LOL long-winded. Thanx for being nice about it. There's nothing I luv like this series.
U make some good points. I like what I think of as good writing, and up to now had either no real complaints and outright often outright admiration for some spare, lean, scripts that said a lot without over-verbalizing, and kept things in character. Led from A to B.
This - for me, just - no
. Too many things didn't mesh. It felt forced (no pun intended) and just like "let's make some stuff up and forget about all those other episodes, and let's do some more flourishing".
Am aware that Ahsoka is popular but always felt neutral about her. She's alright. But I don't watch this show for her, or other "guest stars" for that matter. The exceptions would be Bo-Katan - because that's kinda logical in Din D'ajrin's arc IMO; and Luke Skywalker down the road - because IMO it'd be pretty cool in Baby's arc.
IMO Filoni overdid it with his favorite? creation this episode, and not in a good way. Except the white lightsabers did look pretty cool.