'The Mandalorian' S3 review: This is most definitely the way

Season 3 of 'The Mandalorian' is finally starting to open up the universe it inhabits, making for the prospect of a richer, more galaxy-spanning story. – Photos: Disney Hotstar

One wonders what George Lucas thinks when he sees what Star Wars has become today. After all, these days, the Star Wars universe, both on film and on the TV screen, really does seem like a galaxy far far away from the one he created in 1977.

What started out as a simple story of a young farmboy who becomes the saviour of the galaxy has now evolved into a massive world-building exercise that has made the Star Wars universe is richer and more complex than ever. And key to that evolution has not been its higher profile films, but its smaller but no less important TV shows.