I was not prepared for about ¾ of that.

Hooooooly shiteballs. What an episode. I was not prepared for about ¾ of that.

- I’m not disappointed it’s the Borg; they’re the best villains and have always been the endgame baddies of Trek. The Pah-Wraith truthers are going to have a hell of a week though.

The Snokes were failed Palpatine clones? I thought Snoke was his own beast. Interesting.

“For the first time in over a century...”

This is referencing the closure of the Academy after the Burn.

Hooooly crap. My heart was racing that entire episode. Incredibly tense.

That episode was fun as hell! It really didn’t seem as short as it was, which is a fun bonus.

That episode was fun as hell! It really didn’t seem as short as it was, which is a fun bonus.

- BWAHHHH the Shrike is back!

What a slick episode!

What a slick episode!

If she’s not working for Gideon, she’s working for someone bad. The lighting, the music, her covert glances, and her eating the Imperial crackers at the end all sealed that for me.

Oh I didn’t mean we’d never seen them before, just that we’d never seem them since (except for the bombing of Mandalore).

Holy cow, that episode was long as hell. About time.