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Agree. Skeleton Crew had very different ambitions, but I think it successfully achieved them. I think that Star Wars is at least slightly more than “just a setting,” but letting creatives with a good story to tell go ahead and tell it to Star Wars fans is the way to go. Favreau I think may be done after the M&G movie, and Filoni probably needs to be kept away from live action and be the animation guy plus the “spirit of George” Jimmy Cricket.
The beauty of Andor is that the story didn’t HAVE to be a Star Wars story, but it was molded around Star Wars in a respectful way that enhanced both the show and the “universe.”
I actually really liked skeleton crew, felt like a love letter to goonies and other kids adventure movies of the 80s
Completely agree. I think it succeeded perfectly at being that, and it was the only live action Star Wars project I could get my 11yo daughter to sit through.
Acolyte I think got more hate than it deserved, but I can't make the same argument for it. It was a quite a mess with only a few bright spots shining through.
I see Acolyte as either the worst of the best, or the best of the worst. At least it did try to tell an interesting story, and parts of it were done very well. Other parts, especially around the start and much that involves the main character Osha, was not so well done. But it doesn't drop the ball nearly as badly as Ahsoka, never mind Kenobi or Boba Fett.