As the table below shows, the Star Wars movie franchise that started in 1977 with the groundbreaking “Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope” is the most lucrative franchise in the history of movies. This amazing science fiction idea has also created another 17 TV series and another five Star Wars Lego series.

The new Star wars film, the first in seven years “The Mandalorian and Grogu” stars Pedro Pascal as the Mandalorian and Grogu as baby Yoda. Grogu is such a cute character of Yoda that it has added more life to a series that is now, almost 50 years old and seems to be still going strong.

The problem with this new movie is the same as other movies like this one. “We do not care about creating a great story and screenplay first, we only care about creating great special effects and then retrofitting a story around the effects”. This movie is once again about name recognition and not about an entertaining story. This is a decision entirely based on making money and not entertaining the audience. I also found too much of these 2+ hours surprisingly boring, especially towards the end. One of the best reviews, says it all, Rachit Gupta “Even the franchise’s lesser entries have understood that without real stakes, there is no real story. The Mandalorian and Grogu is the first film in the history of this franchise to forget that entirely.”

The Rotten Tomatoes ratings are an understandably low 63%, with my rating only 50% and a recommendation only for the most rabid Star Wars fans.