Everybody needs an easy win from time to time. A choice decision that simply can’t go wrong, seems obviously right to everyone on the planet and requires little effort to put in place. Bringing The Mandalorian and Grogu, AKA The Child, AKA Baby Yoda, to the big screen might be the easiest win for Disney since Darth Vader dispensed with Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original 1977 Star Wars.
If the news, announced this week, comes as a shock, it’s only because we were already expecting to see the armoured space warrior and his oh-so-cute force-wielding adoptive son in multiplexes in Dave Filoni’s earlier announced film, which it’s thought will unite the various heroes of Disney+’s Star Wars TV offshoots The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka in an Avengers-style ensemble flick in which they battle against the nefarious Grand Admiral Thrawn. Doesn’t the fact that we will also now see Din Djarin and Grogu embark on their own adventure (directed by series creator Jon Favreau) rather undermine Filoni’s effort?
