Nope, you're not alone. I'm a fan of traditional hand drawn animation and I enjoyed the 2003 cartoon more visually. Yes, the 3D animated show had a great story. But visually it made me gag.

Oh boy..... I'm going to dig my SW Criticism post about how the Empire were the good guys and the Jedi were bad again.

Alderaan was like Afghanistan. They funded, housed, and supported Rebel Terrorists. Bail Prestor Organa was one of the founding members of the Rebel Alliance and was also the ruling leader of Alderaan. Striking Alderaan is a good thing. Planet wants to be gangsta until it's time to do gangsta shit. Part of that is getting space nuked by the Death Star.

The Sith was a religious order that broke away from the Jedi and were persecuted like many early Protestants were when they broke away from the Catholic Church. The Jedi literally waged a war and killed the original Species of Sith. THE JEDI WAGED A WAR OF GENOCIDE. They then went after people that simply wanted to experience emotions, have families, and want to grow.

The Jedi Order kidnapped kids and brainwashed them for God's sake. Yoda even said that Anakin was too old for training. Why? because he fucking remembered his mother.... that's why. They didn't even attempt to free his mother. They let her stay as a slave! Obi-Wan and Yoda lied to Luke to get him to fight against Vader. Nor did they train Leia and even tell her that she's Force sensitive. They told Luke that Vader killed his father, that his father was a navigator on a freighter, that his father was a innocent pawn killed by the Sith, etc.... ALL FUCKING LIES.

The Jedi were self appointed, fell under no civil government control (ie the People), mind fucked citizens, stole property, destroyed property, carried weapons while the citizenry were disarmed, and lopped off limbs like bored Samurai.

The Rebels wanted to bring back a corrupt government that worked much like the USSR. The Republic preached freedom yet bred an army of living beings and sent them to slaughter against a group of systems that wanted to leave the Republic over economic and tax issues. Sounds like fucking slavery to me.

The Empire didn't give a fuck if Han was armed.... Stormies walked right by him in the bar. He only got into trouble for agreeing to smuggle a know Jedi Terrorist and his Bacha Bazi Lover Boy Toy. Lando ran Cloud City with no problems.... until he harbored terrorists.

Rebel Scum and Jedi Lovers....

Who tormented Anakin? The Sith? No...

The Jedi did. They took him from his mother and left her as a slave. As a young child, Yoda told him to stop being afraid because it is wrong. No fucking shit a small kid will be scared, he was basically kidnapped, taken from everything he knows, told he is the "Choosen One", and basically instructed to forget his mother and let her die as a slave. Furthermore, as he grew into his teenage years. The Jedi told him "fuck your emotions" at the critical stage where emotional development is crucial. It shunted his growth and mind fucked him.

As a teenager, the Jedi told him that love, lust, and longing for a mate is wrong. Instead of instruct and explain. The Jedi simply went crazy Taliban on him and basically threatened to cut off his dick. He was confused and conflicted. He then is thrusted into a war as a teenager and given command of living beings that are to be treated as Droids. And once again, on top of all that they pump that bullshit that he's the "Choosen One" and will bring balance to the force by killing he Sith.

So they give him a trainee. He trains her, shows her the ways of the force, and develops a close bond. What does the Jedi do? They automatically think she was the bomber, expell her from the order, and want to have her executed. No trial, no gathering of evidence, no chance to prove one's innocence. She had to go on the run and prove her own innocence. What does the Jedi? Sorry for trying to kill you Asoka, let bygones be bygones. Yeah, great example of peace and harmony within he Jedi Order.

What then happens? He gets married but can't express his joy about it. He has kids on he way but can't be a proud father to be because of fear. Fear of what the Jedi will do to him and his wife because he already saw what happened to Asoka.

The Sith came in and simply told him, "Hey look, you're worried about your wife and kids? We support you having a family and caring for them. It's cool bro."

Also what kind of prophecy brings balance by killing all of he Sith and Darkside Users? Balance means an equal number on both sides. He did bring balance. The Jedi were reduced to an equal number as the Sith. The Jedi wanted the prophecy to allow them to go all wahhabist radical on he Sith and kill them like ISIS is killing.

Fuck the Rebels.

Jedi are bad.

Mando should not in any way return the child to them.

It was.

You know as a original SW EU geek after literally reading EVERYTHING. I've learned that the Sith and Empire were the good guys.

I just can't get into season 2. The dialogue seems wooden. It's like we're watching Mando navigate an old turns-based adventure game. He encounters someone whose help he needs. Then picks from a list of canned greetings, and gets canned responses.

The little interactions between him and BY seem forced. Maybe Cara Dune can revive the thing if they bring her back on.

I'll give it another go, but so far it just hasn't resonated like season 1.

There's a porn comic out there probably with that right now.

Rumor was they’re getting a spin-off show...

Comic as in internet porn. Not paper comic.

It was Baby Yoda's lunch is what it was.