Rate the Star Wars TV Series!
- Thread starter Ray Hardgrit
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Live action only I'm afraid. Important to say that I didn't outright hate any of the shows, and all of them were enjoyable to some degree.
1. Andor (just on another level frankly)
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2. The Mandalorian (quality varies but consistently enjoyable)
3. Skeleton Crew. (Enjoyed this way more than I expected to. Complete opposite end of the spectrum to something like Andor but that isn't always a bad thing)
4. Obi Wan (I liked this a lot but there were too many episodes, should have been four. With six it felt repetitive in places. The Obi Wan/Leia interactions were worth the price of admission alone.)
5. Ahsoka. (It was a mess, but the characters and sense of momentum kept me engaged)
6. The Book of Boba Fett. (what even was this supposed to be? As others have said, a crime boss who seemed reluctant to do crimes. Needed to either lean harder into a redemptive arc for Boba, or go the other way and make him a true anti-hero, instead fell between two stools and was just meh--apart from the episodes where Mando and Grogu showed up obviously!)
7. The Acolyte (the complete opposite of Ahsoka, much better plotted and more disciplined but lacked decent characters--and when it did have them it pretty much killed them off! I would like to see more of Qimir)
1. Andor (just on another level frankly)
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2. The Mandalorian (quality varies but consistently enjoyable)
3. Skeleton Crew. (Enjoyed this way more than I expected to. Complete opposite end of the spectrum to something like Andor but that isn't always a bad thing)
4. Obi Wan (I liked this a lot but there were too many episodes, should have been four. With six it felt repetitive in places. The Obi Wan/Leia interactions were worth the price of admission alone.)
5. Ahsoka. (It was a mess, but the characters and sense of momentum kept me engaged)
6. The Book of Boba Fett. (what even was this supposed to be? As others have said, a crime boss who seemed reluctant to do crimes. Needed to either lean harder into a redemptive arc for Boba, or go the other way and make him a true anti-hero, instead fell between two stools and was just meh--apart from the episodes where Mando and Grogu showed up obviously!)
7. The Acolyte (the complete opposite of Ahsoka, much better plotted and more disciplined but lacked decent characters--and when it did have them it pretty much killed them off! I would like to see more of Qimir)
Boba Fett problem seemed to be it was playing safe. Trying to be as least controversial,least shocking and least offensive as possible.
The result was a lukewarm unfocused,bland mess that didn't fit the character or pemise of the show.
Hell they couldn't even say slave one
Thats what Tony Gilroy got right. He wasn't scared to take risks or be controversial. He never played safe.
The result was a lukewarm unfocused,bland mess that didn't fit the character or pemise of the show.
Hell they couldn't even say slave one
Thats what Tony Gilroy got right. He wasn't scared to take risks or be controversial. He never played safe.
Only watched the live action stuff enough to comment on so it's
Andor: Amazing and one of my favourite TV shows of any IP or genre.
Mandalorian: Very enjoyable and well put together.
Book of Bo Katan: Poor and ruined what used to be a show called Mandalorian.
Acolyte: Just boring. I think the extreme hate for it must be forced because it's too boring to feel extreme anything for it.
Obi Wan: Boring with the added annoyance of trying to be a nostalgia character cash grab
Ashoka: Boring with the added annoyance of Feloni's just for replacing plot with "he it's a lore character" cameo every 5 minutes.
Bobba Fett: One of the worst things I have ever seen. So crap it even managed to make Sophie Thatcher look ugly.
Andor: Amazing and one of my favourite TV shows of any IP or genre.
Mandalorian: Very enjoyable and well put together.
Book of Bo Katan: Poor and ruined what used to be a show called Mandalorian.
Acolyte: Just boring. I think the extreme hate for it must be forced because it's too boring to feel extreme anything for it.
Obi Wan: Boring with the added annoyance of trying to be a nostalgia character cash grab
Ashoka: Boring with the added annoyance of Feloni's just for replacing plot with "he it's a lore character" cameo every 5 minutes.
Bobba Fett: One of the worst things I have ever seen. So crap it even managed to make Sophie Thatcher look ugly.
Me too, and not just in some cartoon or book!
I feel like maybe it ended up being a scapegoat for larger entertainment & cultural trends that people were mad about.
I haven't watched any of the animated, so:
- Andor S1
- Mandalorian/Book of Boba Fett
- Andor S2
- Obi-Wan Kenobi
- The Acolyte
- Ahsoka
That list looks precisely engineered to make it impossible to tell which end is the top.
The top of the list is THE TOP.
