‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is the End of ‘Star Wars’ as We Know It. Plus: The Winners and Losers at Cannes.

A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away … we used to have good Star Wars movies. Before diving into The Mandalorian and Grogu, Sean and Amanda give a final recap of their trip to the Cannes Film Festival and cover a handful of movie news headlines they missed while they were overseas (2:28). Then, they are joined by Star Wars superfan Van Lathan to discuss who the movie was actually made for, why it doesn’t feel special for one of cinema’s biggest movie franchises, and how this film marks an end of an era for Star Wars at large (32:02). Finally, Sean is joined by Daniel Roher to discuss why he felt his new film, Tuner, was an exercise to prove to himself that he could broaden his horizons outside of the documentary genre (1:28:33).

Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guests: Daniel Roher and Van Lathan
Producer: Jack Sanders
Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh