This show could not only reset the Mandolorian but the entire franchise. Say what you will about the sequel trilogy (all of which I detest), they were incredibly divisive among fans, and the Lucasfilm Story Group didn’t seem to get the message. One of the biggest failings of S3 was how strongly it linked to those films, whereas S1/S2 seemed to distance themselves from them, existing in a pseudo world of their own. In fact, one could even say they went the OTHER way (and the CORRECT way, IMO), by drawing from the EU; the Krayt Dragon episode was one of the best in the show. That’s no coincidence.

Disney had a chance to introduce an alternate “what-if” timeline in Asohka, with the Veil of the Force, but they didn’t, which was a total bummer. But M&G can redeem itself, not only by focusing back on what matters, but looking at the big picture—and give us a much deserved and overdue retcon of the sequels.

Regardless of whether or not this happens (and it probably won’t, if history is any kind of indicator), for this show to succeed it needs to stay away from the Sequel Trilogy like the pile of bantha dung that it is.

Yeah, I agree with the sentiment here: BoB was not all bad. Yes, it suffered from some character development issues (or rather, re-development), but I would rather watch that show again than any of the Sequel Trilogy movies.

And there are plenty of ways to “salvage” Boba that don’t even involve Disney’s current canon. Two amazing story threads that could be worked in to a future season (and even spin-offs) would be either the Jodo Kast storyline, where there is a prominent Boba Fett impersonator running rampant in the galaxy, or the A’Sharad Hett storyline, where a fallen Jedi is hiding out on Tatooine as a Tusken warlord. The first story could be worked into the current continuity any which way, but the latter would take some engineering if Disney wanted to hold true to their timeline (which, frankly, I don’t care about). But Boba has already been linked strongly to the Tuskens, and it was a fan-favourite story to begin with, so this could flow somewhat naturally, with some timeline meddling. Plus, it sets up a new antagonist that could be fleshed out in Obi Wan season 2 (set years later), or the two shows could even be bridged together. More importantly it sets up Darth Krayt and the Vong as the new future big bads, which could serve perfectly to do things:

1) Bring a very cool and popular Sith Lord back from the EU and

2) Move away from future plans to have Rey return to the franchise and switch focus to a new story—some other future force wielder could go toe-to-toe with him

(though I would be more than happy if Disney wanted to bring back a Skywalker relative and retcon out their movies).

It is also important to note here that Disney originally had planned to bring back Hett for the first season of Obi Wan, but that storyline got scrapped for, apparently, “being too similar” to another existent storyline. However, IMO, this is more of a symptom of poor writing (surprise, it’s Disney), than it is the quality of source material.

Disney doesn’t need to move away from the Sith—they need to move away from bad writing. There are still plenty of great Sith stories to mine out there: Tales of the Jedi, The Old Republic, KoToR, Legacy, Bane…

Hire someone that actually writes for a living (like Zahn) and you might be surprised what turns out. So long as the execs are kept outside of a meddling distance.

And I say good riddance to the New Jedi Order film. I hope it continues to get delayed until it doesn’t happen, getting buried in the sands of Tattooine like Anakin’s lightsaber. The sequel trilogy is not an artistic failure of the Sith—it is one of Disney’s.

But yes, pirates are also cool.

Well, Screen Rant got one thing right here: we want to see more Darth Vader. But Rey certainly is NOT a replacement in any way, shape or form.

IMO, all of the Sequel Trilogy characters are giant nothing-burgers, derived from characters in the EU who should have just been used to begin with. Disney needs to ditch these films and move on. A retcon would be nice, but not likely to happen, though there are ways to work back in some profoundly missed (and actually valuable) characters, such as Mara Jade or Darth Krayt, without messing too much with Disney’s “canon”.

Not that canon matters anyway. I just pretend these films didn’t happen, and any show, movie or comic that does the same has my vote.

I loathed it the first time I saw it and still do to this day. Still my least favourite film in the franchise. After some of the praise it received online, I tried to go back and rewatch it to see if, maybe, I had missed something or had not given it a fair chance. Nope. Couldn’t even get through half of it. And I’m a huge Star Wars fan—was even able to choke down Phantom Menace in its entirety—so I think that says something.

I feel like the accolades it has received from some fans are misplaced; the problems that I had with it weren’t the whole “subverting expectations” or “destroying Luke’s image” (which, on another note, I think OG fans had a right to be upset about, given how cool Grand Master Luke was in the EU). These might have been interesting ideas hadn’t the whole story arc been boring and derivative to begin with. No, the biggest problem with this film was that it suffered from all of the failings of the other films in the Sequel Trilogy; the characters were flat and unengaging, the dialogue was cringe, and the ethos of Star Wars was entirely lost, replaced by a multi-marketing level gimmick aimed at selling merchandise. And don’t get me wrong, I’ve been to Galaxy’s Edge and what they’ve done there is super cool IMO, but let’s just say I won’t be buying any porg stuffies anytime soon.

Yes, you could argue SW always had cringe moments in it (looking at you Anakin in AotC), and that nothingburger characters have always had a part in the universe. And you wouldn’t be wrong. But there’s just something Disney changed—like a cheap little switch they flicked on—that just made the entire ST feel hollow and so un-Star Wars. Maybe it’s a symptom of the times, modern writing—hell, maybe Kathleen Kennedy is to be blamed—I don’t know. But it’s probably more than that. I think Disney wanted to make Star Wars their own, and they 100% succeeded there, while at the same time failing the franchise as a whole and bumming out so many fans, myself (obviously) included.