I know others don’t agree with this, and that’s totally fine, but Cosmonaut Variety Hour summed up my own feelings about the show rather well!
Well, I agree with him about the best parts, but I don’t agree that the rest was that bad. I totally disagree that this was a series for doing something totally different. These are established characters with established futures and they did an excellent job weaving a tale that fit in the tapestry of the saga. Not an easy task and one that I think they pulled off very well.
And he was very wrong about The Mandelorian. Dave Filoni was involved and it was about a younger member of Yoda’s species with force powers. In the post ROTJ world, running into Luke and Ahsoka was inevitable. That intent was clear in the finale of season 1 and that is the way it played out in season2.
So what I’m seeing is two issues and this series has both. First is what is perceived as an unacceptable alteration to Saga characters/continuity. The other is a lack of new content. So on one hand, this video wants something new to happen in this series. On the other this is dealing with core OT characters and events. So it is getting flack for trying to stick something somewhat new in without it being new and different enough. Its getting a tough reaction from several fan circles while a lot of us and even more critics loved it.