User Reviews

I enjoyed this episode it has clear improvement but one decent episode after 4 sub par episodes doesn't redeem the incredibly underwhelmed feeling Disney has left with this series. I hope they end on a strong note next week.

Debra Chow directed a couple of great Mandalorian episodes, I think she's good at drama, but action, as evidenced by part V, is not one of her strengths. Some sequences come across as fanfilm, like those seen on youtube. Granted, she's not the stunt coordinator, but she's the director. The retreat with Tala was just terrible, everybody just shooting up, and only stormtroopers fall, they are at point blank range, and they still miss. (Yeah, I know). Before Tala falls, she just grabs a ST by the helmet and pulls him down like nothing, quite unbelievable. Then the Vader - Reeeva fight, man, it has a subpar choreography, looked really cheap. Anakin and Obi wan sparring was quite better, but of course those guys have known each other for 20 years.

The good, of course was all the fan service, seeing Anakin and Obi Wan was amazing (They should really make a live action series of those two, ala clone wars). Leia still the same know it all, valley-girl accent she's been all the show.

The story is where this show fails the most, too many plotholes and inconsistencies to name here. Just watch for the eye candy.

The episode very well focused on Obi-Wan and Anakin's characterizations.

+ Anakin/Vader/Order 66 flashbacks

Vader holding off the ship & ripping apart the doors!!! Wooof!

Tala's sacrifice was compelling. Reva's backstory was great.

Way better last episode was nothing this one is wayyyy better.

Also i cannot wait for the final!

Hopefully there is a new season.

Ewan and hayden perform brilliant.

This episode seems like it had 2x more care and attention given to it than the past 4 episodes. I'm a huge fan of this direction. The writing is still falling flat for me personally... I really mean no offense to Joby Harold, but maybe he is at his best when he has a little more supervision from veterans in starwars? At the very least I think Joby should run his scripts by Dave, but I like that he isn't afraid to write some dark stuff (Padawans getting slayed is pretty nutty in Star wars). This show is at its best when it goes dark and the action goes hard. It should embrace it's strengths fully because that's what makes it great.

The only major issues would be maybe a little more de-ageing on Hayden Christensen because the flashback takes place during episode 2 era. Also sending two ships and Reva even though Vader knows she's a traitor... Is definitely a choice. Maybe we'll get an explanation as to why Vader seems to purposely let Obi-Wan get away on multiple occasions throughout this show.

Vader...completely awesome.

Flashbacks...good.

Please ignore typos.... Cheese Grater...so Many Plot Holes 1. A dumb version of Bale Organa 2. Leia never is able to fix Lola, but can fix a garage door.

3. A visible control chip, which Leia easily finds at the end of the episode while it somehow went unnoticed by her during the long, boring trip between planets.

4. I can do everything by MYSELF. Just ignore the fifty soldiers I needed with me.

5. Blow that door up. More ammo! Yes while I'm standing in front of you. You're terrible shots. I'll be fine. 10 minutes later...lightsabre slices through easily. Why not use that first?

6. Vader wasn't strong enough to grab the second ship?

7. I watched Jedi children killed. How could he?! I want revenge. My solution involves taking a battalion and leading it to battle against the few remaining Jedi and those that helped them, because the best way to exact revenge for them is to kill them.

8. Here, almost stranger, with questionable morales. Take my phone that has no pass code and contains vital info. Oops, forgot to delete those.

9. There are more, but that was the list I came up while watching YT videos point out even more holes. Did any one edit this script, or were they too blinded by the flash of the specular action to remember to do that part.

This was the Ani and Obi that we know. The writing was much better and the cinematography between flashback vs current I thought was great. Seems like it has got back on track, although it was decently predictable which I didn't like. Also people don't seem to stay dead. Tala for all we know can be impervious to thermal detonators?? Who knows.

One thing I will note that I didn't like... They all were sitting there in the hangar hopeless... Why weren't they loading the transports? Lol seemed like they always seem so stupid.

Just because there is a scene with Hayden, doesn't make the episode a 10/10. Are expectations really that low now?

Some of the marvelously stupid writing examples:

• Droid can lock down the base, but cannot open the front door
• Leia is now an engineer as well, of course
• Reva getting all emotional with 50 stormtroopers right behind her
• Tala only using her grenade when dying, why not before?

• Obi-Wan getting captured to face Vader, but then to escape again? What?

• Let's hold Obi-Wan with two Stormtroopers behind a door where nobody else can see him
• The empire has a fleet in orbit, but the rebels can just fly away?

• Reva attacking Vader at the possibly worst moment when she was planning her revenge for a good decade
• Is everyone with a lightsaber getting trained how to inflict the least amount of damage? How many necro revivals we gonna have? Go for the head next time, Thor.

• And the most stupid thing of course - let's just walk away with Reva lying alive on the ground. Are you serious? Sure, you don't want to kill off the character, but this is just lazy writing.

To sneak behind Vader and kill him?!!! That's it?

She could not come up with a better tactic, better plan, better moment to kill Vader? Sneaking behind him? Really? After he full of rage just pulverized a spaceship without breaking a sweat she just decided that was the best moment to sneak up on him. Really?

If Vader knew since the beginning that Reva was after Kenobi, why he did not help her from the start to find Kenobi and once she finds him get rid of her. There was no need for Reva to go rebellious and "kill" the master inquisitor if Vader and the Inquisitors were helping her finding Kenobi. I really don't get it. This is very poorly written.

