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Matapple13 Apr 2, 2026 +174

Maul: Shadow Lord is the 3rd Star Wars Disney+ show to get renewed ahead of S1’s release The first animated Star Wars Disney+ show to get this treatment The other 2 were The Mandalorian and Andor

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Captain-Wilco Apr 2, 2026 +74

Renewed publicly? Because the later seasons of The Bad Batch’s production definitely predate season 1’s release

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Matapple13 Apr 2, 2026 +33

Publicly, yes. The Bad Batch was only announced to be renewed for a S2 on August 5, 2021. Some days before S1 finale.

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TheRavenRise Apr 2, 2026 +18

this comment feels like something captain "i will not falsify an official report" wilco would say lmao

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Captain-Wilco Apr 2, 2026 +17

You’re like the first person in several years to recognize that the username comes from Bad Batch and not the band, thank you

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TheRavenRise Apr 2, 2026 +8

i’d reply with a gif of tech waving, but apparently r/television hates fun and whimsy

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ObviousAnswerGuy Apr 3, 2026 +1

I would have said *space quest* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Quest

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TheShoobaLord Apr 2, 2026 +188

*”What’s HIS story?”*

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KeepGoing655 Apr 2, 2026 +105

Providing a constant revenue stream for Disney.

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Bobby837 Apr 3, 2026 +1

That's hardly a story. Not that such hasn't stopped Disney before now, or after...

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coatimundos Apr 2, 2026

They should do my cousin’s Millie story. It’s not much but it’s better than whatever they did in the last few years.

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oldmangeorge Apr 2, 2026 +10

Except Andor is a true masterpiece.

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StatementCareful522 Apr 2, 2026 +12

wow thought I was in the Red Letter Media sub for a moment

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Puzzle-Necked Apr 3, 2026 +2

They just released a two hour review of Star Trek Voyager season one. Strap yourself in.

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Khornatejester Apr 2, 2026 +25

Formerly Darth, now just Maul.

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catdogfox Apr 2, 2026 +7

I’m no sith

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ghostofboromir Apr 2, 2026 +4

Before he was Darth he was known as Westfield

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LesserCornholio Apr 3, 2026 +1

Westfield Maulkowitz

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TWVer Apr 2, 2026 +1

Are his legs called Darth?

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Bisquiteen-Trisket Apr 2, 2026 +8

Tables!

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Puzzle-Necked Apr 3, 2026 +4

No one's ever really gone

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Bobby837 Apr 3, 2026 +2

We already know *HIS* story. The important end bit anyway. Before it became a non-important - except for Qui-Gon - middle bit. Maul's got a lot for middle(ing) bits...

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Mystery--Man Apr 3, 2026 +1

I can't wait for the General Rieekan spin-off show.

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reticulate Apr 3, 2026 +1

I'm holding out for the Crix Madine origin story miniseries.

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Mystery--Man Apr 3, 2026 +1

That one might actually be kind of good.

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reticulate Apr 3, 2026 +1

Haha after I posted it fully tongue in cheek I was like, "Y'know..."

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imaginaryResources Apr 2, 2026 +117

Mauls story been continuing for damn near 27 years already

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varnums1666 Apr 2, 2026 +66

Can't wait for MAUL: First Steps. A thrilling TV series where we see the untold story of Maul as a baby and how he learned to walk for the first time.

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kapnkrump Apr 2, 2026 +28

He grows an attachment for his legs,. Takes them out for walks, swimming, jogging, ect...only for them to be taken away in his prime by a punk Jedi Apprentice. Really adds that heartbreak Maul's overall character arc.

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Fluffy_Munchkin Apr 2, 2026 +3

Followed by the tear-jerking story of how he learned to walk for the *second* time. *Maul slowly stands on his new appendages, and takes a single, shuddery step.* \[Insert character here]: "Careful, careful...take it slow." Maul: "Sometimes before you've learned to walk...you gotta run." *Maul breaks into a slow trot while inspiring music plays. He builds up to a confident sprint, ending with agile acrobatics and a backflip.*

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NNotimportant Apr 3, 2026 +2

I assume you’re talking about his humanoid robo legs But I find this scene much much funnier in my head with his spider legs

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HiphopopoptimusPrime Apr 3, 2026 +1

And somehow Filoni will fit an Ahsoka Tano cameo into it.

