The last few episodes of this show were such thrill rides that I knew we were going back to a more grounded episode this week. And while being right about that, it didn't really bother me all that much, because I felt like we needed a slower episode to just get us down from the cloud that we've been flying on for the past month. This time, we go back to the "mission-of-the-week" thing with a mission that's actually ideologically interesting and gives the batch a good chance at reflecting on themselves and how far they've come since the war "officially" ended in the premiere.
This certainly wasn't the epic blast-off that we got last week but was instead an episode that put the themes to the forefront. This episode saw the batch being hired to rescue a Separatist senator from Imperial custody, and that gave for a lot of interesting dilemmas between the members of the batch. I especially liked Echo's journey through the episode as he has a really good reason to hate the Separatists and everything they stand for. It felt like a classic heist film and incorporated elements that we've seen in the previous episodes. Omega has slowly been growing as one of my favorite characters, so it was a little sad to see her take a backseat in this episode, although I think her storyline had enough weight to actually be meaningful for the rest of the show. It certainly hinted at some skills she may have that could hint at a deeper character for her than simply being another clone of Jango Fett. This episode also felt like the end of a longer narrative that's been going on with the character Cid, so I'm excited to see if they may be moving on from that in the next episode or if this was simply a tease that will not have a lot of punch in the immediate aftermath. No matter what, I'm happy that they were able to come back after such an exciting episode with something that was a little less than, but still had the entertainment value that I've come to expect.
"Common Ground" is a good episode that serves as a great bow to a narrative that has been going on for some time. The themes of the episode were poignant and interesting, and the only real issue I had was Omega's limited and slightly unnecessary role, but I think it'll come back into play later.
This certainly wasn't the epic blast-off that we got last week but was instead an episode that put the themes to the forefront. This episode saw the batch being hired to rescue a Separatist senator from Imperial custody, and that gave for a lot of interesting dilemmas between the members of the batch. I especially liked Echo's journey through the episode as he has a really good reason to hate the Separatists and everything they stand for. It felt like a classic heist film and incorporated elements that we've seen in the previous episodes. Omega has slowly been growing as one of my favorite characters, so it was a little sad to see her take a backseat in this episode, although I think her storyline had enough weight to actually be meaningful for the rest of the show. It certainly hinted at some skills she may have that could hint at a deeper character for her than simply being another clone of Jango Fett. This episode also felt like the end of a longer narrative that's been going on with the character Cid, so I'm excited to see if they may be moving on from that in the next episode or if this was simply a tease that will not have a lot of punch in the immediate aftermath. No matter what, I'm happy that they were able to come back after such an exciting episode with something that was a little less than, but still had the entertainment value that I've come to expect.
"Common Ground" is a good episode that serves as a great bow to a narrative that has been going on for some time. The themes of the episode were poignant and interesting, and the only real issue I had was Omega's limited and slightly unnecessary role, but I think it'll come back into play later.