In a SPOILER FILLED Episode, Jo drags in Charlotte Noon — who has watched Clone Wars twice on purpose — to talk The Mandalorian and Grogu, a movie Jo refuses to call anything but the Baby Yoda show. They agree it's beautifully made. They agree they have no idea what the plot was. Both things are true at once. That's the episode.

The G-word — Jo sets the rule early: it's the Baby Yoda show, the PR team can get bent, the other word is never getting said.

Charlotte's credentials — A New Hope taped off the telly until the tape snapped, Jedi in the cinema, all of Rebels, Bad Batch four times, Clone Wars twice. Jo gets schooled on who Zeb is in real time.

The verdict — Ridiculously well made, don't look at the writing. Plays like a full TV season crammed into a movie, resetting the act every time Mando gets captured — which is constantly. Net character change by the end: about zero.

Practical effects win — Phil Tippett (yes, that one, also Mad God) does the creature work in stop-motion instead of CGI, and both agree it's the better film for it. Strings over gloss.

The recasting shuffle — Sigourney Weaver steps into a role rewritten around an absent actor, Gina Carano's character gets quietly swapped out, and the seams show if you're looking.

Where it lands — Andor's still the high-water mark. This sits around Ahsoka/Solo, below Rogue One and Andor, above Book of Boba Fett and the Acolyte.

Watch it where — Made-for-IMAX marketing aside, it's fine on the couch. Save the big screen for something that earns it.

Next time — Box returns for lesbian space princesses, then the crew takes on Obsession — a theater movie purely for the sound