Now I see why people were complaining this series is slow. This episode really could have been edited down and folded into the others.
Do we need to know they made a little model of the dam in order to plan their activities? That could have been a 5 second glimpse of the dam to confirm "yes they are planning this thoroughly." The scene with the tie fighter was inconsequential. The Empire didn't learn anything or attack to stop the plot.
Ditto for the imperial spy and his backstory motivation. Ditto for Mon Mothma and her family troubles.
But the texture and detail of the series is still engrossing so filler here is better than a lot of actual plotline and forward movement in other series. And I get the sense the filler portion is now at an end as of the next episode.
Do we need to know they made a little model of the dam in order to plan their activities? That could have been a 5 second glimpse of the dam to confirm "yes they are planning this thoroughly." The scene with the tie fighter was inconsequential. The Empire didn't learn anything or attack to stop the plot.
Ditto for the imperial spy and his backstory motivation. Ditto for Mon Mothma and her family troubles.
But the texture and detail of the series is still engrossing so filler here is better than a lot of actual plotline and forward movement in other series. And I get the sense the filler portion is now at an end as of the next episode.