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The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, Andor

As a huge fan of Star Wars, you'd assume that I've been a pretty big fan of the things they've been doing lately, and you'd assume correctly. However, my opinion has changed on the movie side, specifically the new trilogy. It's hot trash. With the exception of The Force Awakens being somewhat decent, The Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker are both hot trash. That's the nicest way I can put it. Fortunately, where I have been really getting all my Star Wars enjoyment recently, is the TV shows. And man, they have been nothing short of stellar, perhaps with a few exceptions here and there. And I'll say it now before I forget, Andor is my numero uno as far as Star Wars shows go. Everything else just kind of closely follows by lingering at the number two spot. They have all been so good that it wouldn't really feel right to rank them. So I'm not going to. Instead, I'm just going to discuss my overall experience with the Star Wars TV shows. It's easier to not spoil anything when I just talk about it this way:

Where do we even start? All three shows have gone away from the standard Jedi vs Sith Star Wars and instead have focused on characters that quite frankly should have gotten a lot more air time far before Disney took over. But thank god they are getting their time to shine now. Each show offers a deep look into a character that you wouldn't have otherwise thought much about, perhaps maybe the exception of Mandalorian and Boba Fett. Or maybe people have been wanting shows about these people all this time and I've just been ignorant to it. Either way, it's good that they are getting their time to shine now, and with the teams behind these shows not only giving us some of the best written Star Wars we have seen in a long long time, we are also getting some of the best looking shots Star Wars fans have ever seen. Of course, we saw some spectacles in Rogue One, but again we are just focusing on the TV shows. I've personally been really enjoying learning more about these characters and in some ways humanizing them and being able to sort of understand their reasons for doing the things that they do. The Book of Boba Fett does a nice job at this by not just giving us the Boba Fett we already know, but also giving us a Boba Fett we didn't think we needed, and now I'm glad I've watching this show. Not only for the fact that it ties in with The Mandalorian, but also, it was just nice to see a show focused on one character that people have loved for a long time, and in my opinion, served him well. I know people are not huge fans of The Book of Boba Fett, but I personally enjoyed it. I would imagine both The Mandalorian and Andor are pretty universally loved given that I have heard nothing but praise for both shows. And praise well deserved at that.

I mentioned that these shows bring us some of the best looking Star Wars we have seen in a long time, and I want to add to that by saying that besides every episode being movie quality or better as far as what you're getting out of each episode of each show, each episode throughout each show just really packs a punch. I watched through the first two seasons of The Mandalorian very recently given that the third season is releasing over the next couple weeks, and I wanted a refresher / get all caught up. And man, every single episode whether it was 30 minutes or 45 minutes felt like I was watching a movie. And each episode really tied in nicely with the last one that it felt like one long movie. I would easily watch it all over again, as well as Boba Fett and Andor.

Andor has a special place in all of this however, because I along with a few of my friends were all watching the show as it released. And I gotta tell ya, having to wait for a new episode of a show I'm enjoying is a feeling I didn't think I missed. It was really fun theory crafting what was going to happen next with the people I was watching it with, and I realized that because of modern streaming, that really doesn't happen that often, if at all. It's definitely a part of watching a show that I missed dearly. Again, didn't even really realize that I was missing it. Andor is amazing by the way, and I don't want to spoil anything about it. Just watch it.

All of these shows are not only shows that I would consider personal favorites of mine now. They are also shows that I wouldn't mind sitting down with people that haven't seen it, and watching it again. It's got the same spell that Breaking Bad has where you can definitely watch each episode again, and possibly pick up things that you didn't pick up the first time. Especially considering that there are connections between The Book of Boba Fett and The Mandalorian, that point goes even further. I'm sure I missed a lot in all these shows and I would not miss an opportunity to watch them again. And again, and again.