The Mandoverse has given us a lot and we'll miss it when it's over

Star Wars fans have been blessed with various new content over the past few years. After Disney+'s launch, live-action Star Wars series have graced our TV screens almost continuously since the release of The Mandalorian in 2019.

Recently, fans have scrutinized the Mandoverse, with many agreeing that this era has overstayed its welcome. MovieWeb thoroughly analyzed this issue from every angle and raised several valid points about where Lucasfilm creatives, including Dave Filoni, have made mistakes in handling the Mandoverse.

Some fans dislike Dave Filoni and much of what he's done in Star Wars. Fair or unfair, this is one of the realities of being a Star Wars storyteller. Filoni has ruffled some feathers with his creative decisions, including retconning events in canon Star Wars novels. Regardless, most of us would be lying if we said we weren't completely floored when The Mandalorian artfully brought some of the most beloved Star Wars animated characters to life, including Filoni's most successful creation, Ahsoka Tano.

Whether it's the right creative direction to go in or not can be debated, but the plan was always for Star Wars to come up with its version of the Avengers, and that's what we're getting. There hasn't been any radical change in plans other than Rangers of the New Republic and The Mandalorian Season 4 disappearing. Boba Fett and Ahsoka are popular characters who are worthy of their series and it just happens that their timelines coincide with The Mandalorian's.

Complaints about the Mandoverse being too complicated are bizarre, as you could easily argue that seven seasons of The Clone Wars are just as complicated. Even Andor may seem complex to some viewers, which brings us to complaints about too much Mando content. The Mandalorian has 24 episodes, and most of them are less than an hour long. However, after Andor Season 2, Cassian's story will also cover 24 episodes that are around one hour long. That's nearly 24 hours of Rebellion-era storytelling, plus Rogue One, which is over 2 hours long.

TV shows often take several seasons to unfold, and as every Mandalorian-era show is building to the same event, effort needs to be put into the build-up. It took seven seasons of The Clone Wars, The Clone Wars movie, and three prequels to justify the fall of the Republic and Anakin Skywalker. Similarly, it's taken four seasons of Star Wars Rebels, the original trilogy films, two seasons of Andor, and Rogue One to cover the Empire's reign of tyranny and the rise of the Rebellion. Now, The Mandalorian is here to illustrate what happened before the rise of the First Order. This builds to an important, era-defining event where multiple pivotal characters will play a role and explains why there's been so much content. While every character in the Mandoverse is on their journey, their paths will cross, and without a reasonable way to bring their paths together, it's likely to seem like fanservice.

So far, it's obvious The Mandalorian is the runaway hit. It's why the crossover idea can play out and why any of these other stories and characters have a chance. As beloved as the animated characters are, they don't stand a chance without Din Djarin and Grogu's popularity. Disney has to decide for itself how to continue with this era. Will it culminate and end for good, or will certain characters continue being an important part of Star Wars?

Ultimately, if the Mando movie fails, the Mandoverse won't last too long. This entire era rests on The Mandalorian's shoulders. Shows like Ahsoka Season 2, Skeleton Crew, and whatever else hits Disney+ after The Mandalorian & Grogu are unlikely to receive as much viewership as The Mandalorian. Complaints regarding Mandoverse overstaying its welcome are odd because these shows continue to receive positive feedback, and everyone is curious to see how everything culminates. Unless everything set to release is a complete disaster, saying this era has overstayed its welcome would be harsh.

Star Wars has been around a long time, and we've spent decades analyzing and agonizing over the same content and characters, so sticking with the Mandoverse for a few more years, in hopes of a great result to the buildup, is what being a Star Wars fan is all about. We should be grateful for the content. If it all seems like it's too much, get ready for these shows to keep you company in case of a long content drought in the next few years as Disney moves away from TV series and focuses on theatrical releases.

The Mandalorian is streaming on Disney+.