Disney acquired Lucasfilm in 2012 for about $4bn and subsequent Star Wars films generated billions in global box office. Disney+ accelerated output with frequent series releases, filling plot gaps and expanding characters and settings. Despite strong performance, critics continue to claim the franchise has run its course. The Mandalorian and Grogu has a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 61%, with praise for charm, pacing, visuals, and Baby Yoda. Criticism centers on the film feeling thin, formulaic, and televisual, resembling multiple Disney+ episodes rather than a major theatrical event. The question raised is whether Star Wars is now impossible on the big screen.
"When Disney bought Lucasfilm for roughly $4bn in 2012, it must have felt like an obvious piece of business: who wouldn't throw wads of cash at a saga boasting an entire galaxy in a box? For a while, it seemed too good to be true. The Force Awakens made more than $2bn worldwide. Rogue One did more than $1bn. The Last Jedi conjured up more than $1.3bn, even while triggering a culture war so radioactive it could power the Death Star. Most of the fandom hated The Rise of Skywalker, but that most execrable of movies still earned Disney more than $1bn."
"Then came Disney+, the perfect delivery system. No more waiting years between films: just hang around for a few months and something else would pop up on the conveyor belt. Andor, The Book of Boba Fett, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ahsoka, The Mandalorian. Plot holes were filled, animated side characters got their magnum opus, and we all learned far more about the middle-management structure of galactic fascism than we had ever imagined possible."
"The Mandalorian and Grogu, at time of writing, has a rating of 61% on Rotten Tomatoes, pushing it just into the fresh category. The positives, broadly speaking, are that it is charming, brisk, visually polished and has Baby Yoda, a character precision-engineered for adorability. On the negative side, critics have complained the film feels thin, formulaic and weirdly televisual, less a grand restoration of Star Wars on the big screen than three Disney+ episodes."
"Is Star Wars now the impossible franchise, at least on the big screen? Because actually, Jon Favreau's film is perfectly fine. Without giving too much away, there are callbacks to villains from decent TV episodes, Mando processes hapless s"
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