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Instant review of "The Mandalorian and Groghu

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  Having just got home after watching the new Disney Star Wars film, "The Mandalorian and Grogu" which was released in cinemas today here are some instant reactions. 1) This feels as if Dave Filoni and John Favreau set out to make for the big screen a two-hour self-contained story episode very similar to the episodes of season one of the Disney Plus series, "The Mandalorian."  This is not necessarily in any way a bad thing as long as you were not expecting anything substantial towards the big picture for events in the galaxy far, far away about five years after the battle of Endor. I hope it will not be considered a spoiler to say that there is no mention whatsoever of Grand Admiral Thrawn in this film, or indeed any indication of how the scattered Imperial remnants might come to create anything as powerful or dangerous as the First Order from the sequel films.  But if you loved "The Mandalorian" streaming series on Disney Plus, it is very probable that yo...
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Joke of the week

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Question - why do Brits still include the letter "U" in words like colour and armour? Answer: because Rick Astley is British
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In cinemas tomorrow ...

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This is the theme music for "The Mandalorian & Groghu" which is in cinemas from tomorrow:
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Thursday music spot: "in the Navy" (Down Periscope version)

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The Village People song " In the Navy " as performed for the end credits of the nautical comedy film, " Down Periscope. "
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Thrawn on the responsibility of a leader

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Monitors at D-Day: the story of HMS Roberts

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For hundreds of years the Ryal Navy has used specialist ships to support land battles. During the battleship era these were called monitors. A monitor was a medium size ship - about the size of a cruiser, HMS Roberts displaced 8.000 tons - which carried a few battleship-calibre guns, had a shallow draft, and was designed specifically to defeat shore batteries and engage other land targets. Some people argued that the monitor concept was outdated at the time of the second world war. During the D-Day campaign, as the allies started the liberation of Europe. HMS Roberts proved them wrong. This is her story.   
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Thrawn and Pallaeon discuss the fall of empires

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Another piece of fan-fiction in which Grand Admiral Thrawn and Captain Pallaeon discuss how and why empires fall. Thrawn says that  " Empires do not fall when they are defeated: they fall because they believe they cannot be. " This video is a transformative fan project created for entertainment. It is not official Star Wars content. All worldbuilding and narrative elements are original interpretations
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