Everything You Need to Know Before The Mandalorian and Grogu

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The Mandalorian and Groguisn’t just the firstStar Wars movie in theaters in seven years. It’s the continuation of a television series that produced three seasons on Disney+,and touched on events in several other TV series, all of which are rooted in a bunch of older movies as well.

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If you have a hard time keeping track of it all, the good news is you don’t have to. That’s why we are here. Our latestStar Warsvideo will refresh your memory (or introduce you for the first time) to the wide and wooly world of Mando, Grogu, and all his allies and enemies. In about 15 minutes, we’ll catch you up on over 1,000 years ofStar Warshistory. (You’re welcome.)

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Universally beloved TV shows aren’t always universally beloved from episode one.

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Perhaps one of the most famous examples of a beloved classic that almost ended right after it began was M*A*S*H, the medical sitcom set inside a U.S. Army mobile surgical hospital during the Korean War. Nowadays, it’s considered one of the best TV shows ever made, an entertaining weekly comedy that found ways to smartly comment on current affairs, but the outlook wasn’t always so rosy. The ratings for the first season were so bad, many cast members at the wrap party assumed they were all saying goodbye. But re-runs proved that M*A*S*H had an audience, and fans showed up in droves after CBS greenlit a second season. The rest is history.

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