Generally, it was a decent enough episode. I liked that Piell died. Not sure how they'll reconcile this with the Coruscant Nights book, though IR2 pointed me to Leland's Blog which answers some of my questions. It's a shame, though. I quite liked Piell's character in this.
One thing I found funny, though. When they were rapelling, the good droids decided to hold the enemy off, but none of the others made mention of the fact that it wasn't likely that those droids were going to survive long enough to make a difference!

I know that's not a great feat but all three of these episodes were handles really well. All the characters really shined in these- Anakin, Obi-wan, Ahsoka, Tarkin, Fives and Echo. This may sound dumb, but it just felt so much like Star Wars! Job well done, Luasfilm Animation.

I forgot about Piell in Coruscant Nights. I don't know... I can't really bring myself to be upset about this. It sounds like Piell was assumed dead prior to Coruscant Nights so the blame here may rest on Michael Reaves. I was never a fan of Coruscant Nights anyway so it's a small loss for me.

I am neither here nor there on Piell's death. Was it really necessary? Probably not, but it didn't much bother me. What did bother me was that he couldn't manage to save himself and yet Ahsoka comes along and solves the issue with a simple Force push. Oh well.

I'm upset they decided to ignore continuity again for the sake of storytelling. I liked the Coruscant Nights books, and now there's an inconsistency with who was in book 1, and who Pavan's master is. I did like the suggestion someone came up with to make that person Evan Piell, Even Piell's twin brother. If they did that retcon, I'd be happy again. Until then, I'm displeased.

I don't see how that retcon isn't any less true than any other explanation until one is provided by Leland Chee or in a story.

Even Piell's death in TCW was better than the one in Jedi Twilight. And I like Jedi Twilight, but his role in that book was to pass along word of the MacGuffin to Nick Rostu, who passes it to Jax Pavan. Any generic character could have filled that role.

Does he actually have twin brother named Evan Piell?

Why am I not surprised?

Even Piell

"'Gospel,' or canon as we refer to it, includes the screenplays, the films, the radio dramas and the novelizations. These works spin out of George Lucas' original stories, the rest are written by other writers."

and

"When it comes to absolute canon, the real story of Star Wars, you must turn to the films themselves—and only the films. Even novelizations are interpretations of the film, and while they are largely true to George Lucas' vision (he works quite closely with the novel authors), the method in which they are written does allow for some minor differences. The novelizations are written concurrently with the film's production, so variations in detail do creep in from time to time. Nonetheless, they should be regarded as very accurate depictions of the fictional Star Wars movies.

"The further one branches away from the movies, the more interpretation and speculation come into play. LucasBooks works diligently to keep the continuing Star Wars expanded universe cohesive and uniform, but stylistically, there is always room for variation. Not all artists draw Luke Skywalker the same way. Not all writers define the character in the same fashion. The particular attributes of individual media also come into play. A comic book interpretation of an event will likely have less dialogue or different pacing than a novel version. A video game has to take an interactive approach that favors gameplay. So too must card and roleplaying games ascribe certain characteristics to characters and events in order to make them playable.

"The analogy is that every piece of published Star Wars fiction is a window into the 'real' Star Wars universe. Some windows are a bit foggier than others. Some are decidedly abstract. But each contains a nugget of truth to them. Like the great Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi said, 'many of the truths we cling to depend greatly on our point of view.'"