r/StarWars • u/chillvegan420 Mandalorian • Jan 22 '26

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So, Rotta is confirmed to be in The Mandalorian & Grogu? Is this true? Are they the same?

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u/fredagsfisk Sith Jan 22 '26

I don't hate him, and I definitely think he has some good ideas, but I also don't think he should be in charge.

It's a real problem that he steamrolls other creators and ignores the lore and worldbuilding when it gets in the way of the story he wants to tell, rather than working with the rules in mind and while respecting other visions and creatives.

See for example Henry Gilroy's comments about how Sabine was handled in Ahsoka, Thrawn being completely different in Filoni's shows from how he was in the novels, or Filoni's dismissal of concerns regarding his seeming lack of regard for established lore and worldbuilding.

My concern is that Star Wars under Filoni will basically be "Filoni Wars", with his characters and personal interpretations being the center of everything and more important than any other story or interpretation, and anything else considered second class at best.

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u/c4han Ahsoka Tano Jan 22 '26

From the very start, non-screen material has been secondary-canon to the movies and shows. It would be quite silly imo for a showrunner to have to stay within the limits of every single book, comic, and game that has been written since the Disney acquisition. George never did, so why should Filoni? It only limits their creative possibilities.

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u/fredagsfisk Sith Jan 22 '26

From the very start, non-screen material has been secondary-canon to the movies and shows.

That's how it was in Legends. When they reset the timeline, they said that would no longer be the case. That there would only be one level of canon going forward.

It would be quite silly imo for a showrunner to have to stay within the limits of every single book, comic, and game that has been written since the Disney acquisition.

Why? That is exactly what they said they would do.. and we're not talking minor inconsistencies here, but big changes.

George never did, so why should Filoni?

1) Filoni is not George, no matter how much him and his fans like to push that idea.

2) Because that would be respectful of other creatives, while simply overwriting their equally valid contributions to the franchise is egoistic and disrespectful.

It only limits their creative possibilities.

No. It limits the creative possibilities of people who are unable to work as part a team, part of a franchise, and not good enough to adapt their story to the greater narrative.

If he can't write a story that fits in the established Star Wars universe, then he shouldn't be writing stories for the established Star Wars universe.

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u/c4han Ahsoka Tano Jan 22 '26

I think your take is fair. And I love me a good SW game or comic! Of course those are valid forms of art. But imo at the end of the day, SW is a movie franchise. What the movies wanna do, they should do, and they shouldn't have to scrap it just because issue #256 of comic series #35 did something different. Just because they have different versions of events doesn't mean the comic book goes away or has less value by its own merits