“Just for once, let me look on you with my own eyes.”
Thinking about this #Mandalorian parallel has had me so emotional. Pure poetry, but with a beautiful inverse effect. Now, the son asks the father. And not in death, & not in an ending. But with a promise of new beginnings.
Thinking about this #Mandalorian parallel has had me so emotional. Pure poetry, but with a beautiful inverse effect. Now, the son asks the father. And not in death, & not in an ending. But with a promise of new beginnings.
The whole idea of the past (Luke) looking upon the present & seeing his story reflected, while we the viewers are focused in on #Grogu & Din, just works for me. Some will call the episode “safe.” I call it a synthesis of new & old. Which is what #StarWars is to me.
The foundation of #StarWars is a reinterpretation if myth & classic influences. SW fans know them well! But now, the myth that it reinterprets IS STAR WARS. So what do you do? You can’t run from that. So you embrace it. You embrace it in ways like this.
Is it “fan service?” I mean, if you think so. It’s not a scientific term. But it is absolutely a part of the tapestry. This is all about a tradition, a cyclical nature, & a torch. What I see here is a metatextual instance of the franchise’s past giving a warm hug to the present.
I repeat: What I see here is a metatextual instance of the franchise’s past giving a warm hug to the present.
*sobs intensely & uncontrollably* 😭
*sobs intensely & uncontrollably* 😭
And ultimately, I feel that in George’s emotional playground, we have a bit of a responsibility to draw the sword & defend against cynicism. I’m a very cynical guy, but not about this. I don’t see it as the original tale having a stranglehold on the modern installments.
This is a love letter across time, and it moves backwards & forwards.
Ultimately, if there’s story left to tell, I say tell it. It doesn’t stop the new story that’s happening alongside it. We can remember our past & build the future at the same time. #TheMandalorian
Ultimately, if there’s story left to tell, I say tell it. It doesn’t stop the new story that’s happening alongside it. We can remember our past & build the future at the same time. #TheMandalorian
We can explore themes and flesh things out at every opportunity. This is the #StarWars experience we never knew we’d get. And I don’t mean seeing young Luke again. I mean having so much room to tell his story and every story, theatrically & through streaming. It’s the golden age.
Essentially what I’m saying here is, there’s beauty in the story doing what this story has always done. That’s not something to be decried, in my eyes.
George’s poetry quote is always a fun meme...but it’s also unequivocally true.
George’s poetry quote is always a fun meme...but it’s also unequivocally true.
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