This was reported to be a different kind of show and it really is, but in a good way. As a fan of prequels, this episode is one of the first ever since to really do justice to the beautiful and compelling galaxy of Star Wars. The story seems well written and the pacing is appropriate. Some of the previous series have either been VERY slow or skipped through interesting parts, but this episode seems only to present what's necessary, and then explore it as much as needed. What's best, you can see the storyline's gonna take quite a few episodes to unfold. The characters are well written, and, fortunately, no wokeness detected in them, so we're back to Star Wars default. It's interesting to see what this show's gonna be like.