How The Mandalorian Unifies All Three Star Wars Trilogies

How The Mandalorian Unifies All Three Star Wars Trilogies

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The Mandalorian incorporates elements from all three trilogies in the Skywalker Saga, unifying movies that take place across the timeline.

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How The Mandalorian Unifies All Three Star Wars Trilogies

The Mandalorian takes the story of Star Wars beyond the Skywalker Saga, but it also unites all three trilogies by applying the best parts of the original trilogy, prequels, and sequels to a new adventure. While Din Djarin’s journey only occasionally intersects with the looming plot of the movies, the show weaves in pieces of each trilogy to confirm that all the movies affect The Mandalorian’s world. The three trilogies were made in vastly different eras and can sometimes feel disconnected from each other as they focus on new heroes and periods of time, but the Star Wars shows can be the key to tying together the events of movies across the timeline.

The show has picked up plot threads and worldbuilding from all three sets of movies, but takes their implications further than the films did, a method that helps The Mandalorian push the future of Star Wars beyond the sequel trilogy. The gradual introduction of these pieces of each trilogy across the seasons helps create a seamless world where these events are simultaneously affecting the galaxy in which Din Djarin operates. The past in the prequels and original trilogy sets the stage, and the plot leads toward the eventual conflict of the sequels.

While each trilogy added a significant chapter to Star Wars lore, they all had their weaker points. The prequels and sequels especially have often been maligned for various creative missteps. By picking and choosing which parts of the worldbuilding to incorporate naturally, The Mandalorian both honors the legacy of the three trilogies while smoothing over and even redeeming elements that didn’t work as well in the movies.

The Mandalorian has an unknown number of future seasons to continue incorporating threads from the movies that came before it, and other upcoming Star Wars projects will continue expanding the worldbuilding of the galaxy far, far away. As more chapters are added to this largely unexplored middle section of the timeline, there are likely to be many more developments to honor and salvage the legacy of the films. The Mandalorian has a lot to offer Star Wars, including a unifying force for the eleven movies that completed the Skywalker Saga.

The Mandalorian Honors The Prequel Trilogy

How The Mandalorian Unifies All Three Star Wars Trilogies

Star Wars fans have often had a love-hate relationship with the prequel trilogy, as it adds a lot of depth to the original trilogy, but also introduced unpopular plots and worldbuilding to the story. However, The Mandalorian and other upcoming shows are salvaging the best parts of the prequels, honoring their contributions to the canon. The show has reused the finest elements of the first three theatrical episodes and even redeemed unpopular additions.

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Cloning and the Clone Wars were one of the strongest parts of prequel films, and the show reintroduces the concept, even bringing back the Kamino insignia on scientist Dr. Pershing’s uniform, linking him directly to the original creators of the clone troopers. It’s a subtle hint that the cloning project the Empire wants Grogu for is a continuation of the cloning the Sith involved themselves in during the prequels. The Mandalorian also doesn’t avoid the problem that reintroducing Boba Fett comes with the baggage of all the other Jango Fett clones the characters have met. The prequels explained Boba Fett’s origins as part of Jango Fett’s payment for being the clone template, and the show dealt with the consequences of that deal on Boba Fett’s life.

The cloning project allows the show to reintroduce the concept of midichlorians. The idea of midichlorians in the blood as the basis for the Force was a controversial move in The Phantom Menace, providing an unnecessary scientific explanation for the previously mystical Force. The Mandalorian, though, brings the midichlorians back in the scientific context of cloning Force-sensitive beings, and it works in a context that better fits the nature of the scientific side of the Force.

Subtle hints also relate The Mandalorian back to young Anakin Skywalker. Din Djarin refers to Ahsoka’s lightsabers as “laser swords,” just as Anakin did in The Phantom Menace, suggesting that it’s a common term those not entirely familiar with the Jedi would use. Din Djarin also used Anakin’s spinning piloting trick from the same movie to avoid the blasts of a TIE fighter. This isn’t the only interesting piloting maneuver the show revived, as a later episode also uses Slave I’s seismic charges, a callback to the popular scene of Jango Fett’s pursuit of Obi-Wan Kenobi.

