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Well you really can't get more Disney than "any one could use the force, like you, and you, even you!"

Notice the key difference between the ST and Mandalorian which many have said feels more authentically SW is that its not so intently focused on injecting heart and warm fuzzies into the story and characters. You have cute aliens for that. It focuses on badass, morally grey characters duking it out for personal gain in a merciless and dangerous universe. An episodic space western. None of that describes the sequels. Essentially Har(rey) Potter in space with a big budget riding on nostalgia fuel.

Each trilogy has a different "soul" to it, in fact. They've progressively watered down the identity of the franchise and that makes it hard to attract new fans when people are not sure what they're signing on for/why. It used to be "omg star wars!" as it was those movies that captured our imagination and now younger people are pretty abundantly in the "meh, star wars" camp.

Its too bad Disney didn't take more time to study its predecessor in order to preserve the soul of the old into the new like the people behind Mandalorian did (better) later on.

They were seeing dollar signs and eager to capitalize, thinking that injecting old characters into a vanilla, undercooked plot (which in its entirety felt like it made a lot of noise but didn't advance the overall plot at all) was enough to "bring star wars back", when it required much more than that.