Star Warshas had a lot of moments where it has been changed forever.
The debut of a new major movie addition to the Skywalker Saga always did that.
The rebooting of continuity at large ahead of those movies did that, too.
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The Mandaloriandidnt just changeStar Warsfor a lot of the reasons we might recognize it for these five years later.
Who is this masked bounty hunter that were following?
IsStar Warseven allowed to have this kind offlawed, human perspectivein a protagonist anymore?
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The Mandalorian didnt just ask these questions, it downright luxuriated in them.
It took a while for that to no longer to be the case, butThe Mandalorianeventually got there.
And of course, it was a design we already knewfrom somewhere else.
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One of the few that has?
Five years on, its safe to say thatThe Mandalorianreally did changeStar Warsforever.
Whether it was for better or worse remains a question worth asking.
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