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +14

Ironically he was supposed to be the big bad for Lucas's original draft for a sequel trilogy before Disney scooped up LucasFilm

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Gh0stMan0nThird Apr 2, 2026 +5

Do you mean his actual original script of Luke Starkiller or is this something he cooked up way after the fact saying "it was what I wanted to do all along"

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +18

No I mean a treatment he was working on for a sequel trilogy set after ROTJ. The basic outline was Maul attacking the new republic with an alliance of all the major crime syndicates, the protagonists were going to be a new set of Jedi apprentices trained by Like and Leia. Maul had his own apprentice, a twi’lek called Darth Talon

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jesuspoopmonster Apr 2, 2026 +6

That sounds interesting

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mercurius420 Apr 2, 2026 +3

"Somehow Maul returned..."

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Morgan-Moonscar Apr 2, 2026 +2

And what a coincidence... he's got a twi'lek in this series.

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gosukhaos Apr 3, 2026 +3

Yes, that's Darth Talon

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Arabiantacofarmer Apr 3, 2026 +2

And is uniting the crime lords

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new_account_wh0_dis Apr 2, 2026 +8

Somehow maul returned.

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NativeMasshole Apr 2, 2026 +3

This time he's just a head on robot legs.

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Heisenburgo Apr 2, 2026 +5

...*again.*

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aamirusmandus Apr 2, 2026 +3

Who left the fridge open?

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Gamerguy230 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Wait till you see how many times he has had his own canon comic book series.

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mr_ji Apr 2, 2026 +1

Does he just keep getting cybered until he's Adam Smasher? I haven't been keeping up since Clone Wars.

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Livio88 Apr 2, 2026 +17

Is the first season even released yet?

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Petrichor02 Apr 2, 2026 +11

Comes out on the 6th.

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Dallywack3r Apr 2, 2026 +349

An entire galaxy of stories but we keep following the same dozen or so characters from Dave Filoni’s toy box.

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Uuddlrlrbastrat Apr 2, 2026 +106

“We need a Baby Maul show!”

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IntoTheMusic Apr 2, 2026 +35

"Let's reintroduce Ewoks and each one can have a different personalty like Care Bears!"

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kapnkrump Apr 2, 2026 +24

I mean, they already did that. [The Ewoks cartoon.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_Ewoks)

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Maybeyesmaybeno Apr 2, 2026 +4

Hey some of us loved that weird ass cartoon.

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Kalse1229 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Never seen it, but I love how it was referenced in the recent LEGO Star Wars game. It was a nice pull.

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MugenEXE Apr 2, 2026 +5

My favorite is Snik’t. He impales people.

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ZiggyMangum Apr 2, 2026 +3

Don’t tempt him.

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Technical-Outside408 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Don't tell me he wouldn't be the cutest freaking baby in the galaxy.

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Greatsnes Apr 2, 2026 +6

Grogu currently holds that mantel but the Ewok would definitely take it from his weird ass, frog murdering hands.

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SoundofGlaciers Apr 2, 2026 +1

You don't need that comma but it makes your sentence more enjoyable. He probably would have a weird ass

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Greatsnes Apr 2, 2026 +3

Goddamnit I went back and forth on that comma and got tired of thinking about it so I left it 🤣

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SoundofGlaciers Apr 2, 2026 +6

I always find using weird ass in sentences to look odd too. I usually place a dash to prevent weird-ass confusing sentences. I don't claim to be the authority on commas though so it's all good.

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Greatsnes Apr 2, 2026 +2

Yeah you’re right I think it is too. Which is probably why I used a comma in the wrong place because I knew it looked weird but was wrong on how to fix it haha

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Mapex Apr 3, 2026 +1

Wait…wtf is an ass frog? Like Kermit with a BBL?

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +69

I'll chalk it up to poor audience numbers whenever they try to get out ot the toy box but it's really frustrating to see the same Filoni OCs over and over. Couldn't even get more then 2 seasons of episodic western Lone Wolf and Cub before Mandalorian turned into stealth Clone Wars s8

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Flagermusmanden Apr 2, 2026 +26

Exactly! The Acolyte, Skeleton Crew. Both were completely new stories, with new characters. And they both bombed hard. Cant get mad at Lucasfilm for doing what is clearly working. Maybe the people who say they want new stories don't really mean it, or maybe they are, in reality, a very small minority of the fandom.

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Vestalmin Apr 2, 2026 +15

From an outsider who needs a show to be good first and Star Wars second, The Acolyte was kind of uncharitably bad after a string of unwatchabley bad shows. Andor was such a shock because it was incredible outside of the norm for Star Wars recently. There needs to be a bigger and consistent refresh of quality to get people back

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MeatTornado25 Apr 2, 2026 +37

Don't blame the fans for not liking something new. Blame the studio for releasing subpar products. No one said the Acolyte sucked because there was no Luke or Anakin in it. It sucked because the writing felt like a rough draft.

