There's some bad and a lot of good in both. (How I wish the prequel movies could have had anything that reached the depth of, say, the Pong Krell story arc!) For me, much of the reason I prefer Rebels is simply that I like the Empire era better than the Clone Wars era. I love how they incorporated McQuarrie concept art into the look of Rebels. The characters connected with me more than the characters in CW, but that's all subjective.
The first season steel is one of my favorites, actually. No embossing or anything, but the use of shiny metallic elements on the front and back covers is one of the best examples of that technique. Normally I feel that embossing and full-gloss is what makes a steelbook feel "premium," but I really like that one.
Yeah same here. Luckily no damage...this time. It's a beautiful looking steelbook. It doesn't have the "shiny metallic" elements the season 1 steelbook had but still nice and glossy. I ended up getting the US version of this season but the slipcover on that was very murky with the colours so I am really happy that this just uses those same cover images, slightly recomposed and a lot clearer!
