There was also a shocking amount of repetition: Mando Season Two and “The Book of Boba Fett” veer close to Monster of the Week territory. Similarly, all the cameos on “The Mandalorian” were backdoor pilots for spinoffs that will cumulatively build to a crossover event. Except it wasn’t, since it skimped on Hayden Christensen and denied us the chance to see what he could do when not being directed by Lucas. “Obi-Wan Kenobi” took that a step further: It was framed entirely as the marketing pitch of Obi-Wan vs. It was a marketing exercise as much as it was a genuine ending.
It wasn’t about just creating an emotional ending to Mando and Grogu’s journey it was meant to summon how you, the viewer, feel about “Star Wars” as a whole (including salving any lingering wounds about Luke’s presentation in “The Last Jedi”). Look, there’s Bo-Katan! and Ahsoka, and creepy CGI Luke! That last one, at the end of “Mandalorian” Season 2, was moving for lifelong “Star Wars” nerds like me, but it also tipped the showrunners’ hand. “That, I had no idea.” His focus is on its characters and emotions, and a thorny interrogation of what it really means to lead a rebellion - not on franchise connections, cameos, and fan service.Ĭameos and callbacks have been pillars of other Disney+ “Star Wars” series. “ will sneak in all that crap into Luthen’s gallery,” he said. Gilroy told Variety that he let Lucasfilm’s art department populate Stellan Skarsgard’s character’s antique shop with all manner of callbacks to other “Star Wars” stories, but he didn’t really care.
It plays like an idea-driven drama in the mold of Gilroy’s classic “Michael Clayton”- one that happens to have laser guns, TIE fighters, and outrageous displays of galactic couture. The Star Wars creator was always careful to say he thought the franchise was “for kids.” And while it’s certainly possible for kids to enjoy “Andor,” the Tony Gilroy-created show feels like the first Star Wars” property that’s definitively for adults. Grogu played into a George Lucas maxim: Don’t be afraid to be cute. The Child, AKA Baby Yoda, in “The Mandalorian.” Disney “The Book of Boba Fett” largely robbed the Season Two finale of “The Mandalorian” of its emotional punch and lowered the stakes for his relationship with Mando in Season Three. Taika Waititi and others are attached to film projects, but for when? On TV, even Grogu seemed to lose some of his power. On the bigger screen, the road for “Star Wars” is unclear: There’s no announced titles slated for specific dates or heading into production. This success arrives not a moment too soon for “Star Wars,” and offers lessons for the franchise’s future. From ‘Y Tu Mamá También’ to Disney+: Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal’s 20-Year Journey
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