Star Wars

Dave Filoni does seem to have a more unified version for where things should go. I'm looking forward to seeing where it may go, but I just don't want to get my hopes up so I'm not let down.

Good to see that Favreau is directing, not Filoni.

I like Filoni's world-building - imho he "gets" the Star Wars universe in a way that other writers don't... but I absolutely cannot stand his writing and directing. I remember watching his episode of Mando, the one where Ashoka fights in a Japanese-esque village, and the dialog was so awful I immediately googled to see who was making that awful ep and sure-enough it was him. I want him commanding the ship but not steering it.

He's got a good sense of vision and a nice stable of continuous characters to carry forwards the franchise, but I can't stand any of the shows he makes. Somehow they manage to be both tedious with infodumps of backstory while at the same time they make it feel like you're missing most of the background because you didn't watch a zillion episodes of his TV shows.

And while his capturing of the Star Wars "feel" is better than most, it's still very prequel-y compared to others.

With him at the helm, even with good directors like Favreau involved, it will likely feel like the recent MCU films - okay-ish movies bogged down with too much CGI and too much continuity from previous entries that weren't good-enough to deserve a follow-up.