I mostly enjoyed the episode, and the back half of the series as Mando Season 2.5, but as a series it was kind of a mess. The Boba Fett stuff seemed unnecessary and mostly uninteresting, as did a lot of the Tatooine mob/crime family stuff.
I kind of like the homage to King Kong with The Rancor, but didn’t really like that the Rancor seemed mostly indestructible. Star Wars is not Marvel so things should die when they get shot repeatedly by big cannons.
I also didn’t like that Black Krrstan was immortal too. Chewie was wounded and hurting after one blaster shot but Krrstan can get axed and repeatedly shot and only have a slight limp.
I enjoyed it because it was Star Wars and Mando and Grogu are always fun, although I’m not sure what they might even be setting up with Boba and Fennec running Mos Espa as far as the broader story line goes.
I really, really hope the Kenobi series as a much more coherent story line.