i wonder if this episode explains the discursion of the last. i imagine some producer putting their foot down: no, you’re not going to build coruscant for a five minute youngling flashback… and the writers were like fine, then we’ll put a whole episode there
( and boy was the new republic depressing. the empire was ruthless and bureaucratic? how about we be ruthlessly bureaucratic? the movie brazil was more uplifting 
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the season has gotten a bit better overall, and i recognize it couldn’t continue as the 1980s style outlaw with a heart of gold helping to right the wrongs of the common folk schtick, but boy do i miss the narrative umph of seasons 1 and 2
