It's a rare "Flop House in the Aisles," as we took to the theater to see the tepidly-received (though still wildly successful) latest Star Wars thing, THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU. It's got a li'l green guy in it! How bad could it be? And for a very special episode, we needed a special guest -- the talented actor and improvisor Will Hines, returning to the show after a seventeen year absence! See…
For years, the safest bet in Hollywood seemed to be simple: put Star Wars on the big screen and audiences would show up. That assumption is now being stress-tested in real time by The Mandalorian and Grogu, a theatrical return for Lucasfilm that arrived with enormous brand recognition, a built-in Disney+ fan base, and the […]
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If The Mandalorian and Grogu finishes its worldwide run near $350 million, as projections now seem to point towards, the conversation around the film will move beyond whether it underperformed. It will become a comparison point for some of the most painful modern lows in franchise filmmaking. That does not automatically mean the movie is […]
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For almost 50 years, a new live-action Star Wars movie has generally arrived in theaters with an aura of inevitability. That day is no more. Even when the franchise became divisive, even when reviews were mixed, even when fan enthusiasm was fractured… the box office power of the brand was usually enough to keep Star […]
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Disney and Lucasfilm may have technically gotten The Mandalorian and Grogu to the $100 million domestic mark over Memorial Day weekend, but that’s not certain at the time of this article’s publication. Yet article after article online all declare that it has, that it will. And just like we’ve watched the prior headlines quietly downgraded […]
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‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ to open with $102 million in US and Canada, Disney says Domestic opening is lowest for any ‘Star Wars’ film under Disney Smaller movie budget means lower bar to profitability LOS ANGELES — Baby Yoda brought crowds to movie theaters over the U.S. Memorial Day weekend, putting “Star Wars” film “The Mandalorian and […]
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Disney has introduced a Millennium Falcon Smuggler’s Run pre-show change at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. The updated dialogue changes how Hondo Ohnaka gains access to the Millennium Falcon before guests board the attraction. This time, he steals the vessel for guests before their mission. The revised scene appeared ahead of the new “Mandalorian […]
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Disney has introduced a Millennium Falcon Smuggler’s Run pre-show change at both Walt Disney World and Disneyland. The updated dialogue changes how Hondo Ohnaka gains access to the Millennium Falcon before guests board the attraction. This time, he steals the vessel for guests before their mission. The revised scene appeared ahead of the new “Mandalorian […]
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Happy Star Wars Day!
If you're reading this, I assume you're a _Star Wars_ fan. And I want to congratulate you on how much time you've spent watching _Star Wars_.
According to a new report from Variety, U.S. audiences spent a staggering 33 billion minutes consuming _Star Wars_ content across streaming and linear TV in 2025.
For perspective, that’s about 62,000 years of screentime.
Yeah, I…