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pauloh1998 Apr 2, 2026 +29

Skeleton Crew was great

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johnFvr Apr 2, 2026 +7

Indeed.

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Singer211 Apr 2, 2026 +21

Skeleton Crew was a good show though,

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Flagermusmanden Apr 2, 2026 +23

Except the viewership numbers tell a different story. Most people wrote these shows off before even watching them.

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +5

Bit of this, bit of that. Obviously a standalon show set in an era that at that point had only been used in really bad comics and novels started disadvantaged But those shows aren't released in isolation, if the one that came out before was bad then general audiences aren't likely to check out the new show. Book of Boba Fett and Obi Wan just did irreparable damage to the brand, Mando S3 was the killing blow.

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MeatTornado25 Apr 2, 2026 +5

It's a streaming show, which means people can watch it whenever they want. It's not like everyone had to tune in that first Thursday or whenever to judge for themselves. Unless you watched it as soon as it dropped, public reviews would start coming out before you watched it, and the general consensus was that it wasn't great, so why bother clicking on it? It's not like the Star Wars brand had built up a lot of recent trust where you needed to judge it for yourself.

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KumagawaUshio Apr 2, 2026 +1

Because after so much shit like Obi-Wan, Boba Fett and Mando season 3 who the hell still takes a chance with live action Star Wars Disney+ shows? The only reason Andor season 2 saw an uptick in viewership is the great word of mouth created by season 1 which did not do well in viewership.

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Flagermusmanden Apr 2, 2026 +1

You are absolutely right about Andor. But I would also note that Ahsoka still did really well despite coming out in the middle of all this.

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ForsakenKrios Apr 2, 2026 -2

Because of the writing. Acolyte picked up at about episode 5 and 6, then went back to frustrating for the final two.

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Flagermusmanden Apr 2, 2026 +5

That makes no sense. How could people dislike the writing before the show had even aired?

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penguinopph Apr 3, 2026 +1

People read reviews and make decisions based off of them.

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Flagermusmanden Apr 3, 2026 +1

It got good reviews though.

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MappleStarsSky Apr 2, 2026 +5

Most people wrote The Acolyte off before even watching it. The show itself wasn' t even bad lol, the fights were amazing and the story itself reminded me a lot of the prequel story.

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MeatTornado25 Apr 2, 2026 +4

I disagree completely. That show had so much hype years before we even got a trailer simply because there was a hunger for non-Skywalker stuff. On the other hand, a show right in the pocket of traditional Star Wars like *Andor* got written off for years before it came out.

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +3

Fandom hype or real hype? Because it opened to the worst audience figures among Disney+ shows. Even the really h******* fandom was pretty split with the track record High Republic material had at that point

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MeatTornado25 Apr 2, 2026 +6

By the time the show came out we had trailer and reviews, I'm talking about when all we had was a title & premise. We were also in the thick of a brutal run for Star Wars TV. If the show had come out 2 or 3 years earlier then I'm sure ratings would've been higher, but a lot of people were feeling burned by then.

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LordDusty Apr 2, 2026 +8

Acolyte getting bad viewing figures and bad reception was certainly down to two major factors - It wasnt very good and it was the culmination of fans frustrations with Disney SW. Coming off the back of the poor run of form with BoBF, Mando S3, Kenobi, Ahsoka and some varying quality animated shows as well as the failures of the sequel trilogy still in peoples mind, its hardly surprising that the Acolyte was the straw that broke the camels back. It was a show that showcased many of the reasons why fans werent happy with Disneys running of the franchise and so the Acolyte bore the brunt of that frustration

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +3

It wouldn't have because its not a good piece of television with pretty glaring issues. There's no discounting the abysmal pacing or poor creative choices nor how incredibly c**** it looks. Its like saying Obi Wan would have been critically acclaimed with 90% RT scores if it came out before Andor

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LettersWords Apr 2, 2026 +2

To me, The Acolyte also failed to deliver on the original promise of the originally announced premise >The Acolyte is a mystery thriller that will take us into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging Dark Side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. Sure, elements of that premise are there: there are Sith involved, it's set in the High Republic era. But it was not really what I'd describe as a mystery thriller in a galaxy of shadowy secrets. It's more a family drama about two sisters.

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Nurgleschampion Apr 2, 2026 +1

It was ok. Which once upon a time would have been enough to get a second series and could have really kick-started. Particulary with Qimir and on screen Plaguis, as well as the sisters choosing different paths but no chuds don't like women and executives get scared of spending a little money to give something a f****** shot. F*** the fans and f*** the executives.

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meatball77 Apr 2, 2026 +1

They spent so much money on the first season there was no way it was going to be renewed.

