Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu Review

The Mandalorian and Grogu has the sad “dishonour” of being the first Star Wars film released post-1998 I didn’t see in the cinema (due to… “unfortunate personal events”, let’s say) but that does mean I missed out on one of the main complaints about the film: that it felt just like an extended episode of the show rather than a big blow-out movie experience. Watching at home meant it was just like a special episode of a favourite TV show of mine (though with a far higher budget, obviously…) and for that reason I enjoyed myself, for the most part. Let’s take a look.

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The Mandalorian – Season 3 Review

It’s time to look at a new series of the ever-popular Star Wars show The Mandalorian, and once again it was a really fun trip with great action and plenty of lore nods, though I will say there were some moments that felt like the show was going on fast-forward, like it had been cancelled so they had to wrap up as many plot-threads as they could in one season, even though it’s far from cancelled! Still good fun though, so let’s take a look.

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The Mandalorian – Season 2 Review

The Mandalorian’s second season had a LOT to live up to, thanks to its top class first season, and somehow it managed to meet it. The stakes were raised, characters from all over Star Wars appeared and most of all our lead duo both got some character development, never getting lost in the flood of new content. So let’s spend several paragraphs gushing over it, shall we?

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The Mandalorian – Season 1 Review

Mandalorian S1

In another one of those “late because it didn’t come to the UK until later” reviews (though thankfully the last in terms of Disney +) it’s time to look at the first season of The Mandalorian. A live action Star Wars show where the lead character wears cool Mandalorian armour? I was sold immediately! Did the show live up to or even surpass the rather vein promise? Let’s find out!

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