I find the most honest reviews in the comments of the “real” reviews and what I’m seeing is a split between those that find the show delightfully refreshing and are enjoying it more than they thought they would and those that give me a strong impression that they were not, have not, and will not watch the show.

In a literal universe, which serves as the setting of this franchise, full of sentient beings and droids, is it really too much of a stretch to have multiple people that can understand droids and/or twins?

I think it’s more of a greater good, ends justify the means, kind of thing.

This story being entirely disconnected from every other movie and show really helps. Outside of “Revenge of the Sith happens in 100 years”, there’s nothing really to box this story in, which is a very noticeable issue in the other shows, especially Obi-Wan.

He’s not the lead, but he’s almost the anchor (at least for the first 2 eps.) and he’s really good. I hadn’t seen Squid Game, so I had nothing to go off of, but he’s equally compelling in both the dramatic moments and the fight scenes.

(Also, I’m really appreciating the sudden introduction of Force-assisted hand to…

My rebuttal to that would be that, outside of the more tertiary canon (games, books, etc.), we really haven’t explored Master-Padawan relationships or what the Order looked like at its peak.

They seemed to coordinate around Ahsoka showing up pretty well.

I’ve enjoyed it, but very little has actually happened in 7 episodes from a storytelling perspective and I don’t really see how we’ll have any sense of closure after episode 8 ends.

Thrawn doesn’t really care about any of them as much as he cares about loading up his ship and taking the next giant hyperspace ring home. He’s just doling out a handful of units to stall Ahsoka and Co. long enough to pack up and leave.

Ok, but go watch an episode of Bluey. It’s entirely possible to have a children’s show with writing that appeals to all ages.

I think it’s because it’s doing that thing where the game is 3D, but the 3rd dimension is muted as much as possible to look like it’s 2D.

I’ve seen a couple references to the time-skip theory, but how would that work with Ahsoka en route to the Peridea? Will she get there days later? Weeks? Years?

Given enough time (say, the 20-30 episode length of an animated show for kids), Filoni will string together some decent character arcs. Kanaan Jarus is a top-tier Star Wars character.

Because it’s not the first time anyone has ever used the Force to commune with animals.

This is a great point and now I’m wondering Luke facing off against Vader in the grove on Dagobah could be retconned as Luke connecting with the World Between Worlds.

And, just to hammer it home, it’s ultimately what he ends up doing in The Last Jedi, as well.

This. I’m generally enjoying the show, but if Purgills took Ezra and Thrawn away, wouldn’t hitching a ride on them be, like, the very first strategy?

I mean, he’s refused to kill off Ahsoka so far, so where else can he realistically take this character that won’t interfere with the movies?

How and/or why would he do that?

Bethesda RPGs will always have similar mechanics.
Final Fantasies will always have similar motifs.
Pokemons will always have similar progress structures.