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Some really good and some really bad in that episode. But overall, more good than bad.

Spoiler!

Loved the flashback sequence and how it wove into the episode. Felt straight out of the prequels despite the ineffective de-aging. Layered the story progression nicely and gives gravity to the history between Kenobi and Anakin. Bravo.
Loved the development of Reva. Makes her much, much better and she was well acted here too. Big kudos to Ingram. The haters were dead wrong.
Vader was great here. At moments didn't feel like Vader though? Not sure what it was. The ship-sike was kind of dumb.
Liked the return of the Grand Inquisitor (who I thought was way cooler than the trailer made him out to be), and that end reveal. This late in the game it gives me the strong sense that we're getting a second season. It feels kind of like things have just begun, rather than being wrapped up.

The soundtrack for this episode was AWFUL. All over the place, over-dramatic and didn't help build any tension. Who greenlit that?
The supporting cast minus Talla has been terrible. Ninjiani doesn't belong in this show, same with the other guy. They don't come across as Star Wars characters in the slightest. Great for something else, not this. (maybe a bit of forced ethnic representation going on too? whatever)
The sets looked small and cheap through this entire episode, emphasized by the vingette effect and edge blurring. Not cinematic quality or even at Mandalorian's level, what's up with that?
A lot of corny moments and the plot is mind-numbingly convenient at times. Leia opens the door just in time with the help of Lola who she turned back from red to blue! Hooray (shades of the worst bits of Phantom Menace and Anakin in his N-1 saving the day). Oh and - How long until you can override the door? 4 hours (how does he know this out the top of his head without doing any diagnostic work to see what happened?) You have 1! (because that's how long this episode is). Will they stop with these lazy eye-rollers in the script? Jesus H. ..

The unmistakable undertones of Disney throughout this show have subtly undermined the few really Great things it is managing to do, which is such a shame. It's odd that the worst technical episode had the best scenes and character development. The whole product could be great if they just leaned into the Star Wars stuff, and stopped with this trying to insert Disney-isms everywhere.