I sorta hoped that Jack and Ashi's relationship would be more "father" (old world) + "daughter" (new world) which is pretty obviously not gonna be the case at this point. I dunno. I'm a little drunk, so I thought this episode was as great as the previous ones. My drunkenness could be the reason, but the other reason I…

Oldest "Rick Trick" in the book, crash the Morty market

i'm glad i caught all those Mortys in Pocket Mortys before they went and pulled this shit, after all that death and destruction those are probably some rare-ass Mortys, I'll save them for a rainy day when I need to cash in my Mortys, I won't be caught using Disney Bux at Caesar's Palace, I gotta protect my Mortys

I would normally agree but consider it metatextually almost makes up for criminally under-using Samuel L Jackson; search your feelings, know it to be true.

(my point)

Even then there was room for things like Anakin throwing his cloak off in a moment of melodramatic intensity followed immediately with C-3PO covered in a cloak, freaking out, the best Anakin moment by far before The Clone Wars aired.

Replying to myself, but to flesh out my position as standing on more than just "I like it better," I tend toward the manta that art is "finished" not when there's nothing left to add, but when there's nothing left to remove.

I'd say that last point actually supports my position, though; since Star Wars transitioned from being a film series first to a toy empire first, what "matters" in Star Wars is how it captures the imagination. Put more pithily, Star Wars Kids > Qui-Gon Jinn

People are capable of rewatching classics you know

The Mace Windu fight on Dantooine as a single action set piece is so much better than anything (action or character drama) in the CGI shows that it's hard to take this seriously.