STAR WARS: Episodes 10/11/12 in the works?

[upbeat music] Now, if you're a Star Wars fan, and clearly you are or you wouldn't be watching and listening to this episode, you'd have to be dead inside to not feel something based off of that edit from The Rise of Skywalker.

The trailer, the full trailer for The Rise of Skywalker.

Even if you didn't like the film, but the musical cues and even the story beats, and maybe it's a little bit unfair because we're talking about a Skywalker Saga film.

But be that as it may, John Williams' score is enough to bring out the emotions and feelings of nostalgia or just fun and adventure that s- r- that relates to when Star Wars is at its, is at its best.

The Mandalorian and Grogu didn't tap into any of that, and as a matter of fact, the most emotion that I felt attached to The Mandalorian and Grogu came from one of the final trailers that really hooked me on the movie and got me legitimately excited, and it's when they used a Star Wars cue, the official Star Wars music.

The music of, of Ludwig, um, Johannson, I think is his name.

The, the composer for The Mandalorian and The Mandalorian and Grogu.

It's fantastic, don't get me wrong, and the theme for The Mandalorian is incredibly memorable, and it does evoke some emotion, but nothing, nothing like what you get with a John Williams score.

On top of that, you had the mythology that was within the trailer in and of itself.

The Mandalorian and Grogu didn't have any of that.

Now, understand that I really enjoyed The Mandalorian Grogu.

It is a fantastic Indiana Jones style adventure, or as Dave Filoni and Jon Favreau have described it out on the press junket, um, they likened it more to a Bond film.

I'm like, "Okay, same difference, right?" I mean, Indiana Jones was, um, L- George Lucas' attempt because he always thought about doing a Bond film, so he decided to make him an archeologist instead.

So the comparisons are absolutely there.

But that's the issue that The Mandalorian and Grogu had.

And let me give you another, another example.

Project Hail Mary, a movie that's my, my favorite film of the year.

It's easily in my top 10 favorite movies of all time, if you aren't including Star Wars films.

There's a reason why that film worked on a number of different levels.

First off, not everybody had read the book by Andy Weir.

A lot of people have, but not everybody had.

How did they make this story that's essentially a buddy film in space with an alien rock work? Well, it's because it was a buddy film in space, and it worked because it made you feel something.

There was genuine heart and emotion attached to those characters and a weight to the story.

The Mandalorian and Grogu had gone out of its way to avoid any mythology or deeper Star Wars lore.

The relationship between Grogu and Din Djarin was already well-established in the television show.