First off, I have to say that Amandla Stenberg, Manny Jacinto, and Lee Jung-jae Nailed their roles. There’s nothing wrong with the acting.
I think the downfall of this show was trying to cram the entire story into 8 episodes. It felt rushed, and I think this is what really caused this show to fall on its face. In classic Disney fashion, the entire point of the first season seemed to be a big pilot episode for season 2. Disney needs to stop doing this. It makes every episode feel like filler and they don’t have time to establish a plot with substance. Shows used to have 20 episodes per season. I don’t know why no one can seem to do this anymore. These Disney shows have huge budgets. Where does all the money go?
This could have been a great show, but I feel like the Disney board room cut it down so much it just didn’t make much sense. Too bad, I was looking forward to something other than “Rebellion vs some variation of the Empire”.