The Mandalorian and Grogu Review: Competent but Lacks the Original Series' Magic
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Kaitlyn Booth
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Summary
A review of The Mandalorian and Grogu film that finds it to be a competent but uninspired extension of the TV series. The reviewer argues the movie feels like a longer episode of the show rather than a standalone cinematic experience, and while it evokes season one more than season three, it fails to recapture the original magic or establish its own identity.
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The Mandalorian and Grogu is going to have a hard time rising above being a longer episode of the show, and if it were premiering on Disney+, no one would care.
Once a lone bounty hunter, Mandalorian Din Djarin and his apprentice Grogu embark on an exciting new Star War
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