Respectfully, I’m still not convinced.
- Yes, seeing Qui-Gon is nice, but it’s not nice enough to commit us to a 60 minute arc.
- The Ahsoka fight is cute, but it’s so dependent on preserving the whole (unless you keep it as part of a vision)
- Healing Ahsoka isn’t, in my opinion, really a tough choice or a powerful moment for Anakin since Sister has just conveniently handed him that power for free - there’s no personal cost, so for me it’s as emotional as administering available medicine.
- Other force stuff- Agreed that the more you add the more it legitimises other stuff. (But is it good?) Yoda’s stuff was good and added texture to the force (though I do have a similar problem with “WE ARE FIVE LITERAL BEINGS OF THE FORCE”, etc).
- I was wary of the World Between Worlds, and still am, because time travel is a risky thing to introduce to an established franchise. But to date the one time it’s been used it’s been used to very important emotional effect. I think the WBW is helped by the fact that Sidious was involved, which to me helps legitimise it as an extremely secret secret.
- Noted that the World Between Worlds was linked to the door with the Mortis family mural. But to me I’d rather that be some weird hint at a wider context, rather than a reminder of a context I think does the opposite of add value.
Still, at least it’s a very available arc that needs no editing (if you do want to watch it), so nobody should have a problem viewing it if they want to. I just wouldn’t recommend it to someone who wanted more SW after watching the Mandalorian.