On the one hand, they've potentially solved the problem this show was building up to for ME - I'm exhausted with constantly returning to Skywalkers and Palpatines, so if Mando can let Luke walk the Palpatine stuff off the set with him, maybe this show can get back to what I like most about it - or at least do Star Wars as Lord of the Rings with a variation on Return of the King that still manages to ignore All That Over There.

And for a backhalf of a season that was mostly a marketing ploy, I gotta give F&F big props for making that marketing entertaining. Did I ever care if there was a Boba show? Not at all, but he did get the best fight scene of the show and a Hutt house promises a return to this show's early meanness. Am I interested in a Ahsoka, Cara, etc. show?

The interesting thing about this Star Wars compared to the original is that everything is canon, but everything is also not sequestered in the paperback section of the comic book store. Like, there's also a post-Return of the Sith story floating around on video game consoles with a couple Jedi played by notable television actors wandering space looking for adventures. Do Star Wars fans need to know about that, just in case? If I'm not interested in the Diego Luna story, am I gonna be confused when I watch the Rangers show?

I wonder how this clear pivot from films to TV will pan out - it seemed like Disney learned a lesson that asking three movies to be nine movies was a LOT to ask when they announced they'd step back from Star Wars...only now, they're vomiting out even more Star Wars than they had the previous decade. Is that a good thing? It seems like super fans are stoked, but for a guy like me that generally likes the sights and sounds of Star Wars but also goes "oh, LUKE?" and shrugs, I wonder if Disney is able to keep a firm grasp on that audience forever until every hour of every piece of popcorn entertainment is Star Wars?

I'm impressed Disney was able to have their cake and eat it too with this season. I'm unconvinced that ten television shows is the solution to attempting to cram way too much into three movies.


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