To be fair, that clothing element WAS hinted at earlier. We see several officers walking with similar coats in the background when Tala is entering the base.
Normally, I would go and check back, to find if there really were large coats hinted. But I will take your word for it.
The base not having much defense was also mentioned at the start of the episode
That's why I mentioned that the only setup, was that the "base is defenseless". Which normally, wouldn't be bother me that much, but:
*The episode shows that it IS specially/densely guarded (there are even death troops); there are ships there, which means there is a Control room, which means radar, shields, etc
*This clearly is no ordinary base. It might very well be one of the most important places of the whole Empire.
And for that, it ought to have tons of counter measures.
It contradicts Fallen Order, too. That's why both Cal and Obi had to take the submarine route, in the first place.
I thought Reva said she let them go on purpose?
That was fine. But either no one but her (which is is almost a given) knew of that plan, and the escape makes everyone look even more incompetent than usual, or some officers already knew of the plan ahead of time (and thus explain why Tala had a relatively easy time). But that kinda clash with Vader's reaction. All of that could have been easily prevented, with better writing/planning.
My A-wing remark wasn't about the escape, but how it was all presented. Just Nitpickings, but it was too poorly made.
Ship lasers are supposed to be quite powerful, and even experienced force users have a difficult time against it.
When the rescue starts, you can see see how impactful they are, pushing back soldiers and generating smoke/large particle effects.
But the moment Reva steps in front, it suddenly become regular stormtrooper's weak lasers bolts. The deflection acting is specially poor, with no motion tracking, giving no weight to the movements, nor a sense of Reva is being 'pinned down'. There is also no feedback from the ship or its thrust, or any feeling that it's in there.
The wings also likely had to depart close to when Tala/Obi left, as they are in a different sector too. And the show didn't spend time giving those extras, mulling on the gravity of going there (in a suicide mission) to help a random stranger. That - I feel -, is the difference with CW episodes, they are compact, but try to give at least some gravitas to the decisions/deaths of named characters. Here, the writers just throw a quick phrase early on, and that's it.
But again, nitpickings.
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Anyway, the worthy element of this episode (for me), was those Force user bodies.
My guess is that it's all connected with Grogu (and the sample taken from him), and probably making the case for Palpy's cloning facilities in the sequel trilogy.
