For me, the first arc was just... Bad. For multiple reasons, which you will discover. The second arc gets a lot better, the 3rd I actually really enjoyed and the 4th was... Ok.

Again. To me.

Discussing this without spoilers is difficult, but in very general terms: I feel like they threw overboard too much of the gritty realism for "cool" character moments. Instead of logically motivated decisions, things happen because plot. Chances for character development are squandered left and right. Everything is rushed (because apparently this should have been 4 seasons, not 4 arcs?), except when it is super dragged out for no reason. This deals a blow to the impact of scenes, because characters have no time to react to devastating occurrences. And, while petty, I have to mention it: the set design got way worse, esp. in arc 1, but also sometimes later on. Extremely obvious greenscreen/the volume scenes for scenes where it would have been trivial to find onsite locations.

It is still the best star wars out there, just... A 6.5/10 instead off 11/10.

In my personal opinion.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Thanks for this. I'm happy to know it's still passable for you. Just sad to know they couldn't keep it up. Unbelievable that they wouldnt approve 4 seasons or front the cash for good set design.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Yeah... But at the same time, they didn't HAVE to do 4 arcs and to catch up to Rogue One. They could have just made one arc into a season and given it the room to breathe.

Edit: there are seriously great sets in the Season, which just makes the... Suboptimal... Ones stand out.