If Tala had this super atomic granade with her, why the hell she did not use it before when the stormtroopers breached the complex doors? She could have eliminated half the troopers.

Vader just destroyed a spaceship without breaking a sweat, but he was not able to stop Kenobi in episode 3 when there was a lame wall of fire between them. Who write this?

This was just another chase and escape episode. No creativity.

I'm going to be honest... I had completely given up hope after the last episode. But this one was actually pretty good. It still has it's problems, but Reva is finally given some character (even though I still don't really care that much about her) Kenobi is back in the game, and Vader is awesome. He absolutely toys with Reva which was satisfying to see. I actually cheered when he stabbed her lol. She should not have survived though. The flashback was cool to see too.

Big improvement over the last episode. Hopefully they stick the landing.

Darth Vader tracks down Obi-Wan and lays siege to their hiding place.

This for me is the strongest episode so far for character moments and plot development.

It starts off with an exciting premise with Obi-Wan leading from the front, plus it incorporates strong flashbacks to the prequel era that cleverly aligns to the plot. This is the kind of scene I wish was in 'Attack of the Clones' or 'Revenge of The Sith'. Maybe at the expense of some of those love scenes.

The exchange between Obi-Wan and Reva is a strong moment and although unsurprising it is for me the only logical direction her arc can go.

I will say nothing else about the plot to avoid spoilers, but how events unfold to the conclusion to this episode works very well for me. Some may complain it focuses too much on Reva, but considering that we know the fate of the other main characters already I think this is a smart idea. The final shot is a a good one, but for me it doesn't generate any real suspense due to the audience knowledge of the original trilogy.

I think it provides the best fan service of the series so far due to the flashbacks, Reva's backstory and the use of Darth Vader. For me, as always, Star Wars is about the escapism and this one does is it splendidly.

There are some plot points that are unclear at the moment, like why certain characters are left alive but maybe this will be cleared up in the next instalment or just to left open to interpretation that they are considered to be no threat to Vader.

Visually it is a good one, with better action sequences, great use of the force and lightsabers.

Ewan McGregor, Hayden Christiansen and Indira Varma are on great form..

Took 5 episodes but we finally understand why Obi Wan is still the master.

We got some Hayden. We got some Darth. We got revenge. We got order 66.

It's all good, man.

Wow. This episode is great. I love the flash back scenes Hayden killed it. I can't wait to see what the final holds in store. Fans will still find a way to complain and rate this show like a 4 when we all know it's a easy 8/10. Hopefully s2 has more flash backs and maybe a clone wars mission with Rex and Cody.

Wow, just wow. I love to see this version of Vader. He is too powerful. He didn't even was at 50% fighting Reva, he was just avoiding her attacks, he was not on offense and he still defeated her easily. And remember when Ray tried to stop a ship? Well, Vader shows her how to do it here, that was impressive. And, of course, that flashback with Obi-Wan and Anakin was beautiful.

Here we see the intelligence of Kenobi, his negotiating skills, this is why he is general Kenobi.

Great episode overall. Of course it has flaws, but it was pretty good in my opinion.

This episode was much better than the previous 4, with all the Star Wars-esque trademarks - lightsaber battles, flashbacks with Anakin and Obi-Wan, rebels without hope. But one thing ruined it for me, they wrote Vader totally out of character in the last scene. Vader would/should have killed Reva, no doubt about it. This is Vader, mind you, who has never had a problem killing anyone - kids, women included. But he doesn't kill Reva, who is - definite Force-sensitive threat to him in the future, because....she's Reva. Very disappointing, but not surprising because that's how all legacy characters are written these days. Weak. 6/10.

My favourite episode of the series so far. But that's not saying much.

Good moments: Anakin v Obi-Wan flashback, Vader v Reva, Vader tearing ship to pieces, GI coming back, Jedi Temple massacre flashbacks.

Poor moments: Reva left alive by Vader, Empire attack was poorly done, boring characters I don't care about getting screen time, inconsistencies in Vader's goal (if he wants Obi-wan so bad then why didn't he get him in ep3?), poor writing all round.

Finally got some good flashbacks that made me smile. But also left me cold knowing what this show could have been instead of what we're getting. This show could have been amazing but instead it's average TV at best.

Many people have pointed out the huge plot holes and dumb writing. While I knew people survived lightsaber severing injuries (e.g. Luke), this show is making a mockery of a light saber as a weapon. How many people need to get skewered in the chest/gut...with their internal organs severed and cooked, and spine severed/burned before they actually die?! The Reva/3rd Sister skewers the Grand Inquisitor, and he's doing better than ever. The super dangerous Darth Vader can't seem to kill Reva/3rd Sister no matter how many times he stabs her (once as a youngling and now). This is getting pathetic. I don't know where this Mary Sue got her plot armor, but the writers should take it back.

This, among other things, is why this series is so bad. Vader and Obi-Wan, great...lot of fun when they're chewing up scenery and you don't think too much. Everything else is pretty badly written. I mean with all the main characters having plot armor (Obi-wan, Vader, Luke, and Leia)...they should be dropping characters added to this series all the time (and introducing new ones.). They shouldn't be handing out more plot armor to every dang character. Without real danger, where is the drama? The only character they seem to have killed is actually one of the few decent actors (Tala). But who knows, maybe there's a bacta tank.

Children's programming. Disney sucks.

Now this is a proper episode... Anakin and Vader were the absoliute most incredible part of the episode.... Hayden was amazing to see him again.

Vader super powerful as he should.