Tightening this episode up felt like the right move to me. I was surprised to see it under 19 minutes, but with the plot of the episode mainly being focused on battle scenes and escaping, I think it kept it from feeling drawn out as some of the four episode arcs suffer from, and that runtime has kinda been redistributed to slightly extending the first two episodes where they could add more character material. And as an action episode, it was quite good. Action scenes felt varied and were each fun in their own way, with some well done standout moments like Anakin's at the end.