An ancient compass points to buried treasure…

There are things older than the Empire, older than the Jedi. What’s great about a palette as broad as a galaxy is you can, with the proper application of imagination, never run out of world building and stories to tell.

This episode is one of those, which is a subtle reminder that there’s a galaxy to explore. It’s romantic because it reminds us that maps don’t always have edges, there are still places to explore, still subjects we don’t know about.

What also worked for me was the idea that all this shall pass. The Empire, for all its in the moment evil, is as nothing against the arc of history and it too will pass.

That the treasure, when they find it, is something terrible and destructive is a great stand in for Ozymandias, King of Kings, for how Emperor Palpatine is no different; full of hubris and arrogance.

All of this is subtext, right? The actual story is about a treasure hunt that’s more disaster adventure than success. It’s also about remembering joy and wonder – something which Omega has in abundance, not simply in the adventure but in the character introduced to take them on their ride.

Verdict: Fun, gently subversive for its view on the long moment of history and quite, quite pretty.

Rating? 7 treasure hunts out of 10

Stewart Hotston