6.5/10. I like a lot of the ideas at the core of this episode. The line between freedom fighters and terrorists is, not to go all Revenge of the Sith here, often a matter of perspective, and while the way that idea is conveyed in the opening Jedi council debate isn't exactly subtle, it's a theme worth exploring. At the same time, I like the premise of Anakin, Obi Wan, and Ahsoka going all Last Samurai on the Andoran rebels. It's interesting to have the Jedi have to train others to fight and be limited in how much they can fight themselves. In the same vein, the nerd in me really enjoyed the demonstrations about how the droid enemies work and what the Jedi's strategy is for fighting and disabling them. Admittedly, it doesn't advance the story very much, but it's a nice bit of world-building that makes these fantastical adventures seem a little more real.
On the other hand, god help me I am so over love triangles, quadrangles, and dodecohedrons. Lux Bonteri has never really interested me as a character (he's too generic of a love interest), and throwing him into a situation where Ahsoka likes Lux, Steela Guerrera likes Lux, and Saw Guerrera maybe likes Ahsoka does nothing to spur my interest. At the same time, there's some generic team dissension and the need for focus and teamwork and "everyone has their talents" business. And the battle with the droids itself its pretty standard-issue.
There's some cool design stuff, mostly the combination of greco-roman architecture with a dinosaur planet, but the Dawson's Creek stuff brings the episode down, even if it's nice to see an episode that passes the Bechdel test in a meaningful way. (Admittedly, this show does better at that than many others.) There's definitely some quality material here, but the execution is a little off and the teen romance routine grows stale quickly.
Shout by FinFanBlockedParent2020-05-31T14:55:02Z
Ugh, that was too much hormones at once. That almost felt soap opera-ish.