The Mandalorian and Grogu Is Exactly What Star Wars Needed

What's next after The Mandalorian and Grogu | Looking to the Future of Star Wars | This is the May

What comes next for Star Wars? After looking back at the Original Trilogy, the Prequels, the Sequels, the TV era, and The Mandalorian and Grogu, our final This is the May episode looks ahead at the future of the franchise. Star Wars is no longer just one kind of story. It can be mythic, political, experimental, nostalgic, strange, personal, massive, or small. But as the galaxy expands across movies, shows, animation, and standalone stories, one question becomes more important than ever: Can Star Wars stay flexible without becoming scattered? In this episode of Algorithms With Attitude, we discuss Dave Filoni’s role in shaping the future of Star Wars, upcoming projects like Star Wars: Visions Presents — The Ninth Jedi, Ahsoka Season 2, Starfighter, and Maul, the possible Rey movie, and the larger Mandoverse event that may bring several New Republic-era stories together. We also look at how The Mandalorian and Grogu shows that smaller standalone adventures can still work in this universe, why Heir to the Empire continues to cast such a long shadow, and why moving beyond Episode IX may be one of the biggest creative challenges Star Wars faces. Because the future of Star Wars should not be about choosing between nostalgia and reinvention. It should be about clarity. Let some stories be small. Let some be huge. Let some connect. Let some stand on their own. But make each one matter. 🎙️ Algorithms With Attitude — where code meets connection. 👇 Question for you: What direction do you want Star Wars to take next: bigger connected events, smaller standalone adventures, or something completely new?

The Mandalorian and Grogu Is Exactly What Star Wars Needed

The Mandalorian and Grogu Review | Fun, Focused & Exactly Enough Does The Mandalorian and Grogu need to redefine the future of Star Wars? Not necessarily. In this bonus review episode of Algorithms With Attitude, we break down The Mandalorian and Grogu as a fun, focused standalone adventure — one that continues the spirit of the show without needing to carry the weight of the entire franchise. Because not every Star Wars story needs to change the galaxy. Sometimes it just needs to tell a clear one. 🧠 In this review, we discuss: 🔹 Why The Mandalorian and Grogu works best as a smaller-scale adventure 🔹 How the movie continues the Din and Grogu dynamic from the show 🔹 Why it can stand alone while still rewarding fans of The Mandalorian 🔹 How characters like Rotta, Zeb, and Embo add extra layers for animated series fans 🔹 Why “optional” Star Wars works better here than it did with Solo 🔹 How Rogue One, Andor, Skeleton Crew, and The Mandalorian show different paths forward for the franchise 🔹 And why Star Wars may not need every story to be massive, mythic, or franchise-defining Our score: 7.5/10 Maybe closer to a 7 if you wanted something bigger and more consequential. Maybe closer to an 8 if you wanted a fun, focused Din and Grogu adventure. It’s not essential Star Wars. But it is enjoyable Star Wars. And honestly, that might be exactly what this corner of the franchise needed. 🎙️ Algorithms With Attitude — where code meets connection. 👇 Question for you: Do you want more smaller-scale Star Wars adventures like this, or should the movies focus on bigger saga-level stories?

The Saga Expands | Looking Back at Star Wars on TV | This is the May

Star Wars TV Explained | Animation, The Mandalorian, Andor & Why Format Matters What happens when Star Wars stops trying to fit everything into movies? In this episode of Algorithms With Attitude, we continue our This is the May series by shifting away from the films and looking at the stories that changed how Star Wars is told: the animated and live-action shows. Because some of the most important Star Wars stories didn’t happen in theaters. They happened on television. From The Clone Wars and Rebels to The Mandalorian, Andor, Visions, and beyond, we explore how Star Wars evolved when it was given more time, more space, and more flexibility to grow. 🧠 In this episode, we break down: 🔹 How The Clone Wars deepened the prequel era 🔹 Why animation gave characters like Anakin, the clones, and the Jedi Order more emotional weight 🔹 How Rebels connected different eras of Star Wars into one larger system 🔹 Why The Mandalorian worked by making the galaxy feel smaller and more focused 🔹 How Andor became one of the clearest examples of intentional Star Wars storytelling 🔹 Why Visions proves Star Wars can work outside canon and continuity 🔹 How shows like The Bad Batch, Tales of the Jedi, Ahsoka, Skeleton Crew, and others expand the galaxy in different ways 🔹 And why modern Star Wars succeeds most when it has clarity, focus, and direction Because Star Wars doesn’t succeed just because it’s big. It succeeds when it’s clear.

The Saga Continues Again | Looking Back at the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy | This is the May

The Star Wars Sequels | When the Vision Splits What happens when the original creator steps away… and the system keeps going? In this episode of Algorithms With Attitude, we continue our five-part Star Wars series — “This is the May” — by breaking down the Sequel Trilogy, along with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story, to explore what happens when Star Wars moves forward without George Lucas. Because this isn’t just a new trilogy. It’s a new creative model. Multiple directors. Multiple visions. Multiple definitions of what Star Wars should be. 🧠 In this episode, we explore: 🔹 Why Star Wars: The Force Awakens focused on reassurance instead of reinvention 🔹 Why audiences initially responded so strongly to Rey, Finn, Poe, Kylo Ren, and BB-8 🔹 How The Force Awakens rebuilt trust—but also raised concerns about repetition 🔹 Why Rogue One proved Star Wars could work outside the Skywalker saga 🔹 How The Last Jedi challenged expectations—and split the audience 🔹 Why Solo wasn’t the problem… but revealed one 🔹 How production changes and shifting creative leadership affected The Rise of Skywalker 🔹 Why The Mandalorian arriving at the same time mattered more than people realized 🔹 And what the Disney era reveals about storytelling when vision becomes fragmented 🎬 Because the sequel era didn’t just continue Star Wars… It tested whether a mythology can survive without a single guiding voice. 💡 Here’s the core idea: Stories are systems. And systems require alignment. When that alignment breaks… Even the ending can feel uncertain.

The Saga Continues | Looking Back at the Star Wars Prequel Trilogy | This is the May

The Star Wars Prequels Explained | When Myth Becomes System What happens when you go back… and explain everything? In this episode of Algorithms With Attitude, we continue our five-part Star Wars series — “This is the May” — by breaking down the Prequel Trilogy and the shift that changed everything. Because the prequels aren’t just a continuation of Star Wars. They’re a reconstruction. A move from mystery… to explanation. From myth… to system. 🧠 In this episode, we explore: 🔹 Why the prequels feel so different from the original trilogy 🔹 How George Lucas’ full creative control changed the storytelling 🔹 The shift from emotional immediacy to worldbuilding and structure 🔹 Why The Phantom Menace divided audiences (Jar Jar, Darth Maul, and expectations) 🔹 How Attack of the Clones expands the system—but struggles with connection 🔹 Why Revenge of the Sith works as a payoff—even if the buildup is uneven 🔹 The role of constraint vs freedom in creativity 🔹 How explaining the Force and the galaxy changed the feeling of Star Wars 🔹 And why the prequels were re-evaluated over time by a new generation 🎬 Because the prequels didn’t just expand Star Wars… They changed how it works. 💡 Here’s the core idea: When you explain a myth… It stops feeling like a myth. 🎙️ This is Episode 2 of our “This is the May” series, where we’re exploring every era of Star Wars—from the Original Trilogy to the Prequels, Sequels, and beyond. Next Episode: 👉 The Sequel Trilogy — When the Vision Splits 🎧 Algorithms With Attitude — where code meets connection. 👇 Question for you: Do you prefer Star Wars as a mystery… Or as a fully explained system?