It's a live action cartoon in the sense that most episodes of the show are self contained adventures of little consequence that are only vaguely tied together by a bigger plot. The stakes aren't very high and action scenes are abundant, so the main characters are rarely in any real danger. The acting is just okay, truly emotional scenes can hit hard but are extremely rare. The main hook for most of the show is visual rather than anything character driven, making the story feel very surface level.

> or why I should care.

I've been asking that question about Mandalore and their culture for like a decade now.

Especially where we are now. I don't understand why we should care about Mandalorians re-uniting to take back their broken, deserted homeworld.

> If you strip away the Star Wars paint....

I've been banging that drum since Season 1.

When I show up and can't play tennis because there's now less courts available I'm going to complain about it, yes.

Local tennis courts getting converted into pickleball hurts me deep in my soul.