'The Mandalorian and Grogu' collapses in second weekend at box office, cementing huge loss for Disney

The news just keeps getting worse for "The Mandalorian and Grogu," The Walt Disney Company, Lucasfilm, and by extension, the future of the Star Wars franchise.

It was just over a decade ago that "The Force Awakens" became the highest-grossing movie, not adjusted for inflation, in the history of domestic U.S. box office. While deeply flawed and derivative, it at least attempted to set up a cohesive storyline for a new generation of Star Wars trilogy.

It's been downhill ever since.

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