This was a really frustrating episode. On one hand, you have the storyline around the integration of stormtroopers with Crosshair taking a squad on a mission - this part is incredible. It recaptures the gritty, dark aspect of clone wars that we all loved, and teases some really cool ideas. That said, every time that storyline builds any momentum, we are pulled back to the other - on a desolate moon, omega, hunter and the others are trying to repair the ship while some random creature is mildly irritating. It's not awful (I actually think the work with omega and Hunter is a nice addition to the series) but it doesn't match the tone of the rest of the episode at all, and is generally quite boring. I'm starting to think Filoni has a thing for being stranded with some monsters while repairing a ship, given that this episode has effectively already happened in Clone Wars, Rebels and The Mandalorian. Overall, the episode was good, but frustrating because, had it focused on the stormstroopers idea, it could have been one of Filoni's best episodes in Star Wars to date.
Review of Replacements
