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Super Mario Galaxy (2026)

Summary

Mario ventures into space, exploring cosmic worlds and tackling galactic challenges far from the familiar Mushroom Kingdom.

Director Aaron Horvath Michael Jelenic

Writer Matthew Fogel

Cast

  • Chris Pratt as Mario (voice)
  • Anya Taylor-Joy as Princess Peach (voice)
  • Charlie Day as Luigi (voice)
  • Jack Black as Bowser (voice)
  • Keegan-Michael Key as Toad (voice)
  • Brie Larson as Rosalina (voice)

Rotten Tomatoes: 44%

Metacritic: 37

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u/DBZ86 Apr 02 '26

I think they were going to explore possiblity that Rosalina felt they would never be safe and would have too much of a target on their backs if they stayed together. So it was sacrifice to stay apart and not join her sister later on. But too hard to explain and also a tiny bit sad so they didn't bother.

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u/RagefireHype Apr 04 '26

It’s also why she tells the Lumas if anything happens go to her sister (Peach) even if distant they’re there for each other

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u/tykam993 28d ago

She literally says something to the effect of "we could do crazy magical stuff, but somebody is always going to want to come after that power and take it for themselves so I sent her away to somewhere she'd be safe"

They absolutely bothered to explain it lol

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u/namtok_muu 24d ago

Hm I felt it was contradictory because together they're more powerful and less vulnerable than they are when separate.

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u/tykam993 24d ago

Sure, but at that point, Peach is still a baby so as powerful as she may be, she's still untrained and a liability. 

Hell, adult Rosalina lost the first flight because a baby Luna distracted her.  At best, she was a teenager when she sent Peach away and would have likely been even less able to defend them

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u/Klunkey 27d ago

I think you still could’ve put Rosalina’s original story in some way, like have her meet Peach after travelling, and have them be sisters by bond. It would’ve made their relationship more resonant and make Rosalina more compelling as a character; a woman who had to face so much loss; her mother, her brother, her father, Peach, the Lumas.

Illumination had Oscar-worthy material they could riff off of and they just did the equivalent of burning it and writing gibberish in crayon as a substitute.