#and it was lazy writing and a disservice to boba’s story

[catloverwhovian]

so many parts of this ep had Potential if only we’d spent more time with boba fett, getting to know the people on tatooine instead of a story that could’ve been told with a few cutaway scenes

[uvena]

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STAR WARS IT IS THEN ! not sure if these are unpopular but

at this rate? i think ahsoka should have died facing off against vader. i don't care if filoni brought her back via time travel or whatever, her character has not only remained stagnant and useless in the media she's appeared in since the clone wars, but in having characters like her and like doing mcu cameos they're doing a disservice to the story as well. i love ahsoka but she didn't need to be in the mandalorian at all. why couldn't a survivor of the jedi purge instead of ahsoka? why couldn't they have been the "jedi" din was seeking, so that grogu could be returned to his people? why couldn't we see that even if that person was a jedi it didn't mean they belonged with grogu? they could have done just as much, if not more, if they'd simply introduced and built a new character with the necessary time and effort. i feel like it's an extremely lazy thing, to do "fan service" and insert characters like luke and ahsoka into the mandalorian when this show is supposed to be full of characters we've never seen before... a show isn't good just because a certain character appears or a certain event happens. it has to make sense. it has to be well executed.

not sure how people feel about filoni & co. but they don't need to direct any more episodes. they should definitely write less. like, obviously their input and direction has given the franchise a lot of media, i get that, but at this point? with the possibility (?) of the next season being the final season of the mandalorian, i don't want another cameo. i don't want some shitty cgi or makeup job just for fanservice. i want them to actually create and try. they can reference past characters and events without resorting to the laziest, shittiest moves in the book that does more harm to the show than good. at this point i'd say give bryce dallas howard the reins in directing and maybe have more writers come in that, like, don't depend on preexisting canon to prop up their show.

others have probably said this before but i really, really, really wish the creators would revisit old, classic media like kotor & kotor 2. i know that's pretty biased since i am a huge fan of those games but those are a perfect example of what you can do with star wars media that doesn't center around the skywalkers or related characters. kotor may seem rudimentary and dated by today's standards, but i think there are very few games, if any, that come close to the storytelling, worldbuilding, and exploration of the franchise that kotor did. was it perfect? no. but it created not one but two incredibly compelling narratives that included multiple characters, events, and places. it wasn't perfect, but there was imagination behind it. it was creative. it was made by people who at least managed to put together something that was both new and stayed true to "canon." know what can come of star wars (kotor) but seeing what they do with the material (the sequel trilogy, parts of the mandalorian and boba fett, etc) is just so incredibly frustrating because they can do SO much but accomplish so little.

star wars needs to stop doing live actions and return to 2D animation. i want more nonhuman characters, crazier environments, and more fun. they are COWARDS for not doing 2D animation. star wars is the perfect medium for it. why not use it!

[missshezz]

By and large I enjoyed the latest episode of the Omega Sue show (because that’s absolutely what it is). There was some fun interplay between the BB and even between Crosshair and the BB before the blaster bolts started firing.

I’m going to start with the good because there’s elements I did like:

Wrecker is really just a lovable guy. His glee over finding the proton torpedoes made me chuckle and think of his happiest day:

The fact he chucked it without missing a beat at the troopers was also classic wrecker. Only thing we missed out on was him doing a little dance:

Crosshair predicting the BBs moves showed his knowledge of his team and what they’d be most likely to do while trying to escape the cruiser. His cunning and intellect were on display here and allowed him a moment to shine.

His using the ion engines was also a smart plan. I mean, if you want to flush out a team with the success rate of his former teammates, turning on the ion engines is a good way to go about it. Might have worked, too, if the BB didn’t have those thermal grenades.

I actually predicted Cad Bane would be the next bounty hunter to be hired (and was anyone surprised to learn it was Lama Su and Nala Se?) to bring Omega back. At this point in the series, he’s the best bounty hunter in the business. I mean, his track record pretty much speaks for itself. I am still waiting for a Boba appearance, though. He’s the only other bounty hunter that makes sense for them to hire (despite his being young here still).

The conversation between Hunter and Echo was also a good way of bridging the past and the present. Echo says they’re still soldiers, what more basically is there for them beyond soldiering and Hunter points out the obvious: there is no more Republic. The days of them being “soldiers” is over. They’re traitors according to the Empire. This sets up either Echo joining Rex in fighting the Empire or the BB becoming part of the rising Rebellion on their own. Course, we want to see it so that means they’re all gonna end up dead by season end with the exception of Hunter. He has to survive to rescue Omega from the Kaminoans and take her to Ashoka in season 2 (cause they’re still repeating the Mandalorian here and Omega is the less adorable Grogu).

Now for the bad parts:

Wrecker training Omega in the open after Rex’s warning was just all sorts of dumb. Really no point to it outside of having a scene with Omega in it.

Omega opening her mouth during the Hunter and Crosshair scene. This was a moment between Hunter and Crosshair. Her involvement was another “look at me” moment. It undermined Hunter and how he was trying to reach his brother. Crosshair also is the only character at this point not enamored with Omega. I’d have liked to see that played on more and to see Crosshair momentarily struggle with ordering his brothers taken down.

Crosshair being injured. I feel this was a way to “write” him out again. Either stuffed in a bacta tank or put in for additional “enhancements” so the story can focus on the BB trying to get Omega back from Cad Bane. Likely won’t see Crosshair again until the battle of Kamino where he either will magically change back or get killed. Either way, his being so badly injured is cheap and lazy and is a disservice to us and the character.

Why the hell did Tech need OMEGA to come up to the bridge and help him download the information instead of oh, I dunno, Echo? Again, so Omega could have another scene. So she could be in another scene, I know. Had to have her point out the blinky light and even comment to Hunter because Tech clearly couldn’t cover it on his own.

For the love of… who decided Hunter going stupid and entering a hanger where dead troopers are was a GOOD idea? Again, plot convenience so Cad Bane could kidnap Omega. I mean, cool as Cad Bane’s intro was, it’d have been cooler if he showed up to thwart Crosshair and add pressure to the BB at the same time (instead of another ripped Mandalorian storyline). Also, how convenient was it that he and Omega got separated from the others? I mean… I know this was the plot but could have been written a bit less dumb.

This was a better than usual episode but did not live up to the hype. If anything it was anticlimactic because the only real emotional scene was ruined by the unnecessary involvement of Omega Sue.

Do I expect next week’s episode to be any different? Not really. It’s the race to save Omega Sue. As I said above, it’s the Omega Sue show. The Bad Batch are only there to lure us “toxic” fans in (because Filoni knew damn well he couldn’t sell this show with nothing but a Sue character as the star).

And that’s the saddest part of all.

He could have had his Godling and given us quality content, too.

That’s what good writers do, after all.

Long as people keep worshipping this man and praising his glorified fan fiction, the less quality content the rest of us will get.