I wanted to point out, somewhere in this thread, that this has been a in-depth critique of both current and older SW films, including some HARSH takes, but without any anger, insults or general bigotry.

So the last vulture capitalists killed the company to reap millions for themselves

While I wish it hadn’t gone the way it did, I thought Luke’s portrayl was spot-on for someone who’s been through what he has.

It helps if you think of the sequel trilogy as the Star Wars equivalent of “The Scouring of the Shire.”

OT, but I have this theory that Star Wars fans are uniquely unconsolable among fandoms, and it’s the fact that there are so few Star Wars movies that’s the reason for this. The franchise is defined by scarcity. Maybe the answer really is just more Star Wars movies and shows. Lots of them.

For sure. I read the response she gave to an employee at work who is also a big Star Trek fan, as he didn’t even know about Roddenberry’s idea until today.

The only reason Boba Fett can be such a badass in the EU is because he is such a nothing burger in the OT. He’s the Captain Phasma of the OT.

Why oh why do we always get this wrong. YOU CAN ALWAYS HAVE YOUR CAKE AND EAT IT TOO!!!! Look there is cake in my hand, pretty, pretty cake, and now that it’s in my hand I think I’ll eat it om nom nom nom.

Nope. He’s gotta be drinking his coffee or it’s no $$ from me.

Star Wars nerd-ism below, feel free to avert your eyes.

Presumably, they’re from Mandalore and the culture/people that came from that system. The current canon has a lot of stories so far about Mandalore, and David Filoni, developed that canon (Jon Favreau voiced a Mandalorian in The Clone Wars). So I’m guessing that…

Oh, personally, the thing that totally sold me on The Mandalorian was him getting his butt handed to him by a bunch of Jawas.  That was about the coolest thing (besides the Yoda Spud) that they could have done to hook me...

But have Boba Fett played by Daniel Logan, and then it gets interesting.

I guess we’ll see, but I do NOT need to ever see what happened in Budapest. “You and I remember that quite differently” was ENOUGH.

She probably doesn’t an accent because she’s a super-trained spy. Can’t have your covert agents sound like they’re chasing Moose and Squirrel; kind of a give-away.

Look at this millionaire over here rubbing it in our faces with the brand name foods while the rest of us are making do with Frosted Toaster Pastries. 

For the same base price you could get more than 7,000 Pop Tarts.

The show has my full attention, as ever, even though I didn’t like the previous series at all. It had dark, boring scenery (a dark construction site for the premiere?); poorly designed aliens (tooth face); and mostly campy episodes that wore Chibnall’s influence on their sleeves. Even the more narratively powerful…

Well for all he was tipping her you’d think she could’ve done a better job watching the kid! Just saying, is all...

I dunno, I thought it had a real Magnificent Seven vibe to it, but I could see where you’re coming from. 

That lasts all of 60 seconds. A group of nasty looking, dog-faced Klatoonian raiders quickly storm into the peaceful village, shooting blasters, raising hell, and stealing the Sorgan’s food.