House of the Dragon and Rings of Power.
By the end of 3 is certainly does. It's so weird reading reviews that praise the world building and back story elements while another totally rips the show for doing too much of that in the first 3. Can't please everyone I guess.
It actually took me a while to get through the first 2 episodes. I was watching later at night, before bed and kept nodding off. I didn't hate the first two episodes at all, it's just not the type of content to be watching when it's close to your normal bed time.
Kinda of glad I watched ep 1, then waited a couple of days and watched 2 and 3 btb.
I agree. It's interesting background into the organized resistance and how the empire takes control of everything. The action is a little slow so far, but there's enough to keep your attention and I imagine it will pick up. The sets, special effects and acting have been great so far, too.
Episode 4 certainly did a better job of introducing more recognizable SW elements. But to be fair, it's a big damn galaxy. Not everything has to run through Tatooine contrary to almost every other SW show and movie.
-- good analogy! ).
