Episode 4 starts out with Obi-Wan and Vader in bacta tanks recalling the events of the third episode and the "duel" between the two. When Ben comes to, he finds out that Leia has been captured and taken to Fortress Inquistorious, located on a water moon in the Mustafar system. Tala agrees to help him mount a rescue, using her Imperial credentials to help Obi-Wan break in and rescue Leia.
This episode is really all about Ben starting to find his power again. He begins to tap into the force, use his lightsaber, and recapture some of the skills that he had clearly lost, as was evident in his confrontation with Vader. Meanwhile, Reva interrogates Leia in scenes that were clearly meant to tie in with A New Hope. One curious thing is that, when Reva tries to read Leia's mind, she is unable to do so, commenting on the fact that Leia is strong, but apparently never considering that Leia is force-sensitive. The episode ends with Ben, Tala, and Leia successfully escaping, but with a tracker in place which Reva slipped into Leia's droid. In all the reviews of the episode I have read I have yet to see any that mention that this is a clear setup to what Vader has done to the Falcon in A New Hope, and probably how Leia knew that they were being tracked after escaping the Death Star.
This is the shortest episode of the series so far, clocking in at just over half an hour. Vivien Lyra Blair continues to do a great job as young Leia, definitely channeling Carrie Fisher's personality and sass, and Ewan McGregor continues to shine as Obi-Wan. You can definitely see the path that the show is setting up for the final two episodes, but the writers are doing a good job keeping exactly how they are going to get there a mystery.
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