"Plan 99" is a great episode on its own but simply was not enough to makeup for a slow and lackluster season. Don't get me wrong, there were certainly some absolute gems (The Outpost, Truth and Consequences), but for the most part this season fell flat for me. There were far too many copy and paste filler episodes that left me struggling to come back week after week. I really enjoy getting to see this time period in Star Wars on screen for the first time. Filoni and crew have done a great job portraying the beginnings of the empire. However, despite the great world building, I don't feel as though the writers truly have any sort of plan for our protagonists.
It's been nearly two years since we were introduced to Omega, a character who was clearly setup to have some sort of hidden unique power/ability (hence the empire's fierce determination to capture her), yet we still haven't been told what is so special about her. The only big thing we learn about this season is that she has an older sister that works for the empire's cloning program. You would think that after two entire seasons we would have learned a little bit more about one of the series' main protagonists.
I liked the development we got with Crosshair. Having him stay with the empire was an interesting twist in the first season. Seeing him and other clones slowly open their eyes to the evil of the empire was compelling to watch. However, after he gets captured we lose all the momentum with his story for the rest of the season.
There are lots of interesting stories to be told here. The writers need to focus in on a few and fully develop them instead of having filler episodes every other week.
Ultimately this season was somewhat entertaining to watch but did little to advance the overall plot of the series.
It's been nearly two years since we were introduced to Omega, a character who was clearly setup to have some sort of hidden unique power/ability (hence the empire's fierce determination to capture her), yet we still haven't been told what is so special about her. The only big thing we learn about this season is that she has an older sister that works for the empire's cloning program. You would think that after two entire seasons we would have learned a little bit more about one of the series' main protagonists.
I liked the development we got with Crosshair. Having him stay with the empire was an interesting twist in the first season. Seeing him and other clones slowly open their eyes to the evil of the empire was compelling to watch. However, after he gets captured we lose all the momentum with his story for the rest of the season.
There are lots of interesting stories to be told here. The writers need to focus in on a few and fully develop them instead of having filler episodes every other week.
Ultimately this season was somewhat entertaining to watch but did little to advance the overall plot of the series.