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How about a bit different perspective?
What long running franchise should be taking out of the hands of idiots and given to people who are actually talented and creative?
The one exception is the MCU, that is definitely one that needs a break. I feel I've been watching the same movie over and over since the second Avengers.
The worlds of Star Trek and Star Wars are so vast that there are tons of stories that could be told. It just needs to be in the hands of someone that is actually good at their job and not a profit crazy committee.
Disney had an entire cannonical set of excellent stories to work with, but said 'fuck it we'll just do whatever crappy nostalgia bait JJ Abrams wants'... and we got a complete shit show.
Andor actaully reminded me of a lot of the 'legacy' cannon stuff, which is why it was so popular/great. Dark Empire, Thrawn, Jedi Academy... just had so much better story going on.
Which is a strange decision because Disney is at it's best when picking good existing stories and doing a quality adaptation.
Star Trek seems pretty good in this regard. Discovery went ary but it was fun while it was good. Strange New Worlds is fantastic, Lower Decks takes a very different view of the universe for fun, and Picard was a decent enough story with some good stakes.
The movies suck ass though, particularly Abrams.
Star Wars on the other hand could just go away and I would not care. I saw New Hope in 77 and loved it. Looking back; not a great movie. And it was downhill from there.
Which is it shouldn't have been. There have been better books than anything produced by Lucas or Disney.
I enjoyed andor. The first 1.5 seasons were pretty solid. Then they started "discovering" characters who were in Rouge One and doingbtheir usual BS where we are all supposed to faint because someone we know shows up...