Star Wars: Resistance, “The High Tower”, Review!

The Colossus base, Kaz stumbles in the dark knocking over Bucket knocking him down in the hangar, Tam rights him.  Neeku contacts Kaz over the comlink standing next to him.  He moves closer and the feedback blares into Kaz’s ears.  Captain Doza (Jason Hightower) makes an announcement not to use power.  Looks like his base is named the actor.  They head over to Aunt Zee and order drinks.  The power goes off in the bar.  Aunt Zee notes Captain Doza in the High Tower and she says he is part of the First Order! The power comes back on as Kaz, Tam, Neeku, and BB-8 at their table.  Hype Fazon (Donald Faison), Rodian ace pilot, walks in. His last name sounds like a space-y version of the actor’s name. Neeku mentions that Hey was Tam’s friend.  Kaz wants an introduction, but goes himself.  He is impressed at Hype’s racing ship.  Hype mentions a fuel shipment and notes that Doza is connected with the First Order.  Kaz mentions to them powering up BB-8, the droid fakes losing power, and Kaz rolls him away.  

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A pilot, Freya (Mary Elizabeth McGlynn), leads three ships for escorting a tanker.  An Ugnaught waves off some birds and notes to Kaz that there is a curfew.  Tam with Neeku walk up to them.  She thinks he is studying the ace pilots who bring in their escort.  They see a red stormtrooper leading others from the ramp. We are getting closer to the First Order connection and the spy.  Still, this is an odd episode to have a base warning and no sign of Yeager.  They find Neeku has walked off to talk to the First Order and try to warn him through the com link.  Neeku greets them, Major Vonreg and his stormtrooper guard detail pass by him.  Neeku’s com link broadcasts while the star troopers pass Kaz and Tam.  Kaz wants to get to the High Tower. She goes over how Hype has grown arrogant as an ace pilot while he walks up to her.  Hype invites them to the Ace Lounge and clears them into the High Tower.  Kaz pounds some snacks brought in trays by a droid.  He sees the First Order and talks to Hype about them.  

Tam is angry over the Fireball crash and Hype. Kaz sneaks off to follow the stormtroopers.  He sees the droid with a tray and drops Neeku’s com link on his tray as it enters to place the tray in the room with Major Vonreig.  He hears the major say that pirates are causing Captain Doza trouble.  Major Vonreig leaves with the thereat as Kaz hides to the side as they leave.  The feedback hit as the droid brings the tray.  The stormtroopers chase after Kaz!  He runs through the corridors as the stormtroopers fire stun blasts.  Kaz has stormtroopers at both sides of the corridor.  He enters a door as a female droid questions the stormtroopers.  Kaz finds it is the room of Tora, the female ace pilot he raced in the pilot, she thinks he entered the room to pursue her.  Tora sends Kaz out of the window worried what her father might think.  The stormtroopers check the room.  Kaz is on the next level trying to make his way across.  Neeku sees him at Aunt Zee’s bar and bets are made at his failure.  He attempts a leap across a ledge and makes another leap when a stormtroopers fire lethal shots at him.  Kaz falls in through a door opened by BB-8.  He hopes to contact Poe.  Captain Doza and Tora confront Major Vonreig.  She covers Kaz saying he was a visiting friend.  Kaz returns to the hangar with BB-8.  He says he was in an “unauthorized area.”  Tam drops a tool on him.  Kaz gives Neeku back his comlink and the power comes back on.  Captain Doza has a security cam footage of Kaz.  I don’t think Captain Doza is the spy, too easy, and he does business with the First Order, but doesn’t like them.  We get more action, but Yeager’s unexplained disappearance is confusing.    

Four Lightsabers out of Five! 

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