Live action only:
1. Andor (Sits on Zeus's throne on Mount Olympus, looking down at mortal efforts.)
2. The Mandalorian S1/S2
3. Ahsoka (Season 5 of Rebels. Deeply flawed but entertaining, with potential)
4. The Mandalorian S3
5. Obi-wan Kenobi (Pure dreck, but it has been fan-edited into a decent two-hour movie)
6. Book of Boba Fett (Vestas and the slowest, tamest chase scene ever put to film)
7. Skeleton Crew
8. The Acolyte (Raw sewage)
1. Andor (Sits on Zeus's throne on Mount Olympus, looking down at mortal efforts.)
2. The Mandalorian S1/S2
3. Ahsoka (Season 5 of Rebels. Deeply flawed but entertaining, with potential)
4. The Mandalorian S3
5. Obi-wan Kenobi (Pure dreck, but it has been fan-edited into a decent two-hour movie)
6. Book of Boba Fett (Vestas and the slowest, tamest chase scene ever put to film)
7. Skeleton Crew
8. The Acolyte (Raw sewage)
I've finally seen Skeleton Crew and The Acolyte so now I can update my ratings!
Skeleton Crew - They said it was going to be a fun '80s adventure for kids. It was! - Pretty good.
The Acolyte - Great fight scenes, twisty plot, unusual story. - Enjoyable enough.
This means that there isn't a single season of a single live-action Star Wars series I haven't enjoyed. It's nice that I get to be so positive about something for a change! With all the hate that the Acolyte gets, even in this thread, I was 100% expecting it to be the one I struggled with, but nope.
Skeleton Crew - They said it was going to be a fun '80s adventure for kids. It was! - Pretty good.
The Acolyte - Great fight scenes, twisty plot, unusual story. - Enjoyable enough.
This means that there isn't a single season of a single live-action Star Wars series I haven't enjoyed. It's nice that I get to be so positive about something for a change! With all the hate that the Acolyte gets, even in this thread, I was 100% expecting it to be the one I struggled with, but nope.
In descending order (not listing animation)
ANDOR - Great
SKELETON CREW - Great
MANDALORIAN - Okay. Uneven. Overrated Some good, some meh. Season 3 was a crapshow. Should have ended at Season 2.
ACOLYTE - Strong start. Some great moments, some frustrating and dumb ones, too.
OBI WAN - Very uneven with a lot of dumb stuff, but some genuinely good moments, too
AHSOKA - A complete whiff. Boring. Terrible lead character. Up its own ass with continuity that actively pushed away casual fans. A show that seemed to exist only to set up future content.
BOOK OF BOBA FETT - a complete disaster. What they did to Luke was unforgivable. A show so unfocused that it gave up two episodes to a completely different series. Some moments of shocking, WTF-level stupidity.
ANDOR - Great
SKELETON CREW - Great
MANDALORIAN - Okay. Uneven. Overrated Some good, some meh. Season 3 was a crapshow. Should have ended at Season 2.
ACOLYTE - Strong start. Some great moments, some frustrating and dumb ones, too.
OBI WAN - Very uneven with a lot of dumb stuff, but some genuinely good moments, too
AHSOKA - A complete whiff. Boring. Terrible lead character. Up its own ass with continuity that actively pushed away casual fans. A show that seemed to exist only to set up future content.
BOOK OF BOBA FETT - a complete disaster. What they did to Luke was unforgivable. A show so unfocused that it gave up two episodes to a completely different series. Some moments of shocking, WTF-level stupidity.
On balance, I liked it. I was really hooked after the first two episodes. Episode 5 is a masterpiece. But the show also suffered from bad pacing and some really weird, awkward and frustrating moments. The ending was....fine. Not amazing, but they didn't botch it, either.
Some very cool world-building and one of the most compelling villains in the canon.
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Andor
Ahsoka (Looking more forward to season 2 than any other project in any other franchise. Hail the Filoni!)
The Mandalorian
Clone Wars
Rebels
The Bad Batch
Skeleton Crew
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Book of Boba Fett
The Acolyte
Resistance
Ahsoka (Looking more forward to season 2 than any other project in any other franchise. Hail the Filoni!)
The Mandalorian
Clone Wars
Rebels
The Bad Batch
Skeleton Crew
Obi-Wan Kenobi
The Book of Boba Fett
The Acolyte
Resistance
what is a casual fan, is that like a swing voter or something
Having Luke stupidly repeat the same failed dogma of the old Jedi order about "attachments", dogma that directly contributed to their downfall?That was the best part of the series.
A belief that Luke personally refuted, since it was his attachment to his father that saved him and, by extension, the entire galaxy.
Is that the part you're referring to?
it was so unbelievably dumb I couldn't believe it. I mean, I know Favreau and Filoni are all about mindlessly referencing the canon, but I thought they'd at least put a whiff of thought into it first.
I won't overestimate those clowns again.
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