Star Wars generally puts out all sorts of material simultaneously. There are the movies and TV shows, of course, but there’s also a steady trickle of games, books, and comics. It can be hard to keep up with it all, which is why they usually don’t intermingle; you don’t need to catch up on the comics before you watch a TV show, and you don’t need to know anything about the Clone Wars era to understand what’s going on in The Mandalorian.
Because of that siloed approach, there are entire sagas Star Wars fans can miss out on because they’re relegated to the franchise’s Outer Rim. And now that one of the most ambitious and underrated Star Wars eras is ending, the door is open for an even bolder follow-up.
