The Mandalorian (Star Wars live action show)

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9 hours ago, Js1 said:

More filler 

Maybe.  Maybe not.  Filling in more of Grogu's backstory and bringing Bo Katan into the mix may not be filler.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Maybe.  Maybe not.  Filling in more of Grogu's backstory and bringing Bo Katan into the mix may not be filler.

I thought it was a cool episode. I don’t think this kind of series needs to advance the story line by leaps and bounds every epsiode. I dig the Mandalorians going all Mandalorian.

[Guadaloopy 10926]

Damn.  Carl Weathers got a stew goin’.  That was a fun episode.  
 

Not filler at all.  Din, Bo-Katan and Grogu building bonds with this covert - that’s gotta come up big later in the season.  Bo-Katan and Grogu getting new armor pieces.   A bit of Grogu’s rescue story.  All good shit. 

[Guadaloopy 10926]

6 hours ago, NotActuallyALonghorn said:

I guess the Mandalorian hangout is basically Space Australia where everything wants to kill you. And they are basically space rednecks just standing around randomly blasting at the water.

My first thought is that they have some shitty range discipline.  And maybe if you don’t make all that noise, raptors will stop stealing your kids.  

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

I’m 5 minutes into this episode and a random thought entered my head. Didn’t djin get all new gear with the beskar he got for that first mission?  And didn’t the armorer make it for him?  So how does he swap helmets without taking one off first?

if not new, it gets polished up. 
 

well I guess the episode answered for me not long after. 

Edited March 23, 2023 by Pato del Muerto

[billfromlaketravis 11362]

2 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Damn.  Carl Weathers got a stew goin’.  That was a fun episode.  
 

Not filler at all.  Din, Bo-Katan and Grogu building bonds with this covert - that’s gotta come up big later in the season.  Bo-Katan and Grogu getting new armor pieces.   A bit of Grogu’s rescue story.  All good shit. 

This. Everything work for me except: 

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Dragon foundlings. How dafuq is that supposed to work?

 

[mdmost 42865]

So Bo Katan really is the convert. That wasn't for show. Sounds like she really had a religious experience with seeing the mythosaur. That was a very Rebel-esque episode. I didn't think it was filler. If you told 8 year old me that someday I'd see an episode of TV with 50 Boba Fetts, I would've eaten that up. I'm fine with seeing Mandalorians doing Mandalorian things. This is the way. 

Happy for Ahmed Best. That poor soul has gone through a lot because of the fan base. I'm glad he came out of it okay and didn't end up like Jake Lloyd. One thing you can't shit on the Disney era of Star Wars is making things right for those who were shit on because of George's terrible writing and directing. They need to get Natalie Portman on as a female Jedi or badass alien so she too can have a redemption. Or just have her in that outfit from the dinner scene in AOTC. 

Edited March 23, 2023 by mdmost

[Js1 85110]

Wow who knew all of you would get so triggered by someone expressing an opinion.

This season so far is kind of a mess and a bit aimless. I have high hopes that it’s purely bc they had to drop the early part to salvage BOBF, so a bit disjointed in the first half, and it’s truly leading somewhere good in the back half of the season.  The Grogu Order 66 part was beyond the best part of the episode, 100%

[billfromlaketravis 11362]

26 minutes ago, mdmost said:

So Bo Katan really is the convert. That wasn't for show. Sounds like she really had a religious experience with seeing the mythosaur. That was a very Rebel-esque episode. I didn't think it was filler. If you told 8 year old me that someday I'd see an episode of TV with 50 Boba Fetts, I would've eaten that up. I'm fine with seeing Mandalorians doing Mandalorian things. This is the way. 

Happy for Ahmed Best. That poor soul has gone through a lot because of the fan base. I'm glad he came out of it okay and didn't end up like Jake Lloyd. One thing you can't shit on the Disney era of Star Wars is making things right for those who were shit on because of George's terrible writing and directing. They need to get Natalie Portman on as a female Jedi or badass alien so she too can have a redemption. Or just have her in that outfit from the dinner scene in AOTC. 

