Honestly I couldn't believe that they were able to pull this series off as they did when I saw it. Seeing the Marvel-ised new Star Wars movies, the new series t

Honestly I couldn't believe that they were able to pull this series off as they did when I saw it. Seeing the Marvel-ised new Star Wars movies, the new series that were mostly just going for the looks (even if they were not bad) like Mandalorian or Obi-Wan - and then we get a depiction of a world of almost documentaristic reality, with figures and costumes that could be of a gritty enactment of the Russian October revolution... Besides some names, uniforms, the idea of an empire, a few easter eggs here and there, this venture had nothing to do with Star Wars, but was still among the best adult entertainment in recent years. How the showmakers of Chernobyl could pull this idea off from start to finish with Disney's management is beyond me. I understand that they saw the budget, and knew they could never tell such stories outside of such an established franchise nowadays, but Disney had much to lose with making an entry without any lightsaber fights or any semblance of humour, even if they wanted to target a different audience. It gives a pinch of hope for the declining western mass enternainment industry.