Well, 2019 was a dumpster fire of a pivot year. And I’m not just saying that because everything that went down after felt like trudging through wet cement, or because we barely survived that dreadful pandemic known as… Another season of The Kardashians, but also because November slammed us with two massive pop culture earthquakes.
The TV arrival of Disney’s shiny streaming toy, and Baby Yoda.
Corporate boardroom wars hit peak Imperial ambition right then, both across screens and way out in the Outer Rim.
Disney+ pushed massive promises. Still, their opening catalog looked drier than Tatooine dunes, so picturing them as the absolute monster they became took a real leap of faith. And don’t get me started on The Mandalorian! Whenever the Star Wars machine drops fresh junk, my skin physically crawls. Yet Grogu showed up, and claimed permanent squatters’ rights inside my brain.
However, behind the mouse house screen and our favorite bounty hunter’s helmet, weird Hollywood secrets and trifoundling celebrating a joint anniversary, I believe it time to unpack how this pop culture beast crawled out of the swamp
May the Force guide your way while you scroll!
