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2020 and 2021 were great years for Star Wars

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2020 and 2021 were great years for Star Wars

2020 is said to be one of the worst years ever. Several incidents made people think 2020 was the worst year ever, and the worst one, a pandemic hit, and people were quarantined. However, with all that time to spend at home in that quarantine, came a lot of content for Star Wars fans. The years 2020 and 2021 have seen several releases for the Star Wars universe. There were many releases of novels, comics, movies, TV shows, and even some documentaries. Aside from content people could watch, the video game, Knights of the Old Republic, was recently released on Nintendo switch. In these past 2 years, a lot of Star Wars content has been released, but there is still a lot of scheduled content to come in what is left of this year, as well as 2022 and 2023.

 

Book Releases

Let’s start with the books that were published over these past 2 years. In 2020, There were a couple of novels were released. The first book to be released was Queen’s Peril, a young-adult novel. Queen’s Peril was released on June 2, 2020, and is a prequel to Queen’s Shadow, released in 2019. Queen’s Peril was written by E.K. Johnston and has a page count of 288. The events of this book take place when Padme at the age of 14 is elected to be the queen of her planet, Naboo. The story is mainly centered around her and her handmaidens.

The second book to be released in 2020 was Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising. Chaos Rising was released on September 1 of last year and is the first book of the Thrawn Ascendancy series. Chaos Rising was written by Timothy Zahn and has 336 pages. The book takes place during the Clone Wars and is about Thrawn’s mission as a commander in the Chiss Ascendancy to track down dangerous assailants.

This year, there were a few more canon Star Wars novels released. In 2021, Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Greater Good was released. Greater Good was published on April 27, 2021, and is the second book in the Thrawn Ascendancy trilogy. The author of Greater Good is Timothy Zahn, and the book contains 432 pages. Greater Good takes place after Chaos Rising and is about Thrawn and the rest of the Chiss Ascendancy dealing with the aftermath of the events that took place in Chaos Rising.

Star Wars Visions: Ronin was the second novel that was released in 2021. Ronin was released on October 12, 2021, shortly after the show it was based on Star Wars: Visions was released on September 22, 2021. First-time author Emma Mieko Candon wrote Ronin, with the book containing 352 total pages. The book takes place between the third and fourth Star Wars movies, specifically after the first Star Wars: Visions episode, The Duel. The story of Ronin is centered around the aftermath of The Duel, while the main characters struggle to find their place in the universe.

The third Star Wars novel of the year was published as Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Lesser Evil. Lesser Evil was just recently published on November 16, 2021. As with the rest of the Ascendancy trilogy, Lesser Evil was written by Timothy Zahn and has a total of 576 pages. Lesser Evil is the third and final book in the Thrawn Ascendancy series and is about Thrawn trying to prevent the 9 leading families of the Chiss Ascendancy from turning on each other and risking everything to do so.

 

Series Releases

There were also quite a few shows released over the last couple of years. The first Star Wars show that came out in 2020 was Star Wars: Resistance, an animated children’s show. Season 2 episodes 14-19 aired at the beginning of 2020 throughout January 5-26. Resistance has a rating of 5/10 on IMDb. This shows that Resistance is less popular among Star Wars fans as the show is mainly aimed at young children and doesn’t add much to the Star Wars universe.

The second show to air in 2020 was Star Wars: The Clone Wars, an animated PG show. The Clone Wars show originally started in 2008, however, in 2020, the show’s final season aired. The 7th season started airing on February 21, 2020, and the final episode of the season and show aired on May 4, 2020. Season 7 of The Clone Wars has a total of 12 episodes, making it the shortest season in the series. The Clone Wars is very popular among Star Wars fans having an 8.3/10 rating on IMDb. The Clone Wars takes place in between the second and third Star Wars movies during the clone war, and some of season 7 overlaps with the events of the third Star Wars movie, Revenge of the Sith.

