I think The Mandalorian finally disproves the myth that Star Wars fans are impossible to please. The reaction to the show so far has been overwhelmingly positive. Even the small minority of people who don’t like the show aren’t angry about it.
I would say it proves the theory that many have had for awhile, which is that the only way to not make SW fans angry is to not play with the preexisting characters/story at all.
And is that such a big problem? Did they absolutely NEED to make a sequel trilogy? They could have kept Return of the Jedi as the true ending, and no one would have complained.
To that end, let’s check back in five or so years from now and see if everyone agrees on the quality of the Mandalorian’s final season.
Maybe the show will go downhill by then, we don’t know. It doesn’t mean that Star Wars fans are hypocrites.
Make a small-scale TV show that respects the canon and makes the audience care about the characters, and fans will eat it up.
The irony of course being that the show arguably disrespects the canon quite a bit in its treatment of Mandalorian culture.
I thought the show made it clear that Mando’s tribe is an extremist group, not necessarily connected to mainstream Mandalorian culture. Dave Filoni is one of the showrunners, and I doubt he would forget about his own story.
Also, I have a few friends who are haters. They definitely exist. But who cares if there are haters? Like what you like.
Amen to that.