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Itchy-Beach-1384 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Skeleton Crew was fine. Acolyte was fine till its final couple episodes. Yall just cant accept that anything that breaks the norm gets shit on by the fanbase.

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jert3 Apr 2, 2026 +3

Acolyte being fine is really just your opinion. My opinion of that show aside, it did so poorly it was canceled in the first season. That's not a good performance for an expensive show on an established IP like Star Wars.

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firesyrup Apr 2, 2026 +1

Obi-Wan is by far the worst show they made. It is also the most watched because it did have Obi-Wan and Vader in it. Andor is the the best show they made, yet is one of the least watched, down there with Skeleton Crew and The Acolyte.

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jesuspoopmonster Apr 2, 2026 +3

I thought Obi-Wan was fine. It is good it was short but I enjoyed myself

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +2

Problem with Star Wars in a nutshell, it's just stuck in a never ending cycle of nostalgia. Disney just paid too much money to acquire the IPs and make them parks not to appeal to it It's why I loved the pre Disney EU, the quality wasn't always the best but it made the world feel huge, there was always a secret Sith lord or ancient super weapon behind the corner. Not having to really tie into movies or shows meant that writers could get away with taking bigger swings, within reason

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billygreen23 Apr 2, 2026

And I loved both of those shows. Really sucks.

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AlphaTangoFoxtrt Apr 2, 2026 +2

Rogue One, The Mandalorian, Andor to a lesser extent. People like new characters, and new stories. People just don't like *SHITTY* new characters, and stories.

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Flagermusmanden Apr 2, 2026 +4

Guys. You can't use Rogue one and Andor as examples of "new characters and stories" and the fact that more than one guy has now tried, I think, proves my point that people dont actually want new stuff. Rogue One is a direct prequel to A New Hope, with several old character returning, including Darth f****** Vader, the most iconic and well know Star Wars character of all time. Andor is a prequel to Rogue One, again, with several characters returning. And I know this is gonna be a controversial take, but if the problem with the new stuff is that it is "shitty", then you can't use The Mandalorian as an example either. Edit: Dude blocked me so he could have the last word. A classic listnook move, lol.

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Seregnar2 Apr 2, 2026 +2

I mean, you could also argue that The Acolyte used Ki-Adi-Mundi, Yoda and Plagueis. Had there been a season 2, I think those characters only would've been more involved.

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Flagermusmanden Apr 2, 2026 +2

You could absolutely make an argument for Ki-Adi-Mundi, I would counter that he isn't prominent enough in either the prequels or The Acolyte to truly matter more than a glorified cameo. Plagueis is only mentioned in the prequels, so he doesn't really count as a character. Yoda? Well the back of his head only showed up at the very end, and since there will never be a second season, I don't think he counts. Had the show continued, then it would be a different story.

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AlphaTangoFoxtrt Apr 2, 2026 +1

> You can't use Rogue one I can, and will. > and Andor I specifically said "to a lesser extent". >Rogue One is a direct prequel to A New Hope It's still a new story, focused primarily on new characters. >including Darth f****** Vader, the most iconic and well know Star Wars character of all time Dude has like 3.5 minutes of screentime out of a runtime of 134 minutes, about 2.5%. He's not a major part of the story. He has a single action sequence at the end. The story is new. It's events we know happened, but did not know how. The major characters are also new. > Andor is a prequel to Rogue One, again, with several characters returning. Oh no, a star wars story set in the star wars universe! Again it's a new story we have not heard before. And sure it has returning characters, but it has many new ones. >if the problem with the new stuff is that it is "shitty", then you can't use The Mandalorian as an example either. I can, and will. It's had ups and downs, but it's generally been positively received. Oh, also I don't care what your opinion is about my opinion. I'm not arguing with you. I'm telling you my opinion, if you don't like it, too bad. There is nothing you can say, or do, that will change it.

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A_90s_Reference Apr 2, 2026 -4

Those shows sucked. Andor and R1 were new and arguably the best stuff star wars has ever made. It's not the fans. They'll give anything a chance.

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NahdiraZidea Apr 2, 2026 +6

I really liked Skeleton Crew, great contained story for me.

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Greatsnes Apr 2, 2026 +1

How was Andor new? It had a bunch of established characters telling a story that’s not at all new in a time period we’d already seen. None of it is new lmao.

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Singer211 Apr 2, 2026 +4

To use a different example, Scream 7 just became the highest grossing film in the franchise and it is nothing but nostalgia bait. The reason studios keep doing it, is because it works.

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IrrelevantLeprechaun Apr 2, 2026 +3

To be fair, the few times they've tried to expand their stories beyond familiar characters, nobody watches it.

