7 samurai = 2 Mandalorian apparently I’m going to call such stories fractal origin stories. Where a roughly sketched element in a macro world is detailed in a micro way, adding depth to your appreciation of the original
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Fractal origin stories are to extended universes what regular origin stories are to simple trilogy type series. I think we’re seeing the birth of a new genre here. Imagine possibilities: An entire show about invention of light saber Robots series explaining evolution to R2D2
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In the long run original material like E4-6 will be seen as mere rough storyboard concepts and the grand narratives like Ep 1-9 will be seen as the boring skeleton hagiography by self-aggrandizing elites.
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There will be a series called People’s History of The Force, a revisionist account casting all of them — the Skywalkers, Kenobis, and Palpatines — as corrupt elites like Bushes, Clintons, and Trumps. Featuring a young radical named Zinn who was once that sellout Yoda’s friend.
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Bryce Dallas Howard, who directed the ep, says she was inspired to make it dinosaur-like (recall she also stars in the Jurassic World films)https://www.cbr.com/mandalorian-bryce-dallas-howard-jurassic-world/ …
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