![]() It always feels like a sop to Disney stockholders and a way of hedging bets on any property that dares to take even a modest risk. Even universe-expanding takes like Rogue One (a clever retcon of the original Death Star’s structural flaw, with cameos by Darth Vader, Grand Moff Tarkin, Princess Leia, and other familiar characters) and Solo (an origin story for everyone’s favorite smuggler-general and the future daddy of Kylo Ren) fall prey to this tendency. Where to begin lamenting this self-defeat? For one thing, the Luke cameo in the final moments of “The Rescue” continues the Disney-era Star Wars tradition of tying every supposedly new story back to the multigenerational adventures of the Skywalker family. But in the final moments of “ Chapter 16: The Rescue,” the series succumbs to the dark side of parent company Disney’s quarterly-earnings statements, which keeps dragging Star Wars back toward nostalgia-sploitation and knee-jerk intellectual-property maintenance. For two seasons, it has tapped into the light side of the franchise, represented by the humor, action, world-building details, and friendship narratives that have defined George Lucas’s science-fiction fantasies since 1977. Selznick, a producer-director-writer who has worked on Marvel, Star Wars, and Disney Animation projects simultaneously - The Mandalorian is earnest and lovingly crafted, easily the freshest thing Lucasfilm has given viewers since Genndy Tartakovsky’s 2003 Cartoon Network classic, Clone Wars. The second-season finale of The Mandalorian was the best of Star Wars and the worst of Star Wars, a momentarily thrilling and moving episode that, once you stepped back and took a hard look at it, felt more like a victory for the dark side.Ĭreated by Jon Favreau - Disney’s speed-dial answer to David O. This provides a more optimistic possibility that Grogu and Din Djarin will reunite and the young Jedi will leave Luke's academy before Ben Solo destroys it.The final moments of “The Rescue” continues the Disney-era Star Wars tradition of tying every supposedly new story back to the multigenerational adventures of the Skywalker family. However, we should remember that Din Djarin also promised Grogu he would see him again in the future before the two parted ways at the end of Season 2. It would be very grim to assume that Grogu is a casualty of Ben Solo's, but with no clear answer from The Mandalorian showrunner Jon Favreau, executive producer Dave Filoni, or anyone else involved with the show, it's worth entertaining that possibility. ![]() The implications of Luke taking charge of the care and training of Grogu at the end of The Mandalorian Season 2 are intense. Ben survived, as we all know, and in a reactionary moment, he destroyed the entire academy and all of the young Jedis-in-training housed there. But as Ben felt the pull of the Dark Side (a pull he succumbed to, eventually transforming him into Kylo Ren), Luke sensed the disturbance and attempted to kill his nephew. Ben was one of the many young Jedi training at Luke's academy, which was established in an effort to rebuild the ranks of the Jedi order. The event is a life-changing and pivotal one in the lives of both Luke and Ben. This event is depicted in 2017's Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi in a flashback sequence. Luke's cameo at the end of The Mandalorian Season 2 confirms this Disney+ show is set 19 years before Luke's nephew, Ben Solo ( Adam Driver), destroys Luke's Jedi academy. As a final note, The Mandalorian Season 2 picks up very close to the Season 1 finale, which means not too much time has passed in between seasons. In general, this also means The Mandalorian is set during the reign of the New Republic, the galactic governing body established by the Alliance that arose following the destruction of the Empire. Additionally, we knew The Mandalorian was set 25 years before 2015's Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, which is set in 34 ABY. Specifically, The Mandalorian is set five years after the events shown in the 1983 movie, in 9 ABY ( After the Battle of Yavin). It also helps us piece together events only spoken about that take place offscreen, as we've heard about them in previous Star Wars Skywalker saga movies. Previously, Season 1 confirmed The Mandalorian was set shortly after the fall of the Empire in Star Wars: Episode VI - The Return of the Jedi. The cameo from Luke helps us get even clearer on when The Mandalorian is set within the larger Star Wars timeline.
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