Star Wars: Resistance, “Secrets and Holograms”, Review!

A video game hologram of a speeder appears, a pullback to see Tora playing the game, very 80’s graphics with the speeder dodging asteroids.  The generic opening shot of Colossus Base was getting boring, why not the rest of the planet?, waves with a whale creature breaching?  She sways in a dance move to move the speeder, so this is what video games are like in Star Wars?, love it!  Tora wasn’t seen since “The High Tower”, five episodes ago!, there is a lack of energy when she isn’t around the show.  A space slug crushes her speeder.  Her pet Buggles hops on Tora as the window opens.  I do recognize it from the Terryl Whitlatch, creature designer, book, Wildlife of Star Wars (2001).  She wants to go on a hover cruise.  Tora collapses on her father’s couch.  She worries that he seems to have changed with the First Order there.  Via hologram, Captain Doza contacts Commander Pyre for a meeting.  The droid, 4D-M1N, escorts Tora back to her room.  Tora tries to distract her with Buggles and she is locked in.  She hacks into the door lock and leaves the room.  Buggles barks at her, but relieves himself, funny even without Nekku.  It is surprising that the narrative has shifted to Tora and it is more fun. 

STAR WARS: RESISTANCE -- “Secrets and Holograms -- Disney/Lucasfilm. 

Kaz is walking with BB-8, he mentions his mission from Poe to connect Doza to the First Order.  We finally get Kaz back to his mission after four episodes!  He wants to get into the High Tower.  BB-8 opens a door and Kaz bangs his head into Tora who takes him away.  She mentions her father is meeting with the First Order about the pirate attacks.  Tora sees a yellow gem-like fruit who the vendor says costs five credits, he notices who she is and raises it to twenty credits.  The other racers ask her about the pirate attacks and Kaz gets them some room.  The Kylo Red shuttle passes overhead to land.  Tora mentions she can only fly in Flight Simulator Squadron.  I have a feeling that they might convert this one to an actual video game.  Kaz is excited and wants to play especially since it will get him into High Tower.  Commander Pyre enters Doza’s office with his stormtroopers.  Captain Doza wants to know how many stormtroopers will be on the base.  He also wants to know how long they will be there.  Pyre’s answers are not specific which is cause for Captain Doza to reject the First Order.  They sneak into the High Tower and try to dodge the security droids.  The droids are a nice obstacle, a threat of discovery, more than a danger.  

Tora leads them to another pilot’s lounge.  They racers want to get back to racing.  Kaz stuffs his mouth with food.  The Rodian Hype boasts about his racing skill.  Hype was in episode five, “The High Tower.” He asks Jace for his bantha milk.  Jace is angry at Kaz for destroying his racer.  I like the continuing story of Jace from the “Fuel for the Fire” fourth episode.  Tora and Kaz are in the middle of seeing the meeting between Captain Doza and Commander Pyre.  4D-M1N has the data pack from Captain Doza.  Kaz enters Tora’s room, Buggles likes BB-8, and Kaz likes her set-up.  They start playing Flight Simulator Squadron, Kaz loves it, Tora shoves him away when the door opens for 4D-M1N.  BB-8 waves hi to the droid who activates an intruder alert!  She orders 4D-M1N to deactivate and she returns to her normal voice.  Kaz slips out and then BB-8.  They hide from security droids.  BB-8 opens the door to the office.  Jace sees Kaz enter.  He runs up to Captain Doza while Commander Pyre is about to board the shuttle.  Doza takes him away and Jace reports he saw someone break in. I really like the connective story that ties in characters through the season.  We do break away from Tam, Neeku, and Yeager.  

STAR WARS: RESISTANCE -- “Secrets and Holograms -- Disney/Lucasfilm. 

They run while Kaz checks the drawers and loads the data pack information.  BB8 tries to warn him.  Kaz falls and opens a closet that has Imperial uniforms with a captain insignia.  Jace looks around the office and says it was Kaz.  He hears Kaz gasp and Doza sends him out after attempting to open the closet.  Tora goes to her father to bring up the concerns of the racers. Kaz leaves the closet and the door opens, it’s BB-8!  They dodge security droids and Kaz is startled by Tora.  He promises to tell her why he was in her father’s office later.  Tora takes him into a dark trash incinerator.  Laser blasts vaporize the trash.  This is a good twist on the trash compactor.  Kaz sends BB-8 to open the door, he dodges the blasts, as well as Tora with her acrobatic moves.  She says it’s like a holo game.  They escape while Jace throws trash out.  It trips up Kaz. They manage to escape.  She asks again what Kaz was doing, he says he wanted to know “how the other half lives”, which he already did with the lounge and Tora’s room.  Tora asks him if he is a spy since she knows he flew for the New Republic.  He says he quit the navy to be a racer.  Tora sneaks back to her room and sees her father who says he will take her on a hover cruise.  I really like that Tora is watching out for her father, I think Captain Doza’s relationship with Yeager, and his daughter, shows that he is a good person struggling with working with the First Order.        

Four Lightsabers out of Five!   

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