kathleen kennedypresident of lucasfimhas accepted that Mandalorianthe first series of live action within the Star Wars universe, it changed everything and “forced everything we were doing to pivot.” Released in November 2019 with a huge success, it follows the adventures of Din Djarin (Pedro Pascal), who rescues and later escapes to protect Grogu.
After two seasons, it is clear that Mandalorian It has become the crown jewel of Star Wars. Even “rescuing” its first spin-off, boba fett book, which many have described as a mediocre series. Without too many pretensions, he has become one of the most important characters in the franchise. The third season is expected to premiere in February 2023. Announcement, which by itself, caused tremendous anticipation.
Now, during an interview with ScreenRantthe president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, has explained that the Mandalorian has changed everything and has expanded the Star Wars universe in ways they couldn’t have imagined.
“It is impressive what has happened in three years. The reality is that, after the COVID-19 pandemic, the world of TV exploded. And it turned out that we had the production of Mandalorian ready to be released and it changed everything we were doing for a while. We had a great time. Since then we’ve made so many different stories and shows, developing characters and expanding the Star Wars universe in ways and ways that we never would have imagined three years ago.”
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The reality is that no one imagined that Mandalorian would be so successful
The reality is that nobody imagined that Mandalorian would be such a successful series. All promotional material prior to its release was bare-bones with a focus on scenes that conveyed the general tone of the movie. western of the series. But the best kept secret, Grogu (Baby Yoda) did not arrive until it was released, and we were all surprised.
Thanks to his great direction, his writing skills, the immense talent of the creative team behind the series, including John Favreau, Dave Filoni, Rick Famuyiwa, Deborah Show, Bryce Dallas Howard, Payton Reed, Robert Rodriguez, Carl Weathers and Taika Waititi, the result is downright spectacular. For the first time in many years we can emotionally invest in characters that have a lot of background.
It is definitive: the Star Wars universe belongs to Din Djarin. The third season of Mandalorian has caused much more expectation, even, than the announcement of Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. A series that will star Jude Law and will be directed by Jon Watts, responsible for the latest Spider-Man trilogy.
Now we have to find out if the Obi-Wan Kenobi series is capable of generating so much expectation, audience and manages to be so successful, as to mark a new path. Especially without losing sight of the important legacy that Star Wars has as one of the most important audiovisual franchises in history.