The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)

[jye4ever]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

"Your twin sister in the Force, not by blood. So once again what I said was true Luke, from a certain point of view."



In all seriousness though I'd much rather TROS sync up with ESB than ROTJ since ESB and ROTJ don't even sync up with each other.

Remember our discussion a while back how the "other" in ESB couldn't have been Leia because if Luke failed in rescuing her (and thus no longer became their last hope) then she'd be dead too. So ROTJ made Yoda out to be an absolute idiot and if TROS says that Rey is actually the other then Obi-Wan alone remains the sole idiot, lol.

lol@ last sentence

Of course the "other" according to ROTJ was Leia. That's not in question. But that was a retcon since that didn't sync with ESB. So now I hope they retcon the retcon.

lol@ last sentence

 

[Khev]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

lol @ both sentences

 

[xipotec]

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lol @ both sentences

At the risk of repeating myself

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[a-dev]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

"Your twin sister in the Force, not by blood. So once again what I said was true Luke, from a certain point of view."



In all seriousness though I'd much rather TROS sync up with ESB than ROTJ since ESB and ROTJ don't even sync up with each other.

Remember our discussion a while back how the "other" in ESB couldn't have been Leia because if Luke failed in rescuing her (and thus no longer became their last hope) then she'd be dead too. So ROTJ made Yoda out to be an absolute idiot and if TROS says that Rey is actually the other then Obi-Wan alone remains the sole idiot, lol.

It's possible I suppose.

ESB

'That boy is our last hope.'

'No. There is another' - referring ahead to Rey. The scene cuts before Obi-wan responds.

ROTJ

''Luke. There..is..anotherr...Sky-y-walk..err''

''Yoda spoke of another...''

''The other he spoke of is your twin sister'' - Obi-wan rightly assumes that in this instance Yoda is referring to Leia since there is no reason to tell Luke about someone who hasn't even been born yet when it has no bearing on the present.

I mean, retcon that is obviously a retcon is obviously a retcon but...I guess they could do it...??

 

[JAWS]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

Oh it probably won't fix ROTJ for you but for me I've been bothered about the way ROTJ wrapped everything up after learning that Palps was supposed to survive and not be fully defeated until Episode IX by Luke and the "other" (not Leia.) That is until Lucas decided he didn't want to make anymore SW films in the 80's and just had the story end with Episode VI.

But now it's looking like TROS will give us that extended journey to eradicate Palpatine and if they also say on screen that Yoda was looking into the future and calling out Rey as the "other" then that will just be freaking icing on the cake for me.

And one of my biggest problems with the ST has been the regurgitation of the Empire for seemingly no reason. Well if Palpatine was puppeteering Snoke as another glorified Nute Gunray in order to resurrect his precious planet killers and Star Destroyers then that will finally settle that issue for me. And then if they go that far then I figure it's a short trip to just throw in a cool Hayden Christensen moment, have Qui Gon's ghost appear at the end with Luke and Yoda and just reconcile the whole damn Saga, lol.

Now do I expect all that, no. Has SW disappointed before, of course. But eh right now I'm just going to kick back and see if they somehow hit a grand slam with bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th.

Ok.... I could be game for all that

 

[xipotec]

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It's possible I suppose.

ESB

'That boy is our last hope.'

'No. There is another' - referring ahead to Rey. The scene cuts before Obi-wan responds.

ROTJ

''Luke. There..is..anotherr...Sky-y-walk..err''

''Yoda spoke of another...''

''The other he spoke of is your twin sister'' - Obi-wan rightly assumes that in this instance Yoda is referring to Leia since there is no reason to tell Luke about someone who hasn't even been born yet when it has no bearing on the present.

I mean, retcon that is obviously a retcon is obviously a retcon but...I guess they could do it...??

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[TaliBane]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

The footage made me think that he was probably an elaborate rod puppet with the puppeteers digitally removed like TPM 3PO which IMO is absolutely the perfect way for them to realize IG-88 on screen.

3PO was originally a sex-bot?

That pic does have a kind of Sleeper-meets-Clockwork-Orange vibe.

Anakin made him to "help mom".

"Mom you say the biggest problem in this universe is no one helps each other."

Oh I love the minds in this thread.

 

[TaliBane]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

Nope this is your Boba....

Deal with it. If I have to accept Jar Jar as the cause of the rise of the Empire, you have to accept this.

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Looks like a young Rose.

Boba Fett would never wear galoshes

Too many literal LOLs in this thread.

