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I can imagine that, many years in the future, there will be people who are watching The Mandalorian in what appears to be the proper sequence. They’ll move from the Season 2 finale on to the Season 3 premiere, and wonder how Grogu can be back and where Mando got his new ship from. Then months later they’ll try Book Of Boba Fett out of curiosity and go, “Oh, so THIS is where that happened?”
The problem is far worse on the Marvel side: the story of Thor does not properly continue from Thor 3 to Thor 4, but two movies in between. Comics traditionally have little notes from the “editor” in yellow boxes whenever something like this happens, telling readers where they can find the missing piece of the story (“See Issue #474! Excelsior!”). But not in the movies that adapt those comics. You have to do the work on your own. Most people won’t bother, and will be confused.
So those of us in the present day, experiencing The Mandalorian (and other such interconnected media) for the first time...
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