I guess the difference was that seasons 1 and 2 were about Grogu—getting him away from the Empire and then finding the Jedi—and season 3...isn’t. Which shouldn’t be a problem. If anything, it reinforces that his role on the show has always been to provide the cute factor and occasionally save the day with the Force.

Yeah, there’s only so much they can do with Grogu before they have to let him go (not an option—he’s too popular), age him up (impractical without a time jump, possibly ruins the cuteness), or let him fade into the background.

#1 on that list is the Sun Crusher, I hope.

So Gideon pretty much has to die next week, right?

Maybe they’ll do one Grogu flashback per season. They did one in Book of Boba Fett and another here.

I’m really enjoying Bo Katan’s greater focus in this season. The show is called “The Mandalorian,” not “Din Djarin.” No reason they can’t switch up who the Mandalorian is from time to time.

Republicans and news media (particularly local news stations looking for eyeballs for the 5 o’clock newcast) have largely succeeded in convincing Americans—even moderate and a lot of left leaning ones— that crime is worse than ever and your kid isn’t safe walking a quarter mile from the nearest bus stop, even though…

Disappointing. TLJ was a striking movie and I would’ve loved to see more in that vein. I get it, though. A trilogy would be like a decade of the man’s career that could be better spent making original projects without built-in legions of easy- to-upset fanboys.

The Star Wars galaxy has amazing skin rejuvenation technology as long as your name isn’t Obi-Wan Kenobi (see: Bo-Katan on The Mandalorian).

I feel a minor disturbance in the Force, as if a million neckbeards screamed out in impotent rage.

We all turn into our parents if we’re not careful.

The latest victim of this treatment is The Little Mermaid, which has apparently seen some songs rewritten to be a better example for young girlbosses everywhere.

It’s Fey’s handling of Glover’s hiring that is at issue here, not his hiring in the first place.

The electoral process has always been flawed. That doesn’t negate the importance of voting in every election for the most qualified candidates you can find.

- Star Wars has always been wildly inconsistent with travel times, especially in the old EU, but I feel like far more time passed than what was shown. Greef sent a message to the Ranger, who traveled from the Outer Rim to the Galactic Center, then traveled back to the Outer Rim to seek out the Mandos, who then went to…

It sounds like at a time Marvel was busier than ever—and cracks were starting to show in the workflow, PR issues with VFX houses, less than stellar finalized productions, etc.—the person who was running much of the production was taking loads of time off to work on a personal project at another company. Seems pretty…

OK Netflix, now make a AD spinoff starring Alia Shawkat.

Nice to see Alfonso Ribeiro continuing to fulfill his life’s goal of slowly taking over Tom Bergeron’s career.

Gideon the Ninth

Just as long as we don’t see any ancient Jedi temples with magic powers that extend far beyond anything ever seen in regular Star Wars stories (Filoni’s most frustrating trope), I’ll be okay.