The Mandalorian movie could be a bittersweet experience for fans of the series

Supporters Mandalorian have been eagerly anticipating the upcoming film based on the series since it was announced earlier in the year, but a recent report suggests that they may not be entirely thrilled with the film's impact on the franchise.

Mandalorian it's up to Star Wars franchise that Vandavision is for the Marvel Cinematic Universe, being the project that brought the franchise to the small screen when Disney decided to use its big IPs for content on its Disney+ streaming service. After a solid three seasons, the show's fourth installment will be delayed due to strikes in 2023, giving executives the chance to develop a concept theater project based on the show, to be announced in January 2024. Longtime franchise fan favorite Dave Filoni will be attached to direct, and many were even more convinced after Filoni's stellar work on Star Wars: Ahsoka.

While details about the plot for The Mandalorian and Grog While it's only speculation at this point due to potential leaks, fans now know at least one important fact about the film and how it will affect the series that spawned it. A recent report by a trusted insider source, Daniel Richtman, states as much Mandalorian completed an impressive streaming series and an upcoming theatrical film project The Mandalorian and Grog will be the final chapter in a story ten years in the making. “I also confirmed that The Mandalorian movie will be the final chapter of the show, not Season 4,” Richtman reports. “He'll be involved in other projects after that, but The Mandalorian will be finished.” The focus was said to have shifted from the fourth season Mandalorian to the movie, but many fans didn't think it meant the complete end of the Disney+ series.

While many fans of the franchise have fond memories of the show that underpinned all of its success Star Wars seen on Disney+ since then and may react negatively to the show's unceremonious end, the bitter news is somewhat tempered by the certainty of seeing Pedro Pascal's Dean Jarin in future projects The Mandalorian and Grog. There are tons of things that Mandalorian fans would like to see in the future Star Wars movie, but it's easy to see that no one wants to say goodbye to the characters forever. While the plot of the movie is supposed to end the story of the Disney+ series, fans can be sure that the main characters will live to the end and stay in good shape, as they will appear next.

It was clear for a while Star Wars could fall into Marvel's trap with its seemingly far-reaching commitment to creating content for Disney+, many of which include fan-favorite characters worthy of full theatrical projects. The Mandalorian and Grog will surely require fans to do three seasons worth of homework to figure it out, which would be an uncharacteristic first for the franchise. It stands in contrast to Outcast alone and Andorra, both of which stand alone as solid entries in the franchise despite the former being the direct set-up for the former Star Wars and the latter is a prequel to it. Adding to that Outcast alone was was released first, and it's clear why it worked well within the film-centric approach of the franchise. However, in the Disney+ era, projects took place before, during, and after the timelines covered by the main films, leaving the franchise with a major problem.

Ending the series as one of the best Disney Plus series of 2023 isn't a bad option. If the upcoming movie can put a proper capstone on the show, then Mandalorian will surely go down in history as the truth Star Wars streaming win, a hit-or-miss title for the franchise on Disney+. With controversy around Acolyte and Skeleton Crew still being an unknown variable, The Mandalorian and Grog may take on even greater significance when eventually released.

Mandalorian is available to stream on Disney+.

Source: Daniel Richtman