AJ Soprano is doing just fine sir. 

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

Mandalorian culture is very Spartan. 

[UT_OB1 2200]

That was a fun episode. I enjoyed the character growth of Bo and the bonding.  Now she just needs to win the darksaber. 

[Levi 2576]

1 hour ago, mdmost said:

So Bo Katan really is the convert. That wasn't for show. Sounds like she really had a religious experience with seeing the mythosaur. That was a very Rebel-esque episode. I didn't think it was filler. If you told 8 year old me that someday I'd see an episode of TV with 50 Boba Fetts, I would've eaten that up. I'm fine with seeing Mandalorians doing Mandalorian things. This is the way. 

Happy for Ahmed Best. That poor soul has gone through a lot because of the fan base. I'm glad he came out of it okay and didn't end up like Jake Lloyd. One thing you can't shit on the Disney era of Star Wars is making things right for those who were shit on because of George's terrible writing and directing. They need to get Natalie Portman on as a female Jedi or badass alien so she too can have a redemption. Or just have her in that outfit from the dinner scene in AOTC. 

Eh I don’t blame George — shit happens and sometimes your vision doesn’t work out like you initially thought. For me it’s the stupid fan base that thinks it’s okay to bully an individual into almost committing suicide. George doing a bad job at writing shouldn’t have given the fan base a right to do what they did. 

[DDD Dad 14252]

Okay I just watched the last episode and I have no idea what the fuck most of you are talking about. (I’m not a Star Wars canon dork ). 

[Captainant 27465]

10 hours ago, Js1 said:

Wow who knew all of you would get so triggered by someone expressing an opinion.

This season so far is kind of a mess and a bit aimless. I have high hopes that it’s purely bc they had to drop the early part to salvage BOBF, so a bit disjointed in the first half, and it’s truly leading somewhere good in the back half of the season.  The Grogu Order 66 part was beyond the best part of the episode, 100%

Man it's star wars lmfao. Stop being such a critic and enjoy the space libertarians 

[Speedtrucker 2065]

Okay I just watched the last episode and I have no idea what the fuck most of you are talking about. (I’m not a Star Wars canon dork ). 

The black Jedi in this episode, played by Ahmed Best, was a 2-part story.

The story in canon and then a redemption story for Ahmed Nest who played JarJar Binks in the prequels. He was bullied by Star Wars fans mercilessly back then. He had a minor cameo in one of the sequels but they gave him a bigger part this week.

[Captainant 27465]

58 minutes ago, Speedtrucker said:

The black Jedi in this episode, played by Ahmed Best, was a 2-part story.

The story in canon and then a redemption story for Ahmed Nest who played JarJar Binks in the prequels. He was bullied by Star Wars fans mercilessly back then. He had a minor cameo in one of the sequels but they gave him a bigger part this week.

Not just bullied - Best has spoken at length how it nearly drove him to suicide. It's a wonderful feel-good story of rehabilitation with and within a community to see him back on screen being a hero to a beloved character

[Js1 85110]

2 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Not just bullied - Best has spoken at length how it nearly drove him to suicide. It's a wonderful feel-good story of rehabilitation with and within a community to see him back on screen being a hero to a beloved character

Jake Lloyd never recovered and retired from acting in 2001. 

[Speedtrucker 2065]

Yeah it’s so strange, I hated JarJar and he still annoys me in the prequels but I don’t think I ever felt that level of vitriol like “this actor ruined my life!” Jeesh.

And on the flip side, my 17yo daughter was saying she didn’t have a problem with JarJar, she thought his role was fine as a goody sidekick.

My 11yo son said he thought he was funny, he liked him in phantom menace. Which is his second favorite movie behind RotJ, with another set of favorites, the Ewoks.(whom I disliked a lot)

[oSuJeff97 3435]

12 hours ago, mdmost said:

So Bo Katan really is the convert. That wasn't for show. Sounds like she really had a religious experience with seeing the mythosaur. That was a very Rebel-esque episode. I didn't think it was filler. If you told 8 year old me that someday I'd see an episode of TV with 50 Boba Fetts, I would've eaten that up. I'm fine with seeing Mandalorians doing Mandalorian things. This is the way. 