 

[Khev]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

Ok.... I could be game for all that

 

[Johnny1378]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

Just going by the movies, and not trying to go into the whole "he hunted down Solo" argument, I can agree he doesn't seem that important in the movies. But clearly, he's still relevant to a lot of fans and even George has gone on record saying he regrets killing him so obviously, he's still a big deal.

But with Disney wiping out everything EU and the only thing Boba Fett is what we see from the movies and Clone Wars, this is the perfect time to tell that story. Boba Fett is literally a blank slate right now since none of the EU stuff exists anymore. And just like you don't understand why it's so important for fans to want him to survive, I also don't understand why just as many hate that notion other than just to hate it. So this guy looks kinda similar to Fett and he doesn't even have a name and we don't know much to him. If we get the kickass show the trailer seems to indicate we'll be getting, what would be so bad if Carl Weathers character reveals to him that his name was Boba Fett or something when the season ends. Will that change anything?

For the record, I didn’t mean what I said as a shot at anyone who likes Boba Fett. For the record, I like Boba Fett, but really more from a superficial standpoint. To me, Boba Fett looked like a badass, had a couple cool moments in Empire and Jedi and then died when his character fulfilled his purpose, in the story. While I didn’t like the way in which they killed him off, I did think when they killed him off was appropriate as his story in the OT was tied to Jabba’s, and Jabba’s story was appropriately wrapped up in the early part of Jedi. While I don’t think it’s wrong to want to see more from Boba Fett, I would just rather they focus on a new character.

 

[Khev]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

For the record, I didn’t mean what I said as a shot at anyone who likes Boba Fett. For the record, I like Boba Fett, but really more from a superficial standpoint. To me, Boba Fett looked like a badass, had a couple cool moments in Empire and Jedi and then died when his character fulfilled his purpose, in the story. While I didn’t like the way in which they killed him off, I did think when they killed him off was appropriate as his story in the OT was tied to Jabba’s, and Jabba’s story was appropriately wrapped up in the early part of Jedi. While I don’t think it’s wrong to want to see more from Boba Fett, I would just rather they focus on a new character.

Before Rogue One suited Vader's last moments on screen were "NOOOOO!" So I just want Fett to have his RO Vader moment to go full circle and end on a high note like Vader did. Even though I hate AOTC Fett and ignore it I hate that that was his last official appearance in live-action. So it was burp death then AOTC. He deserves better.

I understand people wanting to see new characters but imagine if at the end of RO some other Sith Lord in a black suit with a red lightsaber showed up and had the most badass attack on the Rebel troops ever. Everyone would be oh come the eff on why isn't that Vader, lol. That's kind of where I'm at with the Mandalorian.

 

[TaliBane]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

For the record, I didn’t mean what I said as a shot at anyone who likes Boba Fett. For the record, I like Boba Fett, but really more from a superficial standpoint. To me, Boba Fett looked like a badass, had a couple cool moments in Empire and Jedi and then died when his character fulfilled his purpose, in the story. While I didn’t like the way in which they killed him off, I did think when they killed him off was appropriate as his story in the OT was tied to Jabba’s, and Jabba’s story was appropriately wrapped up in the early part of Jedi. While I don’t think it’s wrong to want to see more from Boba Fett, I would just rather they focus on a new character.

I get what you're saying but there does seem to be a sense on here that Fett's appeal is overblown because he was onscreen so little and said so little (and maybe did so little.)

Yet as a kid he was great because (1) he fearlessly held his own and even gave some back to vader in their up-close discussions (ie he stood right in front of Vader and held up the middle finger) which you didn't see much of in the OT days, (2) because he was the one who outsmarted Han, set up his capture and hauled the guy out in a humiliating coffin/wall-art and (3) he was a power player plotwise but wasn't on anyone's side, Empire or Rebels, which was kind of new in 1980 (Lando - initially - was also like that)

It's not just that he looks cool and is a badass - these were the things that we loved about him back in the day, and I'm guessing is what made him a SW icon enough that Mando comes along turning the Boba mystique and world into a series.

 

[xipotec]

Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

I get what you're saying but there does seem to be a sense on here that Fett's appeal is overblown because he was onscreen so little and said so little (and maybe did so little.)

Yet as a kid he was great because (1) he fearlessly held his own and even gave some back to vader in their up-close discussions (ie he stood right in front of Vader and held up the middle finger) which you didn't see much of in the OT days, (2) because he was the one who outsmarted Han, set up his capture and hauled the guy out in a humiliating coffin/wall-art and (3) he was a power player plotwise but wasn't on anyone's side, Empire or Rebels, which was kind of new in 1980 (Lando - initially - was also like that)

It's not just that he looks cool and is a badass - these were the things that we loved about him back in the day, and I'm guessing is what made him a SW icon enough that Mando comes along turning the Boba mystique and world into a series.

