A tale of two TV to film follow-ups

This week two new films were released that followed on from two different established streaming TV shows. Although only one of these made its way to the cinema. The films I'm talking about are Jack Ryan: Ghost War (Amazon Prime) and Star Wars: Mandalorian and Grogu (Disney). These are both very different franchises not only in genre but also in what surrounds them as a media entity. Jack Ryan is an established character that started in the literary world from author Tom Clancy and has gone on to be rebooted multiple times across film and also TV. Whereas with the Mandalorian this was Disney's first push into a live action Star Wars show (crucially not the first Star Wars TV series as a few - albeit animated - predate it). With Jack Ryan it kind of made sense to wrap up the show (albeit a few years later) with a film, except in practice this current iteration of the character worked better a series. The reviews for the film were middling, which stood out given how well the show was…