Haha, well, we don't know why you like it either 😆
I…actually wasn't as mad at this last episode as I was with Part 3.
Episode 4 didn't get under my skin until the end with the attempted trench coat get away along with a major installation of the Empire not having more actionable defenses against two rebel ships.
That and Obi Wans confusing escape from Vader in part 3 just tells me that whoever wrote this, just didn't give as much of a fuck, and that disappoints me.
Yes. Those 'tiny' things me and others can't just lol about and move on. We bitch because we love and grew up with these stories and expect someone to put a bit more thought and effort into something we see as obviously broken. We watch these shows to escape reality for just a bit. Not to be reminded that this is just another show with actors, and dumb writers who forgot that Darth Vader can force pull a person through fire, who somehow think it's possible in any reality (unless you are in a Yosemite Sam cartoon) on any military installation to walk by soldiers with a little girls feet and a massive bulge in a huge coat to walk around unnoticed While the installation is under alert, not walk around a laser fence, etc etc.
Or a toothless, wet fart of an encounter (besides the flame torture) between two characters we've been waiting and wondering to see interact since Revenge of the Sith and years of Clone Wars/Rebels episodes. We KNOW it can and could have been better. It's just becoming obvious that the writing and directing werent capable of delivering.
That's why we dislike it. We know we should be getting better, because we've seen better.
And we don't know why You all aren't more critical of something you love and enjoy when there are obvious flaws throughout.
I had a poster here tell me I was "media illiterate" because I didn't see the poetry behind Vader's obvious intent to let Obi Wan go to torture him…better…or something. That kind of defense force for this content will keep getting us sub par content. We complain because we pay money for this shit and want them to get it right.
I'm sorry that a funny trench coat gag took you out of the fictional universe of Star Wars and reminded you that you're watching the fictional universe of Star Wars.
The show's not perfect by any means but the anger people have for it is utterly baffling to me. I liked Book of Boba too but I could at least understand the complaints there. There's a difference between "this show isn't as good as I wanted" and "no one who made this cares."
As bad as that episode was, the worst part for me was when Obi-Wan was running from the tidal wave of water, not a single drop made it through the other side of the door. It was literally right on him. How do they make the action scenes so drab and boring?
Have him slide through all wet, jump through last second with water gushing in etc. Literally anything other than what they choose would have made a better and more visually exciting scene.
It's all so underwhelming and flat.
That was weird but water was actually seeping through the door in the background, so they didn't ignore it completely. I imagine it's possible it wasn't supposed to be as gaining on him as it was but the scene played better with it getting closer and they didn't have time to reshoot with him wet.
I wonder how Ewan feels about a season 2 being greenlit. I would have to assume he felt like this was nice because it was a premium one off special event type of thing. But now it kind of takes away from the specialness of it if there is another season. And the thought of getting an alternative, more cliffhanger type of finale, instead of what was originally planned, because of this also doesn't sit well with me. I guess we'll see.
Also curious to see if they have Vader interact with Leia. That would be something.
I imagine it'll depend a lot on the story they go to for second season. As much as I enjoy the show, I don't think they can pull off the Qui Gon stuff in the two remaining episodes, so they could have a more soul searching/flashback S2 than S1 if they wanted.