The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

[Skywalker]

Recasting Leia would have allowed her to be the one to speak with Ben at the Death Star ruins, too, which I imagine (though I can't say for sure, so someone feel free to correct me) was what would have happened had Fisher not passed away.

 

[Set Harth]

One thing I found surprising about the Nal Hutta material: no Gamorreans.

Though I guess it's a little cliche to assume Hutts always have to have Gamorrean guards. Instead they went all in on droids.

 

[fireproof78]

One thing I found surprising about the Nal Hutta material: no Gamorreans.

Though I guess it's a little cliche to assume Hutts always have to have Gamorrean guards. Instead they went all in on droids.

I was incredibly grateful for that fact. They can kindly go their separate way from STAR WARS.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Huh? There's nothing unusual about that. Creativity is a process of trial and error, of testing out ideas until you find one that works. The first idea you have for a project isn't automatically the right one, because creativity is not remotely that simple. (Indeed, I recently got an anthology invitation where the editor explicitly told potential authors not to send our first ideas or even our second.)

It never makes sense to "trust" that a movie announced as being in development is guaranteed to come out in that form, because most film projects in development never get made, and if they do, they're often profoundly different from what was initially planned. This is the norm, not the exception. For instance, my Patreon review this coming week is about the movie Minority Report, which went through three different writer/director teams with at least four radically different scripts, and was briefly going to be a sequel to Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall.

They shouldn't announce movies until they're sure those movies are coming out.

In no other time period would it be considered okay for official movie announcements to be considered like a hypothetical wishlist instead of an actual intent to release those movies.

 

[JirinPanthosa]

Just as I suspected....

62 percent from critics and 89 percent from the audience(the only score that matters) on rottentomatoes....


Now I REALLY can't wait to see this.

In most cases I'd balance critic scores higher, just because the audience score is never based on a representative sample group. If audience scores mattered, Starfleet Academy would be as bad as the incel assholes who rated it before watching it said it was. An audience score based on a real representative sample group of the show/movie's target audience would matter. But there's no website where you actually see that.

 

[Set Harth]

I was incredibly grateful for that fact. They can kindly go their separate way from STAR WARS.

Even the skinny ones?

 

[fireproof78]

Even the skinny ones?

All Gamorreans need to just be the Gone-more-eans.

 

[Gaith]

Myself, I skipped Mando S3, in large part because I got tired of a show in which the main character's face was only rarely shown. I also question whether general audiences will tolerate that - what works for a forty-minute episode doesn't necessarily work for a feature film. (Just ask the makers of Dredd.)

Okay, having seen the movie (grade: C-, pretty bad), I can confirm that, yes, Din still wearing his helmet all the damn time is indeed a problem, and, yes, it's obviously a bigger problem in a two-hour big-screen movie than a thirty-minute TV episode. It makes him even more boring and unlikable than he already is.

 

[ichab]

In most cases I'd balance critic scores higher, just because the audience score is never based on a representative sample group.

The critic scores are based on 275 responses compared to a verified 5000 plus for the audience. I'd say thats more than enough.

I dont see why a professional critic should be seen as more important that a regular ticket buyer. The only difference between the two is who gets paid for their opinion.

If audience scores mattered, Starfleet Academy would be as bad as the incel assholes who rated it before watching it said it was.

It really was that bad. IMO that show was pure garbage and the low scores across all sites are warranted. If you disagree, fine, but having a different opinion on a show doesn't cancel out an entire majority of reviewers.

An audience score based on a real representative sample group of the show/movie's target audience would matter. But there's no website where you actually see that.

Rottentomatoes audience score is done by people who actually purchased a ticket. Its not like metacritic where all you need is an email.

 

[FPAlpha]

Okay, having seen the movie (grade: C-, pretty bad), I can confirm that, yes, Din still wearing his helmet all the damn time is indeed a problem, and, yes, it's obviously a bigger problem in a two-hour big-screen movie than a thirty-minute TV episode. It makes him even more boring and unlikable than he already is.

The friend i was with made a remark that she's happy that the Mando stunt performers got named in the opening credits because they do all the heavy lifting.

I don't want to diss Pedro Pascal as i love his acting but Mandalorian has got to be the easiest job he ever had and this movie in particular. Just one scene where we see his face and some dialogue which is basically a couple of short sentences, no prolonged monologue or long conversation ( given that they have to modify his voice too he could have done the recording at home with a 50$ microphone). if he were an ass he'd laugh all the way to the bank at how stupid Disney actually is.

Had to check - he got 10 million for his Fantastic Four role that had him front and center, the number for Mando has not been released ( Disney is probably embarrased to release it but i figure at least 5 million) but for the show he got 350.000 per episode for the first two seasons and 600.000 for the third ( and he couldn't have been on set for more than a week).

So yeah, given the effort/reward ratio Mando was and is Jackpot for Pedro. Good for him.

 

[FPAlpha]

Rottentomatoes audience score is done by people who actually purchased a ticket. Its not like metacritic where all you need is an email.

Do you need to provide proof that you have seen the movie/show as in provide a picture of the ticket or something?

 

[Christopher]

They shouldn't announce movies until they're sure those movies are coming out.

In no other time period would it be considered okay for official movie announcements to be considered like a hypothetical wishlist instead of an actual intent to release those movies.

On the contrary, this is the way it's always worked. There has always been information available about projects in development (such as the annual "Black List" of good scripts that didn't get made for one reason or other), and of course any movie that makes it into production is going to be announced and covered by the media, because filmmaking is a semi-public process that involves many people, and people in the industry need to know what's going on, and of course filmmakers hope to generate advance buzz for future projects.

All you have to do as a reader of the news is be smart enough to understand that life is unpredictable and nobody -- nobody -- can ever guarantee that their plans for the future will play out unchanged. Especially with a process as complex as filmmaking, with so many different people and factors involved that all have to align for things to work out.

 

[somebuddyX]

Recasting Leia would have allowed her to be the one to speak with Ben at the Death Star ruins, too, which I imagine (though I can't say for sure, so someone feel free to correct me) was what would have happened had Fisher not passed away.

I don't think that would have happened. See Leia would have had a big part in Colin Trevorrow's version of Episode IX, but she passed away like a couple of weeks after he handed the first draft in. And after he was kicked out the new script was written by JJ and Chris Terrio, which would have been written with Carrie's death in mind.