The first Star Wars film at the cinema since 2019 feels like it was the result of chaos after multiple failed attempts to try and make a film which have included a Taika Waititi trilogy and a Rey Skywalker movie which may or may not still be happening. To be honest this is perhaps this is the most unenthusiastic I have been about an upcoming Star Wars film ever. I am genuinely looking forward to Masters of the Universe more than this. That is the state of Star Wars in 2026. I did watch the tv show and got through them in quite a short period of time. Seasons one and two are quite good and whilst there is a dip in the third one it’s not the train wreck most would have you believe. Sometimes when there is a film of a tv series there is a question as to whether you would need to have watch the show to be able to follow what is going on and I don’t think you do. You would be able to better like or dislike the film but I don’t think that there is anything you would be missing. I did think that it was weird that there are no call backs to the three seasons but that might actually be a good thing so that people won’t have had to watch the previous episodes to follow what is going on.
Everyone seems to go gooey eyed about Grogu and despite not saying a word there is something likeable about him. Credit to Pedro Pascal who apart from one scene is under the helmet. I know he took it off (or had it taken off him) a couple of times in the TV series but its only done in one scene and rather than have to go through the rigmarole like they did in the show (which formed a whole episode), they get round it by implying that if he kills them all then that would void it. They put the helmet back on so they avoided the Stallone problem from Judge Dredd. Sigourney Weaver pops up to basically deliver exposition and I think that she deserved better. Jeremy Allen White or his voice heavily distorted plays Rotta who is trying to get out from Jabba’s hefty shadow. The character was fine but it was impossible to tell that it was White so my question would be what was the point in having him if you can’t tell that it's him. The only voice that was entertaining was Martin ‘Marvel films are just theme park rides’ Scorsese. His role is short but it was just fun hearing him in a Star Wars film
The score is really good from three time Oscar winner Ludwig Göransson. There feel like a few nods to John Williams’ score but still enough to feel like it’s part of the Mandalorian series. It’s not the best score from him but it does what it needs to do and make the film seem more epic than it perhaps deserves. Don’t think this is going to win any awards but it is still a banging soundtrack.
This is a fine film. It’s not the disaster that some were predicting and probably wanted because they don’t like what Disney has done to Star Wars but the honest truth is it’s fine which in a normal film would be ok but for a Star Wars film isn’t good enough. It felt like the fourth season that we never got but just squashed into two hours and twenty minutes. Would I want more Mandalorian and Grogu movies? Probably not, but just to have Star Wars back in the cinema is enough to feel like this universe is getting back on track.
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