"Star Wars" insider Bill Slavicsek on how

Nekkid link works perfectly.

Oy. When did 'fan service' become a bad phrase? Seems to me that serving the customer, in this case the fan, is what a business should strive to do. I get that sometimes, 'fan service' merely means 'don't look at the man behind the curtain' when plot and/or writing suck, but in most cases, it means, 'here's something special just for being a fan'.

If they're working with the Lucasfilm story group, it's nominal. They've done a better job with The Mandalorian than that so-called story group did with the entire sequel trilogy. Maybe it's because they're out to tell a good Star Wars story instead of trying to push an agenda.

Part of the allure of The Mandalorian is the bond that grows between Din Djarin and Grogu. I don't know about you, but I think a guy bonding with a child, becoming and being a father figure, is attractive on many layers.

You can't serve too many masters. Forget that he's being diplomatic and the sequels sucked big-time, thanks to Ruin... I mean, Rian... Johnson's 'subverting expectations'. The masters they wanted to serve was shown in a whiteboard presentation in the story group that put 'diversity' and 'dinosaurs' (I guess they meant some of the Star Wars beasts but who knows?) above story. All of that mention of serving two masters and trying to please everyone puts me in mind of that old Rick Nelson song, 'Garden Party.' I'm going to have to look that one up and listen to it again.

Ah, the prequels. All that political stuff was necessary to build backstory to the world, and I loved how they showed Palpatine as a manipulative creep and secret Sith Lord. Ian Mcdiarmid did a great job. Probably because of all the legislative hoop-de-loop it was much more boring than the OT.

Luke! Of course you have to have Luke Skywalker! He's a pivotal character in that time period and that universe. He and his friends were instrumental in taking down the two biggest baddies in the galaxy. You can't pretend they don't exist.

Yeah, he's saying, in a very veiled way, get Favreau and Filoni in and Kennedy and her stupid non-story group out.