Back in the cave again, we discuss our thoughts on the new Disney+ show The Mandalorian, doing our best to avoid plot spoilers (aside from what’s been seen in the trailers). We also talk about the cinema influences to Star Wars, and give a big recommendation to the documentary series The Imagineering Story.
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Regarding your request for meditative spaces on quest – there are a couple of meditation apps which give you artificial landscapes and allow you to disable the music, guide and just let you meditate
You should have Wil and/or Anne on the show sometime!
Re: The Mandalorian: I have to say I absolutely love the background paintings (? or are they photos?) behind the credits.
Norm, you’ll probably dig this, it’s even more footage of the construction of Disneyland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rItAd9FuIDo
that’s preproduction art
for a quite sedative space – THE GRAND CANYON
Watching the Mandalorian I’m immediately reminded of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Samurai Jack. Samurai Jack wore it’s influences on its sleeve: Kurosawa Samurai, Spaghetti Western, Anime, Comics, and Star Wars. (Samurai Jack also had a lone wolf and cub cameo)
George Lucas liked Tartakovsky’s style and recruited him for for the animated Clone Wars. There’s a tangled circle of influence here that I’d try to put into a diagram if I had the time.