No one outsmarted Han? Except everyone! Han was basically one lucky dude.....he didn’t outsmart anyone!

I have always felt Fetts popularity was solely based on his preview figure. Its the first example of hype surrounding a product based on a character we knew nothing about.....and after his debut, and followup, most folks were loath to admit he was basically a throwaway character, cool looking? Maybe? But still throw away.

They followed up with this guy....

And again, everyone got hyped that these “battle droids” were gonna be bad ass and make the StormTroopers look old school. Look what that got us......

Still later we got this....

Again, early product placement. A cool design, but once again a throw away character.

So do we really need a back story for Fett? If so what about a back story for the battle droids? (Roger roger?) then a back story for Phasma?

I know Fett is a fan favorite.....but I never could parse out why, besides a cool design.



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[jye4ever]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

Before Rogue One suited Vader's last moments on screen were "NOOOOO!" So I just want Fett to have his RO Vader moment to go full circle and end on a high note like Vader did. Even though I hate AOTC Fett and ignore it I hate that that was his last official appearance in live-action. So it was burp death then AOTC. He deserves better.

I understand people wanting to see new characters but imagine if at the end of RO some other Sith Lord in a black suit with a red lightsaber showed up and had the most badass attack on the Rebel troops ever. Everyone would be oh come the eff on why isn't that Vader, lol. That's kind of where I'm at with the Mandalorian.

 

[Jaycepticon]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

I know Fett is a fan favorite.....but I never could parse out why, besides a cool design.

That’s exactly why this show should’ve just been about him. With Disney wiping out the entire EU, the only things left that are canon with him are hardly anything substantial other than him being a Clone. He’s literally a near-blank canvas that they could still do so much with, as far as storytelling goes.

I know people clamor for new characters but take away his 3 min. of total screen time between episodes 2, 5, and 6 and his backstory is still as much of a mystery than this new Mandalorians is. That way, his huge fan base AND his “I don’t get the hype” detractors can both be satisfied. I guess it’s never that easy though

 

[TaliBane]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

That’s exactly why this show should’ve just been about him. With Disney wiping out the entire EU, the only things left that are canon with him are hardly anything substantial other than him being a Clone. He’s literally a near-blank canvas that they could still do so much with, as far as storytelling goes.

I know people clamor for new characters but take away his 3 min. of total screen time between episodes 2, 5, and 6 and his backstory is still as much of a mystery than this new Mandalorians is. That way, his huge fan base AND his “I don’t get the hype” detractors can both be satisfied. I guess it’s never that easy though

My guess is he's not actually Boba Fett only because at the time the Mando show was conceived there was a BF movie in development.

Seeing the preview, there's absolutely nothing that would have been different if it was BF - other than setting it between ANH and ESb or just having the "he survived the Sarlacc" thing if it was needed to be post-ROTJ as the show is.

There's really no difference between the Mando and Boba Fett based on what he know of BF. Same job, same outfit, same attitude, same world. It's like creating a show call "The Sith Lord" and having a force using tall guy with black cape and Samurai type helmet with triangular vented mouth and red lightsaber. This guy basically should have been named "Nota Fett."

I don't quite like the new Mando costume as much as BF's but it's still really cool looking and has the fan service bits like the tuning fork weapon from the Holiday Special.

 

[Wor-Gar]

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Pedro Fett will be better than Boba and Jango.


After 39 years, its about time we get the bounty hunter that Kenner promised.

 

[Jaycepticon]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

Exactly, what’s with all the homages to Boba Fett and the other ESB Bounty Hunters if they’re all just gonna be inspired by and there’s gonna be a bunch of homages to them? Just so Disney can be credited by creating “new fan favorites”?

I’m totally fine with whatever we get, it is what it is and I’m sure I’ll throw a bunch of money into this line. I just find it strange, that’s all.

 

[Khev]

Re: Star Wars live action series-Jon Favreau's THE MANDALORIAN

Pedro Fett will be better than Boba and Jango.


After 39 years, its about time we get the bounty hunter that Kenner promised.

If that's the case well:

(And I actually will like it because a good character is a good character and Pedro certainly looks to have one on his hands.)

 

[DarkChocobi]

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Was expecting news for Cassian Andor solo series also, havent heard anything yet from this Celebration.