It's unfortunate when Joe Blow on the Internet (no offense intended to the channel I'll be linking to) can see the untapped potential of a major franchise like Star Wars significantly better than the owners of that franchise. As has been pointed out by more than a few people now, the fact that Andor is a better show than just about anything else Disney has done with the Star Wars brand, and yet nobody is watching it means that they've killed it with their mismanagement and poor offerings. Now, even with good content, people have already tuned out and lost interest. The brand has become nearly worthless. They'll have to provide non-woke, or even anti-woke content that is actually entertainment for some time as atonement before they can win back their audience. To paraphrase Mr. Darcy from Pride & Prejudice, the fans good opinion, once lost, is lost forever. But forever isn't literal. It just will take a long time to regain any sense of trust from the actual fans of the franchise to bring them back.
But it could be done. Actually, a major change in the leadership at Lucasfilm and a public declaration of commitment to the fans instead of an anti-fan, anti-white, anti-American screeds would go a long way towards making that possible in a single day. But then, they'll have to deliver. And they could. The franchise still has a lot of potential. Here's a sampling of what it could be, made by fans from footage cut from the Old Republic.
For some reason, this guy didn't make a tribute to the Jedi Knight, the most iconic Star Warsy of the stories in the game. But the bounty hunter and smuggler feel a bit more iconic after The Mandalorian, at least, even if they don't have any lightsabers or idiotic "heroes' journy" beats.
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