In “Devil’s Deal,” the Empire makes a play for control of Ryloth, homeworld of the Twi’leks, stoking the fires of rebellion in the process. This is an unusual episode of The Bad Batch, in that the Bad Batch doesn’t actually appear until past the 13-minute mark, underscoring Lucasfilm’s recent obsession with cameos and crossovers (what some critics have called the “Marvelization” of Star Wars since at least 2018).

At the same time, it’s certainly one of the best-looking episodes Lucasfilm Animation has ever produced; there are two or three shots that look like they could be right out of a live-action movie like Attack of the Clones or Revenge of the Sith. And it’s always nice to see more Star Wars of that caliber.