It is a reality of Hollywood filmmaking that the longer a franchise goes on, the more baggage it accrues — both culturally and canonically.
Hollywood’s studios have done their best to ignore this in recent years, but one need look no further than Star Wars for proof. What was once the crown jewel of the franchise world has become a troubled property plagued by creative issues, toxic fans, and recycled ideas. As the franchise’s novelty has faded, viewers’ hunger for truly new stories set in the Star Wars universe has grown.
Recommended Videos Unfortunately, sometime in the five years since it premiered, The Mandalorian lost the very thing that initially made it such a welcome answer to Star Wars’ problems. It’s hard to understate just how immediately refreshing The Mandalorian felt when it premiered. The series’ first episode isn’t like anything else that the Star Wars franchise had previously produced. It is low stakes, shaggy, and cool-headed. It marches to its own, distinctly television-y beat, and it has more in common with an episode of Bonanza than it does A New Hope or The Phantom Menace.
Adorable Moments of The Child in The Mandalorian | Disney+ It all felt new. That, perhaps more than anything else, made The Mandalorian a project that Star Wars felt compelled to embrace and celebrate. At the time, the franchise had already begun to feel sluggish and stale. It was so weighed down by its previous installments that it seemed to be in danger of entering a state of complete entropy.
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