While I talked about Star enough after 4 years and already did a Top 10 Ways to Fix the Show and rewrote Battle of Mewni and I still like and adore the show(even i'm less of a Star/Marco fan,even if I still like them and find them enjoyable and I still show some love to Seasons 1-2) and already did a revision of Star on Loadmo10's Tumblr blog,planning a continuation fanart series of the show with Luna(Star's daughter)(Inspired by Dragon Ball Z,The Farly OddParents:A New Wish,talked with others a lot about the show,and MixZero6's alternate ending to Cleaved). Plus,I ended my trust and friendship with a former user who turns anyone into a enemy who doesn't share his obsession with Star Vs. and made up facts and beliefs about the show(I'm looking at you,ArceeStarFan97).
I feel the reason Star Vs. The Forces of Evil went on a downward spiral during Seasons 2(even S2 was still great and probably the show's best season and biggest peak/prime point with memorable,amazing episodes(such as Game of Flags,Ludo in the Wild,Mathemagic,Sleepover,Starcrushed,Starsitting,Into The Wand,Just Friends,By The Book,Bon Bon The Birthday Clown,Baby,Face The Music,and Raid The Cave),continuity kicking in,more character development and growth,romance drama handled well,and a emotional cliffhanger scene with Star admitting her crush on Marco that lead to Battle of Mewni)and Battle of Mewni(which felt underwhelming and stupid and nothing but filler instead of a all-out war),then finally entering a dumpster fire with Seasons 3-4,which focused more on romance arcs and ship wars,the characters becoming more dumber and inconsistent than usual,being mostly on Mewni instead of Earth most of the time,having arcs that left unsolved or stuff that was never brought up again,and while Season 3 had so many great ideas and potential in spite of it's poor writing and confusing,boring tone,as well as Eclipsa being the best part of the season(and S4),Season 4 was the worst since it really amped up the characters flanderization to massive extremes,shattering everything that was good and built up at the point,focusing more on romance ships and teen drama shenanigans,and the finale(which was Daron's idea for the start)ended up topping off the show on a abysmal rushed estroic happy ending note with Star destroying magic just to be with Marco, and she and Marco ended up together by fusing Earth and Mewni together into once.
Well for all of it,the main reason for why Star Vs. The Forces of Evil started off good around Seasons 1-2,then started to decay around late Season 2-3 and went downhill and why it failed to be the next Gravity Falls,Amphibia,and Owl House,I feel I think I feel once reason to blame for Star's downfall and becoming the most polarized show in Disney Channel's history was all(now pointing fingers at)because of animator and co-showrunner Dave Wasson's departure after Season 1, since he was the reason why brought this show to life alongside Daron and made it so great in the first place,since Season 1 and helped supervise and make the show great to starting out good by writing and directing many episodes for Season 1.
Since I appreciate Dave Wasson as a animator and besides developing and help create Star in the first place,alongside Daron. He really made a lot and contributed to a lot of great stuff such as creating Time Squad for Cartoon Network and co-creating Netflix's The Cuphead Show with Cosmo Serguson,did several shorts of Tales from the Goose Lady and Max for Oh Yeah Cartoons!,also,served as writer,director,and director on Nickelodeon's Making Fiends,and was a writer for Disney's stylized The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse shorts for Disney Channel/Disney+.
I feel after Dave left in Season 1 to focus more on writing for Disney's new Mickey Mouse shorts at the time,the show was not the same without him and while Season 2 was still good,it really took a dark turn around Seasons 3-4 and ended on a sour note with a rushed anti-climatic ending(Kinda like how Chris Savino was fired from The Loud House around Seasons 2-3 and Michael Rubiner took over and really failed to continue the show and started to turn it into a cashcow franchise for SpongeBob). Star should've remained great and could've been the next Gravity Falls,Kim Possible,and Phineas and Ferb if Dave Wasson never left the show as writer,director,and executive producer and Dominic Bisignano and Aaron Hammersley took over his position and made things worse alongside Daron after Season 1 and really started the downfall around Seasons 3-4 with the focus on romance ships,decline in quality,and self-inserts/bad writing choices.
I wish instead of leaving the show after "Storm The Castle",the show's developer Dave Wasson stayed on board as writer,director,and executive producer for the rest of the series since he was one of the reasons what made the show so great in the first place,even the first season, he would've handled the story and characters better and prevented Daron Nefcy from going too far with her shipping idea,made Battle of Mewni a all-out war instead of a arc full of filler episodes and relying on bad writing,since he is a good creator and writer and contributed and know how to make characters with flaws(like Star Butterfly,If Dave stayed on board as producer and writer and started work on Season 2 with Daron and the crew, Dave would’ve not let Daron and the writers put the reset(Aesop Amensia)button on Star after her character development in Season 1 and revert her back to square one and continue her character development,by keeping her personality,but have her get better and more mature and responsible,learn to be more self-sufficient,have Marco teach Star to be nicer and more empathic and think before acting, and continue her character development onward from Season 1 and for the rest of the series instead of putting the reset button and reversing it by every season)enjoyable and likable to watch like how he did with the Paul Rudish Mickey Mouse shorts,The Cuphead Show,and Making Fiends. Dave Wasson's depature after Season 1 was one of the reasons the show went on a downward spiral during Season 2(even if it was still good and starting to get better until Battle of Mewni and S3-4)and Seasons 3-4 is when the show entered a dumpster fire. and he would freelanced and took time away from the show to write and direct episodes for Disney's new 2010's Mickey Mouse shorts and after Star ended,he would've created the Cuphead Show. Dave Wasson was the reason he made and developed alongside Daron Nefcy for the show to be great in the first place.
