What happened to a bit of flair?

Star Wars is big, sweeping, pulpy, intense, weird, exciting, stirring.

At its very best, it evokes a sense of mystery, adventure, and wanderlust.

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Luke is the New Hope, the Empire strikes back, the Jedi return.

The Sith are a phantom menace, the Clones attack, the Sith have their revenge.

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Well, here they are, The Mandalorian & GroguTM!

We do still get a little bit of that classic mystery in here and sparks though.

And they stand out even more as the sea of character titles we already have because of it!

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may point to Star Wars once again moving back to that kind of pulpy titling.

We can but hope.

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