Tyrphanax said:
... just a couple of the episodes from Season One (the show doesn't really pick up until Season Three).
You know, in my view, if a show that can't get you hooked after seeing just one episode, it's usually a strong indicator that it's not up to snuff.#Ilovefirefly.
Btw, several posters have hinted at a problem with CW. It's starting to get to a point where the characters are so entrenched, so developed, that their absence in ROTS is becoming a narrative issue. I'm speculating here, by I'm gonna say that this is related to the creators not really having a plan for the overarching narrative structure of the show. In other words, it seems they are going to make new seasons for it for as long as it's popular, but that could really become a problem. Indeed, the never-ending-show is often a narrative problem for any show. It became so for X-Files, for Twin Peaks and many others, because they set out with a pretty specific narrative base, but then tried to milk it for whatever it was worth, and there comes a point in the narrative, when you undermine its overall structure by making it too long.
In the case of the CW, it happens between Ep 2 and 3. That's a range of about 5 yearsish. There's only so much you can cram in there before it starts affecting AOTC and ROTS. I'll give you that five seasons (one per year of conflict) probably could be made to work. But at want point does it become so long as to undermine the movies? For a Star Wars fan, I think that's reasonably something to be concerned with. This show would probably be well served by producers making the same decision as was the case of the Battlestar Galactica: this story only goes so far - and when it's over, it's over, notwithstanding fan popularity. Maybe somebody knows if such a decision has already been made. I hope it has.