Summary: Flashbacks show Boba find Fennec and save her by taking her to a mod artist. Together, they reclaim the Slave I from Jabba's Palace. Boba extracts vengeance on the Kintan Striders and goes to the Sarlacc Pit but doesn't find his armour. In the present, Boba recruits Krrsantan by offering him a job. He meets with Jabba's captains and they come to an agreement: Boba will fight the Pyke syndicate alone and allow the captains to continue to profit, and the captains must remain neutral.
The Good: There were broad strokes of good entertainment throughout the episode. It's fun to watch the heist storyline. It's a simple "Star Wars" story and it is adequate entertainment. Likewise, I enjoyed the ending dealings as they give us a little taste of the politics that this show had promised to dive into. I also liked the idea introduced that Boba's time with the Tuskens has caused him to appreciate some human elements such as loyalty. The mod artist sequence was pretty neat to see. It's an interesting new corner of the universe to introduce and the existence of mod artists makes sense in this world. The Bad: This was such an empty episode. There was nothing here that sucked me in, no drama, no emotion, no character development. This is just an empty husk that answered questions that nobody really cared about in the most predictable ways possible without anything interesting going on. The flashbacks were a colossal disappointment. I have to question the people who wrote this story because it is completely unimaginative. What we needed to know was how Fennec survived, why she's working with Boba, and how Boba got his ship back. And we received the most boring and predictable story possible to answer these questions, a story that was utterly devoid of any tension, drama, or emotion. Let's start with the Slave I. Did we really need to know how Boba got it back? It seems so obvious that he would return to Jabba's Palace and take it and that is exactly what happened. There was nothing at all interesting about this story and I found myself deeply underwhelmed. As for Boba saving Fennec, I was similarly underwhelmed. Apparently he saved her because he needed somebody capable to helps teal the Slave I. But couldn't he have quite literally hired anyone else to help steal the ship? After all, Boba was successful with just one other person, couldn't he have hired at least a few thugs and been successful? So his motivation to save Fennec is incredibly weak. Furthermore, Fennec had an awful episode. We know nothing about the character and this was a prime chance to connect us with her and understand her better. And we get... nothing. She decides to join Boba because, well, just because! Her motivations and goals are never outlined and it seems like she only joins him because the plot needed her to. We are presented no credible character reason for Fennec to join with Boba, and that is just atrocious writing. Their relationship is still a blank slate even after a flashback dedicated to the origin of their relationship. I really have to question the decision-making behind not developing this relationship at all, especially considering how little I care about both characters right now. Seeing them look at each other after a "big" reveal is all that we get and it actively pisses me off because that is such lacklustre, nonexistent storytelling that belongs more in a cheesy Bollywood drama than in a high-budget TV show. Where is the substance in this show? I am struggling to see any reasons for it to exist to begin with. I would say that the heart of the show so far is in Boba and his relationship with the Tuskens. The only scene that worked for me in the last episode is Boba seeing the destroyed ruins of the village. But this episode makes me question that as well because we see Boba extract revenge on the Kintan Striders and kill them all in a single scene with zero build-up that lasted about 30 seconds. What the hell? What kind of storytelling is this?! There is no emotion, no suspense, no character development, no sense of satisfaction at all. I am convinced that reading a summary of this scene would offer more quality than what we actually got. This was easily the most engaging story in the entire show (not much of a compliment) and it was treated as a total afterthought. Boba and Fennec's mission to the Sarlacc pit is more awful television. We get it, seismic charges are cool, but we've seen them so many times by now and it offers nothing to see one go off again. Again, the characters are not defined so seeing them struggle through this experience together offers nothing at all. I have no idea what their dynamic is, so I don't even get any fun character interactions from them. Furthermore, the entire basis of this plot is idiotic. Boba lost his armour to the Jawas! And surely he should know this because he was conscious when they took it from him! That's a massive oversight, and it is totally ridiculous for Boba to think that his armour is still in the Sarlacc pit. This episode proves why answering questions is never as good as telling a good story. This episode dedicates itself to tying up loose ends and it fails to tell anything even resembling a story. I would rather have never gotten these answers if this is how they were going to be given to us. I am angered by the cliffhanger of the episode. While the ending is seemingly a neat reveal that Mando will return in this season (see: The Unknown), I absolutely despise this decision. This show was supposed to be about Boba ruling in Tatooine, and now it looks like the big climax is just going to be a cameo from Mando. Seriously? Is that really the entire point of this show? Fanservice? I feel like an idiot for expecting something more from Disney, who seem to be incapable of taking risks and telling new stories ever since the poor reception of "The Last Jedi", and instead what we are getting are these awful, uninspired waste-of-time TV shows that only appeal to a small subset of "Star Wars" fans who want nothing but fanservice from their stories. If you are someone who is satisfied by that, then I'm glad that you can find something to enjoy in this show. But for me, this is devoid of anything that I look for in a TV show. Boba claims to Fennec that he was double-crossed and left for dead like her. That is such an absurd statement. In "Return of the Jedi", Luke's group killed everyone and Boba fell into the Sarlacc pit of his own accord and anyone with a brain would expect him to be dead. So how was he double-crossed in any way? A Gonk droid died in this episode. That's just rubbing salt in the wound of an already terrible episode. The Unknown: What exactly does the bacta tank do? Is Boba going to contact Mando to help him? It was a nice little moment to play the Mandalorian theme at the end of the episode to suggest this. Best Moment: The dealings with the captains. Character of the Episode: Boba. Nobody else stands out at all. Conclusion: This was such a flat experience. Production-wise it is fine, but there is absolutely nothing underneath the surface and it was difficult to engage in this episode in any way. The writing was infuriating, character development non-existent, and I finished this episode with absolutely zero reasons to tune in to the next one. I'll still watch it for completion's sake, but I'm no longer even interested in anything that this show has to offer. Score: 37
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