I’m not so sure now. Sounds like the guy is parodying people who are critical of the show’s opaque storytelling.

It’s true. I’m in an induced coma, only to emerge once a week on Tuesday nights for one hour to watch Ahsoka, then it’s back to sleep.

It was a joke?  Yikes. 

Don’t be jealous you have higher standards. 

I’m easily confused.  Sorry.

No, it was awful.  Meta jokes like that usually make me puke.  This one didn’t (probably because I’m already disliking the show so much.) But I don’t fault Barsanti for his reaction. 

heh.  I don’t even think you could call what he’s doing “cooking.”  More like heating up a TV dinner, but serving it when it still has 5 more minutes left to go. 

Well, if you’re enjoying it, have at it. For me, I find it painfully dull and utterly unengaging. Have fun!

Is it just me was that [NEW STAR WARS ELEMENT] just the [OLD STAR WARS ELEMENT] but slightly different?

The only fun moment in the episode was Baylan pointing out the annoying cyclical nature of the Star Wars galaxy and its stories.  And he hasn’t even seen “The Force Awakens” yet!

The only thing worse than the Sequel Trilogy (minus TLJ) was the EU. 

Courtship of Princess Leia invented Nightsisters, BTW!

Exactly.  This show is going to end on about 10 cliffhangers for future content.  Gee, thanks, Disney!

The cartoon did a decent-ish job of making Thrawn smart, in the context of a kid’s cartoon. It’s not like it was going to take a deep dive into complex military strategy, but it was fine enough for what it was.

You nailed it.  Filoni is a genius because he borrows liberally from the canon and his shows are full of references to things you already know! 

No, it was bad.  Maybe not as bad as Barsanti thinks, but it sure wasn’t good. 

Lars was terrific as the voice for Thrawn, but he looks a little goofy in the make-up and awful hairpiece.  I mean, it’s arguably few people would look good in blue paint, but it just doesn’t quite work. 

You have no idea how mysteries work, do you?

On the plus side, the guy who played Ezra was terrific and exuded more charisma in his one brief scene than literally every other character in the show put together across all episodes so far (and even including Dawson’s other appearances as Ahsoka.) Everyone else is a complete bore. This guy gets it.

Another utter whiff of an episode. So Thrawn gets flung to another galaxy with an entire Star Destroyer at his disposal and just....waits around, orbiting a janky-ass nowhere planet when he has no real hope of rescue just....because?