I mean, dropping a literal moon on Chewbacca was indeed a hell of a way to open a series! (But seriously: it definitely had a completely different tone and told us that New Jedi Order was going to be different than anything that came before.)

Most of The Black Donellys feels like a fever dream, but that pilot is still etched into my brain.

Omg YES to both statements. In retrospect, it should have just been a movie. And I don't say that about TV shows very often.

What is it with opening sentences about jerkass kids that make you want to keep reading?

YES!