'The Super Mario Galaxy Movie:' Fox McCloud, Explained

"The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" has crash-landed on our planet. But just days before its release, Universal and Nintendo revealed a new character would join "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" – Fox McCloud, the hero of the "Star Fox" videogame series. And what's more, Glen Powell, star of "Top Gun: Maverick," would voice the hotshot pilot. All of this created much excitement and a fair amount of discussion online, but also just as much confusion. How, exactly, is a character from an entirely separate franchise going to make its way to "The Super Mario Galaxy Movie" And where . . .