The recent episode of Mandalorian reminds me of the first Battlestar Galactica TV series. It was meant for kids, which means the presence of the kid actor and robot dog, but the writers couldn't resolve that with the adult premise of genocide.
Similarly, the Star Wars franchise is meant for kids, and the recent episode as well as the earlier films show that; I can imagine a nine-year-old enjoying it just as kids from the past would have enjoyed watching Flash Gordon serials, which are part of the influences of the franchise. But because of high production costs, they have to target to sweet PG spot, which explains the weird contrast between the goofiness of the recent episode and the political banality of the one before that.