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GameMusic Apr 2, 2026 +6

this is not true though skeleton crew had totally new characters with only indirect connection to the rest and had an isolated world for that while the plot had issues they were quite impressive with planetary creativity by creating five worlds that are totally unique within star wars while fitting the story bad batch focuses on a crew whose role was one arc from clone wars mando only had the character designs from other characters until the second season the sequel trilogy was bad for many different reasons but among those was attempting to push new marketable characters which had very little connection to the rest and the acolyte while bad brought in only tiny cameos for three characters one of whom had never been seen on screen people are just making up bullshit when they do not like series but lack the sophistication to say why

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TheOliveYeti Apr 2, 2026 +19

The sequels and the acolyte weren't bad because they were original. They were bad because the writing was ass People are just making up bullshit because they want to see the same characters in every show and clap when they appear on-screen The first season of the mandalorian was easily the best of that series. Then it turned into: REMEMBER LUKE SKYWALKER?? REMEMBER BOBA FETT? REMEMBER AHSOKA?? REMEMBER ALL THESE CARTOON GLUP SHITTOS? Hell, even the boba fett series was so shit they basically had The mandalorian, baby yoda, Ahsoka, and Luke take it over for a few episodes.

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muad_dibs Apr 2, 2026 +13

The worst thing about “The Mandalorian” is that it just turns into a show about how dumb The New Republic is that they didn’t see The First Order being created right under their thumb to justify its existence in the sequel trilogy.

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TheOliveYeti Apr 2, 2026 +5

The new republic continuity is such a mess that they should honestly just not try to fix it because I don't think there's a good way to connect the trilogies Andor was excellent, but the way those characters (particularly Mon Mothma) behaved off-screen between episode 6 and 7 makes no sense

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Toby_O_Notoby Apr 3, 2026 +2

It's part of the JJ problem - all of the spectacle but none of the "yeah, but why or how?" He couldn't fit Luke Skywalker into his story, so he just had him exiled to a planet. As to why? Who cares, that's up for the next guy to decide! Also, the Empire completely rebuilt itself in about 20-30 years. How? Who knows! That's up to someone else to fill in... Having said that, there are plenty of historical examples of people being too appeasing after a war that just leads to more war. Germany after WWI, the Reconstruction Era of the postbellum South, etc.

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tigerbait92 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Imagine that story told in the same vein as Gilroy's Andor; intelligent and realistic (well, it's Star Wars, but still) depiction of growing fascism in the wake of the empire's collapse. Could have resentment against the new leadership that the Empire faithful can't stand and call too left-leaning, alongside psy-ops and propaganda that start radicalizing more insulated members of society against the more vulnerable ones who are only beginning to get their rights. Could have a famous figure in the media rise to power under a grift and promises that he could never keep that are more words of a strongman than actual policy; stronger regulation against immigration, demonizing of marginalized peoples (aliens, for example), nonsensical economic promises. Hell, the Imperial holdouts could lose a democratically-held election and try to force a coup--oh wait. Okay, yeah, nevermind.

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Nindzya Apr 2, 2026 +3

> The first season of the mandalorian was easily the best of that series. Then it turned into: REMEMBER LUKE SKYWALKER?? REMEMBER BOBA FETT? REMEMBER AHSOKA?? REMEMBER ALL THESE CARTOON GLUP SHITTOS? The entire premise of the Mandalorian is "we need some fresh toys to sell, what if we made a baby yoda and a 3rd boba fett" and it had no idea where it was going then they actually tried to piece together a story in the second season. It was way better.

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Kalse1229 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Hard agree. S1 is by no means bad, but I still think S2 was better by virtue of having an overarching plot. The main character had a goal he was striving towards. Sure, there were side quests and other characters having their own arcs, but Mando’s goal of finding a Jedi to train his little buddy was the driving force of the season. It’s why it’s the best season IMO.

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jert3 Apr 2, 2026 +1

I agree. They should hire writers based on ability. Not ... other concerns. A lot of writers hired for these Star Wars (and Star Trek) shows don't even have any experience, or even interest, in science fiction.

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +2

We don't know really though because they haven't actually tried making a brand new, standalone trilogy without obvious stand ins for previous characters or sons/daughters/nephews of existing ones with proper writing and a vision for the story and universe

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Maverick916 Apr 2, 2026 +5

You wouldn't watch a random new characters show so don't start with this sanctimonious bull shit.

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Howmanysloths Apr 2, 2026 +2

That shit ain’t gonna change now. Star Wars is f****** dead.

