It was entertaining but sterile, the “found family” dynamic between the Ghost crew unable to sustain itself at the same time as the show tells us more about individual characters’ backstories. Lately, though, I feel like I’m saying the same thing about every episode. I’ve been consistently happy with season three as opposed to season two, enjoying the more episodic episodes and the tighter writing. The fact that Mart had gotten himself into this mess both changed the format of the episode a little and was a bit grating – just as Ezra starts changing into someone both mature and darker, a replacement Ezra comes along. Some of the starfighter combat was impressive, more quick and crowded than we’ve seen on Rebels before. That’s where the episode got a bit less predictable, but also where I started to tune out because of the droid antics.
Tying Mart’s decision into the fate of more people – the evacuees that Rex takes off Mykapo without a hitch, for example – might have woven his story in with the larger plot more effectively.Īs could be expected, Mart’s headstrong nature gets him into trouble. the mechanical trouble posed by the hyperdrive is a more immediate danger than Mart’s frustration, and, while the show attempts to make it clear the the Rebels are caught between Mart’s misplaced determination and the planet, the stakes still seem a bit low, Mykapo just a place they happened to be rather than a place they have to save. While presumably Mart was left behind after the death of his father, it would have been nice to have even one line of dialogue about why the other two were there and what they were fighting for. Mart’s companions are essentially one-note characters, although their designs and actions to a decent job of keeping them consistent. Their hyperdrive is broken, and they’ve been bothering Imperial craft by dropping cargo containers full of explosives. And the Iron Squad is obviously not ready. Ezra says “How we choose to fight is just as important as what we choose to fight for,” advising the (presumably self-titled) Iron Squadron to be well prepared, but not complacent. This is certainly relevant to some of the political conversations happening in the United States now – maybe not especially pointed, but not a bad discussion to have, either. Because Ezra has experience being this person, he understands that the Iron Squadron is more afraid of losing everything than they are of the Empire.
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