The Star Wars Droid C-3PO stands in the desert with several electronic parts exposed in The Phantom MenaceImage via Lucasfilm
The Star Wars franchise will tentatively step into a new era this month, with the upcoming live-action film The Mandalorian and Grogu. It’s the first-ever theatrical movie inspired by a streaming series. Directed by Jon Favreau, who spearheaded a successful run on streaming for the legendary space opera franchise, the new movie is eying a relatively modest opening weekend haul at the box office. This could be because it isn’t a part of the decades-spanning Skywalker Saga, or perhaps even because it is being viewed as a streaming title by casual audiences who aren’t intimately familiar with the business. In any case, Lucasfilm isn’t expecting The Mandalorian and Grogu to generate the sort of interest that Star Wars: The Force Awakens did more than a decade ago.
Nor should Lucasfilm expect the same frenzy that greeted the franchise’s prequel trilogy in 1999. Back then, fans who’d grown up with the original three films didn’t have anything else to fall back on before the new wave of movies hit the big screens. There were no television offshoots or video games to keep them busy. So, when George Lucas announced he was returning to the galaxy far, far away with a trio of movies that would chart the origin story of Anakin Skywalker, audiences around the world were seated. However, the first movie out of the gate remains one of the most infamous examples of mass backlash.
Collider Exclusive · Star Wars Quiz Which Force User Are You? Light Side · Dark Side · Or Somewhere Between
The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. The Force has always known. Now you will too.
🔵Jedi Master
🟡Padawan
🔴Sith Lord
⚫Inquisitor
⚪Grey Jedi
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What is the Force to you? Your relationship with the Force defines everything else.
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When you feel strong emotions — anger, grief, love — what do you do? The Jedi suppress. The Sith feed. Others choose differently.
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The Jedi Council gives you an order you disagree with. You: How you handle authority reveals your alignment.
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You are offered forbidden knowledge that could give you enormous power. The cost is crossing a moral line. You: The dark side’s pull is never more than a choice away.
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Your approach to training and learning is: A student’s habits become a master’s character.
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In a duel, your lightsaber fighting style reflects: Combat is the purest expression of a Force user’s philosophy.
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A defeated enemy lies at your feet, powerless. You: Mercy — or its absence — is the truest test of alignment.
08
The Jedi Code forbids attachment. Your honest view on love and bonds: The source of the greatest falls in the galaxy.
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Why do you use the Force at all? What’s the point? Purpose is the difference between a knight and a weapon.
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At the final moment — light side or dark side pulling at you — what wins? In the end, every Force user faces this moment. What does yours look like?
Your Alignment Has Been Determined Your Place in the Force
The scores below reveal how the Force sees you. Your highest number is your true alignment. Read on to understand what that means — and what it will cost you.
🔵 Jedi Master
🟡 Padawan
🔴 Sith Lord
⚫ Inquisitor
⚪ Grey Jedi
Disciplined, compassionate, and deeply attuned to the living Force, you have walked the path long enough to understand its demands — and accept them. You lead not through authority alone, but through example. You have felt the pull of the dark side and chosen otherwise, every time. That is not certainty. That is courage.
You are earnest, powerful, and brimming with potential — and you know it, which is both your greatest asset and your most dangerous flaw. You act before you think, trust your gut over your training, and sometimes confuse impatience for bravery. The Masters see something in you, though. The question isn’t whether you have what it takes — it’s whether you’ll be patient enough to find out.
You are not simply dangerous — you are certain, and that is worse. You have decided what the galaxy needs, and you have decided you are the one to deliver it. Your power is genuine and formidable, earned through sacrifice that would have broken lesser beings. But examine your victories carefully. Every Sith believed their cause was righteous. The dark side’s cruelest trick is that it agrees with you.
You were forged in fire and reshaped by those who found you at your lowest. You serve, because service gave you structure when you had none. Your allegiance is not to an ideology — it is to survival and to the master who gave you purpose. But there is something buried beneath the conditioning. The Jedi you hunt? You recognize them. Because you remember what it felt like before the choice was taken from you.
You have looked at the Jedi Code and the Sith Code and found both of them incomplete. You walk the line not out of indecision but out of conviction — you genuinely believe both extremes miss something essential. The Jedi don’t fully trust you. The Sith think you’re wasting your potential. They’re both partially right. But so are you.
Star Wars Fans Love to Hate George Lucas’ Prequels
We’re talking, of course, about Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace. Directed by Lucas himself — remember, he hadn’t made a movie since the original Star Wars more than two decades prior — the 1999 film opened to record-breaking box-office returns, but left viewers scratching their heads. Many returned to watch it again to confirm their negative impression. The Phantom Menace has since earned something of a begrudging appreciation from millennials who watched it when they were children, and has also inspired the streaming offshoots Obi-Wan Kenobi and Star Wars: Maul — Shadow Lord. Thanks to re-releases, it has grossed more than $1 billion worldwide. However, it continues to hold an underwhelming 54% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. With The Mandalorian and Grogu around the corner, the movie jumped back onto the domestic Disney+ charts this week, according to FlixPatrol. Stay tuned to Collider for more updates.