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savvyxxl Apr 3, 2026 +1

Because when they introduce new characters they are generally disliked

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Km_the_Frog Apr 3, 2026 +1

Never gonna stop either now that he’s at the helm. Part of why Andor was so good and well done is it introduced characters we’ve never seen before and treated them like normal mortal characters. Not afraid of killing people off.

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Itchy-Beach-1384 Apr 2, 2026 -5

So you haven't watched Mandalorian? Or the Clone Wars? Or Bad Batch? Or Book of Boba Fett? Or Ahsoka? Or Acolyte? Or ever Tales series? Because there are a couple hundred Or maybe even thousands novel characters with storylines that connect through the shows at this point.

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TYBERIUS_777 Apr 2, 2026 +8

Let’s not act like the second season of the Mandolorian wasn’t memberberries to the max. Boba Fett and Ahsoka are also legacy characters. Clone Wars as well. They all predate Disney. The original comment literally said people are tired of Filoni’s toy box characters. And they’d be right. Cad Bane showed up in Boba Fett. The second season of Mando was chock full of Clone Wars characters plus Luke Skywalker. Star Wars has been retreading the same stuff for too long.

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Tomhyde098 Apr 2, 2026 +78

Star Wars is just going to stay in the same 60 years for forever aren’t they. The fan base is going to dwindle until it’s just the insane fans that all hate each other.

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The_Medicus Apr 2, 2026 +22

We've got Starfighter coming out next year, which pushes a few years further into the timeline.

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RealJohnGillman Apr 2, 2026 +7

Well, this season will be introducing a younger version of Darth Talon, a character from the *Star Wars Legacy* comics that George Lucas intended to feature as Maul’s apprentice in his original treatment for the *Star Wars* sequel trilogy — if they stick to having her live a long time, one could see her popping up in the post-sequel trilogy era.

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gosukhaos Apr 2, 2026 +5

Shit, Talon is in this? Now I'm a lot more interested in the show

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RealJohnGillman Apr 2, 2026 +2

Indeed — the series as a whole seems to be her origin story (to note it might take a season or two for her to become Talon, in taking the name).

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JAWinks Apr 2, 2026 +12

Maul is basically just a depiction of the future Star Wars fan

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NATHAN4U007 Apr 2, 2026 +15

Minus the combat skills.

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Fan-Fluffy Apr 2, 2026 +2

I said this a few months ago and someone didn't like it, it was about this series, the impression I get of Star Wars on television is that they're always revising things and expanding the same stories, talking about the same characters, for a saga that has the galaxy as its backdrop, that's quite lazy from my point of view.

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Maverick916 Apr 2, 2026 +2

What would you have them do. Because every time they do new characters the show bombs.

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SoundofGlaciers Apr 2, 2026 +2

Not that big of a SW fan to know the answer off top of my head apparently, is there a show that doesn't take place in that time range without the familiar ensembles?

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Maverick916 Apr 2, 2026 +1

The Acolyte took place 100 years before Phantom Menace. And everyone hated it and it bombed. I doubt we'll get outside that time frame, but they do multiple shows about new characters within it and they always get negative reception. I'm not saying they're good shows, but people are really just using the same lame excuse to complain even when it doesn't make sense.

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dating_derp Apr 3, 2026 +1

The Acolyte was a really bad show. If you make a show with dialogue and execution like that, it's going to be bad, regardless of its place in the timeline. What people want is a *good* show that takes place outside of the 100 years we've been getting.

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Jayk_Dos31 Apr 2, 2026 +1

We need to start getting comfortable as a species about letting franchises just end. A franchise no longer pumping out content doesn't mean it stops being loved or a relevant part of the cultural zeitgeist. Beowulf never got a sequel or a spin off, but people still talk about that.

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Bears_On_Stilts Apr 2, 2026 +1

The issue here is that Star Wars is extremely popular, in an extremely unpopular genre: space opera/sci-fantasy. Mass audiences have historically never cared much for that genre EXCEPT when it's connected to Star Wars, and the more it strays from the characters and factions they know about, the more it becomes "a generic space opera with a very very expensive name tag."

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armageddon442 Apr 2, 2026 +1

Shout out r/StarWarsCantina and the YouTube channel Star Wars Explained. There’s still some good parts of the fandom out there. (And I’m very excited by this news and for the show)

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Old-Way-5529 Apr 2, 2026

idk why they dont make a sequel era cartoon. im over the prequels. give us a show between TLJ & TROS, try to fix it the way clone wars made the prequels better

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ZBRZ123 Apr 2, 2026 +5

Resistance is an animated show set during the sequels. It’s just not as good, and in a different animation style.

