The Mandalorian (Star Wars Live Action Series)

[chrisstbh]

Do you guys think that Grogu was just tired that he could no take the Darksaber from the hands of Gideon or Gideon has force shield?

They literally explain to you in that scene that he is tired out.

 

[Otomofan]

I used to think that until I read some cool EU book that indicated that the Sarlacc did some freaky HR Giger type **** where it basically fused itself with parts of its victims bodies and kept them alive via some sort of organic IV. They were kept in some sort of weird stasis where they really *did* get agonizingly digested, fully alive and conscious, for a thousand years. *shudder*

See, that works perfectly well for me then. Cause in the confines of the fantasy element of the story, it ticks all the boxes as a plausible way that guy could have been alive in there for several years.

 

[ZE_501]

Guys. I know it's science fiction "FANTASY" but they do try to portray humans as the same as humans in our universe. Meaning they need to breath, they need to eat, they can freeze to death, etc.

So having said that, there's no way Boba Fett was in that Sarlacc for longer than....say...48 hours? [...]

Hard to say. Khev mentioned the EU stuff below, and there's also this:

I used to think that until I read some cool EU book that indicated that the Sarlacc did some freaky HR Giger type **** where it basically fused itself with parts of its victims bodies and kept them alive via some sort of organic IV. They were kept in some sort of weird stasis where they really *did* get agonizingly digested, fully alive and conscious, for a thousand years. *shudder*

Yeah, I heard about that. Sounds like assimilation more so than straight up digestion. If you listen closely when night falls on the Dune Sea, you can hear all the old Sarlacc's calling out with a thousand voices.

Do you guys think that Grogu was just tired that he could no take the Darksaber from the hands of Gideon or Gideon has force shield?

I think he was tired and disoriented. He didn't really know what he was doing at that point.

 

[user 64404]

They literally explain to you in that scene that he is tired out.

I know he is tired, but my question is do you think that moff Gideon have force shield?
I know Grogu is tired but he tries and Gideon does not even demonstrate reaction, like maybe he has force shield.
I wanna see a movie or tv series about the Mandalore Civil War with Jango, Satine and obi-wan

 

[chrisstbh]

I know he is tired, but my question is do you think that moff Gideon have force shield?
I know Grogu is tired but he tries and Gideon does not even demonstrate reaction, like maybe he has force shield.
I wanna see a movie or tv series about the Mandalore Civil War with Jango, Satine and obi-wan

No, Gideon does react by pulling the Darksaber away. He is not immune to the force, that just sounds dumb imo.

 

[Bravomite]

In the EU bounty hunter wars trilogy books, I believe Fett kills the sarlaac with a thermal detonator. He manages to get out but his horribly burned by the Sarlaacs digestive acids and close to death. It is heavily implied that the story of being digested slowly over a thousand years is just an embellishment that Jabba uses to strike further fear into his victims and enhance his own reputation.

Dengar is going through the sail barge wreckage to try and find anything of value in the salvage. He finds Fett at the point of death and with the help of two medical droids heals him up over a period of time. His motivation is that he thinks there is a chance that Fett will partner with him on one last big job. Fett does agree to work with him but the whole time he is putting Dengar in the more dangerous positions. It?s unclear whether Fett has a morale code and feels as if he owes Dengar or whether he recognises his own limitations due to the injuries he?s sustained and keeps him around because it suits his requirements at that time. Fett eventually screws Dengar over but he does let him live which is his way of saying thanks I guess.

Fett in these books is cold, calculating, ruthless, a man of little words, hates company, very accomplished - however as the narrative progresses it becomes clear that the Sarlaac experience did change him. They are quite a fun read.

Slave 1 was also left in space whilst he was in Jabbas palace, orbiting Tatooine at some distance - could have been the same in Mando.

Isn?t there a rumour going round that there is going to be a Boba Fett D+ series and that this might be prequel, so the more ESB like Fett could get an outing after all.

 

[Khev]

As for my approach to Boba in Mando going forward, it's pretty simple. Not sure if it aligns with where you're at, but it's like this: If this Boba is just a continuation of this "honor code," negotiating, rescuer of the wounded... then to me he'll be little more than a sissyfication of what Boba Fett was in the OT. He'll be a typical post-millennial adjustment of a character who used to be (to me, at least) a better version from an era where we didn't need to pussify every single character for fear that someone might actually like a true badass.

I think there's something that will always be undeniably cool and threatening about an icy villain who couldn't give less of a **** about body count. That was Fett to me, and I dug it. Doesn't mean I can't be entertained by the Mando version, but I definitely want to see at least *some* sense of the villain I always thought was pretty clear cut in how he was framed in ESB.

Yes I agree with the above. I never once got the sense watching ESB that Fett would ever condescend to helping or accepting help from any of the other bounty hunters on the Executor. I'm not saying that there's absolutely no scenario where it'd be acceptable, in fact him doing anything he can to get his armor back certainly qualifies, but I definitely never pictured that he might ever help Bossk, 4-LOM, or any other bounty hunter because he "owed them one."

