I know some one who works in a higher end consulting capacity for Lucasfilm. He said almost no one in Lucas or Disney management believed in Dave Filoni.....and now they are betting the company on him but they are playing it super safe and having Jon Favreau hand hold him.
Luckily this is Jon Favreau after he has taken his brain medicine. And it Jon and Dave's creative energies both working together well and at their top form.
I don't like the high digital resolution. Everything is also put in a dark and grungy color palate so it looks like you bought "pre-Stained" jeans at the store. It doesnt really look the rusted and broken down cowboy look that it wants to go for.
The music is very MEH
The acting is all good, but none of it is great [But the story doesnt have a lot for anyone to work with]
Story is very basic, BUT its trying to set the tone of the show [which it does well], show you that they respect the world in a way contemporary SW hasnt [which they accomplish well], and do the unfolding mystery box story structure that Streaming shows all do.
It builds the world up very subtly.
Is it good enough to get Disney Plus for it?
No....Not even close.
Does Disney trust that people will want to use their back catalog enough to use the service?
No (otherwise they would let you bing The Mandalorian on day 1)