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But it’s missing The Last Jedi, which is unironically the best Disney era Star Wars.

Stepping away from tilting at my personal windmills, Rebels was Disney era and got to be at least as good as TCW.

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But it’s missing The Last Jedi, which is unironically the best Disney era Star Wars.

I can’t agree that it’s the best Disney era Star Wars (though I will defend your right to say it).

But I do agree that it’s the best of the sequel trilogy. It had so much promise. Could’ve been tighter, and they throw a wrench into the sci-fi side of Star Wars, but overall it was good.

I would’ve had podracing in Space Monaco instead of alien horse racing, though. After all, podracing was based on Formula 1, and Monaco is like, the crown jewel of F1 (in that it’s a beautiful but useless spectacle, since the cars can’t pass each other there these days).

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The Last Jedi? To each their own I guess. I don’t think any of the Disney trilogy deserve to be on it.

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None of it is good except for parts of season 1 of The Mandalorian.

Ewoks in ROTJ were right up against the line, but didn’t cross it because the way they looked also served a narrative purpose in addition to their primary purpose of being a toy.

Special Edition ruined the franchise in 1997, and everything since then has been shit on top of shit.

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None of it is good except for parts of season 1 of The Mandalorian.

You meant to say, Andor. Andor is easily the standout in that crowd.

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I found Andor to be shallow and pedantic.

…Either that or I’m so sick of Star Wars I just couldn’t stand it. I tried three times to get more than 15 minutes in without falling asleep or zoning out, couldn’t do it.

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It’s a slow burn. I was not enamored with the first few episodes but by the end I was in agreement - best Star Wars since the OG trilogy. The acting is powerful, the writing is tight.

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(Sorry, I missed the “Disney” in the title) If it is, I guess I don’t like Star Wars anymore. I haven’t seen Andor but it’s the only one I’m interested in.

I found clone wars and rebels unwatchable and have to imagine most of their fans got into the shows as kids. I didn’t bother with Ahsoka because I don’t like Ahsoka and I actually like the old Thrawn novels they are now trying badly to replace.

The Mandalorian was OK TV for a season but frankly went nowhere. They should have killed him off and followed someone new after a season or two when the show ran it’s course. But making good TV isn’t Disneys motivation, it’s making money, so they will make the Mandalorian chase dark saber after dark saber until people stop watching.

Rogue One was OK but would have been much better with about half the cast so we could actually learn about and give a shit about any of the characters. The entire Tantive IV scene was unneeded and would have worked better as subtext.

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The standard really sunk low…

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