But if they go full old school EU Sarlacc canon and say that his mind was scrambled as it merged with the Sarlacc and countless other victims and that that is why he's not his former self then that'd probably be enough for me to go along with this take on the character and maybe even accept it into my personal head canon.

 

[Otomofan]

I never realized Dengar was in Jabba's Palace until I saw it on DVD. I never noticed on VHS. Also, he's not wearing his backpack so that threw me off.

But I'm guessing that's why they went with Dengar for that short story, back in the day. He was definitely there. Although it would be more likely he was blown up on the sail barge cause I just assumed everyone in the palace ended up on the barge, and then ended up getting blown up. It made me really sad that Max Rebo got blown up. But that same book suggested that Max Rebo fled and escaped. But you know....it's all old contradicting EU stuff anyway.

 

[Otomofan]

Also....this is effing repulsive.

How could a krayt dragon eat this thing??

 

[Sassafras]

Also....this is effing repulsive.

Do u mean how in the sense of some forgotten thing in a fridge that's a nasty surprise , or the logistics? Not unusual in nature for a critter to inject something which is sort of predigestion. Liquifies the tissues. Krait dragon has acid. Tho reminded me more of a Komodo dragon whose bite is so full of bacteria u die even if u survive a bite.

 

[Otomofan]

It's just plain gross looking. I preferred the Sarlacc when it was just a toothy butt hole in the sand. Imagining its gross sac-filled body buried deep in the desert with tentacles on the inside and out is just repulsive.

 

[xipotec]

My 2 and 1/2 cents.

I?ll start by saying I was never a Fett fan, always felt he was seriously overrated for what little he did. I never got the worship he received from people. I think a lot of it was wishful thinking from him being the mystery hasbro figure tease for ESB.....and somehow that translated into him being cool, for basically following Han and reporting him.

Likes and dislikes.

LIKES:

Interaction between Grogu and Din. It?s fun to watch Don fawn over the little guy.

The Iphone Rock, I like the idea that Grogu has abilities beyond what anyone thinks.

RIP Razorcrest. Nice twist.

Fett finally shows his competence.

Seeing Fett in the Slave 1 and in Armor was a nice sight, especially since we see him finally earn a bit of his reputation with the Gaff stock.

DISLIKES

Enough with the Stormtrooper fodder scenes. They are way to long, and repetitive. We do not need a Stormtrooper slaughter scene every episode.

I did not need to have the return of the female bounty hunter whatever she is named, totally useless character and sub plot.

Moff Gideon was a goof ball this episode. He should have been twirling his mustache for the end of this one.....

All PT references were kinda unnecessary , all we really need to know it how the hall he survived the Sarlacc. And if he could survive what really threat was it to Luke.



Overall we are heading to the team up fight against Gideon and after the wipe him out Thrawn will take his place.

I have to admit, they really are channeling some Rick and Morty level silliness with the team up nonsense. I hope we do not see the snow motion walk or superhero fall to one knee .....

Overall fun watch, but as I keep saying , tone down the extended fight scenes , and back off on the fan service......


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[JAWS]

Good to see that some of the dumber more troll like comments are being completely ignored lately

 

[JAWS]

My 2 and 1/2 cents.

I?ll start by saying I was never a Fett fan, always felt he was seriously overrated for what little he did. I never got the worship he received from people. I think a lot of it was wishful thinking from him being the mystery hasbro figure tease for ESB.....and somehow that translated into him being cool, for basically following Han and reporting him.

Likes and dislikes.

LIKES:

Interaction between Grogu and Din. It?s fun to watch Don fawn over the little guy.

The Iphone Rock, I like the idea that Grogu has abilities beyond what anyone thinks.

RIP Razorcrest. Nice twist.

Fett finally shows his competence.

Seeing Fett in the Slave 1 and in Armor was a nice sight, especially since we see him finally earn a bit of his reputation with the Gaff stock.

DISLIKES

Enough with the Stormtrooper fodder scenes. They are way to long, and repetitive. We do not need a Stormtrooper slaughter scene every episode.

I did not need to have the return of the female bounty hunter whatever she is named, totally useless character and sub plot.

Moff Gideon was a goof ball this episode. He should have been twirling his mustache for the end of this one.....

All PT references were kinda unnecessary , all we really need to know it how the hall he survived the Sarlacc. And if he could survive what really threat was it to Luke.



Overall we are heading to the team up fight against Gideon and after the wipe him out Thrawn will take his place.

I have to admit, they really are channeling some Rick and Morty level silliness with the team up nonsense. I hope we do not see the snow motion walk or superhero fall to one knee .....

Overall fun watch, but as I keep saying , tone down the extended fight scenes , and back off on the fan service......


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I dont disagree with a lot of this.. Especially the Stormtropper fodder bit. That is getting a bit old.


But.. Two of those episodes have been my fav this season.

 

[Khev]

Good to see that some of the dumber more troll like comments are being completely ignored lately

Yep.

Okay I've watched Boba kick ass in his armor like six times now. I think I love it, lol. It's actually kind of awesome to see him wiping the floor with a squad of Stormtroopers half dressed in a bath robe.

And if you just take the moment he arrives in his armor on it's own the Stormtroopers actually did have the advantage over Mando and the chick. So it was cool that he actually turned the tide in a situation where the title character and another expert hunter were pinned down.