I hope if Disney comes back and revives Star for a timeskip sequel series or movie once day in the future,they would rehire Dave Wasson and he would've been shown and be aware of the show's flaws and mistakes,mostly in Seasons 2-4 and the damages Daron did in the final season and fixed everything that went wrong and make it better.
I wish instead of leaving the show after S1 and it's series finale"Storm The Castle",the show's developer Dave Wasson would've just stayed on board as writer,director,and executive producer for the rest of the series since he was one of the reasons what made the show so great in the first place,even the first season, he would've handled the story and characters better,kept them likable and consistent, and prevented Daron Nefcy from going too far with her shipping idea,writing choices,told her to revise the script,made Battle of Mewni a all-out war instead of a arc full of filler episodes and focusing on story,continuity,lore,world-building,keep consistency in characters and having them grow and mature as the series went on,and he would've made the series better instead of making it downhill like Daron did in Seasons 3-4. since Dave is a good creator,artist, and writer and contributed and know how to make characters with flaws(like Star is)enjoyable and likable to watch like how he did with the Paul Rudish Mickey Mouse shorts,The Cuphead Show,and Making Fiends.
Dave Wasson's depature after Season 1 was one of the reasons the show went on a downward spiral during Season 2(even if it was still good and starting to get better until Battle of Mewni and S3- 4)and Seasons 3-4 is when the show entered a dumpster fire.
and during Seasons 2-4, he would take a break from the show's production and to write episodes for Disney's new 2010's Mickey Mouse shorts before going back to the show shortly after and after Star ended,he would've created The Cuphead Show with Cosmo Serguson for Netflix after that. Dave Wasson was the true reason Star was so great in the first place and helped make the first season so good in the first place and I praise him for creating the show alongside Daron Nefcy. I hope if Disney comes back and revives Star for a timeskip sequel series or movie once day in the future,they would rehire Dave Wasson and he would've been shown and be aware of the show's flaws and mistakes,mostly in Seasons 2-4 and the damages Daron did in the final season and fixed everything that went wrong and make it better.
Despite her mistakes,at least Daron did learn and move on from them and decided to make up for them by showing her values and thoughts as a person,I still appreciate her for creating Star in the first place and Daron did her best with the show,even doing just as good as Dave with Seasons 1-2,even if the show had some rough patches,her finale idea becoming a mistake, and went a horrible direction after Season 3-4,along with praising her for being a mother to a son now,still pitching and developing projects to studios,and posting art on Instagram and Disney still had Star and Marco appear in Chibiverse and Broken Karoake.
If Dave Wasson never left Star Vs. The Forces of Evil,he would've made the show ten times better and never let the creator,Daron Nefcy and writers from going too far and he and Daron would've made the show the next Phineas and Ferb, Gravity Falls,Amphibia,and The Owl House,if he stayed on board for the rest of the series as director,producer,and writer and made the characters(such as Star and Marco) and story/continuity get better as it went on and had Daron keep her shipping idea to a minimum,told her to revise the scripts,and not rely on lazy writing,unsolved arcs,and romance ships that much. I know Daron is the creator and driving force behind the show and even if I like her and didn't hate her for what she did to the show later on,I consider Dave Wasson to be the one who helped and put his heart and soul with Daron into making the show great and start out on a awesome note with Season 1 and a much better showrunner and writer for the show,since he helped Daron create it and he wrote and directed a few great episodes for Season 1,such as Monster Arm,St. Olga's,Storm The Castle,Star Comes to Earth,Mewnipendence Day,Quest Buy,Mewberty,Match Maker,and Blood Moon Ball.
As much of a great mixed bag Star Vs. The Forces of Evil,the show could've been great if Dave Wasson never quit the show after Season 1 and made it even better than Daron did without him after Season 1(Season 2 was still great,Season 3 was meh and confusing,but had a lot of good ideas that became wasted potential,and Season 4 was just terrible and rushed.) If Disney ever brings back Star in the future,they'll probably rehire Dave Wasson(alongside Daron Nefcy) again and retool and fix the show and undo the damages that was done in the finale season,along with shown the mistakes that were in Seasons 2-4.