What if I told you that a new Star Wars movie is in theaters this week' One directed by Jon Favreau, the steady hand at the tiller who helped launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe with Iron Man and the current stretch of Disney live-action remakes with The Jungle Book' It's been seven years since a Star Wars entry was in theaters, and longer still since one earned even a modest positive consensus from fans, so you'd think the release of The Mandalorian and Grogu this Memorial Day weekend would warrant at least a modicum of excitement. Instead, the film lands like a plate of cosmic vegetables to be obediently consumed by diehards and otherwise pushed aside among Hollywood's buffet of summer blockbusters. The Mandalorian and Grogu is the big-screen continuation of the Mandalorian TV series, which in 2019 kicked off Disney+'s lineup of Star Wars programs'a few weeks before the incoherent saga-ender Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hit theaters. By comparison, The Mandalorian felt sleek...
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