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I've had friends who have never even had a passing interest in Star Wars over the years, now taking part in these conversations. I think The Mandalorian has converted more fans than anything since the first three movies.
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The Mandalorian has managed to hit a lot of right notes over these 2 seasons. One of the challenges and perhaps failings of the prequel and/or sequel movies is that they not only were pulling from the Star Wars universe, but they were extending the stories of beloved characters as well. Many fans were unhappy with the "whiny young Darth Vader" of the prequels and probably more were unhappy with the endings for Luke, Leia, and Han in the more recent sequels. The Mandalorian had the advantage with starting with brand new characters from popular but largely enigmatic bits of Star Wars lore (the Mandalorian culture, Yoda's species) and wasn't trapped in the narrative of the movies and only tangentially related to those plotlines. This left the writers a lot of latitude in crafting the story they wanted to tell without crashing into the walls of existing canon. Similarly, the more recent introductions of existing characters (Ahsoka and Luke on-camera, plus characters like Grand Admiral Thrawn off-camera) have been artfully limited to provide fanservice without derailing the story or diminishing the value of the stars of this series in light of the "superstars" of past movies and shows.
It makes me wonder if similar long-lived sci-fi series might prove less divisive if they similarly strayed further afield of their well-established roots, such as maybe a Star Trek series centered around Romulans or Klingons or something rather than another Starfleet crew, or maybe telling the story of the founders of Hogwarts for the Harry Potter/Wizarding World instead of just telling the story of the very next generation (Cursed Child), or the previous generation (Fantastic Beasts).
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Your comments kind of remind me of Torchwood in Dr. Who.
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Torchwood/Dr. Who crossed my mind as I wrote that, but seeing as we had a few years of that, I thought something not yet tried might be interesting.