You don't really get that sense until after Revenge of the Sith that the New Republic was plagued by infighting and greed which led to the Fel Empire...
Yeah, I've loved all his films so far and I'm even more hyped for this because it'a huge passion project for him that he's been talking about wanting...
In my mind the best way to do new films is far in the future with a "twenty something" Grogu having Jedi adventures and that's like 100 years further...
Yeah, that is precisely where I thought the story was going and it seemed interesting enough but this just opened more possibilities which is a mark...
The Batman/Etrigan story was like that and it was excellent and the main feature with the fake Batman was similarly continuity free though not as fun...