[CaptainCrunch]

Yeah, just finished watching the show, and I have to say that this is a really enjoyable piece of Star Wars.

Spoiler!

They did this great job of this week doing some character development with KB, who up until this point has been kind of a background character with augments. This week they really dove headlong into her where she argues Fern and the kids split up.



Then KB's augment fails and its up to Wim to save her by basically doing over due maintenance. During that time we get a nifty little conversation where we find out that KB has always been afraid to tell Fern about her limitations and things that she can't do. Fern even shows a bit of character development during the climb up the wall where she doesn't accept the limitations of her partner at first, and then learns to accept them.


The whole sequence was really well written and shot, and you did feel some emotional angst as KB was literally dying in front of you.



But what made it brilliantly written is that instead of extending this and making this a major thing, it was realistically written with kid reactions. When they're all reunited and KB and Ferm basically resumed their friendships it shows why the writers of this series are smart and different from writers of other TV shows fail. They're kids, they always have these microfights, and then they move on, there's no long trail of angst and anger and hate. We all know that when we were kids, we could fight with our friends one day, and then next time we see that friend its all water under the bridge.


The other sub story with Jod getting captured by the pirates and put on trial, where he tried to use his considerable charm to take over the pirates felt a little forced, but was a big of pirate lore fun. Of all of the villains out there, Pirates have to be most fun to write and play because you lean into the pirate stereotypes of a pirate and they did that here. There was also the comedy moment where Jod yells for 33 to attack the pirates, and the droid was instantly shot. Jude Law continues to just utterly chew the scenery, and he is a true scoundrel as he didn't have a moment of redemption in this episode where he feels bad and goes to save the kids he betrayed. Nope, instead he stole all the jewels that he could carry and was intending to steal the shop and abandon the kids.



Bryce Howard continues to show that she's an incredible Star Wars director, the pacing was really good and the effects and sense of frantic desparation in facing the trash compactor was so good, and we finally saw the effects of the demolition button as it appears that the outer hull of this ship was a disguise and what laid underneath was a treasure.



There are two episodes left, and you get a sense that it will all end back where it started at At Attin.



The only other big question is will the show creators fall into the temptation of fan service? Will we see Fennec or Hondo show up, it would make some sense. Or will we see the Republic dispatch someone like Hera to deal with the pirate fleet? I almost hope not.


Sub notes



KB acting like Wim saving her life in a casual basis while calling him a Jedi created a lump in my throat. I'm a softy, sue me.
The new look of the ship is awesome.

Who is Jod? Really, I want to find out.
KB hinted as an accident, it must have been huge as she is mostly droid.

The actress that played KB did an amazing job, as did the actor that played Wim
As for live action tv series, Its surpassed expectations, and I said I wasn't going to watch it, but out of all of the series except for Mando and some really good parts of Kenobi, this feels like the most Star Wars series out there. I mean Andor is amazing TV, and a amazing series and likely the best Star Wars series, but its not really in the vein Star Wars.