Cautiously optimistic. Talented director and the casting is quite good.

But we’ve been done this road before. With the sequel trilogy. Casting and directing is not the issue it’s the writing.

I’d say the same about MCU and Kurtzman Star Trek, nobody can write worth a damn anymore, well except for Tony Gilroy on Andor.

I have zero interest in Mando and Grogu but this has piqued my interest a slight amount, I’d say a bit less than Rogue One or the Han Solo a Star Wars story did. But it’s not zero interest, I’m intrigued to see more.

It’s not the hell yeah I want this film, like I felt about Rogue Squadron. Having read those X-wings books for years and loved them all.

It’s not a, should they or shouldn’t they like the Rey Skywalker movie, this will be well within the spinoff territories tiptoeing around the sequel trilogy and its negative impact on Star Wars and the fandom.

I’d say go ahead and do it since The old Star Wars is gone and never coming back, Carrie is gone, and Mark and Harrison are done. What do they have to lose. some fandom menacers who were never going to watch it anyway.

Time to rip off the bandage and move beyond key jangling and member berries. If they dare.