The third and possibly most popular Star Wars show to air in 2020 was Star Wars: The Mandalorian, a live-action TV-14 series. The first season first aired in 2019, and the second season dropped on Disney+ in 2020. The first episode aired on October 30, 2020, and the season finale aired on December 18 of the same year. The Mandalorian is more popular than most Star Wars shows and is known more widely as it is live-action and therefore seen as more mature. The Mandalorian has an 8.8/10 rating on IMDb, just a little higher than The Clone Wars. The show takes place after the sixth Star Wars movie and after the fall of the empire.

In 2021, we saw fewer shows for Star Wars. The first Star Wars series that streamed in 2021 was Star Wars: The Bad Batch, an animated show for ages 8 and up. The first episode of The Bad Batch titled Aftermath aired on Disney+ on May 4, 2021, a day on which several Star Wars content has been released, seeing as May 4 is known as Star Wars day. The show went until August 14, 2021, when the season finale was released. The Bad Batch has an 8/10 rating on IMDb and is popular among the Star Wars fandom. The Bad Batch Takes place after Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and during order 66, an order that was issued to the entire clone army to execute all the Jedi.

The other Star Wars series that was released this year was Star Wars: Visions, the very first Star Wars anime. All of the Visions was released at once on September 22 earlier this year. Visions are slightly less popular than other Star Wars shows. This is likely because it is a collection of non-canon, stand-alone shorts. Vision’s rating on IMDb is 7.1/10, and the show has many different shorts that take place during different times in Star Wars history.

 

To Be Released

Although 2020 and 2021 were some of the worst years for the world in a very long time, the 2 years were some of the best years Star Wars has had in a while. There were several books, movies, and series released amid everything that gave people entertainment while they were at home. Even though these past couple of years have been great, the next to come will see some more amazing content. The Book of Boba Fett is set to release on December 29, 2021, on Disney+. The final book of the Queen trilogy that was previously mentioned, titled Queen’s Hope is releasing sometime next year. There are also several shows and following seasons of other shows that will be released in 2022 and 2023. These include The Mandalorian season 3, Andor, Acolyte, Rogue Squadron, Bad Batch season 2, Ahsoka, and the long-awaited Kenobi show. There is also some less well-known content that will come out, such as, the animated movie A Droid Story and the book Padawan that will drop on July 26, 2022. 2020 and 2021 were chaotic years, but at least while we were at home trying to stay safe, Star Wars provided escape and distraction through their amazing content.

Infamous Mandalorian Character: Baby Yoda

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Infamous Mandalorian Character: Baby Yoda

Who is Baby Yoda?

Baby Yoda is an infamous character in the well-known Star Wars show; The Mandalorian. The real name for him has been The Child, but everyone likes and wants to call him Baby Yoda. Baby Yoda, according to Dr. Pershing (Omid Abtahi), is male. Baby Yoda is also 50 years old. Their species has an extraordinarily long lifespan, so 50 years is just an infant. We do not know what the actual character name is, but Robert Iger says that the name will be revealed somewhat soon, probably in one of the middle future episodes of the Mandalorian season 2. Baby Yoda has proven to be very force sensitive and can use a lot of different force abilities. In season one, he saved Mando by using the force on a Mudhorn creature. In one of the later season one episodes, he reveals that he can use the force choke as well. He uses it on Cara Dune because he thought that Cara was trying to hurt Mando in an arm-wrestling competition. He is the same species as Yoda, who we see in the first few movies. Unfortunately, the movies never provided a large background for Yoda, and all we know is that they are little green aliens, and as far as we know, massively force sensitive. The Mandalorian was sent on a mission to find Baby Yoda on a planet called Arvala-7. He succeeded and got the child, and traded him in for the metal he needed to get his whistling birds. He then grew feelings for Baby Yoda and broke the code to get him back. 

Where does Baby Yoda live?

Baby Yoda was found on Arvala-7, but there aren’t any other Baby Yoda’s jumping around. We see the normal Yoda on a swamp planet, but we don’t see anybody else there either, so we can assume that the swamp planet is not the home of the Yoda species. So far, we’ve seen Yoda, part of the Jedi council and one of the strongest Jedi in the force; Baby Yoda, who is the famous partner of the Mandalorian character, known as Mando; Yaddle, who was part of the council in The Phantom Menace and is a female of the Yoda species; and Minch, who was in the comics. As far as we know, there aren’t many lifeforms of this species, but there could be more on another planet. 