Yeah I'm loving the Bo Kotan stuff this season.

I can't decide if she's *really* buying in to the Children of the Watch stuff, or if she's biding her time and more or less "using" them to get herself back in to a position of "ruling" Mandalore again... although that certainly means something different than it did during the Clone Wars era.

Never the less... I'm not 100% certain on her motivations just yet...

[mdmost 42865]

8 minutes ago, Speedtrucker said:

Yeah it’s so strange, I hated JarJar and he still annoys me in the prequels but I don’t think I ever felt that level of vitriol like “this actor ruined my life!” Jeesh.

And on the flip side, my 17yo daughter was saying she didn’t have a problem with JarJar, she thought his role was fine as a goody sidekick.

My 11yo son said he thought he was funny, he liked him in phantom menace. Which is his second favorite movie behind RotJ, with another set of favorites, the Ewoks.(whom I disliked a lot)

Jar Jar was explicitly put in as comic relief that would score well with kids. That's why we all hated him and kids who grew up on the PT enjoyed or didn't mind him. Just like when we were kids and thought Jedi was great. The Ewoks were a large part of that. Adults hated them. I do think the blowback shows that portions of the fanbase has always kinda sucked when the internet got up and going. Lucas always seemed to really take the criticism hard and still seems bitter. With Ahmed Best, it was also how the media reacted to him. 

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6 minutes ago, oSuJeff97 said:

…or if she's biding her time and more or less "using" them to get herself back in to a position of "ruling" Mandalore again... although that certainly means something different than it did during the Clone Wars era.

Ding ding! She needs a support base to reclaim the throne. She can have religious zealots, dark sabre, and a mythosaur among her assets. She’ll be getting in cozy with Grogu too. 

[Speedtrucker 2065]

My wife and I are split on Bo Katan.

She feels it’s all a ruse to rule mandalore.

I feel like she’s had a rebirth and is buying into all that hokey religions and ancient weapons nonsense. Which is why she failed every time before to lead mandalore.

[Pato del Muerto 52342]

At this time, my thoughts are that her seeing a mythosaur was her moment of spiritual awakening to push her back towards the hardliners.  And at first she felt like an outsider but this episode showed them accepting her and her developing a feeling of belonging. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4968]

My feelings towards her are mixed. Now that she can't take off her helmet during sex, I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[EvilCaseMcCoy 691]

50 minutes ago, Speedtrucker said:

My wife and I are split on Bo Katan.

She feels it’s all a ruse to rule mandalore.

I feel like she’s had a rebirth and is buying into all that hokey religions and ancient weapons nonsense. Which is why she failed every time before to lead mandalore.

Your are correct, but don't tell your wife 

[Macanudo 12928]

Bo Katan will flip on them.   She's an opportunist.

[Murfdogg21 4412]

Yeah she started a revolution against her own sister which indirectly led to her sister’s murder. Y’all think she won’t flip on these people as soon as she gets her throne and main crew back?

[Murfdogg21 4412]

Grogu’s going to look funny when he starts speaking his backwards Yoda english and they throw a Mando helmet on his head. 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

Grogu’s going to look funny when he starts speaking his backwards Yoda english and they throw a Mando helmet on his head. 

The way, this is.

[Levi 2576]

Just now, Murfdogg21 said:

Grogu’s going to look funny when he starts speaking his backwards Yoda english and they throw a Mando helmet on his head. 

I thought it would have been funny if the kid Grogu was going against asked how are they even gonna get a helmet on his head with those radar ears. 

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6 hours ago, Speedtrucker said:

Yeah it’s so strange, I hated JarJar and he still annoys me in the prequels but I don’t think I ever felt that level of vitriol like “this actor ruined my life!” Jeesh.

And on the flip side, my 17yo daughter was saying she didn’t have a problem with JarJar, she thought his role was fine as a goody sidekick.

