The Mandalorian (Star Wars live action show)

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

That should probably be spoiled at the least. 

[PRONG HORN 3,108]

3 hours ago, PRONG HORN said:

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Boo.  That’s bs.  What about the boobs thread on football?  That’s what I thought ... 

[ernest_t_bass 1,196]

9 hours ago, NOMAAA said:

But really. How are they going to tie this into the sequels? Where were Asoka and yoda jr during all that stuff? And the mandolorians? Just sitting out while the first order and Rey and Kylo were out doing stuff?

It's a pretty big galaxy.  Questions like this make me think of Capatin Marvel. "Where was she, with her magnificent powers during all this stuff!?"  Well, she had her own problems.

[UT_OB1 2,200]

Same questions were asked about Ashoka after she was introduced in CW and Kansan and Ezra in Rebels. It’ll get worked out. We at least know from Rise that Ashoka has become one with the Force. 

[Kyle 207]

3 hours ago, ernest_t_bass said:

It's a pretty big galaxy.  Questions like this make me think of Capatin Marvel. "Where was she, with her magnificent powers during all this stuff!?"  Well, she had her own problems.

Cramps.

[Surly Bevo 24,695]

Well, she had her own problems.

When it comes to the Star Wars sequel trilogy those problems were primarily around avoiding being caught up in a shitty plot

[Pato del Muerto 52,338]

Mando and baby yoda make a cameo in the lego Star Wars holiday special 

[oSuJeff97 3,435]

16 hours ago, NOMAAA said:

But really. How are they going to tie this into the sequels? Where were Asoka and yoda jr during all that stuff? And the mandolorians? Just sitting out while the first order and Rey and Kylo were out doing stuff?

I trust that Filoni will come up with something great. I suspect that (spoiler tagging this just in case) ...

Spoiler

the "unknown regions" where Thrawn and Ezra have been hanging out through the entire Galactic Civil War will come into play.  Very possible that the series goes into that part of the mythology, eventually featuring live action versions of those two characters and the show possibly ends with baby Yoda "in hiding" there to shield him from the emerging threat of the First Order or something like that?

 

[RamjetFDO 10,554]

And the seagulls

Stop it now!

[The Dog 43,790]

for those who don't get the "segulls" reference:

 

[Michael Knight 12,887]

On 11/16/2020 at 7:59 AM, aggie08 said:

Honest question: is the audience supposed to view the Mandalorian as a bad ass, or a dude who, while skilled, is out of his depth?

Other than absorbing blaster fire with his magic armor, he wasn't necessary for the ship hijacking, and was easily the weak link of the 4. They've also used the "Mando takes a complete stranger at his word, who immediately betrays him and gets the upper hand" trope a few times now, with no lesson learned.

Not a complaint, just curious about where the character arch is supposed to be starting from.

He's Clint Eastwood not John Wayne

[Apep 645]

He's a bad-ass, but life is tough out on the (Outer) Rim.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

There's no guardrail!

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

This is like all the best parts of the CW and Rebels condensed into a nice really tight story line. Season 2 is shaping up to be epic.

[kingkoopa6 8,312]

is that Appa from Kim's Convenience? 

Gina got thick... Vic Thick tho....

Edited November 20, 2020 by kingkoopa6

[Scary Stranger 1,712]

1 hour ago, kingkoopa6 said:

is that Appa from Kim's Convenience? 

Gina got thick... Vic Thick tho....

Yeah, looks like she put on the Covid 40 with all the gyms closed in California.

[Pato del Muerto 52,338]

I was more concerned with how she “ran” to the troop transport like a dehydrated Albert pujols. 

[MissingInAction 24,809]

21 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

I was more concerned with how she “ran” to the troop transport like a dehydrated Albert pujols. 

I was thinking a wounded water buffalo to water, but that works too.

[Deej 76,540]

They need to have her and Baby Yoda in an eating competition. 

[Apep 645]

She'd eat Baby Yoda.

And Carl Weathers spent way too much time on his character this episode. Sorry, we aren't emotionally invested in him.

[billfromlaketravis 11,358]

First Mando being a bad ass episode. We all needed to see it. 

I assume the scene with Moff Gideon featured some kind of new Shadow Troopers?

 

[ChickenSandwich 9,798]

Force cookies. 

[mdmost 42,842]

So I'm thinking this ties into the terrible storyline from Rise of Skywalker. I'm wondering if those were attempts to clone the Emperor, create Snoke, or create Dark Force troopers. Those troopers looks huge. 

Oh and Gideon was on a Clone Wars era Star Destroyer. 

Edited November 21, 2020 by mdmost

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

If you saw the Mandalorian Gallery thing, then you should have an idea about how Filoni can pull all of these random elements and themes together and present them as one cohesive theme. Everybody thought the prequels were just a big steaming pile of crap, but if you listen to what he says about them, they sound like literary masterpieces. If there is anybody who can pick up the pieces and make the sequels more coherent he is the guy. He is basically the english teacher you hated from junior high who read way too much into Of Mice and Men, except he is doing it to redeem Star Wars.

[mdleast 8,258]

A friend sent this to me about this week’s episode. Look in the background.

[Murfdogg21 4,412]

Are we going to get cock teased about Ahsoka all the way to the last minutes of the season?

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

Filoni directed next weekend's episode. Ahsoka is kind of his best creation. I think we get something pretty good next week.

[MillerEP 30,339]

So I'm thinking this ties into the terrible storyline from Rise of Skywalker. I'm wondering if those were attempts to clone the Emperor, create Snoke, or create Dark Force troopers. Those troopers looks huge. 
Oh and Gideon was on a Clone Wars era Star Destroyer. 

