I think modern Star Wars has a real stakes problem.

I've seen a lot of people talk about this, and it's something I'm inclined to agree with.

Modern Star Wars, the Mandoverse in particular, really seems to have a big problem with managing the stakes of the series.

And I'm not just talking about the obvious stuff. Like how in the Obi-Wan show we know no one important will die because they still have to be around for the OT, or how in Ahsoka Thrawn's big return doesn't have the impact it should have because we know he's gonna lose for the sake of setting the stage for the sequel trilogy.

I'm talking about the character conflicts and interpersonal drama. It feels like every time they set up a potentially interesting conflict, they resolve it almost right away.

Din and Grogu are separated at the end of Season 2 of The Mandalorian? They're reunited almost instantly in another show.

Din has the Darksaber, and he can't just give it to Bo Katan? He loopholes it back to her before he can use the Darksaber in any interesting capacity, and then it just gets anticlimatically destoryed in the final battle.

Moff Gideon has a bunch of clones of himself? All destoryed instantly.

Sabine betrays everything she stood for by giving Baylan the map to Thrawn because she's desperate to see Ezra again? Never gets fully addressed and Ahsoka just burshes it off as no big deal.

Ahsoka and Sabine are trapped in another universe away from their home and family and friends, right when all the shits about to go down? Nah, no big deal. They're meant to be here, so it's okay.

There's probably more I could think of, but those are the main ones that stick out in my mind for now.

Needlessly to say, this is all a huge problem that Lucasfilm needs to sort out going forward. Because if the stakes don't matter, if the characters don't seem to care, then why should we care? What's there to be invested in?

Also, please note, I haven't seen Skeleton Crew yet so I don't know if that show has done a better job at this.