The Mandalorian and Grogu May 25, 2026

 It was clear that The Mandalorian and Grogu was intended to be a fourth season of the series, made into a movie at the last minute. I personally would have preferred if more characters from the series appeared in the movie, but they were either killed in the last season, got fired, or died in real life. The opening scene with the walkers was fun, and the battle at the end was OK, but it was clearly intended as a TV series first, or maybe nobody prepared to make a spinoff movie. Because it was a blockbuster, I think the next one will be more like a movie. 

Not much is revealed about the next Star Wars standalone movie, Star Wars: Starfighter, except the cast and that it takes place five years after Rise of the Skywalker. It has a good cast with Ryan Gosling and Amy Adams and directed by the one of the directors of Stranger Things, but whatever Disney's plans are, I accepted that chances are there will never be a Star Wars movie as good as the first three. 

Star Wars was inspired by classic storytelling methods, which is what I use in my books, and many elements of Star Wars appear in my books. Most notably the laser swords Covert soldiers use, which are regular swords with laser rods built into the blade and glow when ignited, often the warrior's favorite color, and can cut through practically anything. In addition, Covert Soldiers name them after Arthurian knights, another classical myth that inspired Lucas as well as Tolkien, my all-time favorite authors, because as the sage progresses, we will get into some of the origins of the Arthur legends. But that is for other books, and if you are interested, click on the link. smashwords.com draft2digital