Not everything put out by Disney is automatically soulless corporate trash, though. Once in a while Disney employs creators who really know what they’re doing and put their own vision into their work. Take Dave Filoni for example. Is everything he does perfect in my eyes (Bad Batch, Book of Boba Fett chapter 6…)? No. Am I worried he might be pressured to compromise on and change up his story ideas by the big Disney suits, since his work is suddenly the forefront of the Star Wars franchise? Yes. But there’s pretty consistent iconography in his work, and we know for a fact he’s a huge fan of the Star Wars galaxy and knows it very well - as well as what outside influences to use, such as Princess Mononoke, Lord of the Rings, even Godzilla.

This isn’t even to mention the many writers working in the publishing side of things who get to deliver their visions for a Star Wars story, pretty free of Disney meddling. Take Timothy Zahn’s new Ascendancy trilogy. From what I hear that has so much of its own lore and is so separate from other Star Wars stories that it barely feels like the same galaxy.