The force actually had some rules and was not a magic system with witches and wands and cauldrons, and now we have Dathomiry witches mixed into the mess.
Dathomiri Witches and Magic was part of the early EU. IIRC it first appeared in the Young Jedi series and Jedi Academy series that was written in the mid 90's. And they repeatedly showed up again and again in the EU,
Courtship of Princess Leia,
Darksaber, the New Jedi Order, in the
Star Wars Galaxies MMO, in the various Essential Guides going back three decades.
And describing The Force as magic or sorcery happened as early as
A New Hope.
The Force being used by something other then dudes in robes and black outfits has been a thing for decades as well. In the Knights of the Old Republic area, a couple decades old now, there was all sorts of wackiness going on with the Force. It wasn't just Jedi and Sith hitting each other with laser swords. There were monsters and spirits and tribes of Force Wielders and Sith that looked like Tomb Kings etc.
Plus you got all of the stuff that occurred in things like
Dark Empire with the alchemy, or the Thrawn Trilogy with things like Battle Meditation and brain blanking and noncey null force bubble creating creatures/plot devices like the Ysalamiri.
Plus even in the Prequel Trilogy, we have talks of wacky prophecies, midichlorians, and the main character of the two trilogies being
immaculately conceived by the Force.
The Force has been way more then just fancy telekinesis for decades now.
The force is something one is born with, or was, but now the purple haired tomboy magically has it.
So by your logic Luke Skywalker shouldn't be a Jedi or Force Sensitive since he never showed any aptitude or force sensitivity. prior to
A New Hope especially in strict Lucas canon?
At least Sabine Wren has displayed lightsaber proficiency before and established that she was Ahsokas apprentice in the interim and maybe hinted at through her artistic abilities. Plus has the excuse of being a hard headed Mandalorian from some long lived bloodline. If there's a criticism it's that it's likely a story that will be explained in subsequent seasons instead of immediately for triggered Bulgars who are hate watching. But don't let that stop you from jumping to premature conclusions or assumptions.
As somebody who's never seen any of that stuff, I'll give that a single nostalgia point. It makes it harder to take it seriously.
Oh, I think they could have made that whole thing work better. Hera showing a bit of age, she's a mom, and it's, what, 5-10 years after the Empire fell? How old was she then? Also, she never changes her clothing. For crying out loud, she's telling off Senators in that leather jacket!
Just having her dress in a uniform with some stuff on the front to represent medals when it's reasonable would help, as would "Ah, I'm just on holiday visting an old friend." at the right time......
Again, just like with child endangerment, this is a standard practice in
Star Wars and in fiction in general.
Han Solo in the Desert.
Han Solo at an Award Ceremony on Yavin
Han Solo at a Top Level Briefing Prior to Endor
Han Solo in the Thrawn Trilogy
Like the biggest variation in Han Solo's dress is he wears a long sleeved dark jacket instead of a sleeveless vest jacket in
Empire Strikes Back (brrr cold) and in the Sequel Trilogy.
Just saying...
