It was so sad to lose Ray Stevenson but he played the performance of his career with wide shoulders large enough to carry bad actors. Sabine is horrible, devoid of emotion, skill, learning, empathy.....C3PO had more feeling. Why would you yell at a wolf/dog/horse/thing that looks like it came straight out of the original Willow movie because it alarmed you and ran off. It gave you a heads up but you didn't listen and then took way too many blaster bolts without her Mandalorian helmet. Then she is able to locate the good aliens from The Fifth Element (glad they are still alive). Who lead her to the most important thing in her life that she has felt so strongly to find.....only to show barely any emotion at all. Like you just ran into someone you went to school with at the grocery store.....not someone you have been craving to find. There was a weird Chronicles of Riddick vibe when they were flying down to the planet to land, the ship trailing condesation off the wing tips, music, and statues reminded me of Helium Prime. Even Thrawns #1 looks like he is wearing a necromancer mask. Of course this episode is setting up a very large action scene for the future, unfortunately it did it way to slowly. I would of rather stayed in the whale belly listening to Huyang tell the story of a galaxy far far away while traveling at lightspeed. The 3 witches from Clash of the Titans and Thrawn were mediocre at best. Baylon Skoll is the diamond in the rough here......amazing acting that saved the episode....again!
BTW I'm convinced the 9-10 level reviews can not be coming from anyone Gen X that grew up with Star Wars from the beginning. It stinks of Jedi come lately fans who grew up watching the last 3 movies and Star Wars cartoons. It's amazing how the rise of CGI special effects tech has undermined the actual story telling of this franchise. I guess with great special effects you can have bad acting and it will still be acceptable to most. Even if actors are supposed to ACT well to get paid big money. That's what they are on strike for....right??? Who knows these days, maybe poor performance still means good pay.
BTW I'm convinced the 9-10 level reviews can not be coming from anyone Gen X that grew up with Star Wars from the beginning. It stinks of Jedi come lately fans who grew up watching the last 3 movies and Star Wars cartoons. It's amazing how the rise of CGI special effects tech has undermined the actual story telling of this franchise. I guess with great special effects you can have bad acting and it will still be acceptable to most. Even if actors are supposed to ACT well to get paid big money. That's what they are on strike for....right??? Who knows these days, maybe poor performance still means good pay.