Why The Mandalorian Feels Like Star Wars — and the Sequel Trilogy Doesn’t
5 min readDec 5, 2020
(Note: Some spoilers through Season 2, episode 6)
When George Lucas filmed a battle on Geonosis for his prequel trilogy, he took inspiration from Saving Private Ryan. When he and Dave Filoni created a new battle on Geonosis for Star Wars: The Clone Wars, they quoted the same source. It was not a singular occurrence. Indeed, The Clone Wars…