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krispyboiz Apr 2, 2026 +4

I mean, they technically did already with Resistance, which I believe was set between TFA and TLJ? Didn't do great, BUT I do think a part of that was that they went for an even more light-hearted tone . Not saying it would be a surefire hit, but if they did the whole Clone Wars style series but in the Sequel Era, maybe it could work?

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MeatTornado25 Apr 2, 2026 +3

I'm sure there's multiple reasons. Number 1 is that they're simply afraid it won't do well because of the backlash to the sequels. Number 2 is probably that they're still not confident about the details of that era and aren't ready to have writers actually put things in stone and potentially lock certain characters in place. The Clone Wars was very different because George dgaf if anyone liked it or not, it was his passion project and he was willing to burn money to make it. And he didn't really care too much about canon either. He was the ultimate decider for everything and didn't feel any pressure about it.

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dragunityag Apr 2, 2026 +7

Which is another issue with the sequels. A TV show to fix it like clone wars did is just rehashing the exact same plot. The fall of the ~~old~~ new republic and the rise of the ~~Empire~~ First Order. Heck even though the prequels weren't well written they atleast had a consistent plot and I wanted to know more about the characters. The same doesn't apply for the Sequels for me atleast. Disney either just needs to de canonize the sequels and start over and recast everyone or just jump very far into the future.

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NeverSober1900 Apr 2, 2026 +7

They should just decanonize the sequels at this point. It's basically impossible to do anything in between the original trilogy and the sequels because of how it's set up. They already are in a weird spot with how to handle Grogu. Ignoring it and skipping forward would also help but it's just such a shame they screwed the sequels so bad.

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meatball77 Apr 2, 2026 +2

They can explain it away by saying that everything in the sequels happened in a corner of the universe.

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Singer211 Apr 2, 2026 +2

The entire ST only takes place over like a year and the world building is frankly not good. There’s not much to work with unlike the PT.

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Ikarus3426 Apr 2, 2026 -2

The fan base dwindling could be the best thing for Star Wars honestly. Get some of the toxic c*** out of there.

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Plastic-Industry5673 Apr 2, 2026 +2

I mean the new trilogy was objectively weak on logic points, which is just bad writing. They were way too quick to make their money back on the IP and I get that but the story is not good. The writing is often the weak point when it comes to Disney because i think most people are all over the effects currently.

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ZBRZ123 Apr 2, 2026

They tried to do something outside the “Skywalker Era” with The Acolyte and the fanbase threw a fit. As a Star Wars fan, the unfortunate reality I have to reckon with is that Star Wars fans HATE Star Wars. The franchise will die because the people it’s made for will kill it.

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NoNefariousness2144 Apr 2, 2026 +13

I’m guessing this is another case of an animated show being ordered for 20-24 episodes and then splitting them into two “seasons”?

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Kmart_Stalin Apr 2, 2026 +8

Doesn’t seem like it

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Alarming_Orchid Apr 2, 2026 +7

2 subtitles is crazy

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PukeKaboom Apr 2, 2026 +23

MORE MAUL. AND IF NOT MORE MAUL, THEN MORE BABY YODA.

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Whalesurgeon Apr 2, 2026 +17

But where´s baby Maul? Whats his story?

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Lucienofthelight Apr 2, 2026 +1

Taking care of his two brothers because Mom’s always busy with spooky witch business. So make it a Dathomirian Sitcom.

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shy247er Apr 2, 2026 +29

This comment section is as depressing as all when it comes to Star Wars, but Maul is my favorite character (along with Ahsoka) so I'm happy.

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bwurtsb Apr 2, 2026 +4

Agreed - When Maul was "killed" in Ep 1, I was bummed out as a kid. He was a new character, with a cool look, aggressive fighting style, rocked the double saber, and seemed like such a fearsome warrior. When they brought him back in Clone Wars, it was a little weird, but ultimately you were able to see a villain that brought fear in multiple ways. His voice, his look, his aggression, his cunning, and force power. Showing the rise of Maul from physically and mentally mangled guy to a dude who took over Mandalore was awesome. He didnt just take it by force, it was built up over several seasons. He had more character development than anyone from the recent trilogy, and I would love to see it expanded even more.

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shy247er Apr 2, 2026 +5

Clone Wars really fixed so much in Star Wars. My favorite SW content to date.

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bwurtsb Apr 2, 2026 +1

Minus the "Somehow, Maul survived", they crushed it. Should have had some explanation that Palps retrieved Maul in Naboo, and turned him into the Spidermaul. Then was rescued from his med bay/insane asylum by Savage, and returned to Talzin. The whole trash planet and being fueled by rage towards Kenobi was whack.