My 11yo son said he thought he was funny, he liked him in phantom menace. Which is his second favorite movie behind RotJ, with another set of favorites, the Ewoks.(whom I disliked a lot)

Yeah, my kids like the prequels and are fine with Jar Jar (stepping in the poop makes them groan, but not angry).  He's not by any means their favorite character, but they are hyper-focused on Anakin and Obi-Wan. 

Hell, I appreciate the prequels a bit now that we've had the sequels.  Even the RedLetterMedia guys softened on the prequels a bit after the sequels came out.

[oSuJeff97 3435]

18 hours ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Yeah she started a revolution against her own sister which indirectly led to her sister’s murder. Y’all think she won’t flip on these people as soon as she gets her throne and main crew back?

This is kind of where I'm at.

Bo Kotan has mostly been considered "good" within the Mando show, but she certainly wasn't that (at least initially) in Clone Wars. She's always been a gray character who is mostly self-interested.

 

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On 3/22/2023 at 9:00 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

This. Everything work for me except: 

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Dragon foundlings. How dafuq is that supposed to work?

 

 

Bo Katan is part Targaryen.

 

[Guadaloopy 10926]

Was excited to see Zeb, then pissed that it was a nothing burger.  
 

Cheesy episode, but a lot of the threads are converging.  Seemed like quite a leap to connect the presence of the pirates to the emergence of a new Empire.  

[Radical Larry 28529]

Paz had to let Ol’ Painless out the bag.

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I suppose my expectations are lower. Also enjoyed this one because mandos going mando.

[YChang 3431]

“It is time to retake Mandalore” 

Fuck yeah, about time things get serious. 

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4968]

I thought this was one of the better ones this season. Some classic western themes. A pirate space ship with a full compliment of broadside guns. My only complaint is the cheesy pirate leader, but he gone.

[Js1 85110]

31 minutes ago, YChang said:

“It is time to retake Mandalore” 

Fuck yeah, about time things get serious. 

Yep. My body is ready 

[billfromlaketravis 11362]

Live action Filoni. Excellent. 
 

Zeb as CGI… I think it’s not that tough of a make up job. Interesting choice. 

[mdmost 42865]

We got f'ing Zeb and more Mando action. That was great. 

[Biff Tannen 45499]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

Live action Filoni. Excellent. 

Wait what?  Where?

[LonghornSean 3942]

Enjoyed that one. 
 

Never did finish Rebels (yeah, I know) but was cool seeing Zeb. Thought it looked pretty good for live action.

[hornfan785 554]

Wait what?  Where?

Scene with Zeb, close to the camera and out of focus. Has his signature cowboy hat on.

[Levi 2576]

The Mandalorians in this battle seemed different and more hardcore than what we’ve previously seen from them in this season. The jumping out of the ship and clearing the streets was awesome. That one casually popping an injured pirate in the head like it was nothing surprised me a bit. I dunno, they just seemed more badass this episode. 

[Js1 85110]

3 minutes ago, Levi said:

The Mandalorians in this battle seemed different and more hardcore than what we’ve previously seen from them in this season. The jumping out of the ship and clearing the streets was awesome. That one casually popping an injured pirate in the head like it was nothing surprised me a bit. I dunno, they just seemed more badass this episode. 

I wonder if they felt more motivated by Din telling them it could be their new home. 

[MagicSoccerSpray 1725]

Boba = Shan

Obi Wan = Reva

Mando = Bo Katan

Sigh. I'll still watch this Mando season of course, but I'll be praying for more Andor.

[DeepEastTexas 640]

The acting in this episode seemed particularly wooden.  The storyline I find interesting, but the acting hasn't been great.  

[Murfdogg21 4412]

Grogu is more underutilized in a battle than DJ Monroe in a Greg Davis offense. He’s a gadget player that can make big plays!

[Captainant 27465]

1 hour ago, Murfdogg21 said:

Grogu is more underutilized in a battle than DJ Monroe in a Greg Davis offense. He’s a gadget player that can make big plays!