Grogu Movie Proves Disney Learned The Wrong Lesson From Star Wars Sequels
By Chris Snellgrove | Published
right now, The Mandalorian and the Grogu in the theater, and I can’t help but think that director Jon Favreau and writer Dave Filoni are both doing their best assessment of Han Solo right now: “I have a bad feeling about this.” The film is expected to gross less than any live-action Star Wars film before it, a record held by the most scorned. Solo: A Star Wars Story. Also, the movie is currently at 63 percent on Rotten Tomatoes (which is very close to the “rotten” spot). Finally, some critics called this innovation even worse A Star Wars movie, it surpasses the worst the Sequel Trilogy had to offer.
This is very ironic because this was the safest Star Wars movie Disney could have made. Converted to The Mandalorianthe franchise’s only broadcast hit, and stars Pedro Pascal, Hollywood’s golden boy. How did things go so far in the first Star Wars movie in seven years? The answer is so simple that you can even see your blast shield down: Disney learned all the wrong lessons from the failure of the Sequel Trilogy. Because of this, the movie they made to save the franchise could end up destroying Star Wars altogether.
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Failure of The Mandalorian and the Grogu begins in the Star Wars sequence. The Force Awakens was a crowd pleaser, but it’s an open secret that this film played it safe. It was a soft start for A New Hope that threw in a lot of familiar characters and franchise tropes. The Last Jedi tried to break completely out of the remake mold, with Rian Johnson delivering a sequel full of shocks and surprises (not even a lampshade!). Disagreement between fans quickly became, and disliked The Last Jedi it is considered the main factor of why Solo: A Star Wars Story did poorly at the box office.
In response, returning director JJ Abrams tried to fill in Rise of Skywalker with as many fan service as possible. He mysteriously brought back Emperor Palpatine with no explanation of how he survived, and Abrams even brought back Han Solo in similarly unexplained ways. Fan-favorite characters like Lando Calrissian were pushed forward while controversial characters (most notably, Rose Tico) were almost entirely left out. TROS sloppily recreates the ending of Return of the Jediall while trying to undo many plot points from The Last Jedi. None of this worked, of course, either Rise of Skywalker has been considered the worst Star Wars film ever made.
This Is Not The Way
Now, The Mandalorian and the Grogu he might take that title, too Rise of Skywalker he is partly to blame. You see, when fans express their displeasure The Last JediDisney balked at the common complaint that it “doesn’t sound like Star Wars.” That’s why TROS is full of sloppy fan service: they wanted to give fans something they’re used to all the time. But this got to the point of losing the story, which is how Rise of Skywalker he was hated even more than that The Last Jedi. As it turns out, giving fans a bunch of member moments doesn’t make for a ridiculous arrangement and alienating characters.
Ironically, however, Disney went down again: instead of learning from their failure with TROS, they decided the only way The Mandalorian and the Grogu the achievement was that every single frame of the film was overflowing with lazy nostalgia. The villains have no depth or meaning: they’re all bad guys that don’t look good for a movie send-up, video game style. We careening from one standard Star Wars element to another (Hutts, Stormtroopers, and X-Wings, oh my!) in a plot that goes nowhere. That’s because you shouldn’t care about the story: you should enjoy watching the director pull out your favorite action figures and do all the gameplay for you.
Gunshy Studio, A Dying Franchise
The Mandalorian and the Grogu it fails on many levels: the plot is bad, the pacing is uneven, the characterization is lacking, and so on. But I think the biggest problem with the movie is that Disney lost the courage to take it on anywhere creative opportunities. Basically, the fan response to The Last Jedi it disappointed the company forever, and they no longer have the strength to give us anything serious on the big screen. It’s okay if all you want from this franchise is pure spectacle, and the latest movie delivers them all explode you can pack in two hours. However, the sad truth is that Star Wars will be never surprise you, ever again.
As a lifelong fan, I really hate to see it. I am one of those rare geniuses who thought The Last Jedi it was the next best thing, mainly because it took risks and tried to give us something new. That’s the real strength of the prequels, too: silly as they are, Lucas was always exploring new ways to tell stories in a galaxy far, far away. Now, in the era of Disney, the franchise has lost the ability to create completely new things and can only offer a buffet of the oldest and most moldy Star Wars threads. Is it any wonder that even the most hungry fans are starting to dislike food?
