By Friday afternoon box-office numbers indicate “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” is headed for the lowest box-office debut of a major live-action “Star Wars” film. Thursday night previews and Friday numbers are in with a combined domestic opening day of $34 million – just behind that of “Solo: A Star
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There was a time when a new Star Wars film felt like an event. The original trilogy was the trend-setting sci-fi fantasy of the late 70’s and early 80’s and defined a generation. And say what anyone will about the merits of the prequel or sequel trilogies, but those, too,
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Comic books will often release an issue for a long-running character with a disclaimer on the cover advertising it as a “jumping-on point”. This means it might be the 200th issue of a character, but the story itself will restate the character’s origins or tell a self-contained story, unrelated to
