I'm not thrilled with how the first episode of the season went. For the longest time Hollywood seems to be struggling with story writing. The first two seasons of Mandalorian were great. so I was thrilled that there was going to be more Star Wars with BoBF, Obi-Wan, Andor and Asoka. The first three were ok. I guess you can't hit a home run every time. They explained a proposed story line and I guess it did that, but I definitely wasn't wowed by that.
I suppose all the good writers have passed on, and the new ones are just regurgitating what the old ones wrote, or rely on special effects to impress the audience and think that's going to draw them in. Remember the morphing 3d technology that was invented in the 90s? Right after that producers started releasing movies that featured that. Cobble together a script around it in a couple of days and "tadaa" you have a film.
I don't work in Hollywood, but I've read a lot of stories and viewed videos on how poorly the writers are treated. They have a script, but the director, or actors have a problem with it, and they need a re-write in a few minutes. I've watched "Star Trek-The Center Seat" and I was shocked at how the last minute every thing is, and am amazed at how, most of the time, they released a pretty entertaining film. Yes, they weren't perfect by any stretch, but still entertaining.
TazMan2000