Seems like this is basically a direct follow-up to Rebels. Which works for me.

This is the Star Wars we’ve been waiting for.

If I was a leader in the Democratic Party, my first plan would be to start working on a relocation plan. Move blue voters from red states into red areas in blue states and into pink states (Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Jersey, Georgia, Nevada, Oregon,Washington ).

I think one of the next big political moments in the next few years will be Canada openly offering asylum to Americans fleeing red states. 

I don’t really know with this show. For me, ultimately the larger character arc did sell on why it was necessary. This was that bridge between who Obi-Wan was at the end of the prequels and who he was at the start of the New Hope while giving his story with Vader a sense of closure even if it would come ahead in the…

Too bad Qui-Gon never learned that “shrug off getting impaled on a lightsaber” trick that all the Inquisitors seem to know

It’s refreshing and empowering to finally see some positive media representation for a people as maligned, mischaracterized and misunderstood as people from New Jersey.

There were all these dollar store Dune aspects to the first few episodes. But the problem is that this show, and maybe Star Wars itself (which has tons of Dune ripoff aspects), simply isn’t equipped to tell a story with the political and economic complexity of Dune. Case in point “spice” is introduced in this series…

Well, Obi Wan at least isn’t written by Favreau, so there’s hope....?

The character assassination of Luke started in the prior episode, where Luke, learning apparently NOTHING from the failure of the previous Jedi order, still pulled out that “no attachment” bullshit and asked a pre-verbal toddler to have the wisdom to make a massive life decision between a life of extreme sacrifice and…

Hiring Cad Bane is not cheap. Something had to go-the vending machines in the Pyke Syndicate break room or the monthly grenade allotment.

Didn’t they kind of ruin the entire point of “The Mandalorian” by having the characters reunite so quickly and easily? I’m sure they realized that stripping “The Mandalorian” of its central, defining relationship was hugely problematic.

I see I mistakenly credited the Tusken tribes’ murder to Bane instead of the Pyke Syndicate. I apologize for the screw-up. It was my blunder and I have been fired for it.

Having written all that, I will say Boba Fett magicing that stick into existance in that final fight was probably my comedic highlight of the year so far. I am not exaggarating when I write that when he pulled that man-height staff out of nowhere, I had to pause the stream because I was just laughing so hysterically.

While watching this episode, I kept thinking how I couldn’t explain this show to anyone. I could easily tell them what happened on the show, especially since not that much that did, but I don’t even know where I would start on what the show was about. What was the central story arc, what was the character journey,…

Man, the Star Wars universe keeps getting smaller and less interesting with each successive cameo and touch of fanservice. Both the Pyke syndicate’s enforcer and Boba Fett’s hired guns are all people who have directly interacted with Luke Skywalker or Ben Kenobi. All so they can fight a war over control of a worthless…

It’s funny as well that we should get one of the episode’s many new and returning cameos from Ahsoka Tano (Rosario Dawson), who spends most of her screen time warning against the dangers of attachment. For all of the Jedi philosophizing the show indulges in, none of that seems to exist beyond textural window…

Let’s be honest, Star Wars has never been good from a writing or directing or acting sense. It’s a phenomena sprung from a huge box office hit over 40 years ago. The original trilogy also had the benefit of actors coming out the late 70s scene that at least tried to inject a more immediate emotion into their scenes.…

But what about clone Maul or his twin brother Dumptruck?

It was... fine. I will, of course, watch it all. Never really been into the whole Boba Fett mythos thing, but I’ll go along with it.