I was really enjoying the show up until the last episode but I felt pretty disappointed all said and done. With the exception of the darksaber piquing my interest for obvious fan reasons, I think reflecting on the entire episode even an hour later it just hit me how poorly written/executed it was, and how the entire season kind of culminated into this bittersweet feeling for me.
We're led to believe the whole episode that this imperial threat is massive and always one step ahead of them. Escape is the only option. Then the IG unit just recklessly charges into battle with the baby taking on 50-100 storm troopers with reckless abandon like it's no problem. IG contradicts itself multiple times about how its only goal is to protect the child, opting to stay behind with Mando first.
So they escape into the tunnel, constantly implying imperials will overwhelm them. They escape the tunnel only to find that the imperials are one step ahead of them again. Except there's only 10 whole stormtroopers left and no possible way they can take all of them. IG blows himself up, Mando then single handedly takes on a tie-fighter and immediately the day is saved and they can relax because the planet is 100% safe again. What?
Then you get your super cliche nobody checked if the bad guy was actually dead, lets distract the viewer with some nostalgia (which I initially fell for). It definitely felt like it settled into being full on Disney Star Wars by the end of it.
Whole episode just reminds me of the Walking Dead or something where for the sake of plot they need to constantly go back and forth between 3 zombies being threatening, and 1000 zombies being manageable. Characters are badass geniuses until the plot requires them to act stupid and sacrifice themselves for nonsensical reasoning.
Manic writing like that with no constancy just to force a plot forward is just a writing style I've never enjoyed. The show did well in the beginning because it was barely trying to connect the dots and the threats were smaller. I think once it started trying to tell a larger story and implement bigger threats it just got away from them.