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I hate how even the best Star Wars content produced nowadays are stories so meh that I'd never care to watch them if they weren't Star Wars.
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First, there's The Mandalorian. We embraced it for having a plot that doesn't retread the OT, for being more respectful of the lore and universe, for how it treats the old favorites, but how would it fare if it didn't have the Star Wars name to lean on? Does it have the memorable characters and intricate plot of GOT? The clever commentary of The Boys?

Nope. It does not.

Mando has bland characters and unisnpired, monster-of-the-week storyline. It falls dramatically short next to other popular modern shows, and it owes all of its own hit status to the brand name.

Next, we have The Bad Batch. Essentially an animated Mandalorian-lite with more than one badass bounty hunter and an older kid for them to protect. Again, we're back to monster-of-the-week, lack of compelling central narrative, and blatantly copying the formula of an earlier successful work in the franchise. But the show doesn't outright mess with the lore, it doesn't reset the status quo of the universe, and doesn't fuck over the old favorites, so it gets kid gloves treatment from the fandom.

If I wasn't a Star Wars fan, I wouldn't sit through a whole season of either of those. I would have moved on to something actually compelling that can win me over on its own merrit.

For the modern Star Wars, inoffensive blandness is the name of the game, and I'm sick and tired of it.

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i would totally have watched the mandalorian if it wasn't star wars because i am a true believer in 'does a media have to be good? is it not enough to have pretty men and women who could snap me in half? and a baby?'

jokes aside i think mando is fun and whimsical and stands alone pretty well. im not really a huge star wars fan (well. i guess that depends on how you measure but ive never really consumed any of the non-film media) but i love the mandalorian

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