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Richard Edwards

'The Mandalorian and Grogu' wastes a potentially brilliant era of 'Star Wars'

Screenshot from The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026).

In December 2020, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Disney live-streamed a much-talked-about "Investor Day" presentation. Along with her Marvel Studios counterpart Kevin Feige, then-Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy announced a slew of new projects to join Disney+ hit "The Mandalorian" (then nearing the end of its second season) in an impressive slate of "Star Wars" projects.

"Obi-Wan Kenobi", "Andor", "The Acolyte", "Ahsoka", "The Bad Batch" and "Star Wars: Visions" have all since made it to the screen (to varying degrees of success), while "Rangers of the New Republic", "Lando" and "Rogue Squadron" were either abandoned completely or cast into the Sarlacc pit better known as development hell.

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