A NEW HOPE?
There has been a great disturbance in the Force. In 2019, for the first time in Star Wars’ 43-year history, the latest movie in the Skywalker saga was not the biggest cultural event to emerge from that galaxy far, far away. Instead, with The Rise Of Skywalker proving just as divisive as The Last Jedi two years earlier, it was a smaller-scale story that captured the imagination of the fanbase.
Somewhere on the lawless frontier of the Outer Rim, a bounty hunter in Boba Fett-inspired armour coolly went about his business. The Mandalorian was the star attraction when the new Disney+ streaming service landed in the US in November (it’s coming to the UK in March), and it may just be the most universally adored thing to come out of Lucasfilm since George Lucas sold his universe to Disney back in 2012.
Disney is was a massive success. Critics and fans loved it, while the show’s unlikely co-star – a familiar-looking, green, pointy-eared infant nicknamed Baby Yoda – became the hottest meme on social media.
