the new Lilo & Stitch, we’ve somehow reached the era of live-action Disney movies where the House of Mouse is remaking films from the 2000s

There are two direct-to-video sequels as well as a made-for-TV sequel, three animated series, two TV specials, and a handful of short films.

But for Lilo, a desperately lonely girl still grieving the loss of her parents, Stitch quickly becomes “ohana,” i.e. family, i.e. “nobody gets left behind.”