I personally won’t see TROS in the theater. I didn’t go to TLJ either.
No doubt there are what could be called hardcore fans who have no interest in the St altogether. But here’s my question, for someone like you, would watching and enjoying the Mandalorian make you more likely to see TROS in theaters?
Probably not. I’m intrigued by The Mandalorian and I think it looks good, but I’m very apprehensive about TROS and how it appears to deal with the aftermath of TLJ (which I also didn’t much like) by shoehorning in new plot ideas out of the blue.
I also didn’t like TLJ, but I think a lot of that is down to script issues. The movie had some decent ideas, but a lot of its execution feels half-baked, and it probably could’ve used a couple of extra script drafts before the cameras rolled. And everything I’ve heard so far about TROS suggests that it’s even worse in this regard.
Mind you, I do want to see The Mandalorian at some point, but I don’t plan to subscribe to Disney+ at launch, so I don’t know when that might happen. Hopefully Disney puts out some box set Blu-rays at some point.