shinlyle
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How is the Mandalorian something that we have seen before and stagnant? It is definite growth. Before the Mandalorian, Star Wars has been dominanted by stories of heroic Jedi and their allies waging an under ending war against the forces of the darkside. It is defined by the monomyth and that type of fantastical hero's journey. The Clone Wars, Rebels, and the games typically fall in that mold. (Even Rogue One and Solo are just prequels to certain characters or events of the main Saga.)
The Mandalorian is the first real property that steps outside that to tell a new story involving original characters. To claim that is old news because it is a bounty hunter in the Boba Fett style doesn't make sense. Boba Fett, the Star Wars underworld, and bounty hunting were at most window dressing and mise en place for the Saga films. They are a natural place to explore and to grow, something intriguing, but not focused on in the main films. Taking interesting background ideas from the Saga and expanding on them is precisely how to grow the franchise is a natural way.
Yep. The Mandalorian gets a lot of love from me for it not cramming a Jedi/Sith in it every 6.5 minutes. Just watching Rebels (which I admit is decent) gets tedious because you get Darth Maul, Darth Vader, 3 inquisitors, Ahsoka, Ezra, and Kanaan. On screen. At once. This is just the episode I was watching last night. All the Jedi/Sit are supposed to be gone except for 2 on each side and a few rejects, and it seems like everyone and their mother went to a Coruscant thrift store after the Jedi temple fell and picked up a lightsaber out of the bin. If there were no Jedi or Sith, would anyone have cared? NOPE.
Mandalorian has done all that with only a pint-sized Force user and NO FREAKIN' LIGHTSABERS. It's as new a territory as we've seen, in my opinion. I'm hoping it stays good and sticks around awhile. Watching my son cheer as Mando takes out the droids in the most recent episode tells me that they have something good going. My fam is rooting for this no-name bounty hunter without a face, and we haven't had to see a crimson lightsaber to make him cool.