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fed45 Apr 2, 2026 +6

Damn, I had to scroll pretty far to see this comment. I agree, people are goddamn miserable any time anything Star Wars is discussed. Just people posting the same tired responses of "same era" and "why do we need this" 🙄 I think this show looks f****** awesome if the trailer is anything to go by. And the animation looks incredible.

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Kalse1229 Apr 2, 2026 +2

Agreed. There’s still a large chunk of time unaccounted for. Between Order 66 and Twilight of the Apprentice, the only other appearance of Maul is in Solo, where he’s leading THE big crime syndicate Crimson Dawn in the background. Seems like a classic crime lord rise-and-fall story waiting to happen.

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Kmart_Stalin Apr 2, 2026 +2

F*** yah I’m excited for Maul Dunno how people thought he died when he was only cut in half. (People survive that in real life btw)

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AssassinSnail33 Apr 3, 2026 +1

People survive being cut in half and falling hundreds of feet into an industrial shaft in real life? You really think that? Unless there was a hospital at the bottom of that hole, nobody is surviving that....

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Kmart_Stalin Apr 3, 2026 +1

Well you’re talking about humans and Maul is a force sensitive Zabrak that can break his fall using the force You’re applying way too much realism in this sci fi fantasy soap opera

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AssassinSnail33 Apr 3, 2026 +2

I know, I was just responding to the part you said about people surviving that in real life. You brought up the realism of it, not me. And there aren't any force sensitive Zabraks in real life unfortunately. People do not survive that in real life. Also, I think it's pretty reasonable for people to think that he died in Episode I, it was clearly what they wanted to imply with the scene. He doesn't show up in the subsequent movies, and he's replaced by Dooku as the Sith apprentice. Bringing him back as a twist in the Clone Wars worked specifically because everyone thought he was dead.

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firedrakes Apr 2, 2026 +3

wait when did season 1 drop?

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A-Good-Weather-Man Apr 2, 2026 +10

Honestly i hope they continues The Acolyte’s story with this style of animation.

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apompousporpoise Apr 2, 2026 +11

I hope we get a Tales of the High Republic miniseries.

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TheRavenRise Apr 2, 2026 +1

i think that would take a more work than it would be worth to relegate to just a tales miniseries rather than a full dedicated show. one of the reasons tales works so well (from a production standpoint) is because they've been able to reuse *a lot* of assets from TCW/TBB, and i'd imagine an animated show set in the high republic era probably wouldnt be able to do that quite as much. they wouldn't even be able to reuse the coruscant they have built. if they'd theoretically be putting all that work in, then it might as well just be its own show

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Archie204 Apr 2, 2026 +2

I knew he was popular when he came out. But I doubt people thought he'd become as big a deal as he is today. Credit to his character designer Iain McCaig

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peacefinder Apr 2, 2026 +2

Darth Maul has been a two-parter for a long time

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kiaxxl Apr 2, 2026 +1

No one's ever *really* gone.

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promixr Apr 2, 2026 +1

I would love a prequel that tells the story of a young Yoda and Darth Plagus the wise -

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Kalse1229 Apr 2, 2026 +4

Eh… I think Yoda’s origins are considered “no touchy,” per Lucas’s request. Would feel wrong to see him as anything other than a wise master. Agree with Plagieus though. It seemed like the Acolyte was going to briefly touch on that before its cancellation. As it stands, I’d love an animated straight-to-streaming movie about Plagieus that’s a loose retelling of the book pre-Disney.

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crossedstaves Apr 2, 2026 +2

Young Yoda? So like 900 years before the movies?

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camusonfilm Apr 2, 2026 +1

People are the most sour assholes about Star Wars lmao

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ARC--1409 Apr 3, 2026 +1

It makes perfect sense to me. I have not seen it yet and already know I love it.

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Knight_thrasher Apr 3, 2026 +1

Sometimes less is more

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tornjackpot Apr 3, 2026 +1

Just let the guy die

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scotty899 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Red face robo leg man. Lord

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Sad-Kaleidoscope9165 Apr 3, 2026 +1

Dies in Phantom Menace, resurrected without explanation in Solo, now has his own show... Make it make sense.

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Insanity1994 Apr 2, 2026

Don’t ask questions just consume product

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NovoMyJogo Apr 2, 2026 +1

Sam Witwer is one of the best things in Star Wars right now. I'm tired of Star Wars, but it's great to see how much Sam genuinely cares for the universe

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filanwizard Apr 2, 2026 +1

Wasn’t he cut in half and chucked down a pit?

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whitepangolin Apr 2, 2026 -20

Yay, Filonislop forever!

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