From the moment Disney+ launched in 2019, there have been two sections of the Star Wars television universe: the Mandoverse, and everything else. Dave Filoni had already made a name for himself with The Clone Wars and Rebels, but creating The Mandalorian with Jon Favreau sparked a brand new franchise-within-a-franchise that continued with The Book of Boba Fett and Ahsoka.
From then on, the non-Mandoverse series like Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Acolyte were a bit alienated from the Disney+ brand. Andor, Tony Gilroy’s gritty Rogue One prequel series, made a name for itself not by trying to replicate the Mandoverse formula, but by doing something completely different. But no matter how different the series may seem, there’s no behind-the-scenes drama. The Star Wars universe is full of symbiotic relationships, even if the canon is relatively separate.
