Mandalorian might be a ST prequel, but from what Ive seen from it the big things from Mando that got people excited were elements from the OT/PT(Ahsoka, Bo Katan, Grogu, Luke, etc.). And on this very board some people were complaining that it was too reliant on nostalgia.
In fact it was a thread a few days ago
There’s no reason to believe Thrawn is back. If you’re looking for Ezra the first thing you’d do is interrogate underlings of Thrawn to see if he has made any communications.
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To beclear though Mandalorian is a very good show, but the most interestings elements of the show didnt originate from the ST. However I might have exagerated with the any content comment. The point of what I keant to say that the ST worldbuilding is inferior to the PT/OT by a large margin.