This Is the Way: A Mandalorian Season 2 Review

It took Disney a while, but we are finally getting the Star Wars we deserve.

When Disney announced way back in 2012 that they were buying Lucasfilm, all I cared about was that we were getting new Star Wars. After all, the original trilogy was classic, and the prequels… well… they left something to be desired.

Don’t get me wrong; I still enjoy the prequels (at least two of them, anyway). And the prequels brought some of my favorite aspects of the galaxy far, far away, like seeing how the galaxy fell to Emperor Palpatine and what exactly the Clone Wars were (and also, The Clone Wars animated series). But it was difficult to see one of my favorite franchises go out with more of a whimper and not a bang (it wasn’t uncommon, though; Star Trek similarly ended with a lackluster film in 2002 until it was finally brought back in 2009 by the same director who would help usher in the sequel-era of Star Wars…man, the early 2000’s were not good for major science fiction franchises).

Say what you will about the sequel trilogy, though, because I loved them. No, they weren’t as good as the originals (nothing ever will be, ok?), but they were definitely better than the prequels. Force Awakens was a little too much like A New Hope, and Rise of Skywalker feels a bit rushed (and that…