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The Mandalorian and Grogu has lowest box office opening for a Star Wars film in Disney era
(www.theguardian.com)
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I thought it was fun. It wasn’t earth shattering but it had a lot of the elements of Star Wars. It didn’t dwell much on the original movies which is good…there are a lot of stories to be told.
How does it compare to episode 7-9 in your opinion?
It kinda doesn't. The scope of the story is small and it's geared towards a younger audience. Also, everything is CGI. Other than Mando, I don't recall another human actor (besides stormtroopers) with more than about 3 minutes of screen time.
While that feels very Star Wars Galaxy, I think the movie suffers for it. That being said, it was pretty funny in parts.
Comparing to 7-9 is unfair because other than a few signature pieces, it's a completely different kind of movie. There is no heroes journey. No one is changed or evolves. There is no compelling mystery to solve. And the scale of spectacle can't begin to compare to a main saga movie.
My favorite sequel is TLJ and I'd say M&G is most like that in tone (smaller scale, more personal scope, humor) but also it's just a very different movie.
It isn't, they did a shitload of stopmotion for all the monsters.
I think the huts are CGI, but there's an entire arc of the story that looked like stop-motion and puppets. (It was cute and fun.)
The droids in the palace were stop motion. Not sure what else was, probably more. A lot of use of miniatures as well, such as the ship.
7-9 was also fun, but focused on expanding the original storyline. That wasn’t needed.
I felt it was the second best Disney Star Wars movie, after rogue one.