The Week In Geek: May 27, 2026!

Welcome to Week In Geek Wednesday for our quick-hits segment of entertainment and interesting bits of internet debris for you... the people! This week, we focus in on the premier of newest installment in the Star Wars universe, "The Mandalorian and Grogu". We'll give our reactions, our reactions to other's reactions (because being meta is apparently very chic right now), and then look at how our predictions from last week wound up. WARNING!!! This episode will contain copious spoilers for the movie - if you haven't seen it yet, you may want to skip this episode until you have!   FULL VIDEO EPISODES! That's right folks, you can see our bright smiling idiotic faces in full color on our YouTube channel. Full episodes available as well as clips.   LINKS OF INTEREST: - Rotten Tomatoes has it as 62% fresh on the Tomatometer (critics) and 89% on the Popcornmeter (fans) - Deadline is calling it “mixed reviews” - The Ringer is calling it a “Star Wars stopgap” - Variety: ‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Gets Divided First Reactions From a ‘Thrilling Adventure’ to ‘One of the Weakest Star Wars Movies’ and a ‘Snooze Fest’   ...AND ANOTHER THING: The Man They Call Tim suggests checking out Pursuit United Double Oaked Bourbon (if you're over 21) Uncle Todd suggests watching the documentary of General Ulysses S. Grant entitled imaginatively enough “Grant”   FOLLOW US ON THE SOCIAL MEDIAS: Facebook - http://facebook.com/freerangeidiocy Instagram - http://instagram.com/freerangeidiocy YouTube - http://youtube.com/@freerangeidiocy