The scene reminds me of the scenes in Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels with the group that was selling Rory's weed but were generally unserious individuals. I wonder what acting dumb in a more natural way looks like on screen that would be more palatable here, because this felt pretty much the same to me, other than maybe going on a bit longer than it needed to.
But happy to agree to disagree here.
He has a more maneuverable ship. It's literally the point of the Tie Interceptor vs the Tie Fighter. He doesn't even really outmaneuver them either. He caves in the cavern on top of them. They're directly behind him and have less time to clear the cave in. He contacts the agent to say the information given to him wasn't accurate. By this time he's been flying the ship for a couple days and clearly has a better handle on it.
Not sure why you think the ship should have blown up. None of the impact he takes here should have resulted in serious damage let alone blowing it up.
I wouldn't say the forest scenes were my favorite, but I think you guys are being maybe a bit overly critical.
Many things are happening during the wedding
- Mon Mothma is being hardened as a leader and further isolated from her family
- Luthen is trolling for information in a social gathering
- Luthen is panicking about not getting the information about the tie interceptor
- Cinta has been working on Chandrilla the whole time without contacting Vel
- Showing that Cinta has no time for fun and games or "life" as Mon put it and is only really interested in the rebellion and her revenge
- There are degrees to this and Vel and Mon are learning that here
- The Chandrillians are living lavishly while the people on Mina Rau are struggling to farm the land, they're put in stark contrast to each other