The recording does say they needed the child because he has a high midi-chlorian count, so whatever they are cloning is supposed to be a force wielder.

[DeepEastTexas 640]

2 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Are we going to get cock teased about Ahsoka all the way to the last minutes of the season?

That was my thought too. Hopefully, we see her and Rex sooner rather than later.

 

I thought this episode was really good. 

[Pato del Muerto 52,338]

Still have boba in the bullpen too. Was that him at the end of season 1, or is that some other mystery character?

[kevwun 15,612]

10 hours ago, mdmost said:

So I'm thinking this ties into the terrible storyline from Rise of Skywalker. I'm wondering if those were attempts to clone the Emperor, create Snoke, or create Dark Force troopers. Those troopers looks huge. 

Oh and Gideon was on a Clone Wars era Star Destroyer. 

My thinking too.  Not sure which it is, but it's creating or cloning something that can use the dark side.  After finally watching the Clone Wars and seeing Filoni flesh it out, I do agree there was a good story there.  It probably would have been amazing if he had been involved.

Edited November 21, 2020 by kevwun

[ChickenSandwich 9,798]

Anyone have a link to the Clone Wars/rebels watch guide. Has an order that jumps around a bit and skips the pointless episodes. 

[DeepEastTexas 640]

36 minutes ago, ChickenSandwich said:

Anyone have a link to the Clone Wars/rebels watch guide. Has an order that jumps around a bit and skips the pointless episodes. 

There’s a link on page 32 of this thread for CW episodes. I haven’t seen one for Rebels, but that’s a shorter series. I’d watch all of Rebels. Actually, I’d watch all of CW. I really enjoyed that series. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4,968]

I would just skip the droid episodes. There was some good stuff left off of the CW guide I saw.

[kevwun 15,612]

I'm assuming there was an episode or arc that dealt with Rex having to leave Echo behind.  I don't think it was included the Clone Wars watch guide.  You get the gist of it though.  It skips all of Ashoka working with the Younglings also.

Edited November 21, 2020 by kevwun

[MC Fresh Breath 4,074]

I was feeling admittedly pretty lifted, but that episode had a lot of bad assness in it.  The red blue wire stuff had me howling with laughter.  Baby yoda swiping the cookies pretty funny as well.  The speeder-bike/TIE fighter scenes looked and sounded fantastic.  This shit is fun.

 

Edited November 21, 2020 by MC Fresh Breath

[Pato del Muerto 52,338]

Red wire blue wire was like rocket getting baby groot to press the right button. 

[Michael Knight 12,887]

[atomheartbevo 89,405]

3 hours ago, MC Fresh Breath said:

I was feeling admittedly pretty lifted, but that episode had a lot of bad assness in it.  The red blue wire stuff had me howling with laughter.  Baby yoda swiping the cookies pretty funny as well.  The speeder-bike/TIE fighter scenes looked and sounded fantastic.  This shit is fun.

This really feels like an extension of Filoni's animated work - they have returned to multiple location, and are just fleshing them out in a big way.

The effects were amazing, and on par with anything in the sequel trilogy, as was the action.  

Carl Weathers did a good job of directing this one.

Imagine going back 4-5 years and telling people that the best Star Wars was on TV, being directed by people like Bryce Dallas Howard and Carl Weathers. 

[Yev Kassem 1,026]

1 hour ago, atomheartbevo said:

  Carl Weathers did a good job of directing this one.

[Buzzrock 14,870]

Have to admit I was annoyed that it was yet another side quest and we got the head fake on Ahsoka. But it was a pretty badass side quest. 

[Surly Bevo 24,695]

10 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Have to admit I was annoyed that it was yet another side quest and we got the head fake on Ahsoka. But it was a pretty badass side quest. 

Eh, don't be such a premature ejaculator....she'll get there, enjoy the ride.

[atomheartbevo 89,405]

23 minutes ago, Buzzrock said:

Have to admit I was annoyed that it was yet another side quest and we got the head fake on Ahsoka. But it was a pretty badass side quest. 

And by side quest, you mean we learned exactly what is motivating the main bad guy, what he is actively doing, and why they are hunting The Child?  And that we learned the main bad guy is still alive?

[Nivek 16,849]

We knew he was alive at the end of season one, when he emerged from the wreck with the darksaber. The characters just learned he was alive.

[Murfdogg21 4,412]

2 hours ago, Surly Bevo said:

Eh, don't be such a premature ejaculator....she'll get there, enjoy the ride.

Some of us prefer multiple orgasms to three hours of foreplay concluded by a through the pants handy. 

[mdleast 8,258]

A friend sent this to me about this week’s episode. Look in the background.

[Murfdogg21 4,412]

^*not saying Episode 4 was filler. Episode 2 however...the precious screen minutes we get in 2020 could have been better used than space spiders chasing Mando, baby Yoda, and frog lady in a cave. 

Edited November 22, 2020 by Murfdogg21
Meant Ep 2, not 3

[DeepEastTexas 640]

7 minutes ago, Murfdogg21 said:

^*not saying Episode 4 was filler. Episode 3 however...the precious screen minutes we get in 2020 could have been better used than space spiders chasing Mando, baby Yoda, and frog lady in a cave. 

You mean episode 2,  right? Episode 3 was Bo Katan and was awesome. 

[Speedtrucker 2,063]

Thought this episode was gonna be a simple sabotage mission but instead they did advance the story pretty importantly.

I jumped up at the Mcount and failed strand casts because I was thinking ok, first order emperor here we go. Then the dark troopers scene was like hell yeah!!!

This is like 1 tiny strip closer to my boy Kyle Katarn and the Moldy Crow becoming canon again.

Pumped!

[cattail 112]

I don’t know why, but thicc Gina Carano does it for me. Damn.