Kathleen Kennedy had said that Star Wars is going fully into female-centric and female-led material. Still, not many could have seen The Mandalorian bending the knee being included in this idea.
For the last few years, but finally having subsided a bit, the national gimmick was for those with “institutional power” or “privilege” to drop to one knee in an act of subservience and humility to atone for their ancestral sins. This was usually done in front of a person or people group who were deemed to be on the opposite end of the power hierarchies. At the same time, the same symbolism was used by many professional athletes and their followers by taking a knee during the playing of the national anthem in order to protest the United States of America.
Now, that same symbolism is being used in the most recent episode of The Mandalorian. Except in this case it is to fully emasculate the lead character, Din.
While this is not a review and we won’t give away any spoilers beyond what has to be reported, The Mandalorian literally takes a knee in the most recent episode before a secondary, female character in the show and pledges to follow her all the days of his life. It is a groveling, subservient act… and one not in line with the character up until this point. For some, it begins to indicate that a collapsing show is going to go in an even greater freefall.
It also strongly beginning to appear in yet another Star Wars show, the male hero of the journey is being completely usurped. Were this a single event, it might be considered a unique plot twist. Instead, it has happened so many times that it now has evolved into a tired trope of a “force is female” Star Wars franchise that no longer caters to its original demographic.
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— The Mandalorian (@themandalorian) April 11, 2023
Just when you think Star Wars can’t go any lower, it somehow does. But that’s perhaps because Lucasfilm is a hive of villainy in my estimation. That’s in spite of the rest of the episode being… okay.
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