Star Wars: Resistance, “A Quick Salvage Run”, Review!

The traitor, Tam, is in her TIE fighter suit, hearing other pilots talk as she reaches for her comlink with the message from Kaz apologizing.  Ruckin overhears the message and wants her to turn it in.  At the cantina, Kaz notes the pirates causing chaos to Neeku and Synara, a friend who is a pirate, he tries to order a drink, but supplies are running low.  Synara is worried about his trust in Tam.  Kaz goes to the command deck to check on a transmission.  It is his father on hologram!  He mentions he is going to meet with the Resistance on D’Qar.  The transmission is cut off.  4D reports that they are reaching D`Qar.  Commander Pyre and Major Tierney get Kaz’s comlink from Tam.  At the Colossus Base, they see the aftermath of a battle.  Destroyed TIE fighters and a burning swatch at the former base.  Kaz tries to contact Commander Dameron or General Organa.  There is no Resistance base!  We have caught up with Last Jedi.    

STAR WARS: RESISTANCE -- “A Quick Salvage Run” -- Disney/Lucasfilm. 

The Colossus Base passes the wreckage.  Captain Doza recommends a jump.  Neeku mentions the need for coaxium.  Kaz volunteers the pirates as a salvage team.  Captain Kragan, the pirate, laughs at Kaz’s suggestion.  Synara brings up the weapons.  An officer reports to Commander Pyre about the signal at D’Qar.  They head there.  A stormtrooper announces to Tam that Major Tierney and Commander Pyre are there.  Tierney notes how Kaz’s transmission would anger her, Agent DT-533.  The pirate ship launches from the bay to head over to the First Order Dreadnought.  The pirates with Kaz, Neeku, and CB-23, explore the ship.  A Trandoshan notes that he found the coaxium.  The engine room sparks as Neeku checks a remaining canister of coaxium, but it is sealed there.  The Star Destroyer jumps to D`Qar.  Captain Doza informs Kaz’s team.  A First Order officer notes that a scan has detected Captain Kragan’s ship.  Kierney suggests a TIE battalion to check out the ship.  Captain Doza sends out the Ace Squadron to take on the First Order.  It seems like a stretch that Torra works as a pilot and on the command deck.  

STAR WARS: RESISTANCE -- “A Quick Salvage Run” -- Disney/Lucasfilm. 

CB-23 tries to free the coaxium.  Captain Kragan tries to pull it free.  It starts to roll free, but Kaz manages to grab hold of it.  The pirates are taking whatever is not sealed.  Prye has the Star Destroyer open fire on the Dreadnought.  Kaz says that they have the coaxium to Torra.  She orders a retreat for the Aces.  TIE fighters disable the pirate ship’s engines.  Captain Kragan has Synara fire the cannons.  The ship is spinning, but manages to land in the Colossus Base’s bay.  Kaz and Neeku bring the coaxium to the engine room.  Neeku opens the casing of the coaxium.  Torra and the Aces crash land into the Colossus’ landing bay.  Neeku carefully replaces the coaxium.  4D reports that shields are failing.  Neeku finally loads the coaxium as shields collapse.  This is how coaxium works?  An energy column gives power to the hyperdrive engines.  Commander Pyre  reports that the loss is temporary.  Agent Tierney asks DT-533 to put on her helmet.   Synara is suspicious that the First Order tracked them down and thinks about Kaz’s message to the traitor.  Some logic leaps here, but while the action is good, it is very Battlestar Galactica, but a bit more compact than Last Jedi.  

Three Lightsabers out of Five!   

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