Why is Baby Yoda being hunted?

The Mandalorian was sent out to get him for extraction because some of the other season one character wanted him for some sort of extraction. It might have to do with the midichlorians that we learn about in some of the previous Star Wars Movies. The Mandalorian decided that he wanted to keep and protect the Child. Hopefully, we’ll see a lot more of Baby Yoda in the second season of the Mandalorian, because he’s a really interesting character.

Pedro Pascal is now only voice acting for The Mandalorian

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Pedro Pascal is now only voice acting for The Mandalorian

 

It is rumored that Pedro Pascal is now only doing voice acting for the character The Mandalorian. This has been rumored for quite some time but it now seems that he has been told to get off set.

 

It is said that Pedro Pascal was complaining  because he wanted more time without the helmet on. He was supposedly jealous of all the attention Baby Yoda and Gina Corano were getting and for this wanted more face time. This led to him getting into a huge fight with the Mandalorian creators Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni. It seems that Pedro when on set mentioned it to George Lucas hoping he would be on his side. But after Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni wouldn’t change their mind Pedro became very upset. After this Pedro started showing up late, causing friction and even taking his helmet off without warning in the middle of scenes. He started having a bad attitude, messing up his lines and showing up late. Apparently it became so bad he didn’t quit but was told to get out. Which he did. This apparently happened during the halfway marking of filming for the Mandalorian season two. Pedro will now only be doing voice acting for the Mandalorian character and he’s happy with that as it’s less work for him and he won’t have to wear an uncomfortable costume all day. It also makes the crew happy as they don’t have to worry about the Mandalorian taking his helmet off in the middle of scenes and they also don’t have to deal with all the complaining.

Now there will be a different person acting in the Mandalorian suit. Following season 3 they can neither confirm nor deny that Pedro Pascal will be in it. Pascal doesn’t likely have any problems working with Carano as she said how she recently talked to him about being bullied online. Randolph and Doomcock agree with Favreau and Filoni. “Pedro Pascal, it’s the Mandalorian, a character whose code is to not show his face.” Doomcock also thinks that not showing his face could be hard for the story, but I disagree with it as well, “This is the Way.”It is confirmed by Doomcocks that the problem is solved, Pedro Pascal will not be returning to set of the Mandalorian going into season 3 he will only be recording voice lines for the character. He will no longer be appearing on camera, it will be someone else in the suit from now to future seasons. 

 

Star Wars Worst to Best Shows

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Star Wars Worst to Best Shows

Star Wars is the best thing ever, it goes from Awesome movies to Cool novels. It goes to Video games and kids shows. Here we will be covering the 4 Star Wars shows from worst to best. Be prepared.

  • Star Wars Resistance

This show I haven’t fully watched, I got board through like half of episode three. It’s for less mature audiences, I’d say 5-year-olds. So honestly, I can’t give an opinion on this one as I have not fully watched it.

  • Star Wars Rebels

We learn that not all Jedi are executed during order 66, and we join a band of rebel fighters throughout the show. Kanan Jarrus trains Ezra Bridger to be a Jedi as they go through many perils adventure missions.

  • Star Wars The Clone Wars

In this show, it takes us through the clone wars as General Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano fight in the war. Eventually, Ahsoka leaves the order, but it was because they accused her of being a sith. I have watched this many times through. Yeah, season 7 yippy!

  • Star Wars The Mandalorian

This wins on the leader board as it is the first Live-Action Star Wars show that I am aware of, but Mando goes through many perils adventures trying to save “The Child”. AKA Baby Yoda! As this show is about half an hour to an hour-long per episode, it is awesome. Available on Disney plus.

End Credits

Thanks for going on the adventure of the series within Star Wars. This is just how I see it. But Disney makes more Star Wars, it’s just a matter of time.

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