Instead of rejecting the prequels and their sometimes unpopular worldbuilding, The Mandalorian incorporates the best and the worst in ways that contribute to Din Djarin’s adventures. Exposition like the midichlorians, the Kamino cloners, and the fall of the Jedi take on new importance as these prequels stories are referenced again in The Mandalorian. The prequels loom large in the background, the politics and major figures still affecting the galaxy many years later.

The Mandalorian Is A True Continuation Of The Original Trilogy

How The Mandalorian Unifies All Three Star Wars Trilogies

Set only a few years after Return of the Jedi, The Mandalorian picks up the story where the movies left off. The Empire is in shambles, the New Republic has taken control, and characters from the original trilogy are still alive and well. The destruction of Alderaan and the Death Stars are still in living memory, and they come up in vengeful grudges like the standoff between Cara Dune and the Imperial remnant soldier, reviving the unused idea that George Lucas wanted the Rebellion to be viewed as terrorists from a certain point of view.

The show also picks up the stories of original trilogy characters not long after they were last seen. Luke Skywalker returns, now clearly come into his power as a Jedi, answering the call to become Grogu’s master. Unlike his appearances in the sequel trilogy, this is the Luke Skywalker fans know, still hopeful about the future of the galaxy and the Jedi. Boba Fett’s appearance picks up another plot thread from the last movie in the original trilogy where he met his presumed end in the Sarlacc pit. The show finally confirmed the long-held theory that Boba Fett survived the Sarlacc pit, and the setup for his spinoff shows that he’s now taking revenge for Jabba the Hutt’s part in his hardships on Tatooine.

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The Mandalorian is a true continuation of the original trilogy, following George Lucas’ vision of a sprawling space fantasy that would capture the imagination, even incorporating elements from the old space adventures and Westerns that first inspired Lucas into Din Djarin’s wandering journey as a bounty hunter. As a series that spans wide in the galaxy, it is better able to show the expansiveness of the Star Wars universe than any movie that came before it, a perfect ground to kindle imaginations. The show carries on the legacy of George Lucas’ vision for Star Wars while diving even deeper into his ideas.

The Mandalorian Sets Up (& Can Improve) The Sequel Trilogy

The sequel trilogies rushed fans decades into the future where new heroes and villains emerged to take over from their predecessors in the original trilogy. A common complaint about the sequel trilogy, however, is that the movies dropped fans into this future with very little set-up for how these events unfolded in the intervening years, leading to lines like “Somehow, Palpatine returned.” The Mandalorian is now filling in the gaps to set up how Palpatine and Snoke came to be and how the First Order arose following the Empire’s defeat.

The cloning project the Imperial remnants want to use Grogu for ties in with the failed Palpatine clones and Palpatine’s eventual return in Rise of Skywalker. Although it hasn’t been explicitly confirmed, the most likely reason for the Empire needing a donor with a high midichlorian count is to clone someone powerful in the Force like Emperor Palpatine. As both the new Palpatine and First Order leader Snoke were clones of the Emperor, The Mandalorian is on a collision course with the plot of the sequel trilogy, and this sudden reappearance will finally have a real basis in canon.

The show also gives background on the rise of the First Order. It was unclear how a major power could recover from the ashes of the Empire so quickly, but The Mandalorian shows that the Empire never truly went away. It only transformed into the First Order, and major players like Moff Gideon and Grand Admiral Thrawn were still hiding in the shadows. Even as Imperial remnants, Gideon wields massive resources, enough to create innovations like the Dark Troopers. After only a few years, the Empire is already back, primed to start a new order. The Mandalorian provides much-needed exposition for the future in the sequel trilogy and even improves the movies in the process.

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