The best Star Wars since it was acquired by The Rodent is very easy to define. On the movie side, Rogue One. I thought Solo had some hot shit in it, but I can understand if you didn't want to pull the bar down for that particular ride. Beyond that, the first two seasons of The Mandalorian, Andor, and now - just finishing its run - is Maul. It's actually that good. Some people like it even more than me, and I like it a lot.

The Trailers for Mandalorian and Grogu don't make me feel like leaving the house for it.  Many of their series have been incredibly bad, or so uneven that you can't even calibrate your device. Mystifyingly bad; a six episode season to cradle a couple really cool scenes and then the remainder of the runtime is congealed industrial runoff, clogging the pipes. This is to say nothing of the interminable Culture War conversations one must endure whenever you bring up this Goddamn shit. Having grown up pretty religious, the reek of catechism always rankles. I'm using priestly jargon obviously, but the schemas are plain in any dogmatic framework and these frameworks abound. People who watch a four hour Hbomberguy breadtube skit don't seem to understand that it's a sermon and that they're going to church. They are.

I'm from Seattle. Okay? Our defining characteristics are that we

1. Believe all the right things, and
2. WIll never let you fucking forget it.

I am of a fundamentally different nature than someone who tries to farm clicks with their divisive horseshit. I do not seek their failure and I am not vengeful. I actually believe the progressive ideals promoted in these programs, which is why I hate it when through their execrable work and smug, self-satisfied deflections, they make progressive ideals look indefensible and clownish.

Maul has the best fights since The Acolyte, which had masterful combat if nothing else. But it also tells the story the Acolyte was hinting at in a skilful, superior way.

(CW)TB out.