Problem is that Faverau wrote pretty much all episodes as I understand it. Filoni wrote 1 or 2 maybe. Presumably the ones he directed. So can't put all blame on Rodriguez I guess. Also depends how much latitude directors have on the script and what things are like. Faverau would have had to have specified kids and not thugs. Bright coloured speeders ??
It's strange as Faverau typically seems to have had his finger on the SW pulse....
Good point on the writing part on Faverau, at the same time I can just see RR's print all over the 2 episodes he's directed, which so far are the 2 weaker episodes. He's not Zack Snyder or Michael Bay bad, but he had a few hits and that is really it (don't get me started on how he dropped the ball with Sin City 2). Like RR definitely had a hand in the Spy Kids and their speeders lol, I can't believe how out of place they looked.
Mando Chapter 4 was a stinker, but I’d take that any day of this episode. This was CW Martez Sisters/Bad Batch Scooby Doo mine car episode level of bad.
The one redeeming feature it could’ve had was Boba vs BK, and we ended up seeing him fight him in his undies. At least he put a bath robe on for the end of the fight. What a wasted opportunity.
As for the dweebs on the blinged up mobility scooters, please even Rian Johnson and JJ would’ve been embarrassed to include them.
Chapter's 4 and 5 for me were real bad, but I'd definitely watch those again before I watch this episode again lol.
Shows are gonna have bad episodes, I get that, Mad Men, Sopranos, The Wire, etc etc all have their fair share of crap episodes, but for the series to start off struggling like this, just isn't a good look.
I hope it rebounds and finishes strong, but I find it hard to believe that the Boba we saw in Mando and the one were seeing now, are the same person.
I was afraid a series about Boba might not be best for the character, and that he might work better as a supporting/guest character, and its looking that way right now.