It’s so good to see a Star Wars at the movies again. The Mary Sue attended a special 25-minute preview of The Mandalorian & Grogu in IMAX that proved, obviously, how much this franchise belongs on the big screen.
That said, what struck me most about the experience had little to do with Stormtroopers, hyperspace, or even Rotta the Hutt’s rockin’ abs. It was the film’s opening credits sequence. The Mandalorian & Grogu is immediately different from other Star Wars movies. There’s no “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away….” or a prologue via opening crawl. It does not immediately identity as Star Wars. A few immobile paragraphs provide the necessary context for those who may not have watched the Disney+ series.
