True!. I don't think he has force powers, if he did he would have used it in episode 8. Maybe he's trying to get baby Yoda, to extract his powers, or to resurrect Palpy. It has to be something like that. But yeah it's nice to have a competent imperial. Thrawn was alright, but he kept letting the Rebels escape on purpose, and it became obvious plot armor.
I watched it a third time, which I never do. Mostly I wanted to test my new phone. I saw the crates you were talking about Tamer. I could take those orange ones I have and add some small bottle caps to make some variations.