I agree about Leia, one of the strong points of these first couple episodes (along with Owen, showing that the actors were very well chosen on the PT). I’ll wait to see the entire 6 parts to be sure about what I think about it on a storytelling perspective. On a visual one, it’s kinda poor, cheap and lazy (something that the PT nor the OT were) and the soundtrack is a failure. I wasn’t expecting JW quality, not even Powell or Giacchino, but come on, it doesn’t sound anything except generic tv stuff. Such a shame.

For sure I’ll be interested by a dry run of the show in a fan edited form to remove the many embarrassing moments (especially the “Home alone” kidnapping scene and most of Reva’s incredibly cheesy dialogues…) as well as the cliché tv editing with sort of cliffhanger reveals.

Star Wars used to be a cinematographic event, which redefined what was high standard entertainment. Now Vader and Kenobi are fooling around on tv episodes directed with basic tv abilities. So sad.