Potential Star Wars and Galactic Starcruiser Spoilers Ahead:
Almost exactly a year ago, I posted on Pirates and Princesses an article that reverberated throughout the Star Wars community. Some in the blogosphere thought I was crazy, others thought I just might be right. The topic: that Star Wars would be moving to “fix” The Last Jedi through a series of retcons surrounding Baby Yoda (a.k.a. Grogu).
Well, it’s been a year now, and almost nothing has come out about that. WDW Pro must have gotten that one wrong, eh? Well hold your horses… It turns out that the Grogu plan is still the road map for Lucasfilm, even if Kathleen Kennedy is rehired and even if Pablo Hidalgo still isn’t fired. Remember that report about Kathleen Kennedy being removed from creative decisions about future Star Wars movies with Favreau and Filoni being put in charge? It’s getting more and more obvious that the leak I provided was accurate if you just follow along in this article.
In order to figure out how all of this is tied together, you need to watch one of the latest videos from Drunk3po. He’s reporting on alleged leaks from the Star Wars hotel, and 99% of everything he reports is exactly correct. Now I know you can’t verify that just yet because you don’t have the insider information to prove it, but I know from his description of the Rey and Kylo Ren appearance at the hotel that he has a solid source giving him accurate information. Hours before the YouTuber revealed details about the fight scene, I mentioned it in passing:
A special effects and pyro-heavy spectacular featuring Kylo Ren and Rey was dropped from Galaxy’s Edge Phase 2 and moved instead to the hotel.
https://thatparkplace.com/star-wars-galactic-starcruiser-hotel-how-the-train-wreck-happened/
One thing I’ll say about the Rey and Kylo Ren fight in the hotel… just so you know that I’m fully aware of how it all happens and works, here’s your code to remember in March: “Up and around.” When info comes out about the experience (don’t expect photos or videos in great quality — they’re going to try to keep guests from taking photos or videos during their stay), you’ll understand the phrase and you can know both I and Drunk3po had legit information.
Here’s the video from Drunk3po (and no, I am not the source for his leaks):
There are two important notes from the video for the point of this article:
- His source confirms reporting I’ve done that Grogu is coming to Galaxy’s Edge (as well as the hotel).
- His source confirms a report I did a year ago that everything is going to be about Grogu now.
If you’re wondering when I talked about Grogu and Galaxy’s Edge, that was also way back on Pirates and Princesses. However, I recently commented on it over at the WDW Magic Forums where I chat sporadically.
They were supposed to have Mando and Grogu months ago, but everything has been slowed down by the pandemic. My understanding is that they have park-ready Grogu animatronics ready for meet and greets whenever the green light is given.
Having maintained contact with my sources from a year ago, the road map allegedly holds to this day. Also, by pushing Kathleen Kennedy completely out of Star Wars movies, the path is clear for Filoni and Favreau to create a Disney+ / Theatrical Star Wars Cinematic Universe that will look much like the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The main character in this new, gargantuan attempt is going to be Baby Yoda. From a business standpoint, it is perfect. Everyone loves Baby Yoda… and he can’t get in trouble in the press or have political opinions like normal actors. He sells merchandise like hotcakes. But it’s not just that Baby Yoda fixes that problem. It’s also that Favreau and Filoni allegedly plan to use Baby Yoda as the reason that Luke Skywalker acted so strangely in the sequel trilogy. He had to protect Grogu from Kylo Ren.
And ultimately, this all is reportedly headed for a new trilogy that will star Grogu. I’m told the plan is for Grogu’s trilogy to restore Luke Skywalker, as well as returning Anakin to bring balance to the force. Of course, going any further into details for a road map that likely covers a decade of movies and series would be foolhardy. Things can and will change. But the plan to have Grogu be the character that redeems the story arcs of Luke Skywalker and Anakin is almost certainly not going to change. That is as long as Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni are in charge.
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Oh… and more Mandalorian / Grogu leaks are on the way shortly. Stay tuned…
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Update December 15th, 9:56 AM EST:
Corrected the name of the YouTube channel from the erroneous “Drunk C3P0” to the correct “Drunk3po”. Sincere apologies are given to Drunk3po for messing up the name. Hopefully this mistake didn’t prevent people from finding his channel and potentially subscribing.
