SAFD: Based on early returns it looks like Simba is going to be a mighty king, but I will commit the mild sacrilege of voting for the acquired IP since I think
Empire is the better movie. But Lion King is a worthy champion.
@camaker let me add my thanks for running the March Madness bracket! Top notch work!
ETA: shoot - Ahsoka and Kenobi need to fit in there somewhere, too, and Acolyte. Can’t recall where they fit, though!
I know you're not including the animated works, but you really need to have watched Rebels to understand what's going on in Ahsoka, which is effectively a fifth season of Rebels. And even Andor has a brief call back to a Rebels episode (explaining why Cassian didn't bring Mon to Yavin himself after rescuing her from the Senate building). Also, some of the animated stuff is pretty solid. Rebels and Clone Wars and Bad Batch are all pretty good, and the new Maul series is off to a promising start and Maul looks completely badass in it.
Might be stirring the hornet's nest here but quite frankly if I was going to exclude something it would be episodes 7-9 based on just how god-awful they are. The prequels aren't great either but have some redeeming features. I cannot say that about the sequel trilogy. It's really just... bad, with Rise being the nadir of 1-9. I'd rather pretend 7-9 don't exist.
Part of the reason why I have no compunction in voting for the "acquired" movie in Empire is because the movies actually made under Disney's umbrella are horrible, at least the ones telling the Skywalkers' story.