So I redact my statement that this Fett is a poser. I even loved that he couldn't even be bothered to watch the explosion of the two transports crashing into the ground.

Also something that occurred to me that's kind of awesome is that all the main EU stories from Dark Horse comics showing the return of Fett came out in the early to mid 90's and what did the Boba Fett action figure look like that accompanied those stories?

A thicc pro wrestler looking version of the character that actually kind of matches TM's version, lol.

 

[JAWS]

Yep.

Okay I've watched Boba kick ass in his armor like six times now. I think I love it, lol. It's actually kind of awesome to see him wiping the floor with a squad of Stormtroopers half dressed in a bath robe.

And if you just take the moment he arrives in his armor on it's own the Stormtroopers actually did have the advantage over Mando and the chick. So it was cool that he actually turned the tide in a situation where the title character and another expert hunter were pinned down.

So I redact my statement that this Fett is a poser. I even loved that he couldn't even be bothered to watch the explosion of the two transports crashing into the ground.

Also something that occurred to me that's kind of awesome is that all the main EU stories from Dark Horse comics showing the return of Fett came out in the early to mid 90's and what did the Boba Fett action figure look like that accompanied those stories?

A thicc pro wrestler looking version of the character that actually kind of matches TM's version, lol.

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[greygoose]

Anyone hoping for a non-happy ending for season 2? Not so much on a cliffhanger but one that leaves the characters broken and in a bad place.

 

[sithocan]

That 1000 years of digestion seems ridiculous for me, not the digestion part, but being alive for this 1000 years. Average human dies in 3 days without water, and can stand hunger for about a month. So what does Sarlac do to keep its victims alive? Does it feed them with water and food and keep their body free of disease and aging? It can prevent the body from decaying and continue to digest it slowly over 1000 years, but keeping the victim alive?

 

[ObiGlennKenobi]

maybe the slowly digest over 1000 yrs is more a nod to the Sarlacc,but 3PO letting our heroes know that even though they'll be dead,it would be 1000 years to digest your body too.

 

[slikkerias]

Okay I watched the Boba Fett scenes two more times.

To give credit where credit is due:

1. TM did a great job in his own right. Regardless of any PT connections or how I think OT Fett should have behaved TM's take on the character was still an interesting and entertaining one. I'm glad that he played Boba different than Jango and his "crazed" expressions when taking out the Stormies with the gaffi were fun without being over the top ridiculous like ROTS Palps fighting Mace. Or maybe they were over the top but TM pulled it off anyway.

2. I really liked that they "canonized" Jango's status as a Death Watch foundling and assumedly by extension Boba as well. It seemed that in the Clone Wars cartoon George was trying to move away from that and thereby strip the Fetts of the last bit of interesting lore that the character originated with. So kudos to Favreau for reinstating him as a true Mandalorian.

3. While I don't know that him dispatching the derpy Stormtroopers made him a badass it *did* make him scary, which I *loved.* And his entrance after donning the armor nicely retained his ROTJ tactic of jetpacking within arm's reach of his foe from behind. None of the other Mandalorians we've seen have done that so that was a really nice touch that I daresay even kind of redeemed his previously "foolhardy" move of landing within lightsaber range of Luke on the skiff. We can now more easily assume that he normally kicks ass after freaking someone out by appearing that close from out of the sky.

4. His gunslinger moves really weren't too over the top and while he was tossing and flipping Stormtroopers with some of his judo moves *he* at least wasn't jumping and flipping around. So they didn't commit the same sins as ROTS Palpatine and I would say that his moves were more in line with RO Vader (in other words not being totally out of bounds for an established OT character.) And launching the projectiles from his knee armor was awesome.

5. Watching grown Boba Fett in his original armor flying Slave I was...okay I'm not gonna lie utterly awesome, lol. I'm not sure how I feel about him taking orders from the chick ("Stop the Dark Troopers", "yes ma'am," "No let them go," "okay ma'am") but eh.

6. I may not think that Mando Fett fits perfectly with OT Fett but is it *worse* than the difference between ESB and ROTJ Fett? Hmmm. Maybe not. What I do think he fits well enough with is the Holiday Special Fett who I actually *do* consider to be canon. And HS Fett was pretty chatty and didn't sound like his live-action counterpart so maybe I can just chill out about needing his character to be consistent across all media. I love Alden's Han Solo even though I fully recognize that he isn't Harrison Ford. But I accept that movie because it's just a good movie and Alden did a great job and his Han Solo is still cool even if he might not match up perfectly with the character as I see him. Same with Glover's Lando.

Despite initially recoiling from this version of Fett I might settle into a "the jury is out until I see more" mindset like ajp.

7. I actually liked the Dark Troopers. Very 90's EU to me. Fun stuff and looking forward to seeing more.

8. Gideon sending two unarmed Stormtroopers into Grogu's cell for the sole purpose of letting them get their asses kicked until Grogu wore himself out was awesome and kind of hilarious, lol. Gideon continues to be a really fun bad guy.

You continue to be one of my favorite commentators in these threads. Thanks