This show has given me hope for ST again. Discovery & Picard are unwatchable to me - just awful on every level. I tuned into this show with VERY low expectations and by the end of the season, I'm hooked. Great performances (especially Mount) beautiful production and solid writing. This show feels like it's being produced by actual ST fans instead of people out to deconstruct and ignore what came before like Discovery and Picard are.
The recent SW shows could take a lesson from the SNW team on how to do legacy characters with thoughtfulness and respect, callbacks that aren't gratuitous but instead fun and well done and introducing new ideas and characters with balance and good integration into the story along with strong writing and direction.
ST:SNW is everything Kenobi WASN'T. As a SW fan, that thought is a little heartbreaking, but I'm glad to have decent ST to watch and enjoy again. Bring on season 2!