00:00The reviews are in for The Mandalorian and Grogu, and many critics agreed, this is not the way.
00:05Are you scared? You should be.
00:08Several prominent reviewers criticized the new Star Wars film, which opens this weekend,
00:12for feeling like a Chewbacca-sized episode of its origin TV series, The Mandalorian.
00:17Following the back-to-back theatrical disappointments of Solo and Rise of Skywalker,
00:21there's a lot riding on Mandalorian and Grogu, which is the first Star Wars franchise film to
00:26hit theaters in seven years. It arrives at a moment when Disney and Lucasfilm are transitioning to the
00:31regimes of Josh DiMauro, the new CEO of Disney, and Dave Filoni and Linwen Brennan, who are the new
00:36heads of Lucasfilm. Promotion for the movie, which largely boils down to, look how cute Grogu is,
00:42has been everywhere, including collaborations with Bath & Body Works, Nilla Wafers, Schick Razors,
00:47and Fortnite, signifying that Disney and Lucasfilm really need this one to work.
00:52So, are you seeing The Mandalorian and Grogu when it flies into theaters this weekend?
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