And the problem is this. Disney keeps grabbing fairly minor phrases or characters out of the original films and building whole mini-series out of them. But we know what is going to happen. It is not a spoiler to say that Vader survives, Obi-Wan survives, Leia, Luke, etc all survive. Because this is a prequel. It takes a lot of the edge, the "what's going to happen next" out of the equation. Yes, we now understand why Leia loves Kenobi like a father. But there isn't a lot of room for creativity. The bad guys are the same bad guys, the good guys include some lovable droids. There are a host of planets, various blaster and light saber battles. Some of the dialog is actually lifted from Episode IV. There is a kind of Star Wars playbook and this series sticks heavily to the canon. It doesn't help much to see a 44 year old Hayden Christensen playing the young man he played 22 years ago. Vivian Lyra Blair is engaging as the young Leia, and Moses Ingram knocks it out of the park not only by playing an impressive villain but by having levels upon levels of emotional depth. Other than these little sparks, it is pretty much same old, same old. I prefer "Mandalorian" and "Skeleton Crew", as they are new stories with new characters, and are far less predictable.
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