More and more, film production companies, especially the more well-known ones, do not want to take risks with their most popular titles, which is why they set two deadlines for the press: one, where they can use social media to share their first impressions (which are usually positive, even with the excitement of having attended an event or the obligation to elaborate in very few lines); and another, the review itself where the nuances finally arrive. However, in The Mandalorian and Grogu, the tactic has worked out moderately for them.
In a galaxy far, far away…
Among the first reactions to the new Star Wars, there has been a mix, with very enthusiastic audiences, like Erik Davis, who stated that “It’s a fun and strange journey through the galaxy. I love that. It reminded me of how fun Star Wars can be when it stops worrying about canon and goes wild. If you’re going to see it as a Saturday morning pulp matinee, you’re going to have a great time“. Note that even in positive reactions, there are addendums.
Peter Sciretta has also called for calm: “The marketing had worried me, but it’s a lot of fun. Yes, it’s like a few long, high-budget episodes of the series, more like a weekly adventure than a giant galactic story. If you like the series, you’ll love it. If not, you probably won’t“. In this sense, many talk about that inevitable feeling of watching an episode on a grand scale.
But, of course, there are also more dissenting voices than expected, like that of Griffin Schiller, who described it saying “This… is it? An innocuous and technically impressive spectacle that leads to a festival of nodding off. Structured like a short season of the series that sadly ends up feeling like watching scenes from a Star Wars video game instead of playing one.” More harsh is Jonathan Sim, stating that “it is one of the worst Star Wars movies. An emotionless and predictable experience that takes Din Djarin nowhere interesting. Boring and unexciting fight scenes, just CGI monsters. A long, colorless made-for-TV movie“. Next Friday we will finally know who is right. May the Force be with us.
