Gotta say, as someone who is as anti-woke as they come, I didn't see why the online community sh*ts on this as much. I thought the first 3 episodes were okay, nothing special but not the worst thing I've ever seen as some have suggested. Sure, it's stunning and brave and it pretty much shouts that into your face everytime it has the chance to. But the story actually intrigues me. The biggest mistake they made was to hire Leslye Headland (and I still have no clue how an inexperienced person could get a gigantic gig like that out of the blue), who seems like a genuinely unbearable person and has not helped the marketing of this show in any way with all the 'Yaaas it's the gayest Star Wars of all time' crap during the press tour. Plus I didn't even see much of that in the first three episodes anyway, but who knows, maybe I'm in for a surprise in the next episodes
I'm actually intrigued where they'll take it, and just hope they keep their damn socio-politics out of the Star Wars universe, like making Darth Plagueis trans or something just as a middle finger to the audience. They sure don't keep it out of the interviews, which I have avoided specfically to have a neutral gaze at the show and not be influenced by knowing the crap these people have said, of which I only read a few quotes, which was enough to make me understand why so many are hating on the show. If you call your audience names and all kinds of -phobes and -ists, don't be surprised if the audience doesn't like what you make.
I don't know, the money and behind-the-scenes craft by the art departments is obviously there. I'll wait and see, but am actually looking forward to the next episodes, cautiosly.
Edit: Oh yeah, and I read more than a few youtube video thumbnails saying things like 'Episode 3 is going to break Star Wars forever'. I have honestly no idea what the hell they mean, unless I missed something. There was nothing even remotely of that nature in the new episode.
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