Re: The Mandalorian and Grogu has lowest box office opening for a Star Wars film in Disney era

In article <[email protected]>, Your Name
<[email protected]> wrote:

> On 2026-06-19 15:26:41 +0000, scole said:
> 
> > In article <[email protected]>, Your Name
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> >> On 2026-06-18 14:51:33 +0000, scole said:
> >>> 
> >>> I would love to see another Mando film with a time jump of 20 or so years
> >>> and Grogu able to speak the creed and become a true Mandalorian, it'd be
> >>> brilliant way to close that story off.
> >> 
> >> It's doubtful Grogu could ever be a Mandalorian ... he'd never get
> >> those ears inside the helmet (assuming they made a smaller version of
> >> the armour).  :-p
> > 
> > Yeah, there is that... lol
> > 
> > I just had a Google and there are some truly ridiculous looking fan-art
> > Grogu helmets that have sticky-out bits for the ears to be covered by...
> > but there are a few that allow the ears to freely protrude and they
> > actually look... OK. One or two of them actually look pretty damn cool!
> > 
> > He has had some armour made for him already; beskar chain-mail vest,
> > breastplate, shoulder plates (I think?). The Mandalorian Way is that he
> > will one day speak the creed, and then must wear a helmet forever more -
> > so in-universe they will have to find a way, because This Is The Way.
> > 
> > ;)
> 
> If you want ridiculous "Mandalorian" armour, try this one:
> 
>    Count Binface - supposed "comedian" and a looney
>    who stands for positions in local UK elections
>    <https://i.imgur.com/VWsDIoi.jpeg>
> 
> There really are some complete wackos out there. :-\

This particular wacko was amusing, though - in the post-Brexit political
chaos that went on for *years* in the UK, this guy did liven up a couple
of the general elections we had - he was genuinely amusing.

There's a long-standing British tradition of nutters and attention-seekers
standing for Parliament in the constituency of the current Prime Minister
- you pay your 500 quid deposit and you're on the ballot paper. The
outcome of that is when the constituency results are read out at 4 or 5am
the morning after votes were cast, you have the Prime Minister of the UK
on stage standing alongside 20 or so lunatics - including Lord/Count
Binface in these instances.