Am I the only one wondering if the Droid general is gonna pop back up, with some Separatist ships?

this is why I think the Ghost, or the ship is going to be a easter egg only. They won't show any of the crew otherwise we'll know which characters make it to Rogue One. In a series that looks poised to knock off a few of the main characters I doubt they would be okay doing that.

No i'm convinced we'll only see the Ghost, or the freighter, and that's it.

Agreed. Giving the crew of the Ghost any screen time would distract from the main plot too much. I love that the easter egg is there, but I don't want it to go any further than that. I am, however, convinced that it is supposed to be the Ghost, which is awesome.

Terribly dissapointing season so far however you look at it.

The first 7 Episodes involved: Go somewhere>Get captured>Escape. Every. ****. Episode. "The Antilles Extraction" perfectly shows the forumla.

Use Red Shirts as cannon fodder to show how dangerous the Empire is, yet fifty inches of Mandaorlian plot armour protects every core Rebel character without exception. Rex gets shot in his plate by a Destroyer "hur dur Gen 1 armor holds up". From this point am I meant to fear the Destroyer/anything if you can essentially cop a blast to the upper body? Oh wait he then actually gets hit the helemt...and he's fine...and then he destroys a Destroyer by throwing said helmet at it... later the same Destroyers that later go toe to toe with AT-STs...hitting one with such force that it recoils from the blast. Moments like this are littered in every episode.

I would actually prefer if every Imperial opted out of shooting towards our merry band of Rebels. This way I can pretend they are trying to tackle and capture them. Ah but when they get capture nothing a few unconvincing chops to a Storm Troopers helmet -you know a helmet designed to protect the head from blows/projecticles- can't solve.

There is no dramatic tension, slim if any character development, the antagonist has been so underplayed and under developed you can picture the ham-fisted, exposition landen, monolouge that will be delivered to make up for all the not showing about how he figured them all out. If you had no knowledge of what Thrawn is meant to represent you would be utterly confused by his behavior. Thrawns payoff is almost certainlly going to fizzle because no dramatic tension has built up over the course of the season.There is virtually no narrative progression and how could there be when it's just stand alone episodes with thread bare connections between them, if at all. We are almost at the penultimate episode and finale and there is no sense of an overall structure outside of Thrawn scheming and a tedius search from bombs. This is not compelling viewing. Almost everyone I know, myself included, has given up.

Haha, if these things bother you, you must not be a very big fan of Star Wars. Stormtroopers not being able to hit main characters is, well, the stuff of memes.

In terms of Plot (Going places, being captured, and escaping) and baddies as cannon fodder/heroes with plot armor, it seems like we have the following:

• Episode I: ✓
• Episode II: ✓
• Episode III: (no capture/escape)
• Episode IV: ✓
• Episode V: ✓
• Episode VI: ✓
• Episode: VII: ✓

Regarding the character development, I'd simply beg to differ. Ezra's development to someone who is willing to play with the Dark Side began strong in the first couple of episodes, though it seems to have subsided somewhat; Still, he is struggling accepting the fact that he doesn't get to lead missions, and has to cede that to Sabine and Zeb. Hera and Sabine get a couple of episodes in which their backgrounds are highlighted; Agent Kallus is certainly developing in interesting ways. Kanan is also developing as a Jedi as he comes to terms with his blindness (and Hondo's 'micro-aggressions').

Thrawn is being slowly introduced, wish I think is apropos. We can't say yet how/if his ultimate plan will prove to be devastatingly devious. I'm pretty sure that the creators are aware that they will suffer the wrath of the fans if they screw that up.

I don't know. We have to compare it to other seasons, I suppose. Thus far I'll agree with you that the other seasons seem a little stronger but that's maybe also because the bigger events loom larger in my mind, and we have not really had the biggest events in Season 3 yet.

Terribly dissapointing season so far however you look at it.

The first 7 Episodes involved: Go somewhere>Get captured>Escape. Every. ****. Episode. "The Antilles Extraction" perfectly shows the forumla.

