Summary
Din, played by Pedro Pascal, and Bo-Katan, played by Katee Sackoff, head to a remote world to try and win over a Mandalorian fleet.
I thought the episode earlier in the season that ignored Din, Bo and Grogu was the worst episode of the show, but then this episode just came out of nowhere and blew that out of the water in terms of potential terribleness.
Where to begin.
I suppose the thing I hate, yes that’s right hate, about this episode was how goofy it was. Not only did it feel like a filler side quest, but it didn’t even feel like it fit into the tone of the show it was way too goofy and silly. It felt like fan fiction that Din and Bo had been placed into rather than an episode proper. I will admit some of the questions this episode raises around droid rights is slightly interesting but that by no means makes up for the rest of it.
Continuing on, I like Jack Black and have done since I was young, but he was entirely miscast here, as was Lizzo who only feels included because the older folks at Lucasfilm think the kids like her. There scenes were such terrible cringe that I couldn’t bare to watch them and skipped through them on my first viewing, only coming back for the purpose of review.
In addition though I like Bo-Katan a lot as a character and like that she is going to be the new leader of the Mandalorians, it is beginning to feel like Din is barely a part of his own show anymore as he barely gets a look in. I understand all of the Mandalore stuff is very important to the direction of Star Wars but I would like to see Din and Grogu go back off on their own for a while and leave the rest of it behind.
A final point I will note is that considering there is only a couple of episodes left before the finale this season doesn’t feel like its been building to anything, there is no ramping up of tension, I am not expecting much going forward from the show. I think Ezra and Thrawn will probably show up at the end of the season as the rumours say, but if the other rumours are true that they are going to kill off Din, then I think the show should end.
Overall, the worst episode of the show thus far.
1/5
Pros.
It is nice to see Bo-Katan getting another chance to rule
Cons.
It doesn’t fit tonally
It is stupid and goofy
Black and Lizzo don’t fit
Din is becoming a shadow in his own show
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