Star Wars: Droids Review, Episode 12

Alright, we get a nice Abbot and Costello routine to start out. And Apparently Mungo is in love with Auren Yomm. We know that because they tell us. It's like Prequel writing. But little do they know, their expository dialog is being watched! By whom? Governor Koong, that fat guy who sounds like Cookie Monster. They're still looking for Roon Stones, and they think Mungo will lead them to wherever they are. And he will. Apparently some old prospector knows something, and Mungo is going to find out what. The hermit lives in a crashed ship in the old Bantha graveyard. To make matters worse, R2 tells C-3PO that the ship is haunted. That's a pretty mean trick, but 3PO should really know better by now. The old hermit is super old. He's also apparently Mungo's long lost great uncle. The hermit tells his story, then immediately dies. I'm sure he led a good life.

Uncle Travelling Matt left Mungo his goodie bag which included some silly putty, a gun, and some kind of Rosetta Stone. But while trying to trade some Roon stones for a ship or something, Mungo is faced with Koong's 1980's Libyan army. Fortunately 3PO defeats them with some prescription eyeglasses. Despite the fact that Koong's soldiers are about as useful in a fight as confused toddlers, they manage to capture the crew and load them onto a boat. Like pirates, they are chained in the rowing galley where C-3PO meets LIN-D the comedy droid. He is literally the worst.

R2-D2, who evaded capture and dressed up in his Obi-Wan Kenobi costume, manages to free all the galley slaves and start a revolt. Mungo and friends escape on a mini Sail Barge, but, you know, an actual boat. During the ensuing battle with Koong's drones, LIN-D is crushed. C-3PO pretends to be sad, but I think he may have pushed him under that sail. Mungo eventually has to throw the Roon Stones overboard to save them from a whirlpool. They escape and Koong is given a verbal reprimand by Admrial Screed. 2 more of those in this quarter, and he'll get a negative determination on his performance review. R2 repairs LIN-D and the three droids make plans to go on the road together. They'll kill in the Borscht Belt.

I think this episode was supposed to teach us a lesson about friends being more valuable than Roon Stones. But I'm also pretty sure that next week's episode will be all about getting Roon Stones again, so it's hard to say. At least stuff happened this week, and it's almost a "To Be Continued..." since it's setting up the season finale. I still wish Screed was the main bad guy. Koong is neither interesting nor particularly intimidating. There was some good material here, but the attempts at comedy didn't really hit as well as they could have. C-3PO doing slapstick just isn't that funny.

Best Moment: 9:28 we get to see an urban area of Roon with some bustle. We also get to see an X-Wing seaplane. That's kind of cool.

Most WTF Moment: Besides C-3PO's asinine disguise, I'm going to point out here the weak "alien" designs in the Galley. People like to rag on the sequel trilogy for ignoring established aliens, but at least they're giving us aliens. But look at what we have here (13:36): 2 apes wearing panama hats, 2 old timey bartenders with mustaches, Bunsen Honeydew, Ruth Buzzi, and a dark-skinned with friendly muttonchops that I believe appeared in an earlier episode. Where's his spin-off movie, Disney? There is what appears to be a Nimbanel (Mosep) a bit later that helps a little.

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