Use Red Shirts as cannon fodder to show how dangerous the Empire is, yet fifty inches of Mandaorlian plot armour protects every core Rebel character without exception. Rex gets shot in his plate by a Destroyer "hur dur Gen 1 armor holds up". From this point am I meant to fear the Destroyer/anything if you can essentially cop a blast to the upper body? Oh wait he then actually gets hit the helemt...and he's fine...and then he destroys a Destroyer by throwing said helmet at it... later the same Destroyers that later go toe to toe with AT-STs...hitting one with such force that it recoils from the blast. Moments like this are littered in every episode.

I would actually prefer if every Imperial opted out of shooting towards our merry band of Rebels. This way I can pretend they are trying to tackle and capture them. Ah but when they get capture nothing a few unconvincing chops to a Storm Troopers helmet -you know a helmet designed to protect the head from blows/projecticles- can't solve.

There is no dramatic tension, slim if any character development, the antagonist has been so underplayed and under developed you can picture the ham-fisted, exposition landen, monolouge that will be delivered to make up for all the not showing about how he figured them all out. If you had no knowledge of what Thrawn is meant to represent you would be utterly confused by his behavior. Thrawns payoff is almost certainlly going to fizzle because no dramatic tension has built up over the course of the season.There is virtually no narrative progression and how could there be when it's just stand alone episodes with thread bare connections between them, if at all. We are almost at the penultimate episode and finale and there is no sense of an overall structure outside of Thrawn scheming and a tedius search from bombs. This is not compelling viewing. Almost everyone I know, myself included, has given up.

Haha, if these things bother you, you must not be a very big fan of Star Wars. Stormtroopers not being able to hit main characters is, well, the stuff of memes.

In terms of Plot (Going places, being captured, and escaping) and baddies as cannon fodder/heroes with plot armor, it seems like we have the following:

• Episode I: ✓
• Episode II: ✓
• Episode III: (no capture/escape)
• Episode IV: ✓
• Episode V: ✓
• Episode VI: ✓
• Episode: VII: ✓

Regarding the character development, I'd simply beg to differ. Ezra's development to someone who is willing to play with the Dark Side began strong in the first couple of episodes, though it seems to have subsided somewhat; Still, he is struggling accepting the fact that he doesn't get to lead missions, and has to cede that to Sabine and Zeb. Hera and Sabine get a couple of episodes in which their backgrounds are highlighted; Agent Kallus is certainly developing in interesting ways. Kanan is also developing as a Jedi as he comes to terms with his blindness (and Hondo's 'micro-aggressions').

Thrawn is being slowly introduced, wish I think is apropos. We can't say yet how/if his ultimate plan will prove to be devastatingly devious. I'm pretty sure that the creators are aware that they will suffer the wrath of the fans if they screw that up.

I don't know. We have to compare it to other seasons, I suppose. Thus far I'll agree with you that the other seasons seem a little stronger but that's maybe also because the bigger events loom larger in my mind, and we have not really had the biggest events in Season 3 yet.

Episode III started with the rescue of captured chancellor Palpatine.

The first 7 Episodes involved: Go somewhere>Get captured>Escape. Every. ****. Episode. "The Antilles Extraction" perfectly shows the forumla.

Haha, if these things bother you, you must not be a very big fan of Star Wars. Stormtroopers not being able to hit main characters is, well, the stuff of memes.

In terms of Plot (Going places, being captured, and escaping) and baddies as cannon fodder/heroes with plot armor, it seems like we have the following:

• Episode I: ✓
• Episode II: ✓
• Episode III: (no capture/escape)
• Episode IV: ✓
• Episode V: ✓
• Episode VI: ✓
• Episode: VII: ✓

Episode III started with the rescue of captured chancellor Palpatine.

Dammit, you're right! (I'm still waking up.)

• Episode I: ✓
• Episode II: ✓
• Episode III: ✓
• Episode IV: ✓
• Episode V: ✓
• Episode VI: ✓
• Episode: VII: ✓

I'm good for something every now and then.

Am I the only one wondering if the Droid general is gonna pop back up, with some Separatist ships?

No, I fully expect to see them return at some point.

I'm curious to see how Fen Rau plays out now after the changes that have occurred. Wondering how much of a player he is going to be in coming events.