This was a very cool story arc. It felt very Trilogy-esque in its focus on the struggle to defeat an enemy superweapon, which was nice. It could have been too familiar, but fortunately the story was just different enough to not be a simple rehash. They tread a dangerous line, however. They can pander to our Classic Trilogy nostalgia all they want, but having a rehash of a Prequel plot isn't going to get them any points.
The first episode was probably the most interesting, as we got to see Plo Koon, and hey! he turned out to be really cool. We also got a little background for Ahsoka that was directly linked to Plo, so that worked out for character development on two characters in a short time.
Ahsoka was definitely tolerable and perhaps even likable in this arc. She even had some insight into Anakin's overly ambitious character.
Anakin's impulsiveness was also an issue in every episode of this arc, and the consequences of his brash actions in Part 2 were an especially good storytelling choice.
The excellent space battle in Part 2 was defintely the high point of the arc. The other two episodes weren't bad by any stretch of the imagination, but they certainly weren't stellar.
As a complete story, "Rising Malevolence," "Shadow of Malevolence" and "Destroy Malevolence" all get a 4 out of 5.
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